Is Mplus so popular that they’re advertising at the World Cup?

My favorite political sign in the neighborhood:

He’ll be ok. He knows not to try to keep up with these guys

I’m teaching in a classroom with issues of journals from the ~1940s. I just saw that publication fees are old!

We had Irish pub music on during dinner. Keira wrote me a note about it:

Year 2 of Temple's Demystifying Graduate Applications Event!

Applying for graduate studies in psychology and neuroscience can be challenging and confusing. Frequently, applicants have some support from mentors at their home institutions, but sometimes applicants are looking for additional reassurance, feedback, or perspectives on the processes.

Today sort of feels like…

Got a button on the train heading into Philly #standupforscience

just highlighting the huge impact on trainees... comparisons of F31 & F32 awards during the 1/20-3/5 window for 2024 and 2025

Based on NIH Reporter, from 1/20-3/5 in 2024 and 2025, this is what it *should* be. Looks like ~50% rate of funding in 2025 relative to the same period in 2024 (noting that there's likely a lag with information being populated in reporter:

I missed MA!

Can't quite figure out what's happening on the MI plot (sorry!)

And a bunch of other states....

For the state of PA, we can see the congressional districts that are hit hardest...

An update since last week -- showing total number of grants with NOAs and their corresponding dollar amounts in NIH Reporter in the 1/20/24-2/26/24 window vs. 1/20/25-2/26/25. Number of grants in 2025 window much smaller and massive proportions lower (Idaho had 2 in '24 and 3 in '25)

This is the differences in funded dollars in the same period

I've spent the day working with Reporter data... differences in number of funded applications from 1/20/24-2/21/24 and 1/20/25-2/21/25 by state. This is the picture (happy to share code):

First gif from Solo: A Star Wars Story that’s relevant

If you like a bourbon-y dark beer, this is for you