Julian A Nowogrodzki

Budget brainwaves: low-cost system collects brain data outside the lab Neuroscience initiative in India and Tanzania amasses a trove of high-quality EEG recordings from diverse populations.

This is so cool. 24 citizen scientists collected brainwave data on ~8,000 people that's just as good as data collected by expensive lab setups and only cost $50 per participant www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why do ageing rates vary by country? Massive study says politics play a part Social inequality and the decay of democratic institutions are linked to accelerated ageing — but education seems to slow the process.

How is the erosion of democracy linked to premature aging? A new global study looks at 40 countries across 4 continents

@nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Feminist's Salmon An excerpt from Feminism In The Wild on what it means to queer the animals -- and why doing so is just good science

Sneaky salmon? Gay frogs? Scientists studying animal behavior have long projected specific cultural norms and values onto animals — and that, Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer argue, can lead us badly astray.

HEAT DEATH is proud to publish an extended excerpt of their new book, FEMINISM IN THE WILD!

Alaska: Impact of IRA subsidies expiring on benchmark Silver ACA premiums for various households

So far only one Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski, has publicly come out in favor of extending the IRA subsidies.

If you're wondering why, here's what the graph above looks like for Alaska (you may need a taller phone/monitor):

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

YIKES

You're very welcome, and thank YOU, Lynn!

Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.

This is such an excellent piece on navigating ADHD in science by @plantnerd.bsky.social for @nature.com . Thank you so much!! Also, happy I could contribute as an interviewee. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

The Trump administration’s attempt to block international students from attending Harvard University was a sharp escalation in the showdown between the federal government and one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful institutions.

They are still doing this terrible and inaccurate framing. It is not a "showdown" between the federal government and Harvard. It is Trump acting autocratically in trying to destroy higher education, and Harvard finding ways to respond.

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🏳️‍🌈🌧️Fellow climate queers, I am exploring the nexus of our queerness & why we care about the climate so much for a potential series for KQED🌎

Tell me your story. How are we carrying the climate movement/making change? Is the nat stuff affecting u?

Message me: eromero@kqed.org
Signal - EzraRomero.87

This is such a better way to frame the shit the Republicans are trying to do.

Apply to be El Tímpano’s Sr. Health Reporter/Editor Report and edit in-depth coverage of inequities, systems, and solutions of issues facing the Bay Area’s Latino & Mayan immigrants.

🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @eltimpano.bsky.social is hiring a reporter and newsroom mentor as a Senior Health Reporter/Editor to produce original enterprise coverage on health issues that impact the daily lives of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.

www.eltimpano.org/inside-el-ti...

Thanks, Ayesha, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2° too warm.

For Philly’s intersex community, Trump administration’s focus on gender and sex is a threat Intersex people are speaking out in the face of the administration’s efforts to define sex as a biological binary.

Great article from the Philly Inquirer about intersex people are facing down attacks on accurate statements about gender and sex. share.inquirer.com/qs83l9

Woooot!

Wait for it

Warning to autistic folks: RFK Jr is having a media conference on the "autism epidemic" tomorrow, so I'd protect your peace with offensive statements he is likely to make.

A ceramic bowl of rocks of different shapes, colors, and textures, including green malachite, tiger's eye, and a smooth lake rock with a tiny shell indentation fossil.

Director's cut: here are my desk rocks

A Day in the Life of Julian Nowogrodzki - The Open Notebook Julian Nowogrodzki is an independent science editor and reporter in Boston, Massachusetts. They report on public health and the life sciences and edit across many beats, from AI to deep-sea mining to ...

The Open Notebook was kind enough to do a day-in-the-life profile of me! You too can find out about my favorite kind of tea and when my anxietybrain is quietest and see pictures of my desk (and cat). Thanks @theopennotebook.bsky.social!

NYT's ADHD Feature: Uneven Reporting on Neurodiversity & Treatment NYT's ADHD Feature: Uneven Reporting on Neurodiversity & Treatment

I wrote about That NYT ADHD Piece, who Tough quotes as sources, and the fact that the social model of disability was coined >40 years ago by disabled activist Mike Oliver, never mentioned in the piece julians-newsletter-6d920e.beehiiv.com/p/that-times...

RFK Jr.’s Autism Investigation Offers Americans ‘False Hope’ Plus: Failing at the ballot box is the fastest way to a promotion.

Big thanks to @ericmgarcia.bsky.social for talking to me in today's edition of Press Pass www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-aut...

A written quote: "In the case of capital projects, the waste is even more egregious....Some of these grants were already well underway, with construction long since started—only to have their funding pulled. An NEH staff member described one such project in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, where planning for a new public library has been underway for years, and construction just began in recent months. Now, their funding is gone. What happens to a capital project when the walls are up but there’s no roof yet, and the money disappears? When these grants are pulled midstream, all that labor is lost."

DOGE is a huge waste of taxpayer money and it's disappearing NEH funding that is entirely community-controlled by actual US taxpayers @katinalynn.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...

It's rally day! Even from afar, our remote workers stand in solidarity with us. Pay us for what we do, not for where we live! ✊ #unionstrong #remotework #workersrights

Pay equity and transparency! That’s the way for you and me! @wbng.org @sciencenews.bsky.social @snexplores.bsky.social

The informational rally is starting!

Are you that discontented DOGE staffer? It might be time. You can reach out to me on Signal at joshtpm.99 (I'm not like Mike Waltz; I know how to use it.) You can also get me at joshtpm at protonmail dot com. Are you a federal worker with information I need to hear? I want to hear from you too.