I can't watch this without crying. This is why I dedicated my life to America. Not because of what it is. Not because of what it was. Because of what it *could* be. Because of where our ideals *could* have taken us. We're squandering our potential, and it's soul crushing. youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk

Today, I've been reading a very old medical commentary from ancient Uruk, written in the Akkadian language. It's a tiny cuneiform tablet that explains words and phrases excerpted from another text - a diagnostic manual, known in antiquity as Sa-gig.

Watch “Secret Agent” if you have not already. Topical and extremely well acted and made!

we are losing so much talent, progress, and hope for no good reason www.vox.com/future-perfe...

🎶”who runs the world…” 🎶 Empowering visit by @thebalelab.bsky.social !!!

Cartoon by @dennisgoris.bsky.social

I am just now catching up on the fact that the FDA was demanding Uniqure do sham brain surgeries (from what I can tell, comprising simulated burr holes and 10-12 hours of anesthesia) in their placebo arm for their Huntington's therapeutic, and I'm absolutely floored that this was a serious demand.

Tried that. This guy’s got a common name.

As a woman and an academic, why do I feel like I’ve read this story a hundred times - while the names change, the plot is the same. It feels like gut punch every time. We have a long way to go in changing this culture.

Agreed!! It also puts us academics in a bind. Example: I am involved with putting together a small meeting paid for by private donors. I know nothing about them. How do I run a criminal background check?

MacArthur Foundation “genius” @drdamienfair.bsky.social discusses his return to his home state of Minnesota and why it’s important to protect the developing brain, in this episode of “Synaptic.” By Brady Huggett #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/synaptic/sti...

Let’s not forget his co-director. If you’re not a mad scientist, you’re not paying attention.

Finally - a detailed look at how inputs from the PFC and hippocampus converge in the NAc! Well done!

Have you seen the Trump skating AI video? This is much more realistic.

It felt like the right time for a reminder. This is based on an older interview but almost too relevant today. “On Failure and “Pathological Persistence” in Science“ by Michael Yassa on Medium: medium.com/@myassa_6289...

We were trying to confirm the precens of DMT in the brain and in particularly in serotonin neurons. But to our surprice, DMT is neither in the brain or taken up by serotonin nerve terminals! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Prediction: Kidnapped President Madura confesses to election interference in exchange for a DOJ plea deal that sets him up in the Club Fed prison next to Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump uses it as pretext to nationalize elections and the Roberts court says OK because we can’t second guess national security

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

You’re right! It’s way smaller!

Another day, another failure of AG Pam Biondi to comply with the law. This time, holding back promising research on cannabis and psychedelics by refusing to bring Nixon’s archaic war-on-drugs regulations into the 21st century. I guess she’s too busy redacting Trump’s name from the Epstein files.

As a MN girl, I am sickened by what is happening in my home state. Please call your members of Congress and tell them that the DHS spending bill must prohibit ICE and Border Patrol agents from carrying guns and that agents do not have absolute immunity under the law if they harm civilians. Now. ☎️📢

Latest post from Dr. Ginexi on NOFO guidance, "reductions in burden," and subsequent confusion at #NIH.

Thank you to all the courageous panelists at today’s lived experience panel at #ACNP2926 and thank you to @acnporg.bsky.social for bringing these vital voices to the conversation. Their hard-earned insights can help us all do better, more impactful, more meaningful science!

Thank you ACNP for having the meeting at the Atlantis! Trying a new way to fund the lab - better odds than the NIH!

SHAME ON YOU DELTA AIRLINES!!! COWARDS!

Excited to be working with colleagues around the world (including @drjkhokhar.bsky.social @jojolab.bsky.social and CHAIR @sjo09.bsky.social) on the @ibroorg.bsky.social World Congress in Cape Town, 2027! ibro.org/ibro-announc...

Add HHS to the DoD for agencies committing murder in our names.

Dr. Leila Denmark co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. World's oldest practicing pediatrician until she retired at age 103 (after 73 yrs). At the time of her death at age 114 & 60 days, she was the 5th-oldest validated living person in the world & 3rd-oldest in the US. #WomenInSTEM

What is the source of this idiocy?

Absolutely insane paragraph

Damn right!

I am thankful for judges who require our lawless President to obey the law!

The ruling extended protections to all individuals “who have been arrested or will be arrested” in Colorado since January 20.

And that’s a wrap on #[email protected] and I are on our way home, full of brain facts!

With all the FAA chaos going on we had to fly the plane ourselves, but @thebalelab.bsky.social and I are on our way to #sfn2025

Excited and honored to kick off the #APS2026 Summit! And it’s in MN 🎉 Excellent science and opportunity for collaborative engagement. 🤩 See you there!

Congratulations Max!!

The best analysis I have read of Dr. Franklin’s essential contributions!

This paper describes outreach efforts on X. Now that Elon’s fascist leanings and algorithms are so obvious, why is NPP still using X? You should stop immediately and rely on Bluesky to drive engagement. Stop supporting rapacious fascists in our name!

Rolling Stone obit on Donna Jean: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Join us for a coffee break during #SfN2025 ☕ Meet Sheena Josselyn (Program Co-chair of #IBRO2027), Shubha Tole (IBRO President-Elect) & Tracy Bale#SfN2025#IBRO2027)IBRO President) to learn more about the IBRO 2027 #WorldCongress. 🗓 18 Nov | 12:00 – 13:00 📍 Booth 3619 https://ibro.org/meet-ibro-at-sfn-2025/

LMFAAAAAOOOOOO THE REAGAN AD IS RUNNING DURING THE WORLD SERIES GAME IN SOME MARKETS

Discovery of Highly Selective 5-HT2A Agonists Using Structure-Guided Design | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Very proud of Dr Tracy Bale’s @thebalelab.bsky.social induction into the National Academy of Medicine yesterday evening! A brilliant impactful scientist, a champion of women, and a tireless advocate for global neuroscience at @ibroorg.bsky.social! Congratulations!

NO KINGS! FREE DC OF THE ORANGE VERMIN!