Raise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions

8 high level positions at NIH posted including 6 institute director positions (NIMH, NIGMS, NICHD, NIDCR, NHGRI, NLM). Only open for 2 weeks (applications due November 21). Application materials include a) CV b) vision statement c) a photocopy of doctoral degree. hr.nih.gov/careers/open...

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

This helps me understand

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

WATCH: Counsel @haydenjohnson.bsky.social breaks down the key aspects of our victory against the Trump admin’s violent and unconstitutional actions in the Chicago area. Threaded ⬇️ If you're in the area & have witnessed misconduct by ICE & other federal agents, report them at tinyurl.com/chicagoTRO

Excuse me, @theguardian.com, I'd like to report an error in your headline; this should read "James D Watson, who co-discovered Rosalind Franklin's notebook showing her discovery of DNA's twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I've been hopeful for awhile that AI is going to spur a backlash of emphasis on authentic human generated content. Some signs are appearing:

It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice. Caveats: -*-*-*-* 
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees 
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases

Pulitzer Prize photo right here.

“Perhaps we should’ve guessed [the Roberts Court’s] extraordinary deference to this president could be outweighed only by its hatred of taxes.” Yes. What today at SCOTUS shows is Roberts has never been about backing Donald Trump _the man_. Roberts is there to protect the Republican Party. 1/

Dems took multiple votes in 2021-2022 on the Freedom to Vote Act, which would ban partisan gerrymandering, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would (re-)ban racial gerrymandering. Republicans blocked them every time.

Trump was elected to a second term in office one year ago today. The “might makes right” politics that have defined his second administration are bringing out the worst in America. 🔗 bit.ly/43BWZNd

@libbyapp.com I love you so much. Please reconsider using generative AI in your app. Just like @thestorygraph.com, we don’t need generative AI to make book suggestions that you can already make based on our interests.

If you thought Schumer was doing nothing before, just wait until you see how much nothing he will do now!

An important reminder why folks should vote YES on the PA Supreme Court retention elections tomorrow and reject Republican billionaire Jeff Yass's attempt to buy the state prospect.org/2025/11/03/r...

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ. We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights. Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern. Late last night, I woke up to my car, car port, and home engulfed in flames. I'm grateful for the quick response from Portland firefighters who prevented the fire from spreading even further.

Thank you, Chicago.

Hilarious and Haunting thread

🚨NEW: Following California's lead, Virginia is planning to redraw its Congressional map to cancel out GOP gains from partisan gerrymander. Illinois and Maryland need to follow suit.

At my town hall in Aurora, a constituent asked me what gives me hope for a better tomorrow:

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b... @apache.be you rule 🖤

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Donald Trump's masked agents believe that their actions are immune from investigation or accountability — they're not. I've signed an Executive Order today establishing the Illinois Accountability Commission to create a public record and capture the impact on our communities.

This is no shade to Chicago but this actually started in LA. They bought out a ton of vendors to keep them home.

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

CDS Asst. Prof. @neurograce.bsky.social has launched a YouTube channel, “5 Minute Papers on AI for the Planet,” translating climate-AI research into short video explainers, inspired by her course at CDS, “Machine Learning for Climate Change.” nyudatascience.medium.com/cds-grace-li...

I made a video about the shutdown, and why this government worker won’t be a pawn. When the president and Supreme Court are both acting lawlessly, Congress must stand up and stop it. US science is collapsing and Congress needs to act. 🧪 Full video here: www.instagram.com/reel/DP1tXXE...

Today and tomorrow 11a-3p EST, I'll be live posting this terrific workshop. It's open to all! So register at this link if you'd like to watch too (or follow this 🧵 for the highlights). Agenda: 16 presentations + overviews, discussions, recaps and reviews. www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...

“Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function(…) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios.” — @olivia.science

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

The energy at the #NIH rally today was amazing and contagious. Huge turnout, huge pro-science energy. 1/ 🧪#NoKings

🧵Thread overview of ALL my publications related to "Cognition and Intractability" in chronological order: 🌟

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

USC says NO

New preprint! "Non-commitment in mental imagery is distinct from perceptual inattention, and supports hierarchical scene construction" (by Li, Hammond, & me) link: doi.org/10.31234/osf... -- the title's a bit of a mouthful, but the nice thing is that it's a pretty decent summary

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

I work in an incredibly niche field and every paper I publish builds on the ones before. There is absolutely nothing wrong with citing yourself and I never understood this critique, either.

WPSU and the Penn State Board of Trustees reverse course ... WHYY in Philly to take over WPSU. Best case for WPSU and Central PA. Long live WPSU, PBS and NPR.

Awesome news! Penn State has reversed its decision to shutter WPSU and has agreed to sell it to @whyy.org!

Figuring out how the brain uses information from visual neurons may require new tools, writes @neurograce.bsky.social. Hear from 10 experts in the field. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time. VANCE: No, George, I sai-- STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Meanwhile in #Portland