Dustin Kennedy
@mysterybouffe.bsky.social
Neuroscience student at Arizona State / Musician / Cat dad
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
Going to have to log off again for a little while. See y'all around the 6th of next month
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Going to have to log off again for a little while. See y'all around the 6th of next month
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Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
Gemini 3 created this figure in under 30 seconds from a couple reference images and a one sentence prompt
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
revisiting some old thrash favorites
ARTILLERY - Terror Squad [Full Album] HQ
YouTube video by CK Rock
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
revisiting some old thrash favorites
oof bombed my data science for neuro quiz because I ran out of time with 14 questions left.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
oof bombed my data science for neuro quiz because I ran out of time with 14 questions left.
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POD EP 5: A Conversation About Dialectical Biology, with Mac Parker and Anatarah Bin AlKaf—on Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins' "Dialectical Biologist"!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
POD EP 5: A Conversation About Dialectical Biology, with Mac Parker and Anatarah Bin AlKaf—on Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins' "Dialectical Biologist"!
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👀 I was already strongly considering doing my honors thesis in this direction and this will line up perfectly within the timeline I’m going to be working on it.
🗣️ With the support of the @danafoundation.bsky.social, we are very excited to announce the Philosophy & Neuroscience Collaborative Mentorship Program! 🧠
For more details & submission requirements, visit: philandneuro.com/mentorship
(This is 1/2 announcements we will make over the next 1-2 weeks.)
For more details & submission requirements, visit: philandneuro.com/mentorship
(This is 1/2 announcements we will make over the next 1-2 weeks.)
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
👀 I was already strongly considering doing my honors thesis in this direction and this will line up perfectly within the timeline I’m going to be working on it.
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the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
the worst part is that for the people at the top "good at math"/sciencey is essentially a vibe one socially codes their way into by being minimally competent at informally discussing things actual math/science people do, unless (e.g.) Elon Musk has proven a theorem I didn't hear about.
Applying to the NIH undergraduate summer scholars program for neurological surgery in 2026. Glad some of these still exist. Wish me luck.
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Applying to the NIH undergraduate summer scholars program for neurological surgery in 2026. Glad some of these still exist. Wish me luck.
It seems like this is the rule rather than the exception for public goods in the US. I dont have any numbers in front of me, but it seems like if there‘s away to contract out government functions to the private sector, they’ll do it. All based on the doubtful assumption it will be cheaper.
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It seems like this is the rule rather than the exception for public goods in the US. I dont have any numbers in front of me, but it seems like if there‘s away to contract out government functions to the private sector, they’ll do it. All based on the doubtful assumption it will be cheaper.
i’m mourning the loss of a beloved friend (one of my cats) and a family member in the same week and need some good news/pics of your pets, please
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i’m mourning the loss of a beloved friend (one of my cats) and a family member in the same week and need some good news/pics of your pets, please
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The advances we've made in statistics, experimental study design, and causal inference over the past century are remarkably useful for understanding our world. But there is never been a push to make people use them like we are seeing with generative AI. Perhaps take a moment to consider why.
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The advances we've made in statistics, experimental study design, and causal inference over the past century are remarkably useful for understanding our world. But there is never been a push to make people use them like we are seeing with generative AI. Perhaps take a moment to consider why.
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In comb jellies, the "reticular theory" was correct!
"The reconstruction revealed a total of three aboral nerve net (ANN) neurons, all of which are syncytial, meaning they have multiple nuclei enclosed in a continuous membrane. The comb jelly’s subepithelial nerve net (SNN), which sits in M […]
"The reconstruction revealed a total of three aboral nerve net (ANN) neurons, all of which are syncytial, meaning they have multiple nuclei enclosed in a continuous membrane. The comb jelly’s subepithelial nerve net (SNN), which sits in M […]
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October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In comb jellies, the "reticular theory" was correct!
"The reconstruction revealed a total of three aboral nerve net (ANN) neurons, all of which are syncytial, meaning they have multiple nuclei enclosed in a continuous membrane. The comb jelly’s subepithelial nerve net (SNN), which sits in M […]
"The reconstruction revealed a total of three aboral nerve net (ANN) neurons, all of which are syncytial, meaning they have multiple nuclei enclosed in a continuous membrane. The comb jelly’s subepithelial nerve net (SNN), which sits in M […]
i dont care about the new trek show, but the criticisms that it’s too woke are so laughable and ridiculous. Star trek has always been woke you ding dongs
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
i dont care about the new trek show, but the criticisms that it’s too woke are so laughable and ridiculous. Star trek has always been woke you ding dongs
My senior year of highschool (2008) a member of the young republicans said obama should be assassinated in the middle of one of our classes. I can’t quote the words they actually used directly because thats how awful it was.
I think the main difference between the College Republicans, YAF and YAL of yore and now is that there always kind of a “tee-hee” trolling element to the racism. Now, it’s just overt. I kind of saw that shift happening in real time as I was in my final years of college.
They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My senior year of highschool (2008) a member of the young republicans said obama should be assassinated in the middle of one of our classes. I can’t quote the words they actually used directly because thats how awful it was.
banger thread 🔥
Boiling here at home in Cyprus but I put the finishing touches a couple of days ago on this preprint: What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean? doi.org/10.48550/arX...
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
Wherein I analyse HCAI & demonstrate through 3 triplets my new tripartite definition of AI (Table 1) that properly centres the human. 1/n
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
banger thread 🔥
the good news is 4.0 this term; the bad news doesn’t need to come from me.
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
the good news is 4.0 this term; the bad news doesn’t need to come from me.
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is there an accepted technical name for the noises people make while doing some task in the presence of other people, e.g. pulling up some code and meanwhile going 'do do doo dee doo"?
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
is there an accepted technical name for the noises people make while doing some task in the presence of other people, e.g. pulling up some code and meanwhile going 'do do doo dee doo"?
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they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.
A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.
NC nonprofit still pushing for Durham County sheriff to release jail policies
A 2023 records request to get the Durham County Jail policy manual has spurred a years-long legal dispute.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
they don’t want you to know how they treat prisoners because it will grieve you to know it, which is natural and human, and because of your normal human reaction you will want the system changed. It’s important to them that your natural aversion to how the system works not be engaged.
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"They were still in the wild and there are plenty of grizzly bears there, so he was quite worried when she let out a yell," Perlmann told Reuters.
"Fortunately, it was the Nobel Prize."
What a plot twist. 🐻🧪
www.reuters.com/world/call-w...
"Fortunately, it was the Nobel Prize."
What a plot twist. 🐻🧪
www.reuters.com/world/call-w...
www.reuters.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"They were still in the wild and there are plenty of grizzly bears there, so he was quite worried when she let out a yell," Perlmann told Reuters.
"Fortunately, it was the Nobel Prize."
What a plot twist. 🐻🧪
www.reuters.com/world/call-w...
"Fortunately, it was the Nobel Prize."
What a plot twist. 🐻🧪
www.reuters.com/world/call-w...
I can't bring myself to do my own music promo anymore even though I'm making some of my best work rn imo. I did it constantly during the early part of the pandemic on instagram and tiktok, and it was soul-crushing. I don't know how people do it.
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I can't bring myself to do my own music promo anymore even though I'm making some of my best work rn imo. I did it constantly during the early part of the pandemic on instagram and tiktok, and it was soul-crushing. I don't know how people do it.
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Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
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September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
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Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
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Healthy indoor air is a human right! To get clean air infrastructure everywhere, we need organizations, universities, schools, healthcare facilities, communities, etc, to sign the document below. Please spread the word!
Global Pledge for #CleanTheAir:
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Global Pledge for #CleanTheAir:
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September 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Healthy indoor air is a human right! To get clean air infrastructure everywhere, we need organizations, universities, schools, healthcare facilities, communities, etc, to sign the document below. Please spread the word!
Global Pledge for #CleanTheAir:
aas.eventsair.com/healthy-indo...
Global Pledge for #CleanTheAir:
aas.eventsair.com/healthy-indo...