Andrea Stocco
@andreastocco.com
Computational cognitive neuroscience. And also: memory and cognitive architecture. But also: biking & stargazing & horror movies. Opinions are my own, but I do sometimes share them. http://andreastocco.com/
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Italians reading this tweet
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Italians reading this tweet
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It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond
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a minor story of universities treating their people like crap, in six tweets:
1. during COVID my lab was still at Harvard, but I lived in Montréal. Harvard HR didn't know how to handle that, so they just kept on reporting income to the state of Massachusetts, even though I didn't live there.
1. during COVID my lab was still at Harvard, but I lived in Montréal. Harvard HR didn't know how to handle that, so they just kept on reporting income to the state of Massachusetts, even though I didn't live there.
February 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
a minor story of universities treating their people like crap, in six tweets:
1. during COVID my lab was still at Harvard, but I lived in Montréal. Harvard HR didn't know how to handle that, so they just kept on reporting income to the state of Massachusetts, even though I didn't live there.
1. during COVID my lab was still at Harvard, but I lived in Montréal. Harvard HR didn't know how to handle that, so they just kept on reporting income to the state of Massachusetts, even though I didn't live there.
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As much as everyone shits on biotech, it’s where you go first when your doctor says there’s not a treatment.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is troubling for multiple reasons, but one big one is companies won’t want to invest in R&D and clinical trials if they don’t think they can get a fair regulatory review—which is at the end of a long and extremely expensive process.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
As much as everyone shits on biotech, it’s where you go first when your doctor says there’s not a treatment.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
This is a BIG BAD THING.
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THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 PM
THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
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The purpose is to disincentivize investments in vaccine development
NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine.
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...
F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
The purpose is to disincentivize investments in vaccine development
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Top line NIH funding levels DOES NOT MATTER when the people who control the purse strings are bad actors.
Thanks for coming to my "seething commentary" TEDtalk.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
Thanks for coming to my "seething commentary" TEDtalk.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Top line NIH funding levels DOES NOT MATTER when the people who control the purse strings are bad actors.
Thanks for coming to my "seething commentary" TEDtalk.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
Thanks for coming to my "seething commentary" TEDtalk.
www.statnews.com/2026/02/10/i...
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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First New Jersey.
Now this.
This is insane.
What the hell is happening? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mos...
Now this.
This is insane.
What the hell is happening? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mos...
'The most anti-biking bill in history' — Iowa’s near-total bike ban proposal is bizarre and alarming
Advocates say the bill, framed as a safety measure, would "functionally and explicitly ban biking on most of Iowa’s roadways"
www.cyclingweekly.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
First New Jersey.
Now this.
This is insane.
What the hell is happening? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mos...
Now this.
This is insane.
What the hell is happening? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mos...
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AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
This is such a cool tool! Here is my side of the galaxy
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is such a cool tool! Here is my side of the galaxy
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Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
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Y'all need to pay attention to what's happening in Europe. They're not messing around. The Epstein scandal is causing heads to roll.
In America, eh, not so much. I wonder why.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
In America, eh, not so much. I wonder why.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
Starmer’s Chief of Staff Resigns, Citing Role in Hiring Friend of Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Y'all need to pay attention to what's happening in Europe. They're not messing around. The Epstein scandal is causing heads to roll.
In America, eh, not so much. I wonder why.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
In America, eh, not so much. I wonder why.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...
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This is an exceptionally well-researched and written presentation on the history and future of #ICE by Garrett Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ) to the Governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Accountability Commission”.
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
I’m an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This is an exceptionally well-researched and written presentation on the history and future of #ICE by Garrett Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ) to the Governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Accountability Commission”.
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
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You non-sports fans have to understand that for people who are really into pro football, today is basically their Super Bowl
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
You non-sports fans have to understand that for people who are really into pro football, today is basically their Super Bowl
What an incredible, insightful, and poetic piece: "Twin Peaks is my comfort show: not because it makes me feel better, but because it assures me the world is worse and that I am not alone in noticing."
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
What an incredible, insightful, and poetic piece: "Twin Peaks is my comfort show: not because it makes me feel better, but because it assures me the world is worse and that I am not alone in noticing."
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Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
Laura Palmer’s House
Jeffrey Epstein, Twin Peaks, and dreams of justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Last year, I wrote about Jeffrey Epstein and Twin Peaks. I wrote about Laura Palmer. A generation of girls, now women, who grew up in Laura Palmer’s world.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"But we don't really know what it measures"
"But we don't really know what it measures"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's not designed to work that way"
"It's not designed to work that way"
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"But we don't really know what it measures"
"But we don't really know what it measures"
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The funny thing about “entitled” as a political insult is that we are entitled — to living wages and healthcare, to safety for ourselves and those around us, to respect, to dignity, to compassion. And we should act like it instead of clapping for crumbs and accepting perpetual desperation.
if it's not self aggrandizing doing nothing, it's being snippy with anyone who asks them to do their job as "entitled"
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The funny thing about “entitled” as a political insult is that we are entitled — to living wages and healthcare, to safety for ourselves and those around us, to respect, to dignity, to compassion. And we should act like it instead of clapping for crumbs and accepting perpetual desperation.
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This is who the government said was “the worst of the worst”
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is who the government said was “the worst of the worst”
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.