It's time to bring him home to Washington.

Somebody's lunch in my building smells like burnt playdoh.

I didn't expect the Bart and Homer meme to become a reality so soon, but on Jan 7th, here we are.

Now that's hard hitting news!!! Sure, they're leading with the lips, but they're going after it HARD!

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I don't know if anyone has heard about it, but there was some really big news last night. I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail with my 12yo (13 in 2 days!) last night and I saw multiple belly laughs and he stayed to watch the whole thing!

A colleague today: “The NIH institute director ousters are relatively a side issue…” And I said: no! The institute dirs are incredibly important. Compare to DOJ. In the two orgs, the NIH inst directors may have more power than the heads of the DOJ Civil Division, Crim Div, Antitrust Div etc. 1/

Compare and contrast this deeply sick Stephen Miller tweet (left) with the rhetoric that was used on people like his ancestors when they immigrated to the United States (right): newrepublic.com/article/2041...

As a year filled with awful news come to a close, and somehow the news gets worse and worse. Here's some bands whose new music I find myself going back to again and again from this year: The Last Dinner Party Wolf Alice Geese Magdelena Bay Pulp wetleg

It's an honor to hood the hard working and brilliant Lauren Crew today. Way to go! #unlvgrad

Franklin would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Hannukah.

Not many people know this, but in hockey they call the penalty box the "sin bin" and this term derives from Spanish. This is because when a player is in the sin bin, their team must play on without them.

Me when trying to get a comp on the Strip.

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers. Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +) Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

While the advice is great, the real genius is "the brain is the ass of the head". It works on so many levels. Well, actually just two levels, but it's deadly accurate on both.

In my L & M class, I taught how theta rhythm starts as soon as walking starts and stays on the whole time. After class, I called my wife, as I always do. I told her that she was my theta rhythm, since I'm always talking to her when I'm walking. This is the most romantic thing I've ever said.

I named my fists Encoding and Retrieval because you're never gonna forget this ass whooping.

One benefit (?!!?) of the war on science is there's been fewer IACUC protocols for our committee to review.

I used to live in an apt right across the street from this place in grad school. Every morning I'd chat with the guys working there as I walked my dog. They were hard working, honest dudes working there then, and I'm sure just like those detained. This kind of shit is as UNAMERICAN as it comes.

This might top the first 2 nights. Man, I hope they come here next year.

Another excellent position at UT Dallas, this time in the Biological Science Dept: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30702 Our Neuroscience and Biological Sciences faculty are closely intertwined and collaborative creating a great place to launch your independent lab!

900!!!! #GR8

This night 2 setlist is amazing. It's gonna be 2(?) straight months of FOMO.

In a group chat with HS pals, we were talking about Mikie Sherrill being in the class ahead of us. Most were like "cool", "awesome" and then a Trumpy friend weighed in that they "could care less" about last night's results in general. There's just so much privilege in that sentiment. It's fucked up.

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921

My department, Cornell BME, is hiring! This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship. 📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816

Watching a yellow helmeted team play the white helmeted Packers is breaking my brain.

We're at the making first generation sentinels stage of the timeline.

First I've seen Bradshaw on TV in a while, and he needs to retire. He's always sounded confused and doltish, but now he sounds ancient and confused and doltish.

Love this.

What a fantastic season! Resilience personified by this team. You love to see it.

I'm sure this is all fine. Certainly seems like a well thought out project and a trustworthy company.

Golden Knights scoring two positively hilarious goals to win it late. Hahaha.

That was some serious bullshit. Hard not to be a Chiefs conspiracist with that kind of crap happening.

Queen of the night welcoming me home last night.

The gulf between the amount of my burrito I should eat for lunch and the amount I want to eat frustrates me.

I’m pleased to share our new paper, “Hippocampal ripple diversity organizes neuronal reactivation dynamics in the offline brain”, out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social ! With @vitorlds.bsky.social and David Dupret, we show that diversity in ripple current profiles shapes reactivation dynamics

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply! apply.interfolio.com/174371

Got burned by the late night Shefty report that Jaylin Warren was gonna play and didn't wake up early enough to replace him. Fack!

The hero we need right now.

Was deeply traumatized today when a millennial prof, in front of their grad students!, asked what was my favorite album. I'm Gen X and this question is problematic. 1) Too broad, need genre or something - too many favs 2) Too old to remember album names 3) The Gen X need to be cool runs deep

This review is a fantastic read on its own, which is fitting for such a great album.

University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #psycjobs #psychology 1/n

Beautiful sky in the desert tonight.

Just went for a swim in the middle of the monsoon. Highly recommended.

Not really sure how much this will resonate with people since most remember when Reagan got Johnny Carson yanked off the air, or when Clinton got Letterman fired, or when Obama got Colbert cancelled the first time.

There it is.

They say it's hard to garden in the desert. Pshaw! Look on my works ye mighty and despair.

I wrote about the war on science and the psychological toll it's taking on me for Psychology Today. How It Feels to Be a Scientist in 2025 | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-ne...

So excited to announce that Lauren Crew in my lab is now Dr. Lauren Crew!!!! She successfully defended her dissertation entitled: Acute and chronic effects of neuroinflammation on hippocampus and anterior cingulate cortex network dynamics Way to go Dr. Crew!