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100% this. Another great pod from the gang. And a great analysis. Cheers guys.

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Today, the study section I am a member of is one of 26 out of 26 canceled. No new post on the federal registry and councils are postponed indefinitely. Universities focused on overhead cuts considering these a challenge to their survival. But no grant at all seems like the issue to battle first..

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Really fascinating episode of the @newsagents.bsky.social very very interesting discussion…

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Reports of a second emergency summit in Paris tomorrow, this time with additional participants in the Baltics, Belgium, Czechia, Greece, Finland, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Canada. This would almost turn it into a 'the West without the US' meeting.

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Even by his god-awful standards, this is one of Trump’s most disgusting press conferences. He’s attacked Zelenskyy, using Kremlin talking points that he only has a 4% approval (LIE). Then, again, Trump blames him & Ukraine for starting the war. THEY. WERE. FUCKING. INVADED.

submitted 12 days ago • 53 comments

UK MP says US is now “least reliable NATO partner”. And not just any MP - Gethins is an ex-Prof in International Relations.

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OK Kemi, I confess; I was planning to brainwash my physics students with my left-of-centre politics. But I gave up when I couldn't even indoctrinate them into reading the f*cking syllabus.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

Euclid unveils breathtaking Einstein ring. Astronomy Now article. Image: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li. 🔭 🧪 astronomynow.com/2025/02/13/e...

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No 10 declines to explain why UK joining US in not signing Paris AI declaration, but says it puts 'national interest' first - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

submitted 20 days ago • 8 comments

for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession

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Fundamental science is still important! Great shout out from @timwrightleeds.bsky.social at the NERC future of Environmental Science Panel today.

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🥳 It's Day 5 of #NationalAstronomyWeek and most of the UK is cloud free, so you all have no excuse! Go outside and #DoLookUp. 🔭🧪 This is the view from my home in Portobello Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, looking South West! 🤩 ℹ️ www.astronomyweek.org.uk

submitted 25 days ago • 14 comments

gml.noaa.gov is now non-functional. This is the site that I would go to every month to get updated GHG data for my graphics. I'm not sure if scrippsco2.ucsd.edu will have access to the CO2 data, or where I will get CH4 data. I made a local backup of gml last week in anticipation. In remembrance:

submitted 26 days ago • 32 comments

Indiana Jones theme… 🪱 🎶

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So, @sturdyalex.bsky.social, spill the beans: how many ‘takes’ did you need to record the beginning of the last @quietriotpod.bsky.social pod? We all heard @pimlicat.bsky.social giggling in the background! Cheers, as always, from the ko-fi “masses”!

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Brill to see the folks at LMU, Munich to talk all things volcanology and rock physics. Now, homeward bound….

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SARUMAN: Lands a tenured position while still finishing his PhD GANDALF: Trail of post-docs and teaching posts. People never sure what his institutional affiliation is. Drops in 'yeah that was when I was in Rhûn for 90 years' RADAGAST: Lives by proofreading and eating the dandelions in his garden

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SUNDAY SCHOOL! @sturdyalex.bsky.social is joined by @snellarthur.bsky.social to discuss the future of NATO, Ukraine, Gaza, Syria - and whether The West, capitalised as one entity, may be coming to the end of the unity of purpose podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... open.spotify.com/episode/5acu...

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“She’s fiddling while Rome burns,” said David Blanchflower, a former Bank of England policymaker. “She looks like a deer in the headlights, lacking a coherent plan. She sounds like a Tory chancellor. Where is the alternative?” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

submitted 39 days ago • 610 comments

Waiting with baited breath to get @quietriotpod.bsky.social’s take on the inauguration… assuming @sturdyalex.bsky.social can resist the Almonds, I guess 😎

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There'll be time tomorrow to come to terms with what's happening. Tonight I think it's best just to get quite pissed.

submitted 41 days ago • 339 comments

Great episode of @quietriotpod.bsky.social on the marketisation of #HigherEducation & the impact of casual contracts on staff, students and wider society. Hope @ucu.org.uk were listening #AcademicSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

submitted 44 days ago • 118 comments

We are heading steadily towards a huge university financial crisis, not a growth boost.

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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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🚨🚨 Lib Dems are rightly pushing now more openly for more concrete rapprochment with the European Union. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has just announced that his party wishes for the UK to strike a customs (union) deal with the bloc. 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Nancy Mitford once asked Evelyn Waugh how he dealt with fan mail. His reply is 👌

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🚨🚨 "Joining the EU Single Market Could Be the Gamechanger for Keir Starmer’s Government". Excellent piece by @blogwyatt.bsky.social outlining some options for the UK to move closer to the EU internal market arguing particularly for a Single Market Agmt with the EU. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/k...