@LabPallas

Research on developmental plasticity in the visual pathway. My opinions are mine, all mine! Mastodon address: @NeurosciProf@masto.ai

 UMass-Amherst
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Joined October 2019
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Did your Senator vote to maintain these skyrocketing ga$ prices? wapo.st/4hqnv1Q

How every senator voted on the Iran war powers resolution

The Senate failed to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran in a 49-50 vote.

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Healthcare worker here. I worked the COVID pandemic front lines. I can testify with 100% proven reliability that the only patients who died were primarily the UNVACCINATED. Dr. Fauci is a deadly pathogen professional whose efforts and efficacy saved countless lives. The man’s a hero.
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But she's not White!, says ICE/KKK. Thanks to JHU people for coming to her rescue. Not everyone has a safety net. Johns Hopkins health researcher released after airport ICE detention wapo.st/4yWmuqw

Johns Hopkins health researcher released after airport ICE detention

The arrest of Fatima Ameaka came as the Trump administration has begun targeting alleged visa violations by foreign passengers as a way to increase deportations.

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And that's certainly not the only thing he will end. Researchers worry a Trump rule could end U.S. scientific dominance wapo.st/4fwgGMw

Researchers worry a Trump rule could end U.S. scientific dominance

Research organizations warn a proposed rule for federal grants would upend the medical and technological advances that set U.S. science apart.

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More evidence that Trump prefers to fill his pocket instead of saving the planet. Gift article from The New York Times. nytimes.com/2026/05/14/clima…

Here’s What It Costs to Keep a Coal Plant Open (Gift Article)

A regulatory filing explains just how much it costs to keep an aging coal plant open under the Trump administration’s orders.

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'I think it’s time for a change': Warnock supports Shawn Harris in bid for Georgia's 14th District theatlantavoice.com/shawn-ha…

'I think it's time for a change': Warnock supports Shawn Har...

Shawn Harris, a retired decorated member of the US military, is running for Marjorie Taylor Greene's former Congressional seat in Georgia's 14th District, with ...

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There Will Be No Post-Presidential Peace for Donald Trump newrepublic.com/article/2073… via @newrepublic

There Will Be No Post-Presidential Peace for Donald Trump

The president and his allies will face impeachments, lawsuits, and maybe even The Hague.

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What We Saw in Minneapolis

Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

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Replying to @RepJeffries
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Let’s take a look at that GOP healthcare plan.
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Mike Johnson just released a toxic Republican Healthcare plan that hurts everyday Americans. It fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire this month. And is a deeply unserious proposal.
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Gift article from The New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/an…

How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed (Gift Article)

Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary order let him go.

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Are they insane? Or homicidal? New leader tapped for CDC had stopped pushing vaccines amid flu surge wapo.st/4pvW7C8

Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2

Ralph Abraham has been appointed as the CDC’s principal deputy director.

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Another way for Trump to drive us crazy! Possible Molecular Link Between Air Pollution and Lewy Body Dementia Identified genengnews.com/topics/transl… via @GENbio

Possible Molecular Link Between Air Pollution and Lewy Body Dementia Identified

Findings add to growing evidence indicating how environmental factors may trigger harmful protein changes in the brain that lead to neurodegeneration.

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The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America - Wysession - 2025 - AGU Advances - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
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#SCIMaP The impact of Trump's medical research cuts on local economies of each state. Please share widely. FY26 NIH Budget Impact Map scienceimpacts.org/fy26

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research

View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

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The administration is attacking America’s opportunity engine thehill.com/opinion/white-ho…

The administration is attacking America’s opportunity engine

The damage is already apparent. A future Congress may want to restore funding, but talent pipelines, lab capacity and institutional knowledge cannot simply be switched back on.

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Covid cases rising in US as officials plan to restrict booster vaccines

Risks of a wave are compounded by new vaccine restrictions from the Trump administration

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Mother Nature works better when things are in balance. Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds wapo.st/4oe7Fdv

Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds

The researchers found a 152-fold increase in sapling and young-tree density.

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Combat disinformation about gender research | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Combat disinformation about gender research

US executive order 14168 of 20 January 2025 terminated federal funding for research that examines gender as a scientific and social construct beyond the so-called “immutable biological classification...

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