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Bryan William Jones Neuroscientist Vision Neuroscientist Connectomics / VolumeEM Photographer / #Leica Professing at Pitt In the data bryanwjones.com ORCID 0000-0001-5527-6643

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Mary Walsh, a name almost no one outside journalism knows, is one of the most significant and righteous truthfighters out there! Her departure is a five alarm fire.

27.02.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm hearing from peeps in the Pentagon that he's openly drinking... sooooo, yeah.

27.02.2026 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With Hegseth saying: "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic's models for every
LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic.", they are establishing a precedent for the nationalization of companies that work in defense.

If the Democrats regain power, look out SpaceX.

27.02.2026 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There was a Doctor Who episode with Raxacoricofallapatorians, aliens who disguise themselves in bulky human skin suits who constantly "fart" because of gas exchange.

They are a ruthless criminal family who seek to destroy things on Earth and sell the remains for profit which seems a bit on point.

27.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!

27.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Signed?

27.02.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building the future of neuroscience at HBCUs Black In Neuro is launching a new program to help historically Black colleges and universities advance neuroscience research and education, focusing on cross-institutional collaboration…

In 2025, @blackinneuro.bsky.social celebrated its 5th anniversary and announced the HBCU-MINDS Network, an initiative focused on building neuroscience research infrastructure, expanding graduate training and increasing opportunities at HBCUs.

By @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social

bit.ly/4sjPW5C

27.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A Timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute The dispute raises a variety of policy, legal, and ethical questions, and its outcome could set an important precedent.

Our timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute is updated to include the latest entry, President Donald Trump's statement on Truth Social "directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology."

27.02.2026 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. Loooove the Polar Silver.

27.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The US is broadly a country that likes to invest in science. Even among Republicans this is true. But we are governed by an administration that is opposed to science, and is using procedural tools to limit spending and increase political control over the process.

27.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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For sale: Porsche 964 Carrera 4 WTL 1994 - elferspot.com In 1994, only 267 "964 Wide-Body" models were produced for the US market. We are proud to present an exceptionally fine example of these models. In Germany s…

Nnnghhhh.

Oh my, a phabulous phat phendered Porsche in the right color:
www.elferspot.com/en/car/porsc...

27.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NIH research grant funding rates plummeted in 2025 Agency acknowledges young investigators are losing out as result of multiyear funding policy imposed by White House

#ScienceBluesky has got the juice (referencing posts in science policy articles) πŸ˜‚πŸ€£
www.science.org/content/arti...

27.02.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I still *hate* that they are trying to name change to Dept. of War from Defense. It will always be DoD to me.

27.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

damn...

27.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abusers react poorly to people establishing boundaries, exhibit 5001.

Good for Anthropic for being clear about their boundary. Anyone who's ever interacted with an LLM understands why a fully autonomous weapon is a terrible idea now

"My bad, you're absolutely right! That _was_ a bus full of nuns!"

27.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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President Trump is telling us exactly what is he going to do when it comes to our elections, especially if his party doesn’t win. And we need to listen.

27.02.2026 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

There has been a ton of .mil flights in the air over the past several days and now.

Not all training flights either.

This is logistics and infrastructure for something.

27.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We are already there within the govt.

27.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Although the world outside still feels grey and wintry, under the microscope the retina reveals a vibrant landscape of color.
For #FluorescenceFriday: a section of the avian retina showing beautifully organized neuronal layers from inner to outer retina.
#Neuroscience #Retina #Microscopy

27.02.2026 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With Netflix Retreat, Trump Ally Larry Ellison Will Soon Own Warner Brothers, HBO, CNN, CBS, Paramount, Discovery, And Part Of TikTok Netflix has retreated from its protracted bidding war with Larry Ellison for control of Warner Brothers, giving the Trump ally likely control of Warner, CNN, and HBO. In a statement, Netflix co-CEO…

the upsides of the Paramount/Warner stuff:

1. Nobody at Paramount seems remotely competent

2. The U.S. isn't Hungary

3. The huge debt makes collapse very likely

4. Humans still have agency

5. Every time anybody has tried to use Warner to dominate media (see: AT&T) it has failed spectacularly

27.02.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 682    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 16

NIH is not issuing awards. You may think that it's because they it is coming up with new directions of research...The apposite is true.

Here is a graph showing how many fewer new funding opportunities that NIH has posted over time.

-91%, a trend that started on Jan 2025.

27.02.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court rules the Postal Service can't be sued, even when mail is intentionally not delivered A divided Supreme Court has ruled that Americans can’t sue the U.S. Postal Service, even when employees deliberately refuse to deliver mail.

This is how USPS, a critical service provided by the US govtβ€”paid for with taxes AND feesβ€”can be maliciously withheld or weaponized for the purpose of racial harassment & punishment for success.*

If Supreme Court says USPS can intentionally NOT DELIVER mail, consider BALLOTS.
@profkori.bsky.social

27.02.2026 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Structure of the photoreceptor synaptic assembly of the extracellular matrix protein pikachurin with the orphan receptor GPR179 The structure of the orphan GPCR GPR179 bound to the extracellular matrix component pikachurin is solved.

What do you get when #NationalProteinDay and #NationalPokémonDay meet? Pikachurin. ⚑

A 2023 #ScienceSignaling study solved the structure of this extracellular protein that plays an essential role in vision.⁠
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Learn more: https://scim.ag/4s82e0N

27.02.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

27.02.2026 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 408    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
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Happy Birthday to Sheila Hynde aka Fay Fife, singer and founding member of punk rock band The Rezillos and post-punk band The Revillos, born on this day in 1954, Dunfermline, Scotland.

πŸ“Έ Steve Rapport

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #fayfife #Rezillos #punkrockhistory #otd

26.02.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Wanna lower your blood pressure in 21 seconds?

Sound up.

27.02.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

No doubt!

27.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal Science Workforce Declines Sharply Under Trump The last year was marked by turmoil at science agencies and the administration’s stated desire to shrink the federal workforce.

Federal science workforce in 2025:

NSF down over 30%
USGS, NOAA, and NIH down 20%
DOE down 17%
NIST down 15%
NASA down 12%

By comparison, the total federal civilian workforce was down approximately 10% last year.

www.aip.org/fyi/federal-...

26.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

I hope so.

27.02.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mamdani’s charisma is off the charts.

And I *love* that they show him trying to learn the lines, making it totally transparent and honest, rather than just showing him perfectly reciting the lines en espaΓ±ol.

27.02.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2