Patrick Randall

Permission to speak freely about welcome to the dollhouse?

DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was the most-watched halftime performance of all time with over 135 million viewers.

I picked a hell of a week to visit Europe, and Switzerland, at that.l I’ve spent three days at an international gathering, and, Americans: everybody else is deep into planning a post-US world. We are only worth considering as an opponent. New alliances are being formed. We are being left behind.

Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.

"He has surrounded himself with the most incompetent, stupid, know nothing office holders in US history — a mixture of golfing buddies and ass-kissers who have no objective skills"

The tagline of an actual children’s book in my home. This seems right out of your catalog @paperbackparadise.bsky.social

Statement from the American Academy of Neurology: “This decision was made without consulting key neurology stakeholders, and there was no formal announcement nor a clear succession plan for NINDS leadership. NINDS plays a vital role in funding and directing research into the brain”

Wright was making the rounds with his sob story a few years ago. He conveniently never mentions the Pruitt connection.

As a both a PI that received a Diversity Supplement to support a student on my R01, and a PO that reviewed them, they were never about "handing out money at the end of the year based on race" and always about the training potential and commitment.

Microglial MyD88-dependent signaling influences extracellular matrix development and interneuron maturation in the hippocampus Parvalbumin interneurons (PVIs) are disrupted across diverse neurodevelopmental disorders, highlighting their vulnerability to developmental perturbations. Inflammation can perturb PVI development and...

Super excited to share this new story led by @jedziabis.bsky.social where she defines a critical role for microglial innate immune signaling in PV cell and perineuronal net (PNN) development in hippocampus, and consequences for plasticity and behavior in adulthood www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The need to incorporate polysubstance use in neuropsychopharmacology research: biological lessons and new opportunities Critical evaluation and refinement of animal models is essential for neuroscientists to understand complex physiological and pathological processes re…

Really excited to have this come out. I was super fortunate to work on this with some amazing folks. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.

U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students

"Prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship & advising a foreign graduate student or postdoc. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding."
Dictators despise science.

I will be more blunt: many of these essayists are “aggrieved” because they were, in some ways, held accountable for their racist and/or misogynistic views or behavior and incorrectly blame “science” and not progress. It’s not a lack of curiosity that fuels this book, it’s resentment

Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733 The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!

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Accords and CRVs

So my neighbors only buy used Hondas with like 100k on them already, I don't know where they find them but they're always in pretty good shape.

Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???

Like....

Full size bars?! In this economy?!

a man with long hair and a beard is holding a glass of beer ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a glass of beer

7yo: Dad! He’s got a 6-7 brain rot with a taco on top!

Me:

A screenshot of a post on X that reads: Cuomo, talking to conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg this morning: "God forbid, another 9/11—can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asks. "He'd be cheering," Rosenberg says. Cuomo paused and chuckled before saying: "That's another problem."

Just disgusting.

Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

I was literally thinking about this movie yesterday and how I need a rewatch

ketchup....catsup.....ketchup......catsup

Adding up the NIH R01s lost to Multi-Year Funding From Berg’s bluesky post Jeremy Berg recently noted that he’s estimating about 2,400 grants that cannot be funded due to multi-year funding of other grants. His focus was on total fundi…

Adding up the NIH R01s lost to Multi-Year Funding drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/a...

Nice orb weaver

A platform where Jamelle Bouie is one of the most influential and respected people is one that is going to cause discomfort for a certain kind of liberal (or person who thinks they are liberal). Yes, Bouie is black, but what these people really reject is strong criticism of America's status quo.