Indeed. I’d love to be a fly on the wall of the @royalsociety.org weekly leadership team meeting 🕵🏿‍♂️ - ThreadSky

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seismatters.bsky.social • 19 days ago

Indeed.

I’d love to be a fly on the wall of the @royalsociety.org weekly leadership team meeting 🕵🏿‍♂️

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FFS kick him out, the US just approved RFK ... (or will shortly) and Musk is all part of the demoninsation of science

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elisafadda.bsky.social•19 days ago

Point 1) they'll have to decide if they'd like to continue to be a "leadership".... Joining the circus is the only alternative... 🙄

ianrobo.bsky.social•19 days ago

it did not deserve it in the first place

theoxforddom.bsky.social•19 days ago

I've been in some rooms like that: my guess is that they are desperately hoping for a steer from government...

seismatters.bsky.social•19 days ago

Interesting. Steer in what form?

theoxforddom.bsky.social•19 days ago

My guess is there will be people in the room who want to defenestrate Musk, but that the argument is being won by those who do not want to (essentially) create a diplomatic incident by pissing off an influential person in the US govt.

theoxforddom.bsky.social•19 days ago

The RS is the UK's de facto national academy of science and will feel (and may actually be) unable to take radical action without the approval of govt. The UK govt line is to play nice with the fascists in Trump's cabal, and so for the RS to break ranks would be a pretty big step.

theoxforddom.bsky.social•19 days ago

I think they *should* break ranks and assert their (at least nominal) independence but, sadly, I don't think they will unless they get a nod and a wink from govt that it's ok to do so.

andrewholding.bsky.social•18 days ago

There is also the factor that a core of any committee will be swayed towards the choice that gives future options vs the choice that cannot easily be reverted.

It is often easier to not make a choice.

pwgtennant.bsky.social•18 days ago

They have a leadership team? I never would have guessed!

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