New preprint alert! We found that people on the autism spectrum found it harder than non-autistic people to understand when someone was being sarcastic or telling a prosocial lie, but they were just as good at judging whether the speaker’s emotions. Here's the link: lnkd.in/eN9_shQr

How I know I love my job? I do this on a Friday night.

It's promotion letter writing season for academics in the US. As I'm going through my batch I thought I'd share a few things I did *not* know when I started doing this. (I've served on dept and college's PTR committees, but institutional norms may differ--I'd be interested to hear other takes!)

Just booked my SNL 2025 travel! If you’re going let me know do we can hang out. ☺️

If you’re an SNL member, check your email account to vote for the new board of directors! You might see a familiar name among the nominees for the secretary position! ☺️

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

Now do this for NIH and NSF.

Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.

Catching up with colleagues and I feel like "have any of your grants been terminated yet" is the new "have you had COVID yet" from 2022 and I hate it.

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

We will lose cures that would be seen in the next 10-20 years. Many med schools will close. Junior faculty will exit. Education will get more expensive. Faced with 40% less funds, 40% less science yr after yr, worse every yr. This is catastrophic damage to science and health innovation

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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Sweet Cinnamon is here to add something cute to the gloom and doom. She’s a rare orange girl and ready for adoption soon!

Crockett: "If feels as if y'all have just decided that y'all are gonna castrate your constitutional duty & hand it over to someone who was unelected. It doesn't matter how many cheerleaders he had on the field campaigning for him. That doesn't mean he gets to go in and sit atop any of our agencies"

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration… The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...

Very excited to share a new preprint from the LEAD lab on Inclusive Practices for fNIRS Research with Participants with Afro-Textured Hair, an amazing mixed methods study by Abria Simmons, @gavkhar-a.bsky.social & @elliektaylor.bsky.social! Check it out and share! osf.io/preprints/ps...

I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

I built my entire future on the hope of securing NIH funding. Now, countless junior faculty like me are watching our academic dreams slip away. We’re not just losing careers—we’re losing the research breakthroughs we could have delivered. Here’s hoping this NIH crisis ends soon. #medsky #NIH

Happy holidays friends! ❤️ With the help of @smittens.kittens we TNRred 30 cats and socialized another 21 cats over the past 4 years. Become our patron to get updates on rescued and adopted cats and behind-the-scenes footage. The money goes towards vet bills and food. www.patreon.com/AHeartforFer...

Happy holidays friends! ❤️ With the help of @smittens.kittens we TNRred 30 cats and socialized another 21 cats over the past 4 years. Become our patron to get updates on rescued and adopted cats and behind-the-scenes footage. The money goes towards vet bills and food. www.patreon.com/AHeartforFer...

Fun fact: my spouse and I rescue and socialize feral cats. These two (Toni on the left, Limpy on the right) have been slooooow but are finally coming around. 🤍

We thank the reviewers for their feedback. We have incorporated all recommendations in the revised manuscript.

I’m into paint by numbers now to relax. It was stressful at first because I tried to stay within the lines but then I realized I’M AN ADULT and can do what I want.