Jenni Blackford

Jenni Blackford

@jenniblackford.bsky.social

Developmental psychologist/affective neuroscientist. Interested in the brain, anxiety, and alcohol use disorders. Advocate for women in science. Views my own.

718 Followers 385 Following 116 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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The Trump administration will receive a $10 billion fee for brokering the deal that kept TikTok alive in the U.S.

JFC.

Impeach and remove this lawless man, you fools.

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Sad to see the administration break this up. By a very long, flap of the butterfly wing series of events, NCAR is why I ended up as an academic scientist interested in how drugs affect behavior.

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If any news outlets are covering this and want to talk to a trans Genomics PhD who specialized in human genetics and the evolution of sex, please reach out to me

This is complete nonsense scientifically. It's fascist eugenics, not biology

Setting a horrifying precedent for genocide

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I know mainstream media sucks

But there are still journalists doing good work, smaller magazines, podcasts, etc

I frequently give talks to audiences at biotech companies and universities

I've seen that changing minds is possible, even if it's hard and slow

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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If any news outlets are covering this and want to talk to a trans Genomics PhD who specialized in human genetics and the evolution of sex, please reach out to me

This is complete nonsense scientifically. It's fascist eugenics, not biology

Setting a horrifying precedent for genocide

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In celebration of Women’s History Month, RSA proudly recognizes the leadership and contributions of Rajita Sinha, PhD, who served as RSA President from 2024–2025. We are proud to celebrate her impact and contributions to the field and to RSA.

#WomensHistoryMonth #RSACommunity #RSA

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Social Work Month announcement; UNMC MMI logo and branding; three banners featuring Maggie Neujahr, Amber Godsey and Liz Swiger; text: Thank you to our Social Workers in Care Coordination for all your hard work!

🌟 Shoutout to our amazing #SocialWorkers, Maggie Neujahr, Amber Godsey, and Elizabeth Swiger! 🌟

📍Visit our website to learn more about Care Coordination services:
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#unmcMMI #mmiCareCoordination #CareCoordination #SocialWorkMonth #MMIproud #SWmonth2026 #UpliftDefendTransform

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Rep. Raskin on Pam Bondi: "She testified a couple of weeks ago in the Judiciary Committee, and we were not at all happy with her testimony there, which was completely evasive and nonresponsive. And if anything, just reinforced our concerns that she's involved in a cover-up."

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NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.

It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.

Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.

175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

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On Saturday, Trump told us the attack on an elementary school in Iran that killed 175 people – mostly children – “was done by Iran.”

Now the U.S. military admits it was a U.S. strike.

If they are lying about something as obvious as this, what else are they lying about?

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Very sad to hear of the passing of visionary neuroscientist Dr Judith Rapoport of NIMH, she pioneered neuroimaging in children and was a world expert on childhood and adolescent psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia + OCD [3]. See video links below 👇

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Screenshot of an X post by HasanAbi commenting on how to discuss trans issues with median voters. The post quotes Marco Foster, who says the anti-trans campaign in Maine is funded by an out-of-state billionaire to distract from tax discussions and notes that very few trans kids compete in high school sports there. Below is a podcast-style video still of a man speaking into a microphone.

When you hear them target any vulnerable community—immigrants, trans people, refugees—ask first why they're trying to distract and divide us. Don't fall for it.

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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

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Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success.

Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.

What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.

Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

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Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.

But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.

It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:

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News Highlight Announcement; UNMC MMI logo and branding; Mark Shriver in circle frame; info as listed in post.

Dr. Mark Shriver, director of Nebraska's #UCEDD at #unmcMMI, attended the #NationalDevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth proclamation! 🎉⭐

⭐Learn more about UCEDD's resources:
go.unmc.edu/mmi_ucedd

⭐ #DDAM2026:
go.unmc.edu/ddam2026

📍Nebraska DHHS Facebook post:
www.facebook.com/share/p/18V3...

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It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

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So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

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Our nation is again at war, not because we had to but because the president recklessly chose to.

Now we must recognize who pays the price: not the president and his wealthy allies, but service members and ordinary Americans.

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Dr. Bestie is an inspiration! Big hearty endorsement of this talk on time- and self-management. My team and I have learned so much from @neurozabik.bsky.social!

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Hiiii guess who is talking about time- and self-management at the end of the month through #NEWomeninSTEM ??

I have met awesome women through this conference AND through their volunteer events.

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I have been so proud to chair Addiction Risks and Mechanisms for the past two years. I thought it was a rigorous, careful, thoughtful, and supportive study section. It was populated by the most incredible scientists.

It's now gone. Sad day.
public.csr.nih.gov/EvaluationIn...

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Continuing Education course notification; UNMC MMI logo and branding; photo of smiling individual seated in a wheelchair; logos for NuMotion and Stealth Products; information as listed in post. Text: Upcoming CE Course at MMI! Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Deep Dive into Assessment and Interventions. April 17-18, 2026.

"Seating and Wheeled Mobility" is still open for registration!

Check out this #ContinuingEducation course today!

More info & conference registration:
www.unmc.edu/mmi/educatio...

#unmcMMI #mmiPhysicalTherapy #PT #PhysicalTherapy #mmiEducation #mmiOT #OccupationalTherapy #mmiOccupationalTherapy

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Some shit is about to go down with NIH study sections, friends. Keep your eyes peeled for change that may affect your grant submissions.

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If you are headed for psych grad school and want experience with EEG, fMRI, affective science and internalizing psychopathology research, apply to be my lab manager!

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This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Nothing to see here. Just the Dept of "Justice" illegally withholding notes on 3 2019 FBI interviews with an accuser who says she was sexually assaulted by Trump when she was 15 or younger.
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

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New postdoctoral opportunity @lieberinstitute.bsky.social working w/ @tsawada1.bsky.social and our Molecular Neurogenetics team using human induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine mechanisms by which impaired placental function impacts brain development

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