Kevin Wright
@kevinmawright.bsky.social
Neuroscientist: Dystroglycan, synapses, retina development/function (not necessarily in that order) Director of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at OHSU. Opinions are my own.
Mike Johnson sending the House home to avoid a vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment is a cowardly disgrace…and another reminder why these anti-democratic, pro-war, pro-Trump, Epstein file coverup enablers and Republican failures need to be sent home permanently.
That’s your future crashing. Negative migration is going to have serious consequences for social security.
Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 2w agoEven from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence
Comprehensive work by @leahfiles attempting to quantify how corrupt US presidents have been. Before complaining, read her Substack. This well and truly is shocking even to the most cynical mind. Source: buff.ly/mylWjnf
I suppose that one way to avoid dealing with unpleasant tasks at a job is to just....not do them. I should try that. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...
House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN Politics
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o...
cnn.com
Who among us has not had a Russian oligarch bankroll their lavish wedding?
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3d agoLook at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵
This is incredibly stupid, but also… Since when can the president issue taxes? That is Congress’s job
Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 4d agoThe US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
The Browns out here getting what the deserve for playing Watson
This asshole is why I’ll never donate money to an individuals political campaign ever again
Axios@axios.com · last wk.EXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Fetterman is preparing to make a bombshell appearance tonight at the GOP convention in a video praising President Trump and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Dave McCormick
Pretty sure anyone in nyc on that day knows exactly where they were and what they were doing even 25 years later.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk."September 11th was 25 years ago" -- Ted Cruz defends Trump lying about his response to 9/11 but suggesting he might not remember because it was so long ago
I worked at a KOA Kampground, where one of my jobs was to pump out motor home septic tanks. 💩
SarahJSloat@sjane.bsky.social · last wk.Happy labor day (USA). What's one of the oddest paid job you've had? Mine was probably as a reader for a medical professor at Rutgers, whose eyes were failing. I read him many academic texts, as well as Samuel Butler's "The Way of All Flesh."
What a bizarre argument he makes in this OpEd. Basically boils down to “boys don’t work in manual labor jobs or go to war anymore, so we need something to channel their intrinsically violent energy into. And that thing is a game that will give them brain damage”
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 2w agoYet, Ben Sasse and the @wsj.com seem to think that it is appropriate to double down on sacrificing American boys to the death sentence that is this sport. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Still fuming about this. JB is a sad, bitter loser that is just out for revenge against the people the ridiculed his stupid ideas during the pandemic. He has never, and will never, made a meaningful contribution to science or medicine. And when this is over he’ll go back to being a nobody
Kevin Wright@kevinmawright.bsky.social · 2w agoHe is absolutely despicable. I hope when his tenure is over, he is completely shunned by the scientific/medical community.
Just when I thought I couldn't despise Podcast Jay any more....
Joshua Weitz@joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2w agoThe agreement "signed by Dr. Bhattacharya and Dr. Robert Kadlec at the Defense Department" ... "could allow the Defense Department to go around Congress and gain access to billions of dollars meant for infectious disease research" and involve ~$2 billion of NIAID's budget (!!!). 🎁
This is a impeachable/fireable offense for every single person in the administration involved
Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD@vvsmider.bsky.social · 2w ago“Without notifying Congress or the American people, DoD has signed an interagency agreement that could give the Department access to billions of dollars that Congress provided to NIH for critical biomedical research.” Seriously?
*Average comment under a recipe* I made a layer cake for my daughter's wedding using this recipe, but I didn't have any eggs so I substituted corn flour. The cake turned out terrible. Nobody wanted it. This recipe ruined her wedding, I'm so mad! 1/5 stars -Linda
Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296
Open-rank tenure-track faculty position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591
Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
So the supposed deal that trump has to steal Venezuela’s oil depends on a company with no history of developing this type of oil field, run by a guy under investigation for money laundering in 3 different countries (including the US). Sounds like a Trump Special. www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...
What do we know about the company behind President Trump’s Venezuelan oil deal? : Consider This from NPR
President Trump has touted his agreement with Venezuela as the greatest oil deal in the world.Behind the deal is a company - and a man - who energy analysts say may not be up for the task of developin...
npr.org
This is insane. I live in a state that is 100% mail-in voting.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
I’m honestly impressed he can say that with a straight face
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoMike Johnson on Iranians: "It's apparently part of their religion that they can just lie to someone they disagree with"
My department is hiring for a tenure-track faculty position in neuroscience! 👇 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Faculty Position in Neuroscience - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Pharmacology) - Aurora, Colorado job with University of Colorado Anschutz | 12863049
Assistant or Associate Professor faculty position in the Department of Pharmacology at University of Colorado School of Medicine in Neuroscience.
nature.com