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Sarah Faber
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The internet's friendliest banshee, PhD.
The Werner Herzog of dynamic systems neuroscience.
Occasional Gàidhlig, constant shouting.
Researching how the brain adapts to neurodegeneration using music.
She/her.
Pinned
*Gestures expansively* you know...science, and shit
Going about my day standing in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation (brownies)
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Just logged in to see there's a bunch of hootin and hollerin about which pies are good or bad and I just need to say that all of you are WRONG and FOOLISH. How is there any debate on this?

The best pie is the cutie pie reading this.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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🚨🚨 NEW Assistant professor position at Northeastern! Do you study sound/language/music + brain + health? Apply! We're so excited to add a new faculty member to our community! Please post widely, we begin reviewing apps Dec 15!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain Health
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain ...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Well, lads, I've done the sums and you're not going to believe this but
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It's time to tap the "Phrenology Disguised As AI Is Still Fucken Racist" sign again.
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.

The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
One of the best parts of the conference right here!

#sfn25
Hey #sfn, come visit the Art of Neuroscience at the Sails Pavilion upstairs at #sfn25
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The sweater *I* made my friend's baby has been chosen for their family Christmas card and I do not believe English has a word that adequately conveys how thrilled I am about it
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Was sincerely congratulated by one of my undergraduate colleagues for knowing who Jeff Buckley is and had to stop myself from explaining the whole concept of being alive in the 90s so if you need me I'll just be over here turning into a pile of dust and pogs
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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My USB cord pentagram "Tech Witch" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
April 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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It was the best of times.
It was the worst of times.
It was the combination best of times worst of times.
May 6, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Hey

*looks around all shifty-like*

Wanna see somethin'....WHOLESOME?
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Here's one for everyone I have ever yelled at about why "idk, Mozart?" is not a good way to build a music listening study!
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Anyone want to guys what we're making today?
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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boy are you the gales of november because you definitely came early
girl are you the Edmund Fitzgerald because you’ve definitely gone down with 29 men
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
All time great wedding reception interaction.

This was the wedding at which I twinged my back during the Mull River Shuffle. A blessed night!
The answer, of course, is all of them.
A drunk lady at a Dartmouth wedding reception asked my wife “How many lifetimes have you two been soulmates?” And I think about that sometimes.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
LISTENING TO @accordionadam.bsky.social WANG ON ABOUT EUROVISION ON THE CBC.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko | Live Radio | CBC Listen
On the Coast catches you up on the news of the day, brings you in depth analysis, showcases the arts, and offers you ideas about what you can do in Metro Vancouver.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Have read through some of the new science stuff in the federal budget and would just like to say
Scott Moir Boooo GIF
Alt: Gif of beloved Canadian ice dance champion Scott Moir pissed up at a hockey game and booing loudly
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Lord dyin', it's Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Back on my BS (bellowing, statistical)
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
<me, furiously debugging a stats tutorial in my clumsiest programming language>

SQUIRE! FETCH ME MY PROGRAMMING TIARA.

THE BIG ONE.
We were both very brave at work today and deserve a lil treat
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I would like all of you to know that my hair looks Great today and I have nowhere to go and no way of adequately photographing it.

And as soon as I leave the house, it will crumble because there is atmosphere today.
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
ENJOY!
THE GODDAMN!
RIGOUR!
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.

The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I’m looking for a postdoc to join my lab and work on Multi-Brain Stimulation (MBS).
Learn more about the project and how to apply below 👇

This position is funded by the @erc.europa.eu
Reposts are very welcome 🙏

#Postdoc #Neuroscience #BrainStimulation #EEG #SocialNeuroscience
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's time for another episode of SARAH YELLS ABOUT BOOKS!

This time, we're in the non-fiction section with this GEM of a book from Victoria Finlay. I have been wanging on about this book to ANYONE who will listen, MANY who will not, and now it's YOUR TURN.

READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT.
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM