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In the last ten years or so, I have read a bunch of books on specific aspects of postwar history: the Vietnam (American) War, Silicon Valley, Southeast Asia, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Partition, China, etc. I watched CNN's Cold War, but I haven't read a good book on the topic. 1/2

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JUPITER supercomputer, powered by the NVIDIA Grace Hopper platform, is the fastest in Europe — delivering a more than 2x speedup for #HPC and #AI workloads compared with the next-fastest system nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-... #ISC25

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Here is the collection of over 250 ideas for teaching the waves topic from KS3 to A-Level. Follow the link to access them all: www.teachphysics.org/home/waves-i... Thanks to all who contributed and especially @ogdentrust.bsky.social for funding my time to make it. #ITeachPhysics #SciTeachUK

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I think it's important to continuously reiterate that federal science funding grants in the US (and elsewhere) are made because the government, with the input of panels of independent experts, have concluded that the work being done is IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION.

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If you have never stuck a needle in the back of an infant and watched pus drip out please don’t tell me I am overreacting to RFK Jr.’s latest assault on science.

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People often talk about how theory and research generate little to no economic value. I'm confused by this What's the economic value of... calculus? Certainly an ABSURD number... I get it. We need to make things, but you can't walk or run without the ground you stand on. Don't take it for granted.

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Sydneysiders - we have a new ferry named after #RadioAstronomy pioneer Ruby Payne-Scott! More information in this article with @monsoon0.bsky.social. www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

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It's nothing to do with me but you are looking for a new university in a new country here's something... #academia #jobs #Japan #tohoku www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

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Words I wrote in 2006:

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The Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 calls for significant cuts to higher education funding, including reducing the maximum federal Pell Grant award that roughly 40% of undergraduate students rely on.

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Happy to see our book "Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics" published in English www.panmacmillan.com/authors/fran.... Unlike other popular science books, we explain quantum and its applications in the way working physicists use and understand them, without shying away from the many-body problem.

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We played there!

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George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow, live on CNN, starting in 10 minutes. Live broadcast from Broadway of the play Good Night, and Good Luck.

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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

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She has short bowel syndrome, and only the U.S. offers the treatment that keeps her alive. But her family’s humanitarian parole was suddenly revoked. Now, two months later, DHS has reversed course.

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Systemic discrimination is so hard to fight already, but it’s even harder to fight when “the computer says so”

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This.

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Gail Brodholt, London Calling, 2023 UK printmaker #WomensArt #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

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"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope & prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you." -Dwight Eisenhower (Jun. 6, 1944) This photograph of the #DDay invasion is featured in @ransomcenter.bsky.social's PEN Teaching Guide (Writing #WWII): www.hrc.utexas.edu/teaching/pen... 🗃️📜

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Thanks to @theresagaff.bsky.social for highlighting the devastating impact that terminated #eatingdisorder grants will have on Americans - including our work on LGBTQ-affirmative therapy for EDs @ajblashill.bsky.social

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Today, I joined the ranks of hard working scientists who had grants terminated from the #NIH. The work aimed to provide evidence for the prioritization & optimization of strategies & interventions to improve health of people experiencing homelessness & decrease racial/ethnic health disparities (1/5)

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Happy D-Day! #lestweforget

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ICYMI: Here’s what’s really important. Not two billionaire babies bickering.

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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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Worth pondering.

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A Guatemalan man who was wrongly deported to Mexico was permitted to reenter the United States, his lawyer said, marking the first known instance of the Trump administration returning a deportee in response to a judicial order.

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Amazing account of ChatGPT's sycophancy and confabulation on steroids. amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

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Man comes to the US from Lebanon. Starts out delivering pizzas, becomes a Nobel winning neuroscientist. Trump freezes his funding, he gets an email from China offering to move his lab “any city, any university I want" with guaranteed funding for 20 years. What are we doing?

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Jeffries: Yes Joni, the American people know that at some point in their lives, they are going to pass away. The cause of death should not be Republican cruelty

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Spurred by drop of the show, I have finally started reading the Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com and I have to say I have worked in IT for 15 years and I have never related to a protagonist more than Murderbot dealing with stupid humans and their stupid ideas.

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🌍 Are you a non-native English speaker in academia? Join us for the 1. session of "Thriving as a Junior Scholar", by @epsaphilsci.bsky.social 🗓️ Tue, June 10 | 10:00 CEST ZOOM 🎤 Adrian Stencel & Vlasta Sikimic 🔗 Full info & registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #PhilosophyOfScience #EPSA

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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This is NOT a joke

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They were so cool. A librarian helping you find something was absolutely magical 🤩

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