since sophomore year of college i’ve been involved with a lawsuit alleging unc discriminates against white applicants in the admission process. today, five years later, i watched scotus debate that question as well as the future of affirmative action. some thoughts! 🧵

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This is well intentioned, but superficial.

1. Black folks have a century of pro-black political thought ranging from black republicanism to afro-centrism that share an us/them element but are not at all similar enough to label as the 'Kendi' position.

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Want to blindly get robust estimates of neuronal-related activity on your resting-state, naturalistic or clinical fMRI data?

I am excited to share our latest preprint with you👇

Whole-brain multivariate hemodynamic deconvolution for multi-echo fMRI with stability selection

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“I’d like this talk to be more of a discussion” apparently means “no one better interrupt me.”

In the Jon Stewart interview with Arkansas AG Leslie Rutledge, she said they had 'experts' in their brief that supported their state ban on gender affirming care. The 'experts' are not qualified and are ideologically motivated. Let's take a look at them.

A Thread: 🧵

There's a myth that getting gender-affirming surgery is “too easy.' In fact, getting life-saving procedures like top surgery is very complicated & can take years for adults, & even longer for trans or nonbinary kids. I wrote about this for Slate slate.com/technology/202…

People are asking me about the origins of and key milestones in the timeline of #bioorthogonal chemistry, so here is a quick summary. 1/n

For me using metric units is like reading alto clef. Never going to feel right. Thoughts?

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Didn't realize that DWI includes, you know, THE EYES!!! 👀👀👀 Mildly terrifying

The most interesting paper I’ve read this year wow! 🙉

Everyone congratulate my PI!! R01 🧠🦖🧠

I barreled into the world missing part of my brain — and, honestly, my life, and hopefully the field of neuroscience, has been so enriched as a result.

My story about my odd, plastic brain for NYT Science nytimes.com/2022/09/04/sci…

Damn, huge results! Do rapid eye movements reflect genuine dream gaze? Finally there’s an answer