Skylar DeWitt
@skylardewitt.bsky.social
1st year neuroscience PhD student at the University of Rochester. Hope College alumna.
Interests include: Neuro, mental health, fantasy books, classical music, taking down the patriarchy, and collecting vintage tea cups.
Interests include: Neuro, mental health, fantasy books, classical music, taking down the patriarchy, and collecting vintage tea cups.
When I hear “snowflake” thrown around as an insult, I can’t help but wonder: since when did being soft-hearted become a flaw? Is it truly shameful to be gentle? To be kind? To want a better, fairer world for others? If being a “snowflake” means caring deeply, then perhaps we need more of them.
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When I hear “snowflake” thrown around as an insult, I can’t help but wonder: since when did being soft-hearted become a flaw? Is it truly shameful to be gentle? To be kind? To want a better, fairer world for others? If being a “snowflake” means caring deeply, then perhaps we need more of them.
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There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
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February 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There’s a google doc trying to keep track of funding/grad school admission/hiring freezes & status please share 🧪 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.
Reposted by Skylar DeWitt
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics www.psypost.org/a-nation-exh... via @psypost.bsky.social
1. The politics of fear
2. People live in information bubbles
3. People’s political opinions have become their identities
Yep x 3. Take a break from the noise.
1. The politics of fear
2. People live in information bubbles
3. People’s political opinions have become their identities
Yep x 3. Take a break from the noise.
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics
Political fear, media polarization, and identity-driven politics have fueled exhaustion and learned helplessness in Americans, leading many to disengage from political news.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics www.psypost.org/a-nation-exh... via @psypost.bsky.social
1. The politics of fear
2. People live in information bubbles
3. People’s political opinions have become their identities
Yep x 3. Take a break from the noise.
1. The politics of fear
2. People live in information bubbles
3. People’s political opinions have become their identities
Yep x 3. Take a break from the noise.