Zach Strickland 🐊🏳️🌈
@zachdoesneuro.bsky.social
Concordia College ‘22 | PhD candidate & T32 fellow @UFNeuroscience | neurodegeneration, regenerative bio, & religious studies | views & typos mine | he/him | 📸 @ZachDoesNeuro | 🏳️🌈
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My name’s Zach! I’m a 3rd year neuroscience PhD student at UF studying tau protein biology in mice and Axolotl salamanders in the lab of Dr. Jada Lewis. Migrated here from the dark place (twitter) and hoping to rebuild my network!
My name’s Zach! I’m a 3rd year neuroscience PhD student at UF studying tau protein biology in mice and Axolotl salamanders in the lab of Dr. Jada Lewis. Migrated here from the dark place (twitter) and hoping to rebuild my network!
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THIS
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
THIS
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Sending people to concentration camps and using the word extermination is not a mistake
Homan: "We're gonna target every foreign national public safety threat in this country. We won't rest until every single one of them are eradicated from this country."
April 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sending people to concentration camps and using the word extermination is not a mistake
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I know a number of actual doctorates who will provide their expert information for a mere $19,999 per month
OPENAI BELIEVES IT CAN CHARGE $20,000 PER MONTH FOR DOCTORATE-LEVEL AI- THE INFORMATION
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I know a number of actual doctorates who will provide their expert information for a mere $19,999 per month
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Used this analogy when explaining to the teen, but to point out that in the end, when the hyenas realize Scar has destroyed everything, they turn on him. Simba doesn't kill him; his own underlings tear him apart.
Our government feels like when Scar took over after Mufasa died. Just a bunch of ecological damage and hyenas running around this mf.
April 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Used this analogy when explaining to the teen, but to point out that in the end, when the hyenas realize Scar has destroyed everything, they turn on him. Simba doesn't kill him; his own underlings tear him apart.
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Every American citizen should be registered to vote automatically.
April 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every American citizen should be registered to vote automatically.
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Well fresh hell awaits us today??
April 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Well fresh hell awaits us today??
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
This is exactly what writing my F31 was like
April 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is exactly what writing my F31 was like
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👇🎯 We are having trouble using proper terminology because it requires us to fully accept exactly what has happened to our country & wrestle with the fact that every single one of our elected representatives in Congress is violating their oaths of office by not immediately impeaching & removing him.
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
April 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
👇🎯 We are having trouble using proper terminology because it requires us to fully accept exactly what has happened to our country & wrestle with the fact that every single one of our elected representatives in Congress is violating their oaths of office by not immediately impeaching & removing him.
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It’s not Sam Coffey > Korbin Albert, it’s Sam Coffey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Korbin Albert #USWNT
April 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It’s not Sam Coffey > Korbin Albert, it’s Sam Coffey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Korbin Albert #USWNT
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This all alone is an open-and-shut cause for impeachment, yes there are dozens of others but sometimes it's clarifying to just look at one
The ability of people to access federal programs should not be a function of whether federal administrators personally like or dislike a state's governor. www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-...
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
Acting commissioner Leland Dudek called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” for defying Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This all alone is an open-and-shut cause for impeachment, yes there are dozens of others but sometimes it's clarifying to just look at one
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A "big step forward" in therapy for GI cancers, including colorectal cancer, is being "delayed" (or prevented?) by NIH layoffs & policy changes.
Colorectal cancer is the #3 cancer killer among men & #4 among women, btw. About 54,000 US deaths/year, & rising.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Colorectal cancer is the #3 cancer killer among men & #4 among women, btw. About 54,000 US deaths/year, & rising.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A "big step forward" in therapy for GI cancers, including colorectal cancer, is being "delayed" (or prevented?) by NIH layoffs & policy changes.
Colorectal cancer is the #3 cancer killer among men & #4 among women, btw. About 54,000 US deaths/year, & rising.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Colorectal cancer is the #3 cancer killer among men & #4 among women, btw. About 54,000 US deaths/year, & rising.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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All grants from the Training and Workforce Development Division of the NIGMS were terminated a few days ago nationwide. These funds go directly to supporting future scientists prepare for a career as Biomedical Researchers.
Bridges to Bac
MARC/URISE
IMSD/GRISE
PREP
Bridges to Doc
IRACDA.
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Bridges to Bac
MARC/URISE
IMSD/GRISE
PREP
Bridges to Doc
IRACDA.
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April 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
All grants from the Training and Workforce Development Division of the NIGMS were terminated a few days ago nationwide. These funds go directly to supporting future scientists prepare for a career as Biomedical Researchers.
Bridges to Bac
MARC/URISE
IMSD/GRISE
PREP
Bridges to Doc
IRACDA.
1/x
Bridges to Bac
MARC/URISE
IMSD/GRISE
PREP
Bridges to Doc
IRACDA.
1/x
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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A list of the top ten greatest animals ever…
10. Animals
9. Are
8. Sentient
7. Beings
6. Not
5. Objects
4. To
3. Be
2. Ranked
1. Penguins
10. Animals
9. Are
8. Sentient
7. Beings
6. Not
5. Objects
4. To
3. Be
2. Ranked
1. Penguins
April 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A list of the top ten greatest animals ever…
10. Animals
9. Are
8. Sentient
7. Beings
6. Not
5. Objects
4. To
3. Be
2. Ranked
1. Penguins
10. Animals
9. Are
8. Sentient
7. Beings
6. Not
5. Objects
4. To
3. Be
2. Ranked
1. Penguins
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What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What's absolutely wild about this is the way they've manufactured a global financial crisis for no reason at all. This isn't 2007-08, where it was a bubble bursting. This is taking a relatively thriving economy and deliberately destroying it in the first three months of your presidency.
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🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
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Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
1/
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The US is undergoing the worst self-inflicted destruction of health, education, and knowledge creation infrastructure since the great leap forward. We will all be substantially less educated, poorer, and sicker while millions will die from completely preventable causes. It's civilizational suicide.
April 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The US is undergoing the worst self-inflicted destruction of health, education, and knowledge creation infrastructure since the great leap forward. We will all be substantially less educated, poorer, and sicker while millions will die from completely preventable causes. It's civilizational suicide.
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.
April 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
After 24 hours on his feet, Cory Booker is defending the scientific research establishment of this country - calling out an experience like the one that drives me and SO MANY of my fellow scientists to do the work we do - that maybe we can do for others what we couldn't for our own loved ones.
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Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked).
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you, Senator.
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I was wondering when this was going to come up. I mean, I don’t even know what’s possible but people who have some power really ought to consider about removing it based on what’s happening lately. Even to start talking about this sort of thing might help push people a little bit.
“For the safety of the players, their families, + fans, games scheduled to be played in the US must be moved to Canada + Mexico, and every qualifying country should say that they will boycott the World Cup if they aren’t.”
@julesboykoff.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social are exactly right.
@julesboykoff.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social are exactly right.
With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?
The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.
www.thenation.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I was wondering when this was going to come up. I mean, I don’t even know what’s possible but people who have some power really ought to consider about removing it based on what’s happening lately. Even to start talking about this sort of thing might help push people a little bit.
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Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.