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Yes, Nature is completely right that #Trump is assaulting science and that he is swinging a wrecking ball at all publicly funded science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00562-w After all, this is what he and his ilk have been pushing for all along, since 2016: to abolish publicly […]

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Just to say the obvious bit out loud - Trump, VD Vance and Elon Musk are bullies. They’ve made their whole careers via it. They shout at people, send mobs after them, complain to employers, threaten legal action, etc etc etc. It’s all about silencing speech which causes them discomfort. Elon […]

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Written by Eric Blair (George Orwell) more than 80 years ago. We have made no progress at all.

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Snowflakes in Vermont. Gov. Scott: “... the vice president is here on a family trip with his young children and, while we may not always agree, we should be respectful”* The nerve to hold up signs while he's on vacation with his family. Meanwhile civil servants are trying to figure out how […]

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NORWAY CONFIRMATION.. After yesterday's events in the WHITE HOUSE, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Yes, Nature is completely right that #Trump is assaulting science and that he is swinging a wrecking ball to all publicly funded science: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00562-w After all, this is what he and his ilk have been pushing for all along, since 2016: to abolish publicly […]

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]

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Hi Trump “Pam Hemphill, who was charged for her involvement in #Jan6, is pushing back against the notion that the DOJ was weaponized against rioters. “I’m not a victim of Jan 6th, & the DOJ was not weaponized against me,” Hemphill said “I was a volunteer,” she continued. “I broke the law […]

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I’ve been meaning to post this with #AltText. This is wisdom. It‘s a marathon, not a sprint. Boycotting for a day does nothing. Changing your shopping habits consistently over a year does. Hat tip: @VeroniqueB99 #protest #boycott

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One of the best explanations of how “she made him do it” works, from Rebecca Solnit. https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made-him-do-it-theory-of-everything-2/

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"Washington Post opinion editor departs as #Bezos pushes to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’ " https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion?lid=r23wuimg60vg This is one more argument that people with govt contracts should not own newspapers — […]

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Currently there are still people alive who fought for the freedom of the world in the Second World War against the nazi's, there are not much anymore but they certainly are still here! I think it's safe to say that #WWII was the most terrible war we've ever had We are now living in a time […]

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story […]

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There are still tickets for "Lesbian Space Princess" on the #Berlinale site. https://www.berlinale.de/en/2025/programme/202512279.html The movie is MADE for my timeline.

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Yesterday Musk and DOGE got a win in court when a judge declined to award a TRO against them. But as I wrote at Techdirt, it's not much of a win for them: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/19/state-plaintiffs-lose-a-disappointing-battle-while-musk-and-doge-get-closer-to-losing-the-war/

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Meanwhile in Ohio (and I'm sure other places)… #politics

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Remember that the NAACP is calling for a massive boycott of Walmart, McDonald's and Meta because of their about face on DEI under pressure from the vague notions of the US president and his friends. I would appreciate it you participated in this boycott too. It seems like it's pretty big […]

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You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all. We don't want to be on any list. And now the US Gov and Musk is trying to get […]

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If you want to know what "DEI firing" leads to, look at the amazing economic powerhouse that is Afghanistan under the Taliban since 2022! Afghanistan's version of "DEI firing" was directed against women in public life. It was motivated by religious bigotry (like Trump's anti-DEI bullshit) and […]

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Open(ing) Science? Digital Humanities in Area Studies Franco-German Summer School, 7–11 July 2025, Leipzig Deadline for applications: 15 March 2025 https://recentglobe.uni-leipzig.de/en/zentrum/infrastruktur/digital-lab/summer-school-digital-area-histories #DigitalHumanities #MultilingualDH […]

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Everybody knows that efficient and high-quality scholarly publishing is possible. The Global South has been demonstrating this for years, no decades, as have various journals and fields. A nice summary of how the European Geosciences Union shows the world how it's done has just been published […]

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I keep thinking of this quote from the Great Gatsby: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

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Public notice: If you want to read a research article, please don't pay for the paper on the publisher's website. All that money goes to the publisher, we don't get any of it. Instead, contact us. We'll be happy to send you the paper :-).

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Pride Across the Bridge, the very active pride group for the Eastside of #Seattle, is working on sending a letter to Eastside towns urging them to declare themselves sanctuary cities for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. If you live on this side of the water and are interested in co-signing, drop me a […]

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Well, Mapquest won’t be getting invited to the White House anytime soon. They’ve created a tool where you can make up names for the Gulf of Mexico. Here’s mine. https://gulfof.mapquest.com/

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If you know of or are involved with an organization that helps people in a way that the #TrumpAdministration doesn't approve of, and the org is worried about continuing to do their work while protecting their employees, volunteers, and clients, I am happy to meet for free with the org to work […]

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A new study estimates that 58% of studies #preregistered on #OSF before November 2017 have been conducted but not yet publicly shared. "Emails asking researchers why studies remained unpublished, logistical issues (e.g., lack of time, researchers changing jobs) were the most common cause […]

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How reporting would sound like about the USA over the last two weeks if it was a banana republic and not the USA: https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government

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this week the #wikidata #DataReuseDays2025 start. There are some interesting talks about #openscience and #openinnovation which is more important to be aware of then in the 20 years before

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Key questions to ask while reading scientific documentation, including but not limited to papers: What did they do? How did they do it? Why did they do it? Who did it? (Don't assume it's the authors) Don't be caught in the 'Illusion of completeness' where it seems like you have enough […]

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Public notice: If you want to read a research article, please don't pay for the paper on the publisher's website. All that money goes to the publisher, we don't get any of it. Instead, contact us. We'll be happy to send you the paper :-).

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While I'm at it, another #PSA: Don't use ableist language to describe/disparage fascists. This is no analysis, doesn't help anyone and hurts a lot of people. Fascists are not 'stupid' - they know what they do. They are not irrational, but rational in their own logic. They are not immoral, but […]

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«'Vorauseilender Gehorsam' and making open science 'unpolitical'» I've written why SPARC's betrayal of removing all mentions of equity, diversity & inclusion stings particularly hard and why we shouldn't forget this. #openscience #openaccess https://tzovar.as/vorauseilender-gehorsam/

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I get the sentiment but it turns participating in science into a savior/victim scenario. It also misses these points: 1. Science without the knowledge and perspective of global majority people = doing science with both hands tied behind your back. We are indispensable to effective knowledge […]

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Random #OpenScience thought: The purpose of the scientific record is to communicate with the future. @academicchatter

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Random #OpenScience thought: The purpose of the scientific record is to communicate with the future. @academicchatter

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I get the sentiment but it turns participating in science into a savior/victim scenario. It also misses these points: 1. Science without the knowledge and perspective of global majority people = doing science with both hands tied behind your back. We are indispensable to effective knowledge […]

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"Everyone is failing! Someone must _______ immediately!" Comrade I don't know how to tell you this in a non-asshole way, but "somebody" is you. That's where we're at. Find people doing the work you want to see and help them.

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"Thinkers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Hannah Arendt warned us that the point of this deluge is not to persuade, but to overwhelm and paralyze our capacity to act. More recently, researchers have found that the viral outrage disseminated on social media in response to these ridiculous claims […]

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#Families, #LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block #Trump order on care for #transgender youth The action follows a Trump admin order seeking to halt federal support of #gender transition care for those under 19. #law #USpol #CultureWars #hate #discrimination #bigotry #health #medicine […]

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An important follow up to his first post about how we're absolutely in the middle of a coup, @brockm.bsky.social explains how simply calling out the truth in the face of a bombardment of lies is critical. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/t...

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