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@natesjacobs.bsky.social

surfer, dad, (former) neuroscientist, research technologist, entrepreneur, open science advocate, sometimes writer.

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Damn we’re all going to have an epic battle for that package πŸ˜‚

16.09.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conspiracy belief and the willful ignorance of information The idea that conspiracy believers are prone to willful ignorance is widespread, yet many seemingly supporting studies lack designs suited to test thi…

People are less likely to believe conspiracy theories when they get clear, simple, and early information from trusted sources. Using tools like β€œprebunking” and reaching people where they are (like on social media) can help build trust and reduce misinformation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

11.09.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Uh oh this is what I get for not reading the news for a bit. If a news happens when you’re not reading the news, does it really happen?

11.09.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a really good one!!

07.09.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The takeaway:

πŸ‘‰ Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
πŸ‘‰ It alienates the progressive base.
πŸ‘‰ And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

05.09.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 772    πŸ” 292    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 45

Taking this as a given and building more robust political movements that can overcome this behavior is now mandatory to get anything done or be part of the conversation. Let’s go!

05.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was a good blueprint (apparently!)

02.09.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.

02.09.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 22219    πŸ” 5545    πŸ’¬ 2061    πŸ“Œ 607

I only have like 2 shirts with writing on them, but I want this.

20.07.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever you do, don’t sneeze while you’re holding coffee

20.07.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man on a stage wearing a white shirt that says " it 's a pa " ALT: a man on a stage wearing a white shirt that says " it 's a pa "
11.07.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so good. Still. So good haha

11.07.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Am watching Napoleon Dynamite right now. That’s all. Happy Thursday and happy whiskey lemonades

11.07.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never fear, you just blame the bad stuff on the spending part and credit the good stuff to the tax break part!

10.07.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes. This is in fact what each VP did.

04.07.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 17714    πŸ” 4250    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 83

Wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July!

249 years since we declared independence from a king, the work of living up to our founding promise is more important than ever - and it calls on each of us to do what we can for our country.

04.07.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 19695    πŸ” 3282    πŸ’¬ 1060    πŸ“Œ 124

Can’t vote them out without voting machines and nonpartisan tabulators!

28.06.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Joseph Carens, a poli sci prof at Toronto, said that national borders are like feudalism β€” if you happen to be born into the manor (ie hold a β€˜good’ citizenship) the system seems right and proper to you, but there’s nothing you can say to the serf in the field to justify *their* lack of opportunity,

27.06.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

23.06.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8400    πŸ” 4813    πŸ’¬ 583    πŸ“Œ 457
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Can someone please put Trump in the simulator already? He can have all the ketchup and well done steak and underage blow jobs and big red buttons and phalic missiles he wants in there

17.06.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The New York Times front page.

The New York Times front page.

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

14.06.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25487    πŸ” 6020    πŸ’¬ 658    πŸ“Œ 429

This is part of why we need contingency plans. β€œThe NIH isn’t going to fund this research for a while so stop doing it” is extremely short-sighted and harmful. We need people to have more vision than that.

04.06.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

how it started / how it's going

02.06.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 902    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 11
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I’m no historian, but this all seems pretty relevant… #greenscreen #science #research #nejm #jama #lancet #nih #nsf #va #veteranshealth TikTok video by Dr. Arghavan Salles

The Tr*mp administration’s interference with publishing scientific research/opinions and the appointment of someone with no scientific knowledge or expertise to make public health decisions should remind us all of Lysenko, whose incompetence and pseudoscience led to millions of deaths.

02.06.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

So… am watching last of us. And I know it’s a zombie movie but as a surfer the scene where Ellie gets hit by a wave in Seattle and survives for more than 5 min in that water, it’s just so much more unbelievable than the zombies. It really is a black mark on the series πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

26.05.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fight for Science Thoughts and Actions to Take From My Visit to Capitol Hill

β€œWithout sufficient funding, research progress stalls, new prevention or treatments with be delayed or absent, young scientists will leave the field or move abroad, and promising breakthroughs will remain trapped in the lab instead of reaching the people who need them most”

20.05.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

I was just hearing about this and searching for news on postdoc funding awards. If you know more, please share.

16.05.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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They really are screaming it from the mountain tops…

09.05.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago is on to something.

07.05.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 48852    πŸ” 9028    πŸ’¬ 857    πŸ“Œ 594

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