PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying” (#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸 #FuckICE

🖼️ The Ceryneian Hind, BreeAnn Veenstra.

Telehealth is a game changer for people with disabilities. It can be incredibly difficult to attend in person appointments when you have an energy limiting chronic illness. The shutdown means Medicare recipients can no longer access this vital accommodation. Restore telehealth!

Wow! Trump just threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to block court rulings against him.

Tag #SupportOnSunday by A #Solseed Joint @hannahcrazyhawk.bsky.social @fluxofmind.ca @mollie.blacksky.app @haikubycrane.bsky.social @artbyseranya.bsky.social @yeehawpoems.bsky.social @poetkatiratejeda.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social @littlebitespoetry.bsky.social @artissttree.bsky.social

Very wet fallen red Japanese maple leaves on Solomon seal leaves in the rain #Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #RainyDays

Fantastic photo!! 🖤

A beautiful juvenile male Ornate Sunbird in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

An excellent read by Grace Lindsay, PhD 🧠 @neurograce.bsky.social #NeuroSky #BookSky #Neuroscience #TheoreticalNeuroscience www.audible.com/pd/166610676...

Oh, yeah. Absolutely me - day and night, ensconced in fuzzy blankets, cozy lamps, and books. What better peace than the comfort of the written word and the knowledge it bestows! 📚 #BookSky

I carry the weight of worlds. I was born for life alone. It hurts. But it is my burden to carry. Reasons are illogical. #Poetry #TerminalIllness #Grief

Medical gaslighting is like taking a cracked mirror to be repaired, and instead being told, “No, the glass is perfect. It’s your self-image that’s distorted.” Instead of looking for medical causes, the doctor flips reality, making the patient doubt their own perception. #NEISvoid #MedicalGaslighting

I can't help wondering if it's a slightly heavy-handed way of getting to the idea that the wavefunction is epistemic, but I must take a look.

Happing in an hour and a half, join the discussion today!

Reintroduction... I'm a neuroscientist interested in emotion-motivation-cognition interactions. Interested in conceptual/foundational issues. I also wrote a book for general audience readers called The Entangled Brain that is open access at MIT Press. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460... #neuroscience

Finally! 😄

New from @katejj.bsky.social group!

A conversation with Annaka Harris on shared perception, experimental science, and why our intuition about consciousness is wrong.

Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!

I had a fun and in-depth discussion about my new documentary project LIGHTS ON with @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social on his “Within Reason” podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=4b-6...

Just trying to enjoy her bucket in peace. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Good Morning Freaky Friday Fans #AIart #Midjourney7

Even stone gives way when roots persist.

"Night Rain" - my oil painting

Hi Sitka! I miss seeing you daily up at The Alaska Raptor Center. That was such a lovely job in my career. 🦅 I hope her attitude is still spicy but tamer with age. 😂

All I know. 🤗

I’m currently listening, and it’s spectacular. Thank you for such refreshing perspectives! Looking forward to more. In my work in theoretical neuroscience, I often find metaphors on macroscopic scales inspiring and helpful.💡 #Neuroscience #NeuroSky #DevelopmentalTopographicalDisorientation

Every breakthrough builds upon shared knowledge. Ensure your recent discoveries contribute to ongoing conversations at #SfN25. Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.  🔗 vist.ly/45gzc #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter

I had two medical appointments and one prescription pickup today and it took about 5 hours in total. Being disabled or chronically ill is like having a full-time job you have to pay to do. And for many of us (myself included), holding an actual full-time job on top of that simply isn’t accessible.

Here is my interview with the always creative and thought provoking @annakaharris.bsky.social on the nature of consciousness - perhaps the most important question emerging for the 21st century. @bigthink.com bigthink.com/13-8/annaka-...

I don’t even need a super serious relationship in my life at this point. I would be happy to have someone I be could spend time with semi-regularly and that we care about each other.

Yesssss! 🧠

It seems like my last introductory pinned post disappeared, so: I’m a full professor of physics, specifically theoretical optics, who also like horror fiction, guitar, RPGs, videogames, and cats. Written a couple pf popular science books. Spends more time than is healthy worrying about politics.

Photo from my collection - the seller said it was from 1964. It has not been filtered or modified by me - whether by accident or on purpose it was overexposed to wonderful effect.

Did you know there's a big group of people who are too sick to access medical care, and too disabled to access disability supports? Sounds absurd but it's true. (We're too sick to protest, too.) ⚡️ #SevereME #pwME #pwLC #PatientRights #MillionsMissing #Disability #DisabilityJustice

If you love them, tell them. If they’ve changed your life, let them know. If they’re important to you, make sure they hear it from you.

This. 💯

The biopsychosocial model of medicine was meant to be holistic. Biology🩻 + psychology🧠 + social context🏘️ In theory: It's treating patients as whole human beings. In practice? It's weaponised against patients with conditions that doctors find "too hard". 🧵 #NEISvoid #MedEd

Absolutely, they double down on their endless need to satiate their egos. It’s horrible.

“Remembered happiness is agony; so is remembered agony.” — Donald Hall (“Midwinter Letter”) #Poetry #agony #griefandloss #deathanddying

“Remembered happiness is agony; so is remembered agony.” — Donald Hall (“Midwinter Letter”) #Poetry #Pain #Grief

Pink Mist. 🩷

Two stylish pals. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

My painting WISCONSIN FARM

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” — Captain Jean-Luc Picard [Star Trek: The Next Generation] #Quote #StarTrek

Aubade Your breath still warm on the curve of dawn- I slip from sheets like a secret kept, light stitching shadows across your back. The birds confess what I cannot: I loved you more before the sun remembered its duty to rise. #poem #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

Stitcher of Masks #poetry #poem #writing

Waiting for breakfast. Photo from my collection, 1961.