The MAC lab at Drexel is looking for a new post-doc to work on NIH-funded projects investigating the intersection of prior knowledge and long-term memory consolidation. Please pass along to any interested lab members! careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

CHOTINER: Do you think the door could have fit two people? ROSE: Well, it's not just about the size. You have to factor in buoyancy. CHOTINER: (nodding) Whether it floats. ROSE: And Jack was very practical that way. Very practical. CHOTINER: Sure. He wanted to drown. ROSE: Exactly

QUICK! Is there a reason *not* to replace our 7 yr old Breville Barista Express with another one?? TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

Science pushes back. Thanks to Helen Tager-Flusberg for her work on this front! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...

My son starts a bookshop, and business (from me, at least) is booming. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

library(tidyverse) ggplot(mutate(uncount(tibble(x=LETTERS[1:7],y=rep(1:4,e=2)[-1],z=c(rep("#DDC",4),"#678","#643","#BCD")),y),g=row_number()))+geom_bar(aes(x,fill=I(z),group=g),col="#444")+theme_void() 👨🏻‍💻⛳️ #RStats

My mom's apple cake is an avalanche of apples, a tiny bit of batter, and a cascade of cinnamon baked into a hulking mass of fall awesomeness in a tube pan that people will demand you make again and again. smittenkitchen.com/2008/09/moms...

The best way for a photo to catch my attention is if it looks like data. Fig. 1. Bar plot displaying amount of storage per filing cabinet.

“There,” said Toad. “Now my day is all written down.”

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know. It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda. 1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.

This is the best thing I’ve read since Jan 20th, 2025. Absolute perfection from @petridishes.bsky.social “Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away.” www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Today our new postdoc was explaining cool research about how the non-rhotic dialects in New Hampshire changed to reintroduce r sounds with the influx of libertarians but I couldn’t stop laughing at my “Live Free /r/ Die” joke. Sorry @andrewpcollins.bsky.social it’s always like this.

Another little creb 😊

Talk to friends and family members who have never protested before and get them out on October 18.

You're part of the con in The Sting. Pick your grifter name: Kid Twist Horse Face Lee Slim Miller Suitcase Murphy The Boone Kid Crying Jonesy Gloomy Gus Limehouse Chappie The Erie Kid

A good night to re-watch The Sting.

I say aloud often that one of the worst catastrophes of this era will be the dismantling of the American science infrastructure. Sorry to be reposting the NYT, but the wording of this headline is more stark and apt than usual. 🎁 link (via my institutional subscription, which I'm not paying for)

I'm sure I'm not the only one being overly tired yet unable to turn my brain off. What a gift the @snlmtg.bsky.social community is 💙 I genuinely can't wait to welcome you all in Geneva for #SNL2026!

I am a professor because the McNair Scholars Program showed me what I was capable of. I will fight with everything I have to make sure others have the same opportunities. McNair matters!

Surprised to find a young @pftompkins.bsky.social on the 1886 Gallaudet football team.

Let me emphasize that the three positions in my department, communication sciences and disorders, are flexible in area of research and are open rank. Lots of opportunities and support for diverse research programs, from aphasia to developmental disabilities to cochlear implants to sign language

Traditional Pueblo pottery motifs on a 1964 Buick. I love this.

I am co-editing a special issue on the "Neural Bases of Language Processing in the Wild" together with @swathikiran.bsky.social on Brain and Language (zero embargo period). If you are interested, I am happy to chat more (currently at my favorite #snl2025). www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

My favorite phishing name so far:

Holy cow, Patricia Lockwood! Why didn’t I know about her before!

On my way! Can’t wait for SNL!

Because everybody needs something neat to watch on Bluesky:

Woo hoo!! Go CT!

"unflappable" is really not working for me so I'm going to try out being "flappable"

“The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive.” Yes, my friends, on the day a new Dan Brown ‘book’ hits the shops, it’s time to remind ourselves of the work of renowned journalist Michael Deacon of British newspaper The Daily Telegraph... archive.ph/44MCP

As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Officially out! "Predicting relative intelligibility from inter-talker distances in a perceptual similarity space for speech" S.E Kim, B. R. Chernyak, @keshet.bsky.social, me, & A. Bradlow link.springer.com/article/10.3.... BONUS: free online similarity calculator so you can join in the fun! 1/

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Iowa Leaves Big Saran-Wrapped Bowl Of Potato Salad At Illinois Border After Making Too Much https://theonion.com/iowa-leaves-big-saran-wrapped-bowl-of-potato-salad-at-i-1844747809/

Research, service, and teaching, September edition.

One of my very favorite podcasts… now I have a reason to trawl the archives!

I'm going to have to pay for our lab Slack out of my own pocket starting next year, it appears. If I put 5 dollars in an account everything Teams glitches on me I should have enough money in the Slack fund in time for the next renewal.

Republicans are in charge. It's their job to pass a budget and avoid a shutdown this month. Two things the budget needs to address: stop the health care premium increases coming this fall, and assure Trump actually implements the budget we pass.

Daughter, age 20, is leaving today for college, so last night she got to pick the movie. We watched "Walking on Sunshine" a jukebox musical so bad it violates the Geneva Convention. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking...

The start of every 80s movie:

Awwwww Yeah -- it's official

When I became a faculty member I had no idea how many letters I would write (grad/med/vet school, promotion etc). I've been told I write strong letters, here are some things I do to write the best letter possible

Just back from The Naked Gun and it is deeply stupid {complimentary}. I laughed so hard, and Pamela Anderson deserves an Oscar for her performance.

Each day you should wake up thinking "how can I spend more time in TEAMS?" and "can the TEAMS app open up any faster when I start my computer??" or "is there a way TEAMS can be connected to every surface of my life? My food? Air? And love-making?????"

🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...

I just realized that my shirt and pants perfectly blend in with the carpet and chair in my office. If I sit very still maybe nobody will see me.

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈 GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author. 📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

“My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece & lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him & his legacy proud. The nation’s health security is at risk & is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest.” Dr. Daskalakis, CDC immunization director