NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts. www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...

🚨 UNC Psych & Neuro is hiring TWO Teaching Assistant Professors (one Psych, one Neuro) starting July 2026! If you love creating engaging classroom experiences and mentoring undergrads, please consider applying or sharing widely. Check it out + apply by Jan 14 unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...

The Supreme Court's decision to let the Trump White House implement its anti-trans passport policy is vile, and I appreciate Jackson going out of her way to include in her dissent, for the record, the administration's language justifying the policy. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Trump and Republicans: We really really want people to go hungry while we build our ballroom.

ladies and gentleman. Your leader in health!

For everyone who needs this, may your hair be snatched by the roots in the most motivating way possible 😌🫶🏽🫂

Can i has some oats please?

The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...

A film you've seen more than seven times with a gif

how about you pay your reviewers instead.

Really excited to be one of three Young Investigator Awardees at the Volterra Alcohol and Stress conference this summer! Looking forward to returning to Italy with my colleagues near and far!

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

We’ve had free* buses for quite some time and welcome other cities who might be on that path. It’s really great *Yes we know our tax dollars and UNC subsidize them. We’re happy with that because free buses.

White Knight the llamas reaction when I told him about the election news from yesterday.

"Did you order the Code Bread?!?"

Onion and Mustard Suite, Third Movement

R has taken to watching the fish guys on youtube. it is oddly engaging.

the most Dick Cheney Fact is that in 2010 his heart just fucking gave up and he had to get an LVAD, which continuously moves blood through the body using a centrifugal pump. for the next 15 months, Dick Cheney walked among us without a pulse

I have 2 paintings in this show opening Friday in Georgetown

Another study to share, led by my grad student Nicole Pranic! Before diving in, I'll add that Nicole (who is clever, tenacious, and interested in neural changes that underlie developmental changes in social behaviors) is looking for a post-doc position! Please RT! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: [email protected]

We’re hiring a technician!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/ Job posting: jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968

great talk by @sbilbo.bsky.social today over here for our center's seminar series, so many interesting plot twists!!

Trivial post alert: As we approach thanksgiving season. I begin to ponder the platonic ideal of stuffing/dressing. I once made one that was top tier, but have missed the mark now many years. What is the best recipe? What is the key? This is my white whale.

Autumn on mt. Oconechee

At no point can you accurately predict what will happen. I love it.

🚨Applications are now open for 2026 @beckmanillinois.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships! We provide 3 years of support ($63k/year) for candidates conducting interdisciplinary research with two or more Beckman faculty members. Please apply and RT! beckman.illinois.edu/opportunitie...

In 2026, a family of four in Chapel Hill could face a $4,000 increase to their health care costs compared to 2025. That's why @housedemocrats.bsky.social are fighting to extend the Obamacare tax credits. To preview 2026 ACA insurance premiums, visit Healthcare.gov. (1/2)

1. The Outwaters (2023) This highly polarizing film is as disorienting as a David Lynch film but as beautiful as a Terence Malick film. A cosmic found footage horror that rapidly pivots from slow and benign to confusing and horrifying. The imagery of this stuck with and haunted me like few films do

1100 total between us and matches!

"why is everything a trunk or treat now. nobody trick or treats anymore" maybe it's the giant useless trucks that seem to intentionally limit the vision of the drivers allowing them to mow over pedestrians.

My partner works at one of these food banks (foodbankcenc.org/give). Demand for food ALREADY far exceeds supply (less funding, fewer donations from companies/individuals due to...everything). If you are able, please donate to a local food bank

in lighter news...UNC is playing Kansas at home in a week! what fun!

But regardless, there is no argument that makes me feel better about 15.6 million children potentially going without food next month in a sudden loss. NO argument. Stop trying to make yourself feel better with intellectual arguments that try to excuse your utter lack of compassion and empathy.

On the 5th day. The llama brought the sun.

Would a custom goat video sweeten the deal for all food bank donations. Or maybe some Cinnamon.

Anybody else worried that because of the long standing Republican war on SNAP people are going to experience painful hunger. Lets do something. @nanopharmnc.bsky.social and i are going to donate to some local nc food banks. Join us! Gonna match up to $500.

Man. What a day. No context will be provided.

Excited to share the latest from the lab on the molecular mechanisms of silencing and un-silencing a hippocampal engram ensemble. Was fun using a variant of the EPSILON technique developed by Adam Cohen's lab. (1/2) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Does alcohol use and related harm differ based on the age of initiation to alcohol? Results from a prospective cohort study buff.ly/NooxlhZ

We are hiring for a PhD-level Staff Scientist to join our teams in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of human 🧠 neuroanatomy and molecular neuroscience recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

A spitfire of truth by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social that all should read. “Poor people can be self-determined. They prove it every day, mostly by surviving while being poor in a country that is mean and nasty and hostile to them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

I love Rebecca DOWN. Known as Dollar Tree Dinners. Her “Meal in a Bag” is meant to provide ppl with a complete meal that is $8 or less, is shelf stable, & can be made without access to a full kitchen. I love this as a direct aid option. Good for neighbors & elders who can’t/wont go to a pantry.

“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change. Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence. My latest for Live Science www.livescience.com/... 1/10

Yeah, well i got a free water bottle from the university once!