For the 2nd year in a row a family of green herons has had babies in our front tree. It’s been so cool watching the little ones grow up! We probably have less than a week before they leave. They are hard to see but all come out to watch the sun set every night. They climb high up to see. So amazing!

NIH funding under the new bill (just passed): "Funding for brain research will be consolidated into one institute with a budget of 2.445B. Currently, brain research is funded by several institutes and adds up to over 5B. So it looks like brain research is getting slashed by over 50%." yes? 🧠📈 🧪

Fantastic industry panel on sustainability in MRI at #ismrm

Huge thanks to Julie Love, Anindita Banerjee and Joseba Alonso for the fantastic session on quantum computing! #ismrm

The 3rd Gold Medal award winner is Larry Wald. #ismrm

The second Gold Medal award winner is Miki Lustig! #ismrm

First ISMRM Gold Medal recipient John Detre #ismrm

Which one is the outgoing past president of the ISMRM and which one is the incoming? Huge thanks for everything you’ve done @deekayjay.bsky.social !

We are going to need this research to get through the next few years 🧪: arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I know things aren’t easy right now but the SNL concert from Friday night is so good it’s almost overwhelming. So much amazing music and memories! Highly recommend!

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

White House budget proposal may slash NSF funding from 9 billion to 3 billion a year.

Here’s my Beatles moment with Shonen Knife:

One of the best! From Wikipedia: Cobain praised Shonen Knife's performances during the tour, stating, "When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert." So great!

Just a reminder that 69% of white women could not bring themselves to vote for the brown woman. And here we are. All women get covered in brown paper. The irony.

Talk to your department chairs and research offices! 🧪

I keep trying AI models to solve this problem and it’s amazing how bad they all are!

Unbelievably difficult study that will help us understand neonatal brain development. 🧪

Somehow my post about the Picasso exhibit is getting flagged as sexually suggestive… I’m working on an appeal.

Just got back from the opening of “Picasso and Paper” at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It showcases early work from when he was 9 to the end of his life. So many pieces that I had never seen! Highly recommend going if you have time in Cleveland!

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut. Kräm, a solid wood storage container for those cables that you don’t need now, but might someday.

Hi -- I have a postdoc position open in Computational MRI -- looking for experience and interest in MRI acquisition (in addition to reconstruction). Offer competitive pay. Opportunity to collaborate with Center for GenAI and Dell Med School. Bonus if you get your app in before Dec 1!

@avibarzeev.bsky.social it would be awesome if you could include me in your XR pack. Thanks!

This is absolutely fantastic!

I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily

Just the IR image in B&W

Infrared photography is pretty fun in the fall! The leaves look like snow sometimes.

Beautiful aurora over Lake Erie tonight! The red was so bright!

If you're having a rough day, remember that in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee's paper for the World Wide Web was rejected and he was relegated to the poster session.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #502,471! Less than what I thought!

if an urban stream can get stressed, overwhelmed, and worn down with sudden changes of direction, it's ok to admit it happens to you too.

My son was in town this weekend and we did some work on infrared photography with an iPhone. It was bit cloudy but I think these turned out! Definitely a different view of the world!