Trent Wirth
@withwirth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Studying Visual-Motor Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati
ViLoN Lab https://vilonlab.github.io
Co-Founder of https://freemocap.org
ViLoN Lab https://vilonlab.github.io
Co-Founder of https://freemocap.org
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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I wish them both the worst.
June 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I wish them both the worst.
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My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My ongoing request:
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.
NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...
NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...
Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
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UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
I guess hoaxes and fake news stories are enough for Trump to fire you these days, who knew
/s
/s
Pete Hegseth has one sideburn. did the other one get shaved off as a prank or what?
April 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I guess hoaxes and fake news stories are enough for Trump to fire you these days, who knew
/s
/s
Just like how studying gun violence isn’t a violation of the second amendment
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just like how studying gun violence isn’t a violation of the second amendment
I guess my new collective action study I’ve got in the works to study misinformation won’t be funded :)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is terminating a bunch of research funding. Much of this is in line with the goal of making sure nothing gets in the way of systemic racism and sexism, but they also explicitly target research on "misinformation/disinformation."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I guess my new collective action study I’ve got in the works to study misinformation won’t be funded :)
It’s weird to optimistically plan for the future in the midst of this bullshit
April 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It’s weird to optimistically plan for the future in the midst of this bullshit
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FOOTSTEPPR, generate footstep sounds for your games
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April 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
FOOTSTEPPR, generate footstep sounds for your games
games.increpare.com/footsteppr/i...
games.increpare.com/footsteppr/i...
April 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
Martínez: But what war can be won without funding?
Stanley: You might lose anyway. But you can't win a war unless you recognize it's a war.
Yale professor on Trump defunding universities
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Stanley: You might lose anyway. But you can't win a war unless you recognize it's a war.
Yale professor on Trump defunding universities
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Why this Yale professor is fleeing America
NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Martínez: But what war can be won without funding?
Stanley: You might lose anyway. But you can't win a war unless you recognize it's a war.
Yale professor on Trump defunding universities
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Stanley: You might lose anyway. But you can't win a war unless you recognize it's a war.
Yale professor on Trump defunding universities
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
I want to hit snooze on April Fools Day
April 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I want to hit snooze on April Fools Day
A-freaking-men
I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
March 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A-freaking-men
I’m one of the 1500 opponent testimonies. The bill is appalling and reflects little to no understanding of how higher education works.
There really aren’t any silver linings with its passing. We should expect to see Ohio State and UC steadily lose top faculty and students.
Ohio will fall behind.
There really aren’t any silver linings with its passing. We should expect to see Ohio State and UC steadily lose top faculty and students.
Ohio will fall behind.
BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed into law a massive higher education overhaul to ban diversity efforts, regulate classroom discussion, and prohibit faculty strikes, among other things. The law will take effect in 90 days.
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90…
buff.ly
March 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I’m one of the 1500 opponent testimonies. The bill is appalling and reflects little to no understanding of how higher education works.
There really aren’t any silver linings with its passing. We should expect to see Ohio State and UC steadily lose top faculty and students.
Ohio will fall behind.
There really aren’t any silver linings with its passing. We should expect to see Ohio State and UC steadily lose top faculty and students.
Ohio will fall behind.
I’m very thankful this book was written, but I’m crushed that it’s a reality.
We need to fix our country.
Tax. The. Rich.
We need to fix our country.
Tax. The. Rich.
After many years of reporting and writing, the day is finally here: THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out today.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
I poured everything into this book, and I hope it ignites outrage at the fact that so many people in the richest nation on earth have been deprived of one of the most basic human necessities.
March 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I’m very thankful this book was written, but I’m crushed that it’s a reality.
We need to fix our country.
Tax. The. Rich.
We need to fix our country.
Tax. The. Rich.
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It’s a historically weird time to be actively gaining confidence in grant writing
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s a historically weird time to be actively gaining confidence in grant writing
When I taught Sensation and Perception a year ago (for the first time!) the ML illusion jumped out to me as strange and captivating. So glad to see this work from Amir & Firestone!
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
When I taught Sensation and Perception a year ago (for the first time!) the ML illusion jumped out to me as strange and captivating. So glad to see this work from Amir & Firestone!
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If you've been and Editor of a journal, DM me if you'd be up for a zoom to tell me all about your frustrations with journal software.
Trying to design better tools!
Trying to design better tools!
January 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you've been and Editor of a journal, DM me if you'd be up for a zoom to tell me all about your frustrations with journal software.
Trying to design better tools!
Trying to design better tools!
I didn’t think I’d end up in #academia - after spending ~2.5 years helping to build freemocap. I thought I’d end up in industry.
I applied to ~80 jobs, had ~10 interviews. 1 was in academia, and it was the only job offer I got!
This was over the course of 1 year of interviewing during my postdoc
I applied to ~80 jobs, had ~10 interviews. 1 was in academia, and it was the only job offer I got!
This was over the course of 1 year of interviewing during my postdoc
January 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I didn’t think I’d end up in #academia - after spending ~2.5 years helping to build freemocap. I thought I’d end up in industry.
I applied to ~80 jobs, had ~10 interviews. 1 was in academia, and it was the only job offer I got!
This was over the course of 1 year of interviewing during my postdoc
I applied to ~80 jobs, had ~10 interviews. 1 was in academia, and it was the only job offer I got!
This was over the course of 1 year of interviewing during my postdoc
I’m getting excited for a new semester - paradigms to build, data to analyze, students to coach!
I’m hoping to have my most productive research semester of my career. Not because I’m chasing some ideal of productivity, just because I think it’s the best way to embrace my career stage.
I’m hoping to have my most productive research semester of my career. Not because I’m chasing some ideal of productivity, just because I think it’s the best way to embrace my career stage.
January 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’m getting excited for a new semester - paradigms to build, data to analyze, students to coach!
I’m hoping to have my most productive research semester of my career. Not because I’m chasing some ideal of productivity, just because I think it’s the best way to embrace my career stage.
I’m hoping to have my most productive research semester of my career. Not because I’m chasing some ideal of productivity, just because I think it’s the best way to embrace my career stage.
With the semester over I’ve started playing around with Godot (game engine) - I’ve bounced off of it a bunch of times, having relied on Unity so long for work.
Maybe it’s because I’m doing 2D, but I’m loving it now!
#gamedev
Maybe it’s because I’m doing 2D, but I’m loving it now!
#gamedev
December 17, 2024 at 11:05 AM
With the semester over I’ve started playing around with Godot (game engine) - I’ve bounced off of it a bunch of times, having relied on Unity so long for work.
Maybe it’s because I’m doing 2D, but I’m loving it now!
#gamedev
Maybe it’s because I’m doing 2D, but I’m loving it now!
#gamedev
I created an anonymous survey for my behavioral science programming course. So far I’ve got 18/ a possible 33 respondents
I should be thrilled!
1/2
I should be thrilled!
1/2
December 9, 2024 at 11:58 PM
I created an anonymous survey for my behavioral science programming course. So far I’ve got 18/ a possible 33 respondents
I should be thrilled!
1/2
I should be thrilled!
1/2