Get 'em, girl

Jas 🪶🐻🦉🇺🇸🇨🇦@itistherealjas.bsky.social · 3d ago

13 year old Naiara Tammings Stood before the Grand Rapids City Commission and voiced what so many adults wouldn’t! We need more 13 year-old Naiara Tammings! She said what everyone is saying. Too bad the “grown ups” won’t listen. #RisingBlue #DefendersOfDemocracy #SheShed #SheShedAlly

I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com

Getting your picture taken with a 5th place d-tier college swimmer for the sole reason that she says bigoted stuff is the ultimate loser behavior What are you going to do with that picture? Who are you showing it to?

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

anybody have bone conducting open ear headphone suggestons..shockz seem to break...quickly.

you cannot wield genAI, Hank. none of us can. you must diminish, and go into the West, and remain Greenladriel

It's happening... Soon

message to some people: please, stop using chatgpt to email. it is very obvious, and it is embarassing for you.

I met* Patti Smith at Lollapalooza back in 95 or so, I am one degree from the pope. finally. *(I said hi to her as she and Perry Farrel were walking away from some sort of 3rd stage thing, and nobody else was around)

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pope Leo received singer and songwriter Patti Smith in private audience this morning. The Pope and Smith are both Chicago natives. She was accompanied by @antoniospadaro.bsky.social, undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education.

if you want a very exhaustive rundown of who didnt invent the sloppy joe i wrote it all down buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Notable Sandwiches #140: Sloppy Joe

Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I slip messily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...

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Major paper out: A heroic* demonstration that even acute stress increases drug intake in healthy people *4-session 2x2 RCT with ~4 oxycodone injections in 66 volunteers - with repeated blinded 2-panel stress/control inductions (ReSST) 1/🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Effects of psychosocial stress on opioid self-administration in healthy participants: a randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial - Nature Mental Health

In this triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial, Eikemo et al. tested whether acute psychosocial stress increases opioid self-administration using controlled stress induction, oxy...

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Glia in Focus 🔬 Astrocytic oxytocin receptors are changing how we think about oxytocin signalling. These images and calcium recordings show that astrocytic OTRs are functionally active and contribute to brain circuit function. Image by: Denis Clémence

why was the odyssey rated R? (went and saw it, was definitely an epic tale)

Two-photon calcium imaging. What makes for good data? How can we optimize experiments to get good data? New post labrigger.com/blog/2026/07... and new free web apps from @filip-tomaska.bsky.social (1/8)

I am a hater, and I will NOT be polite. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

So excited and glad to get this work out, the culmination of many years of effort and headscratching...just in time for the summer break. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

CNIH3 is a molecular signature of slow AMPA receptors

At excitatory synapses, glutamate activates receptors in the postsynaptic membrane including the AMPA receptor. Usually considered to be the fastest receptor in the brain, AMPA receptors can produce m...

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We found a molecular mechanism in heterologous expression, and then started hunting for slow currents at synapses. To our surprise and delight, slow AMPA currents were hiding in plain sight in the well-studied CA1 pyramidal cells. This is still my favourite figure ever *thanks Nico*! 7/n

🧠 AI is reshaping the people who use it A peer-reviewed paper warns AI in healthcare and the military changes the humans using it: their empathy, responsibility and critical thinking. The tool changes the user. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s43681-026-01197-x #SlowAI #AIethics #Deskilling 🧪

AI-enhanced trait modulation in high-stakes industries: a conceptual perspective - AI and Ethics

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into decision-making processes has transformed high-stakes industries such as healthcare and the military, raising critical questions about its impact on decision-making traits such as empathy, responsibility, critical thinking, risk aversion, and self-confidence. While prior research has largely examined AI’s effects on individual traits in isolation, a gap remains in understanding how these traits interact in a complex interplay of drivers. This study aims to identify the underlying drivers by which AI-supported decision-making reshapes decision-making traits in high-stakes industries. Methodologically, the work draws on 22 semi-structured interviews with healthcare and military professionals. Based on thematic analysis, we identified five First-Order Drivers associated with trait displacement—physical and emotional distance, abstraction, perceived inferiority, added entity, and scapegoating tendency. We further identified three Second-Order Amplifiers—technological, individual, and situational factors—which intensify the magnitude of the effects. Together, these insights are synthesized in the AI-Enhanced Trait Modulation (AETM) model, an integrative framework explaining decision-making trait displacement. To situate AI’s effects in relation to other technologies, we introduce a complementary heuristic, the 5S framework. Our results highlight the growing need for ethical governance, user-centric AI design, and organizational contexts that foster critical engagement in response to AI-induced trait displacement. Especially amid accelerating AI adoption and geopolitical tension, preserving the human core of decision-making remains an ethical imperative.

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Always a fun day when undergrads brand new to research give a poster on their work from the summer.

You‘ve probably had French Toast, but my mum used to make a Bangladeshi version - bread fried with egg mixed with chopped onion, green chill, fresh coriander and a good pinch of salt:

Froog

That night Toad looked out of his window."Toad, Toad,” cried Frog. “The sun is shining! The snow is melting. Wake up!” “I am not here,” said the voice.

My friend Geraldine.

Study Finds There Aren’t Enough Occasions Where You Get To Eat Rolls https://theonion.com/study-finds-there-arent-enough-occasions-where-you-get-to-eat-rolls/

Thud! The sled hit a rock.

Career opportunity at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France They are looking for an experienced researcher with a strong background in synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and who can take a leadership role in chemistry applied to the life sciences and health

Ariane Briegel@arianebriegel.bsky.social · 3w ago

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Exciting morning for goats.. a large pear branch snapped and they had a snack.

Really enjoyed the synaptic transmission GRC!!!! Great job by my UNC colleague, Sam young and his co-chair inna slutsky on putting together a conference that really tackles synaptic transmission across so many different scales. Came away really invigorated. .