Donated. Celebrate May Day by donating to the UIC grad workers union struck fund.

🚨🚨 The Social Learning and Decisions Lab is hiring! 🚨🚨 We're looking for a postbacc project coordinator/research assistant to join our team this summer. More details about the position and how to apply here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ySeA... Please share widely and reach out with any questions!

@booker.senate.gov wants democrats to lose another presidential election. That 10% is about a fucking genocide. And if (big if) Harris lost the election because people sat out because she refused to call out a genocide, scolding them for it isn’t winning them back. Big tent my ass.

Maryland legislators are trying to exclude grant-funded workers and 12 of 14 USM campuses, including all HBCUs, from collective bargaining rights. ALL grad workers at ALL MD public universities deserve the right to negotiate their working conditions!

Cost of the rocket that is taking 4 people to the moon for the first time in 50 years: $2.5 billion Cost of the rockets the US has used to kill middle easterners for the first time in 6 months: $38 billion

HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of people in DC are marching to Fort McNair where Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and other leaders of this regime are living to make it clear we want to #EndTheDCoccupation and #FireStephenMiller. #NoKings #NoKingsDC

#NoKings Frederick, MD

The Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at NIH is hosting a two-day symposium on 'Foundations and Frontiers in Cognitive Neuroscience' in honor of Dr. Alex Martin, to be held at NIH (with online videocast) on April 7th-8th, 2026. Register to attend online or in-person at: bit.ly/4bYlbxw

Recent release of NIH fellowship funding for FY2025 reminded me of this post where I addressed the long standing government interest in training scientists and in asking them to do science thereafter. I work for you...as you have repeatedly requested. tlneuro.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/i...

Third world county shit

Rep Dean is asking about whether Bhattacharya is concerned by criteria on job applications at NIH (and other government roles) about oaths to the President's EOs as part of hiring criteria. Bhattacharya agrees. Rep Dean asks him to push back on this language.

One of the things I love about @sansmeeting.bsky.social is how the annual conference is tuned to address the issues academia is currently facing. It’s a great way to support the scientists, not just science.

$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup. That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.

If you’re watching Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing and you are now certain she’s unqualified, you can join @defendpublichealth.bsky.social in our efforts to stop her confirmation. It will take less than 5 minutes. actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

I know from eye witnesses that RFK Jr wears jeans to gym regularly. But jeans in an ice bath?! He’s a parody of himself.

Trump and his goons pushed out (or didn't replace) more than 10,000 federal government STEM Ph.D.s since he took office, representing 106,636 years of federal work experience. www.science.org/content/arti...

Even Trump didn’t watch the Turning Point USA half time show. Sad.

@uam-umd.bsky.social are fighting for collective bargaining rights for non-tenure track faculty at Maryland's 4yr public universities. Use the link to send a letter supporting them to Senate President Bill Ferguson.

News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come! samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...

Stop being lazy bums and report your subcortical findings.

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)! Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Republicans woke up one day and said “let’s turn a US city into a war zone”

Third world shit right here.

I think most Americans have been led to believe that "non-violent protest" means non-confrontational demonstration held with all the proper permits. They don't get that it was non-violent direct action that was practiced in the 60s and confrontation was the point.

Another reason why DEI is important: we, or our parents, have lived through this in our home countries. Americans have taken their democracy for granted. Refugees have seen this shit before and have experience in how to deal with it.

Seven Nazi collaborators voted to fund ICE's terrorist attacks on Americans. Tom Suozzi (New York) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Don Davis (North Carolina) Laura Gillen (New York) Jared Golden (Maine) Vincente Gonzalez (Texas) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington) Seven collaborators who MUST be primaried.

Also call this loser and tell him to resign. (202) 225-5936

Republicans used immigration to get their base angry at democrats prior to the election. The inaction from democratic leaders seems to be a similar strategy for the midterms. They don’t want to stop Trump bc they want us angry for the midterms. Call this Cuck and tell him to resign.

Jolly Good Ginger

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but all you have to do to abduct a woman now is dress in camo, cover your face and have a gun and we have to submit or risk death? How are we supposed to know if you’re ICE or not?

I am a lawyer and yes, they should be doing that.

Rather than simply boycotting e-commerce giants, Free DC is organizing a "procott" in time for holiday shopping. Their local shopping guide features 50+ spots on board to support D.C.'s autonomy, including @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social, @metrobardc.bsky.social, @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, and more:

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws. Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired. They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.

D.C.’s pretrial bail system mirrors the federal one — no one is jailed just for being charged, and judges already weigh risk & safety, not wealth. Congress shouldn’t be micromanaging local D.C. laws. If we want fairness & accountability, we should pass D.C. statehood & let D.C. chart its own future.

A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.

I pray democrats have the courage to do this.

Trump plans to stay in the White House indefinitely. That’s why he’s remodeling it.

“THE SHADOW PRESIDENT” @propublica on RUSS VOUGHT, Trump’s hatchet man consolidating power & ☠️ programs, pushing Christian nationalism on 🇺🇸 “PROJECT 2025” always meant a plan for after Trump won. Those who helped him 🤥 should ❌ media credentials. www.propublica.org/article/vide...

“tHeY cAnT dO tHat!!!!!” ok well they are babe, idk what to tell you

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Because establishment democrats abandoned the labor movement.

What’s in the anti-DC bills moving today: Take over DC’s Attorney General’s office —blocking accountability for Trump Strip power from DC’s elected leaders Undermine DC residents’ right to govern their own communities Call (202) 224-3121: Tell your Representative to oppose all anti-DC bills.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

#DC DEEP TODAY… Marching to the White House 🏡

Washington DC - the bells of this church are ringing in support of the protest! 😁

Zoom in. 16th street to the White House #FreeDC