Andrew (Andy) Dykstra

(FWIW, I let my own Prime subscription lapse last year.)

Just one guy's inconsequential opinion, but one of the most effective collective actions I think we could take would be a Cesar Chavez-style boycott of Amazon.

The number of people currently in ICE custody is now over 73,000, the most in history.

Your Iranian colleagues are cut off from family back home & are in a state of collective grief, which has many faces. We may appear more aloof or be more impatient, may self-isolate, have more typos, may freeze or overwork to numb the pain, or find fear, memory, or hope in unexpected moments.

If you're simultaneously (a) freaking out, (b) mad AF, and (c) seeking moral clarity and leadership, you're not alone.

Federal agents with weapons drawn, moments before murdering American citizens on the streets of Minneapolis at the dawn of 2026.

What should academics be doing right now?

I have been writing up some thoughts on what the research says about effective action, and what universities specifically can do.

davidbau.github.io/poetsandnurs...

It's on GitHub. Suggestions and pull requests welcome.
github.com/davidbau/poe...

A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...

Arizona, November 2020

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

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Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.

It was their final, most essential command.

gift link: www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

The federal government is gunning people down in the streets, lying about what happened and then preventing any independent investigation of the killings

*Every SENATOR, irrespective of party, must vote NO on DHS/ICE funding.

Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

(Video: @dropsitenews.com )

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants

Democrats Condemn ICE For Murdering Without Proper Warrants https://theonion.com/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

"The fact remains, though, that peacefully filming interactions can be interpreted as aggressive or escalatory precisely because it is an accountability mechanism." 😳

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Thank you to @aaas.org for the opportunity to lead a new editorial pod at Science Advances on Systems, Computational, Neuro-AI & Neurotechnology (SCANN).
Top opportunity to highlight outstanding work at the intersection of neuroscience, computation, and emerging technologies. Send your papers now!

If you're attending the Cogn Neuroscience meeting in Vancouver (March 7-10), we're offering a pre-meeting workshop on March 6, featuring TheVirtualBrain. We'll cover everything from theory to the guts of the code with worked examples to apply to your own data.

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2 police officers relive Jan. 6 through their own bodycam footage D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that da...

NPR recorded myself and Mike Fanone narrating our body-worn camera recordings from January 6th. Ah, memories.

www.npr.org/sections/the...

First paper is now out in Cortex! We find behavioral and neural evidence for non-conscious speech processing, using a new dual-task paradigm that creates repetitive occurrences of in attentional deafness without masking or degrading stimuli. @deouell.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is what Christmas Eve is all about.🎅🏻🎄🎁 #CalvinandHobbes #Christmas

I find tinsel distracting.