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Brain-Behavior news from Anthony Risser, Ph.D., as started on Twitter (always Twitter, never X) as @neuropsychblog in 2009 and earlier via BrainBlog in 2004.

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06.12.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8395    πŸ” 3345    πŸ’¬ 886    πŸ“Œ 630
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Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

06.12.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 19927    πŸ” 5396    πŸ’¬ 616    πŸ“Œ 535
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I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off? | Ezra Sholl As I come to terms with life as a quadriplegic, Instagram and TikTok are a reminder I’m not alone

Beautifully said, Ezra.
This social media ban for kids and teens is a poorly thought out knee jerk reaction and many kids will be harmed because of it.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.12.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I used to think BlueSky was an impossible platform to sell books, and I know many authors give up. I only stayed because I like to hang out here.

But here's what I'm learning...

πŸ’™ BlueSky rewards you for being human. πŸ’™

This is such a foreign concept on the other socials... I nearly missed it.

07.12.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1502    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 4
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Having this kitty love on me like this, well, it’s wonderful. More kitties was the last thing we ever wanted. But not helping them was the last thing we would ever do.

07.12.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words β€œstg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault
RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner 
RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school
RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond
Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that.

@yaboyni
Take a moment
And and realize the moment 
You took has already passed
Thank you
See you next time

A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words β€œstg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that. @yaboyni Take a moment And and realize the moment You took has already passed Thank you See you next time

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. β€œStg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

07.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9118    πŸ” 2199    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 154
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Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"

07.12.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 11011    πŸ” 3507    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 140
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News Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Institute News Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute News Welcoming the New Year with Institute Director Dr. Dylan Edwards Meet Our Scientific Advisory Board Member Dr. Ken Pugh Our Institute Updates Name to Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute NIH Awards Funding for Pivotal P…

We regularly share updates on new grants, team members, exciting research projects, and other news from our Institute on our website, and we encourage you to check out our latest articles! https://rehabilitationresearch.jefferson.edu/news.html

07.12.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

remarkable child actors in alternative-reality vision of William Shakespeare's life as a young married husband in "Hamnet." strong performance by Jessie Buckley & Vermeer-like interiors beautifully photographed. even the plague, striking one child but sparing the other, is poetically rendered.

07.12.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Novo Nordisk shares slide after Ozempic pill fails in Alzheimer’s trials Report dashes hopes for new use for blockbuster weight-loss drug

Novo Nordisk shares slide after #Ozempic pill fails in #Alzheimer’s trials

#semaglutide #Phase3 #ClinicalTrials #psychopharmacology

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

24.11.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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janet malcolm and al filreis kelly writers house university of pennsylvania (one of the best things about living in philadelphia is the KWH)

Janet Malcolm at the Kelly Writers House, with Al Filreis.

www.flickr.com/photos/risse...

23.11.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Janet Malcolm A last laugh.

Janet Malcolm
open.substack.com/pub/lauriest...

19.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for this link to this excellent review and a new book to add to my reads for the balance of 2025!

23.11.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Addressing Recent Misinformation About Autism Recent statements from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contradict scientific consensus and potentially threaten essential research, services, and supports for autistic people.

The American Psychological Association ( @apa on Twitter)
responds to the Rumpist/JuniorK changes to the #CDC re #vaccines and #autism ...

"Addressing Recent Misinfromation About Autism"

updates.apaservices.org/autism

23.11.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
AAN response to CDC website changes on vaccines & autism The American Academy of Neurology opposes the CDC's updated website statement suggesting that vaccines might cause autism, calling it a reversal of prior evidence-based guidance. The AAN has formally ...

The American Academy of Neurology @aanmember.bsky.social responds to the Rumpist/JuniorK changes to the #CDC re #vaccines and #autism ...

www.aan.com/advocacy/aan...

23.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics - Nature Neuroscience Yang et al. show that moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief β€˜sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered bra...

Attentional failures during wakefulness after sleep deprivation are tightly orchestrated in a series of brain–body changes, including neuronal shifts, pupil constriction and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow pulsations

@lauradata.bsky.social @ziy027.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

12.11.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Registration for the @insneuro.bsky.social (INS) International Neuropsychological Society meeting in Philadelphia is now open.

#neuropsychology #PHL

21.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matthews Fund Applications are still open! Applications will be accepted until December 15. Funding decisions will be communicated at or after the INS Meeting in February 2026. Learn more and apply soon! the-ins.org/global-engag...

20.11.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CDC website altered to reflect RFK Jr’s belief in link between vaccines and autism Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the β€˜vaccine safety’ webpage

Idiocy Event #2378889.83 -

#CDC website altered to reflect RFK Jr’s belief in link between #vaccines and #autism

Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the β€˜vaccine safety’ webpage

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

21.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot off the press --- From Al Filreis and #ModPo

A Global Community grown from a classroom: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Inclusiveness, Social Justice ... and, of course, #Poetry!

14.11.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday, Joyce Maynard!

05.11.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great Thunder
Christian Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe
n.d.

30.10.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tree Trunk
Emily Carr
c. 1935

02.11.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Icehouse, Coldwell Bay
A.J. Casson
1928

03.11.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Caribou Grazing
Alan Syliboy ~ Mi'kmaq
2016

03.11.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gnat Pass, On the Arctic Watershed, South of Dease Lake, B.C.
Alan Collier
n.d.

04.11.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Orleans comes to Flushing. #NOLA

They are great - whether busking on Royal Street, playing sets at Maison on Frenchmen Street, or on the road!

04.11.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#neuropsychology

04.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Neuropsychology Fellowship Announcement:

The University of Iowa Department of Neurology is recruiting for its two-year APPCN-Member Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Clinical Neuropsychology. Learn more below and by visiting the fellowship website:
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medicine.uiowa.edu/neurology/ed...

14.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Owls in Moonlight
Ningiukulu Teevee ~ Inuk
2007

23.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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