Whatever the GOP is trying to do here--whether or not they're succeeding--it's worth keeping in mind that approximately zero percent of the people on Twitter are its actual target audience. Your personal feelings watching the hearing are a terrible guide to how this is going.
A wise Postdoc once told me “blowing out someone else’s candle doesn’t make yours shine brighter.” I try to remind myself of that whenever professional jealousy starts creeping in 🕯
McConnell says bill passed by the House to reopen government is a "non-starter" w Senate Republicans.
YOU ALL VOTED FOR IT UNANIMOUSLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
YOU ALL VOTED FOR IT UNANIMOUSLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
YOU ALL VOTED FOR IT UNANIMOUSLY TWO WEEKS AGO.
YOU ALL...
ah screw it
As of today, this shutdown is the longest in history.
The costs are already high: People are missing paychecks, losing business, or working without pay. Our national parks are overrun with trash. The FDA and FBI warn of the harm to our food safety and national security.
Due to US travel ban, we decided to withdraw our 5th poster for #COSYNE19 by my brilliant student Morteza Saraf on the "Computational principles and neural circuit mechanisms of hierarchical decision-making". Here's the abstract of what Morteza was hoping to share with you.