And if you are very lucky, these two goals intersect.

Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am indeed a professor. I read ugh, theory. I read a lot of history; articles and books. Its because the stuff I read for work is so dark, and intense that I need something to change the gears. So hell yes, I read absolutely trashy romance novels, and I read smut. We can do it all, I believe.

Journal editors: show me your proof of blood donation and I will happily peer review that one paper you just can’t find reviewers for - under the deadline.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last mo.

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

Removing a condom without your partners consent is called stealthing. In addition to the obvious risks (STIs & unwanted pregnancy), stealthing can lead to PTSD, mood or anxiety disorders. Survivors describe utter betrayal and fear it may happen again. 1/4 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner told The Washington Post that he repeatedly removed protection without her consent when they were having sex.

We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com

RelaScale - Psychological Measures and Constructs

RelaScale is a searchable database of psychological measures and constructs for relationship researchers.

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RIP to an icon. I read Persepolis as a teen and it kickstarted a lifelong love affair with memoir comics. Her unique style and incredible narrative pacing was electric.

NPR@npr.org · 3mo ago

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979. n.pr/4e4ODBQ

Happy Pride!

Overheard at the local brewery: “I like my men like I like my beers. Crushable.”

These mini-games are quite fun, and help build the almost visceral intuition about stats that’s hard to get without (literally) playing w data.

Sacha Epskamp@sachaepskamp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I spent the past semester building interactive teaching apps with AI-assisted coding. I used my personal website to share them with my students, but that makes them hard to find for other educators. So I built Galvoro — galvoro.app

Congratulations to Dr. London Wolff for completing her PhD in the lab! And we can't forget Linus finishing his dogtoral degree! Well done!

Happy Star Wars Appreciation day to my fellow nerds, and Happy Reflexive “And also with you” Day to my fellow Episcopalians

Studies w/ primate models are extremely difficult & expensive, and get questioned by folks squeamish about animal research the less those animals look like “disposable vermin”. But (incredible!!!) findings like this are why we need them - mice physiologies can differ in *critical* ways

Daniel L. Barber, PhD@danbarberphd.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So we blocked IFNγ in Mtb infected macaques and….the animals were fine. Turns out mice overestimate the importance of IFNγ in TB because IFNγ drives iNOS in mice but not macaques or humans. This means we don’t actually know how T cells suppress Mtb. rdcu.be/ff9GB #tuberculosis #immunology

BlackBerry My Body Has Waged War Upon Itself For So Long That My Brain Cannot Differentiate Between A Bruise And A Fractured Spine … I mean BlackBerry Central Sensitization

Libby Hill@libbyhill.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Pineapple Old Bones

This hurts my heart. Stay safe, all those bravely working to slow this terrible fire and protect our wonderful prairie

Kris Chaos@realbigkriscfromaz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I do want to say how weird it is no one has really talked about the fire that has burned half a million acres in the middle of Nebraska. It has mostly burned up in a place called Garden County, where I grew up. One person has died.

This feels up your alley, @rincewind.run

PsyPost@psypost.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Terry Pratchett’s novels held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, new study suggests

Looking forward to expanding our small team a bit as the lab prepares for its 2nd year. We will be hiring 2-3 more volunteer, in-person RAs for our team to start in the fall. Details and application info are at our website. share.google/O1hvtUpPLIlp...

Applications still open! Here are some of the awesome papers our previous lab managers spearheaded:

Tierney Lorenz@tierneylorenz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Are you a postbac (or soon-to-be-postbac) interested in interdisciplinary research on sexual and reproductive health? Come work with us! Application review starts March 13 and continues until the position is filled. employment.unl.edu/postings/99472

Gendered behaviors depend on *cultural context*?! Hormones aren’t just on/off switches that universally orient to specific behaviors regardless of the environment, ontogeny, and socialization of the organism?! Shocking. This is my shocked face. 😱

jentrification@jentrification.com · 6mo ago

"The research suggests that generalizations about human behavior are often flawed because they rely on samples composed largely of White individuals."

This must be what it’s like to be a climate change researcher: in this kind of funding system many labs will shut down (or never get off the ground). Even if the money comes back there will be nowhere for it to *go*. It’s scary enough now - and the worst effects won’t be felt for years 😬

Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

It’s hard enough as a scientist right now. I can’t imagine how hard it must be to be a PO in this rotten, chaotic system

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 6mo ago

14/ ...These are also identities shared by my husband and my children, and it is getting harder to look them in the face when I return from work.” - anonymous NIH PO

“Epistemic monocropping” is a great phrase www.nature.com/articles/s44...

AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture - Communications Psychology

The rush to study generative AI is producing a feedback loop of topical and methodological convergence, flattening scientific imagination and crowding out the pluralism needed to keep research adaptiv...

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Are you a postbac (or soon-to-be-postbac) interested in interdisciplinary research on sexual and reproductive health? Come work with us! Application review starts March 13 and continues until the position is filled. employment.unl.edu/postings/99472

Hey, our study on inflammation and sexual desire made the cover! (Sort of 😅 - social media counts, right?) www.instagram.com/sexmedjourna...

ISSM Sexual Medicine Journals (ISMJ) on Instagram: "Does inflammation affect women’s sexual desire?⁠ ⁠ This study found no link between CRP and sexual function in pre- or post-menopausal women overall...

10 likes, 0 comments - sexmedjournals on February 11, 2026: "Does inflammation affect women’s sexual desire?⁠ ⁠ This study found no link between CRP and sexual function in pre- or post-menopausal wome...

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Very cautiously optimistic that the inclusion of potential inflammatory etiologies will finally move the needle on anti-inflammatory treatments for mood (and other) disorders being considered truly “first line”

NPR@npr.org · 7mo ago

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called? That's one of several open questions as the "Bible of psychiatry" goes online.

Oh thank the gods.

Jeff Zacks@jzacks.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is good news for NIH-funded behavioral scientists and for the public; it resolves an unfortunate Catch-22 situation that inflated administrative burden and occasionally excluded basic behavioral science from funding opportunities: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

“This cruelty will be measured in lives lost… We are witnessing the dismantling of our recovery infrastructure in real-time, and the administration will have blood on its hands for every preventable death that follows.”

Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

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Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B #StateOfNeuroscience

Neuroscience funding: A source directory

Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.

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Thrilled to see this trial finally out in press! Self-guided hypnosis signficantly reduced hot flashes above and beyond sham treatment. Awesome to have more non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms. Looking forward to diving into our mechanisms data next! shorturl.at/RPIJX

Self-Administered Hypnosis vs Sham Hypnosis for Hot Flashes

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a self-administered hypnosis intervention for hot flashes compared with a self-administered sham hypnosis control and evaluates the efficacy of...

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Seen this afternoon on a trail deep in the Appalachian woods: A House With Good Bones @tkingfisher.com

NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding

The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…

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Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Bouchard!