Sara Lazar
@drsaralazar.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at Mass. General Hospital, studying the neuroscience of meditation, yoga, and adult development.
Harvard University is offering 5 FREE self-paced government courses:
- American Government: Constitutional Foundations
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- U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
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- American Government: Constitutional Foundations
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
- U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
pll.harvard.edu/course/us-pu...
U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies | Harvard University
Learn about public policy in America and the dynamics of American politics.
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May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Harvard University is offering 5 FREE self-paced government courses:
- American Government: Constitutional Foundations
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
- U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
pll.harvard.edu/course/us-pu...
- American Government: Constitutional Foundations
pll.harvard.edu/course/ameri...
- U.S. Public Policy: Social, Economic, and Foreign Policies
pll.harvard.edu/course/us-pu...
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Join us for our May Seminar!
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Join us for our May Seminar!
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
We’re excited to welcome Buddhist teacher & author Andy Karr in conversation with @kevinberryman.bsky.social for a thought-provoking discussion: Mind vs Brain – Is There More to Consciousness?
📅 Thursday 1 May 2025
⏰ 12:00 – 12:50 PM AEST
💻 Online & free - register below
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Some of our vendors are cancelling production of new products, delaying manufacturing of existing lines, shutting down shipping while tariff turmoil plays out. So, what does a small business like mine do? We're called the "backbone of the American economy." Well, Trump is breaking that backbone.
April 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Some of our vendors are cancelling production of new products, delaying manufacturing of existing lines, shutting down shipping while tariff turmoil plays out. So, what does a small business like mine do? We're called the "backbone of the American economy." Well, Trump is breaking that backbone.
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Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland.
Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
February 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland.
Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies.
civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...
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🚨New WP🚨
Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction
-Sig more effective than consensus messaging
-Works for Republicans
-Evidence of persistence @ 1mo
-Scalable!
PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change
Here’s how 👇
Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction
-Sig more effective than consensus messaging
-Works for Republicans
-Evidence of persistence @ 1mo
-Scalable!
PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change
Here’s how 👇
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨New WP🚨
Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction
-Sig more effective than consensus messaging
-Works for Republicans
-Evidence of persistence @ 1mo
-Scalable!
PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change
Here’s how 👇
Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction
-Sig more effective than consensus messaging
-Works for Republicans
-Evidence of persistence @ 1mo
-Scalable!
PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change
Here’s how 👇
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I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
Friday Night Massacre of accurate information.
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
A devastating day for the USA as tens of millions of dollars of grants seeking to combat the spread of false information were terminated. We have a federal govenrment that does not consider the verifiable truth a priority. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.
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International students contribute $44 billion to the US economy annually, creating 1 job for every 4 students enrolled.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
Higher ed is America’s 10th largest export industry. A finance professor explores how their impact reaches beyond big cities to small towns like Mankato, MN.
April 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Very happy to report that the Special Issue of Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging dedicated to mindfulness is now published!
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/issue/S2451-...
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/issue/S2451-...
Current Issue Table of Contents: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Very happy to report that the Special Issue of Biological Psychiatry:Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging dedicated to mindfulness is now published!
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/issue/S2451-...
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/issue/S2451-...
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The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Did you know we could end not just hunger but all poverty in America if we just collected taxes on billionaires?
Not taxed them more, not changed the laws, if we just *collected* what they are supposed to pay, there would be no more poverty.
Instead, the richest man on earth is stealing from you.
Not taxed them more, not changed the laws, if we just *collected* what they are supposed to pay, there would be no more poverty.
Instead, the richest man on earth is stealing from you.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Did you know we could end not just hunger but all poverty in America if we just collected taxes on billionaires?
Not taxed them more, not changed the laws, if we just *collected* what they are supposed to pay, there would be no more poverty.
Instead, the richest man on earth is stealing from you.
Not taxed them more, not changed the laws, if we just *collected* what they are supposed to pay, there would be no more poverty.
Instead, the richest man on earth is stealing from you.
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Can we skip classifying thoughts into “types”? What if we match on dimensions instead?
Hani Zainal, Christian Webb, and I investigate at Behaviour Research and Therapy:
Direct Mapping of Intervention to Thought Features: A Bayesian Proof-of-Concept Study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104717
Hani Zainal, Christian Webb, and I investigate at Behaviour Research and Therapy:
Direct Mapping of Intervention to Thought Features: A Bayesian Proof-of-Concept Study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104717
March 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Can we skip classifying thoughts into “types”? What if we match on dimensions instead?
Hani Zainal, Christian Webb, and I investigate at Behaviour Research and Therapy:
Direct Mapping of Intervention to Thought Features: A Bayesian Proof-of-Concept Study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104717
Hani Zainal, Christian Webb, and I investigate at Behaviour Research and Therapy:
Direct Mapping of Intervention to Thought Features: A Bayesian Proof-of-Concept Study
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104717
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We're thrilled to announce the BlueSky debut of the MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging!
Follow us for research updates, collaborations, and insights into the world of imaging. Or just say hello. We always love hearing from you.
#Science #BiomedicalImaging #SuperAwesomeResearchers&Staff
Follow us for research updates, collaborations, and insights into the world of imaging. Or just say hello. We always love hearing from you.
#Science #BiomedicalImaging #SuperAwesomeResearchers&Staff
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We're thrilled to announce the BlueSky debut of the MGH Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging!
Follow us for research updates, collaborations, and insights into the world of imaging. Or just say hello. We always love hearing from you.
#Science #BiomedicalImaging #SuperAwesomeResearchers&Staff
Follow us for research updates, collaborations, and insights into the world of imaging. Or just say hello. We always love hearing from you.
#Science #BiomedicalImaging #SuperAwesomeResearchers&Staff
Happy to share a new article about changes in rsFC related to decrease self-judgement following self-compassion practice. In short, decreased PCC-amygdala connectivity and increased connectivity of PCC with dlPFC, dmPFC and IFG. With Diane Joss, Liz Hoge, Mike Datko et al
doi.org/10.1016/j.xj...
doi.org/10.1016/j.xj...
Redirecting
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December 20, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Happy to share a new article about changes in rsFC related to decrease self-judgement following self-compassion practice. In short, decreased PCC-amygdala connectivity and increased connectivity of PCC with dlPFC, dmPFC and IFG. With Diane Joss, Liz Hoge, Mike Datko et al
doi.org/10.1016/j.xj...
doi.org/10.1016/j.xj...
Just joined BlueSky. Happy to see a Contemplative Science group has already formed
@contemplativeneuro.bsky.social
Thanks Dave for starting this!
@contemplativeneuro.bsky.social
Thanks Dave for starting this!
December 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Just joined BlueSky. Happy to see a Contemplative Science group has already formed
@contemplativeneuro.bsky.social
Thanks Dave for starting this!
@contemplativeneuro.bsky.social
Thanks Dave for starting this!
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Here is a good beginning to a Contemplative Research Starter Pack. Suggestions welcome. I'll try to keep it updated as more people migrate over to the blue sky 🙏 #contemplativeresearch #contemplativescience #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #breathwork #psychedelics go.bsky.app/StDaiA6
December 9, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Here is a good beginning to a Contemplative Research Starter Pack. Suggestions welcome. I'll try to keep it updated as more people migrate over to the blue sky 🙏 #contemplativeresearch #contemplativescience #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #breathwork #psychedelics go.bsky.app/StDaiA6