damn I miss my newborn son, why am I at work. I just want to go home and sniff his head like I'm doing a line of coke.

Published 📃 In this paper, we investigated whether cardiometabolic health is associated with brain structure and microstructure development in 10-17-year-old youth from the ABCD Study.

Cardiometabolic Risk and Structural Brain Development in a Large Community‐Based US Cohort

In a large longitudinal cohort of US youth, cardiometabolic risk factors showed predominantly null associations with global brain structure across adolescence. Aside from modest links between higher ...

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Relatedly, one of the strikers that plays for the Iraq national team was held at the airport upon arrival to the world cup. A normal welcome to the U.S, I can confirm.

Dani Beck, PhD@danibeck.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm astounded by the contrast in boycotts to this world cup compared to the previous one. It's almost as if what was driving it was mostly racism and indifference to Western Imperialism and not problems with human rights abuses or dictators. Colour me shocked.

I'm astounded by the contrast in boycotts to this world cup compared to the previous one. It's almost as if what was driving it was mostly racism and indifference to Western Imperialism and not problems with human rights abuses or dictators. Colour me shocked.

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

I can't believe I became a father and Arsenal won the league in the same week.

Ok, he can come now.

Dani Beck, PhD@danibeck.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My first born son is due in 4 days and all I can think about is Arsenal.

My first born son is due in 4 days and all I can think about is Arsenal.

New publication in DCN, co-led with Natasha Chaku! 🧠Combining our expertise in brain and pubertal development, we sought to clarify how adversity shapes timing and pace of adolescent development across multiple levels of analysis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Timing and tempo of puberty and neurodevelopment following adversity: A registered report

Stress exposure may influence the pace of pubertal and brain development; however, empirical findings are mixed, with evidence for both acceleration a…

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❗New Preprint! “Within-person prospective associations between youth psychopathology and white matter development and the moderating role of parental mental health” doi.org/10.31234/osf... A summary can be found here:

Took me 4 pages to address the handling editor and reviewer 1s concerns. I am on page 24 of addressing Reviewer 2s concerns. And that's without pasting in the revised figures and tables.

Yesterday I used my new smash burger press on the new grill griddle this is now one of 3 things in life that make me happy.

Deadline extended to May 1!

Dani Beck, PhD@danibeck.bsky.social · 5mo ago

‼️Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Brain and Environment‼️ 🧠 Temporal Dynamics Linking Adversity, Adaptation, and Neurodevelopment 🗓️Abstract deadline: 15 April 2026 🗓️Submission deadline: 16 October 2026 Guest Editors @abrieant.bsky.social & Myself! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Absolutely butchering my manuscript in order to appease my reviewers. It's like playing jenga, but in addition to removing vital structural integrity, you add completely random shit like a cactus here, a dildo there, some hippo turd on the side, and sprinkle it all with dead bees. ta-da, science.

“Lebanese hilltop border towns and villages are now hard to recognise. Once characterised by their winding streets lined with stone buildings overlooking sweeping valleys, verified videos now show how they have turned grey from dust and debris of explosions.”

Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed

BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

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🌟 NEW PRE-PRINT! 🌟 “It seems that everyone has got something”: A qualitative study of adolescents’ attitudes towards self-diagnosing with mental health problems from me and @nhigsonsweeney.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Abstract submission deadline tomorrow!

Dani Beck, PhD@danibeck.bsky.social · 5mo ago

‼️Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Brain and Environment‼️ 🧠 Temporal Dynamics Linking Adversity, Adaptation, and Neurodevelopment 🗓️Abstract deadline: 15 April 2026 🗓️Submission deadline: 16 October 2026 Guest Editors @abrieant.bsky.social & Myself! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, on the massive wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon: “These barbaric attacks, which neither recognize right nor respect any agreements or commitments, have repeatedly demonstrated their contempt for all international laws and norms”

Today, Israel is collapsing apartment buildings all over Lebanon, including central Beirut, leaving an untold death toll. This mass terrorism is either an attempt to sabotaging Trump's ceasefire, or a final tantrum of a strategically defeated Israel eager to manufacture a mere image of victory.

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Lina Mounzer@warghetti.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

The threat alone is a violation of international law.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump threatens that "a whole civilization will die tonight" in new post

i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you

Incredible to think that all of humanity is in this picture, and on that little blue planet, only a few handful of world leaders and billionaires are ruining everything for everyone.

Damn, first we find out Jesus was whitewashed and now the moon

Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert@elakdawalla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Some discussion on Artemis II broadcast about how dark the Moon is compared to Earth. Here's a really nice look at the two together from the same camera -- the Moon isn't white, it's dark brown www.planetary.org/space-images...

Received an invitation to review a paper on the 1st April at 21:54 Oslo time, which expired after 4 days with no response. In Norway, 2nd April - 6th are mandatory days off because of Jesus Christ superstar rising from the dead. Not sure I had a fair chance to respond here!

I'm sorry I don't make the rules, when you view someone's LinkedIn profile it means you want them.

"achievement produced under chronic disadvantage" Exactly. You don't have to punish people for having a great educational advantage etc, but a wider lens than what's immediately in front of you is essential and valid.

Superb post! I fully resonate with this although my experience has had differences but plenty of common points. #UK #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky

Dani Beck, PhD@danibeck.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I wrote a short piece on what funding and hiring committees often overlook when assessing merit. @academic-chatter.bsky.social