Important reminder that “there is a fatal flaw at the heart of the Trump project: it is sustained by a disregard for evidence & for the truth... Those of us who advocate for progressive causes – ideally of course with all due regard for evidence & truth…would do well to remember that on this day.” - ThreadSky

lizziegadd.bsky.social • 38 days ago

Important reminder that “there is a fatal flaw at the heart of the Trump project: it is sustained by a disregard for evidence & for the truth... Those of us who advocate for progressive causes – ideally of course with all due regard for evidence & truth…would do well to remember that on this day.”

Reposted from Stephen Curry

Trump, DEI and Culture – what’s the vibe shift? Yesterday’s post. Clinging to progressive optimism this morning.
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feldtfos.bsky.social•38 days ago

I desperately want to agree. But I think Stephen underestimates how conservative research institutions are. It also builds on the belief in the sector that research happens in a vaccuum. And perhaps that the research sector is more enlightened than the rest of society. My alarm bells are ringing.

lizziegadd.bsky.social•38 days ago

I don’t suppose @scurry.bsky.social needs anyone to advise him on the conservatism of research institutions or the interconnectedness of things, but I’ll let him respond.

feldtfos.bsky.social•38 days ago

I know. I’m just genuinely scared.

lizziegadd.bsky.social•38 days ago

I understand.

scurry.bsky.social•38 days ago

I hope I have a good understanding of the conservatism within the sector. Although admittedly I was trying be optimistic, I do expect resistance - operational and political. I expect the case for thinking deeply about why action on EDI/culture is so necessary will have to be made repeatedly.

feldtfos.bsky.social•38 days ago

I think the sector is being naive and for the first time in my adult life I’m genuinely afraid for my personal security on the future.

lizziegadd.bsky.social•38 days ago

How do you think the sector is being naiive and what would you propose?

feldtfos.bsky.social•38 days ago

My concern is that we’re trying to solve tomorrow’s problems with yesterday’s tools. Or rather - as the sector is 10 years behind the rest of society on EDI we’re solving tomorrow’s problems with last decade’s tools. Right now I’m doing s lot of thinking and writing. I have no solutions right now

feldtfos.bsky.social•38 days ago

but I really think we need to rethink it completely. Right now we’re forcing it in not the existing system and as the development in the tech companies show, then it’s also easy to remove again. With no consequences for the tech sector. But big consequences for minorities.

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