Every scientific manuscript is secretly 3 docs in a trenchcoat 1) back&forth w/editors & rev's that max ~6 ppl ever see 2) paper w/all the stuff u think every1 wants to know 3) supplementals w/all the stuff u had to do JIC but know will bore every1 but the real ones tbh most ppl just see abstract 😅

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion. That's $1 billion per day. $41,666,667 per hour. $11,574 per second. Thousands of lives lost. People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

A mentee of mine has $$ to spend on training and/or writing retreats before May 2026. They would benefit from clinical trials, stats for early efficacy trials, qualitative analyses, CBPR and/or writing retreats for people from/studying minoritized groups. Thoughts? #WomenInSTEM #AcademicSky

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WE LOST A MID SIZED CITY OF SCIENTISTS?!?

Literally, we are so obnoxious you guys

The US/Israeli illegal attack on Iran should be understood to be a clear violation of the Olympic Truce (much as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was which led to its suspension by the IOC) and result in bans for 2028 and the stripping of those Games from LA. apnews.com/article/olym...

See how easy it is?

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This was an amazing project to be a part of - learning happens SO VERY FAST that it really surprised me... and learning is related to prior knowledge in unexpected ways. Check out how prediction error drives learning! How do you think this would play out for DLD kiddos? #DevLangDis #Verbs #Education

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

just announced: d+15 midterm (seriously they get that old people vote, right? do they think the AARP just exists for fun?)

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Keep children and family appropriately dressed for severe cold weather.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones is an American physician, epidemiologist, and anti-racism activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health. Dr. Jones’ work focuses on naming, measuring, & addressing the impacts of racism on health & wellbeing. #BlackHistoryMonth

I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.

Measles outbreak in DC linked to anti-abortion March for Life www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

They call it "pulling a Vatican"

Can't believe I have to say this but climate change is responsible for extreme cold snaps.

In my last ice storm, I lost power for 10 days and ended up camping out in a church. That experience led to the question in this paper that went live this week. Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.

"the priorities of [school] board members have large causal effects...the effect of electing an equity-focused member for low-income students is equivalent to assigning every such student a teacher who is 0.3 to 0.4 SDs higher in the distribution of teacher value-added" www.nber.org/papers/w34590

Take a break from doom scrolling and have a little peak at the commission. I’m working on today. Next step, the grasshopper and the foliage.

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

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Don't do any of this.

I am looking for a downloadable list of English transitive verbs. Anyone know of a good resource? #childLanguage #languagedisorders #languagetherapy

Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District. And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:

I’m thrilled to contribute to this effort to think big and longterm about a path to substantial reductions in gun violence, suicides, and injuries in the US. Solutions depend not only on good data and science as a guide, but on political and social change for a whole govt and society approach.

Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general. The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals. John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.

Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇

If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.

I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.

SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes. that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry. but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.

No one "deserves it" but it bears repeating that almost 1/2 of adult SNAP recipients are white, and children make up 40% of the total recipients. 1.2 million veterans depend on SNAP. Able-bodied adults are less than 10% of SNAP recipients and can only claim it temporarily, under certain conditions.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Today marks the first day of early voting in Texas! For the November 4 election, the early voting window runs from October 20 to October 31. Make your voice heard, check your polling location, bring one of the approved photo IDs, and vote early.

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary. This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...