Congrats to some excellent scientists, including @manojdoss.bsky.social and @ryanntansey.bsky.social !!!

Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks! We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting. w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social

Pride isn’t a month it’s choosing authenticity every day. The rainbow flags represent decades of people who refused to hide. Your existence is already an act of courage. 🏳️‍🌈​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Happy pride month !

Dear god let this man cook.

This. More of this. Much more of this. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov

I'm a member of the NIMH BSC. The members who were fired are outstanding scientists, which is why they were appointed to the BSC in the first place. Their firing for unspecified reasons is unconscionable.

gotta celebrate all small victories - I just passed 10k citations on google scholar :) only legit peer-reviewed articles (this can be a fickle and deceptive number depending on what items make it on the list). Keep good Google Scholar hygiene, people! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity? Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states. Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d A thread 🧵👇 1/n

Schumer needs to go. Doesn't matter the outcome at this point.

For the democrats saying “we can’t let the govt shut down” you’ve already lost. It’s not on you. Republicans control everything, didn’t come to you for anything except your vote. Where else can you force changes? You can’t… you’re a willing participant in Republican majority

Call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣

We're hiring a postdoc! Gain experience in clinical trial management, psilocybin therapy, data analysis, writing, and grantsmanship—preparing for an independent clinical science career. Interested applicants may email CV & cover letter to Dr. Brandon Weiss ([email protected]).

NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America-> AG Pam Bondi has eviscerated the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, NBC News reports, in another sign that rampant unrestrained public corruption will be a defining feature of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org/issue/cr-con... 5calls.org/issue/mahmou...

Call your representatives. Every day. 5calls.org

bullying smaller or less capable people (countries) is not a sign of strength. generosity and support is not weakness. having people’s backs is not equivalent to being taken advantage of. we were stronger when we believed in the value of our own moral imperative, and when we acted accordingly.

February 25, 2025

February 19, 2025

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

This is an absolute disaster www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

when was the last time there was a mass string of layoffs in the country like this? it sounds like we are just getting started, too. these abrupt layoffs alone will hurt the economy before we get to the downstream effects on other services and businesses

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

Follow me here & on Substack for hot takes like, “let’s not be afraid to call a coup a coup.” joycevance.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...

Space Caligula and the Nerd Reich get their revenge. “DOGE pulled a Darth Vader in cloud city where they came in promising to respect our rules and ask for read access and then tonight [Friday] at 6 they took a heel turn and demanded website access,” another CFPB source told WIRED at the time.”

All joking aside, the path we're headed down is widespread civil conflict. Official corruption is generally more of an accelerant than the curtailment of rights, though they often go hand-in-hand, as we're seeing.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

In light of today's devastating announcement of a 75% cut to NIH overhead, it scarcely seems newsworthy that couple dozen COVID contrarians are cosplaying PNAS. But two of them are slated to lead the NIH and the FDA. Is this how they'll stand up for science?

Tough week for science & medicine, but some good news: We launched @wsucandid.bsky.social —the Cannabinoids in Neurodevelopment division at @waynestateresearch.bsky.social to study cannabinoids, brain development & mental health. #cannabis #cannabinoids #research today.wayne.edu/medicine/new...

not 100% kidding when i say we should all identify as female now to follow the law. what’s the delta on 1) not following unjust laws vs 2) following unjust laws to the letter to emphasize their absurdity? also acknowledging that this is an EO and not legislation (yet) (H/T Mitchell Gomez on FB)

How do these idiots not get that the *process* is the point? Yes, it's hard to get good at an instrument, but the struggle is worth something to you. Same for writing - it's hard, but the process is important in organising your thoughts. Getting AI to do these things diminishes us.

Hey there blue science :) Are there any venues where one could pre-register a hypothesis for data in a study that is in-process? I realize the idea sounds a bit fraught, as pre-registration classically occurs before initiating a study. We do have a new hypothesis and we haven't yet peeked ...

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

how does renaming the gulf of mexico lower grocery prices? or address inflation? how does attempting to annex Greenland keep us out of unnecessary wars? please, can someone #elif?

Psychedelics in @APA Monitor on Psychology, featuring myself as well as our Assoc. Director Dr. Al Garcia-Romeu brief: the first Lykos NDA isn't the end of the line, there is plenty of work ahead, and lots to look forward to @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social www.apa.org/monitor/2025...

New paper on the Compass psychotherapy model, referring to process-directive psychotherapeutic methods applied throughout preparatory, dosing, and integration sessions as "psychological support". psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

It's easy to despair. 2024 was a tough year, and 2025 will be tough too. But last year ended with historic Amazon, Starbucks, and rent strikes. These get less attention than elections, but this wave of class warfare has the potential to change history. www.jphilll.com/p/its-time-f...

very curious study with important but potentially misinterpretable findings: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/6

Happy 80th Birthday Daddio!

Preprint alert! Does fMRI-guided targeting improve reliability of early TMS-evoked potentials in non-motor regions like the DLPFC and angular gyrus? bit.ly/3P8YtXp #TMS #fMRI It's been a fun collaboration! @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social @aaltouniversity.bsky.social

Let's not forget, as @akesselheim.bsky.social reminds us, in most cases "[FDA is] making good decisions because it has expert scientists and it has guidelines and rules that it operates under." Those scientists have a tough job that's about to get a lot tougher. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/w...

This sums it up, yes.