Seeing a lot of takes about how Mamdani's win doesn't mean other left candidates should do what he did because it won't necessarily work for them. As opposed to how well chasing the centre-right vote has historically worked? I dunno, man, I think it's worth a pop.

what is that strange feeling.... oh yeah, hope!

Who did this?!

Say what you like about Isildur, he supported a lot of work in the field of One Ring alignment.

Happy Halloween, everybody!

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921

This is heartbreaking 💔 to read. Thank you 🙏 for sharing this with us. I want to apologize to you on behalf of real Americans. It’s a painful reminder that we must keep resisting these harmful policies so we don’t lose more people like @wwenneuro.bsky.social, whom we spent over a decade training.

Nothing like a good cry over my morning coffee as Wei heads out 💔. The US is crazy to not do everything possible to keep and treasure people like her. I know she will do wonderful things where ever she lands - this is our loss

After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.

Someone asked me the other day*: How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed? The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible. The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research. 1/ 🧪 #neuroscience

Thanks @mpfneuro.bsky.social for inviting me out! Had a blast spending the day talking about neuronal cilia!

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

Had a great time with Kristen, and talking science with really outstanding faculty and trainees at UT Austin. Cherry on top: photoshoot with Masa!

Scientists are denouncing the appointment of Kyle Walsh, a close friend of Vice President JD Vance, to lead the NIH’s environmental health institute, calling it blatant cronyism. They say Walsh lacks experience in environmental science and proper vetting.

what Piali said! Looking to recruit a new assistant professor to our fabulous neuroscience group and department at Brandeis. Please circulate far and wide and alert anyone you know who is on the job market! #neuroscience

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

South Korea: #NoKings! Thousands of people came to show support to the US democracy!

today it feels like we can win

To all who need a reminder

In Boston, every day is No Kings Day

A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.

#A_NewHope ✊

No Kings Austin TX!

When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!

JFC how huge were the founding fathers

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

🧵Ongoing Thread of #NoKings protests in ALL 50 states ❌👑 Share far and wide 💪 1) Alabama Demonstrations are expected in Athens, Birmingham, Dadeville, Dothan, Fairhope, Huntsville, Guntersville, Mobile, Oxford, Phenix City, and Tuscaloosa (LarryJMcDowell, kyleforalabama, lakerat61)

10) Idaho Demonstrations in Idaho at Falls Idaho, McCall, Kingston, Hailey and more! (kingfisher24, woodman4308, sueo1959, cjinsv)

Protestors march through downtown Montgomery, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025 holding a banner saying "No Kings In America." The protest drew more than 600 people. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)

The only thing missing is the tea...

No Kings protest kicking off in Washington, D.C. Here’s the view down Pennsylvania Avenue from near the front. Street is totally packed for blocks.

BIG DAY in Washington, DC for #NoKingsDay It’s a privilege to be in coalition with @indivisible.org and standing up for science and democracy together! @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience Let’s see your signs!

Guys, why are there so many American flags here? I thought this was supposed to be a hate America rally? #NoKings #Pittsburgh

People are on the move. This protest is so big that it's using two bridges, and this is a TINY portion of the people who are marching

𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 "𝐍𝐨 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬" 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬.

I love #Boston #NoKings

Great crowd for No Kings in Waltham, MA!

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate shorturl.at/OFfig

$40 billion dollars is the size of the entire NIH budget.

If you are a scientist and not out in the street Saturday, you are jeopardizing your own future. Join us! We have power when we band together

US Academia Be Like

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

"Outside of Portland's ICE facility last night, Kenny from South Park got married to a unicorn. The betrothed Portland couple, who arrived and departed the scene by motorcycle, declined to be identified by name." www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

this made me cry. this is the way, people

Important piece by Prof. Kate Andrias. This is why treating SCOTUS as the only word on the Constitution gives away our power as citizens. As I frequently say “we are founders and framers” of the next iteration of democracy in this country. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Thank You MIT. Now who's next? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

I am really glad that @jeremymberg.bsky.social wrote this. Everybody who cares about science, and about knowledge generation and civil society generally, should read and share with their favorite administrator. Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE