Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her)

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Neuroscientist studying epilepsy and looking for cures. Skeets do not represent anything other than my own opinion. LGBTQ ally, mom, wife, rescuer of little black terriers, hiker, fan of glia, wildflowers, oceans, and deserts. VoteBlue

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Jasmine Crockett is one of our best and brightest young legislators in Washington DC. Here's what she has to say about Joe Biden staying in the race.

this little guy had a mass on his intestine (still awaiting the path report) and had to have 6 inches of his small intestine removed and then resected. He's a 10 year old little fighter and we love him to pieces. Get well little Tank. #DogPics #CancerSucks

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Ostentatiously pious man who has an anti-porn app on his phone today will be in NYC to support of man who banged a porn star while his wife tended to their newborn and then had his thugs pay hush money to keep that from voters. www.foxnews.com/politics/spe...

Speaker Johnson to attend Trump trial in Manhattan in show of supportwww.foxnews.com Speaker Mike Johnson is the latest GOP official and Trump ally to appear at the Manhattan criminal court where the former president is on trial.

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now that’s what we like to see

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Fun fact: One reason Trump so desperately wants absolute immunity is so he doesn't have to worry about legal blowback from ordering US troops to shoot American citizens, like he tried to do, over and over again, when he was President. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Don't sleep on this: *2* state justices who just voted to make all abortion illegal in Arizona are on the ballot this year. They're each up for retention, as I had detailed here last week: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...

Happy post. Saw #PeterFrampton last night in SLC, and wowza! Smoking guitar playing, over 2.5 hours of solid music, and a great time was had by all. Highly recommend if you are a fan of insanely great guitar playing. #nevereversaynever tour.

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Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!www.southernfriedscience.com The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

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This new @TeamBiden ad about abortion is the kind of aim-for-the-head tactics I’ve been waiting over a year for. Please share with every person you know. Immediately. www.youtube.com…

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If you might Interested in the NIGMS F99/K00 ARC award, great opportunity to hear a little more about it and ask any questions you might have. loop.nigms.nih.gov/2024/04/virt...

Virtual Meeting for Advancing Research Careers (ARC) Predoc to Postdoc Transition Program (F99/K00) Applicantsloop.nigms.nih.gov Biomedical Beat highlights NIGMS-funded research and scientists, as well as images and tools that help illustrate biomedical concepts and advances to the general public.

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ICYMI: What the Right Plans to Do With Power All three parts of my series about “Project 2025” are out. Almost 15,000 words on what these radical plans would do to America and how to explain the Right’s open embrace of state authoritarianism: 🧵1/

What Makes “Project 2025” So Dangerousthomaszimmer.substack.com Will the Right be able to implement these radical plans? Is Trump on board? What happened to traditional conservatism? Let’s tackle some of the key questions surrounding “Project 2025”

@fim.bsky.social sent you an email but not sure it was the right address....:)

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this is genuinely remarkable

Boston, a city of 650,000 people, has had TWO homicides this year. I look forward to the many Fox News segments asking "Have Massachusetts liberals solved crime?" www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...

Boston homicides down 80% from this time last year, but more work to combat violence remainswww.nbcboston.com Nearly three months into the new year, homicides in Boston are down. This time last year, there were 10 homicides in the city, including eight fatal shootings. There have been two homicides so far thi...

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I don’t know who wrote this, but it’s absolutely perfect

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I am looking for a new lab manager for Kash Lab. Current lab manager is pivoting to a career in the clinic. Chapel Hill is a great place to live and work. i can't promise you a goat, but I also can't not promise no goats.

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What Makes “Project 2025” So Dangerous Will the Right be able to implement these radical plans? Is Trump on board? What happened to traditional conservatism? Let’s tackle some of the key questions surrounding “Project 2025” A thread, based on my new piece: 🧵1/

We are taking applications for this year's cohort of IDEAS in Neuroscience post bac students. Do you know a talented URM undergrad from a NON -R1 institution who is interested in neuroscience? Send them our way! Please reskeet! #neuroskyence #MedSky admin.pharmacy.utah.edu/pharmtox/res...

IDEAS in Neuroscienceadmin.pharmacy.utah.edu The IDEAS in Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Program at the University of Utah is a two year training program that prepares students for Neuroscience PhD Programs.

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What your post failed to consider is me, a complete stranger with bad opinions

sharing because this is cool stuff

S’mjolnir: The Hammer of S’more When I enter a woodworking, mallet-making competition, I don’t aim to win, I just make the most out-of-pocket entry I can manage I carved it to look like a s’more in the moment it’s squished together Graham: cherry Marsh: maple Choc: walnut Stick: no idea 🧶 #art

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Boston University BME is excited to host the next Rising Stars event in September! Learn more at www.bu.edu/eng/academic...

BU BME Rising Stars Application Page | College of Engineeringwww.bu.edu

Kudos to this brave woman.

NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO BE THIS BRAVE Arizona State Sen. Eva Burch (D) took to the Senate floor Monday to protest the state's abortion ban. She explained how a "rough journey with fertility" is leading her to end her pregnancy.

Arizona Lawmaker Shares Why She Plans To Get An Abortion In Powerful Senate Floor Speechwww.huffpost.com "The safest and most appropriate treatment for me — and the treatment that I choose — is abortion," state Sen. Eva Burch (D) said on the Arizona Senate floor.

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JOB ALERT! A bit out of the loop since I’m on leave, BUT Cornell is hiring for the Director of Einaudi! Tenured faculty position that’s head of a key institution on campus. Was brilliantly led by @beattyriedl.bsky.social, but her term is up — please share! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/271...

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There’s barely any ACS content on chemsky and it’s making me sad that Elon wrecked Twitter, but anyway The WCC rising stars symposium was absolutely incredible, and there weren’t enough people in the room. 4 hours non-stop of outstanding chemistry and stories about importance of good mentorship

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look, I’ve seen a lot of “okay but he’s not Hitler” stuff and I’m just going to be as blunt as I can: are we sure? are we really sure? how much are we willing to bet on that? this isn’t the guy who ran in 2016 anymore, as bad as he was

Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/u...

Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loseswww.nytimes.com In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States.

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Reminder to my fellow U.S.-educated academics: If you have federal loans, and you've ever, EVER worked full-time hours in public universities or agencies, get in on the public service loan forgiveness program. And your adjuncting hrs *Do Count* as long as they total up to more than 30 hours a week…

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ah. to be fair, they did. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/16/u...

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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... New work from kash lab led by jr haun

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Postdoctoral and Ph.D. Position (m/f/d) in Biological Physics #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky jobrxiv.org/job/max-...#ScienceJobs #AcademicSky jobrxiv.org/job/max-...

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