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Musk has tweeted more than 220 times in last 24 hrs. That's not counting the replies.

submitted 7 hours ago • 280 comments

Every Friday, I write a debrief about what’s happening in science & higher ed. It goes out late, and is written for all the friends & colleagues I wish I could sit down and talk it through with over drinks. buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

submitted 18 hours ago • 212 comments

So good

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

More attacks on US science by stealth as new research grants still frozen! Grants issued via 2 step process- one to assess science via science board and one a grant review step with a membership of a wider board that get final approval to sign the money of based upon initial recommendation 🧪🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

I have been trying to find the time to move away from the polical hellscape we find ourselves in to finish and share a bluetorial about science. This helps me remember what this is all about. Ironically, it is about the treatment of pain.

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I have run out of patience with the apparent silence of most US science institutions (and not just US) in the face of Trump & Musk's rampage. There are of so many facets of that, but in this column for @chemistryworld.com I talk about the assaults on inclusion. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

submitted 15 days ago • 20 comments

this is how it's done

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The UK & Europe need to divest in Starlink asap. "US negotiators on the minerals deal threatened to cut Ukraine’s access to Starlink" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 4 days ago • 1926 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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In summation, a qualified Black man got fired and will be replaced with a white man who doesn’t meet the qualifications for the position.

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Judge orders nationwide preliminary injunction of anti-DEI executive orders. "Plaintiffs’ irreparable harms include widespread chilling of unquestionably protected speech." www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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It's estimated that $150 billion would eradicate world hunger by 2030

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The updated count of measles cases in Texas now stands at 90, increased from 58 three days ago. Of these cases, 77 (86%) are children, 85 (94%) overall are unvaccinated, and 0 (0.0%) have been mentioned by RFK Jr. the Secretary of HHS. He’s far too busy casting aspersions on vaccines.

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"The only ones who know are the sysadmins, and they’re not saying." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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Elon Musk is cratering in polls: WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup. On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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“This is exactly what we predicted would happen and exactly what we were afraid would happen” www.propublica.org/article/texa...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Hi @bmj.com Can you add a Bluesky share button instead of the X button you have please?

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"The Food Foundation found that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats." Your health is shaped by what you AFFORD to eat. #PublicHealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 25 days ago • 15 comments

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 244 comments

Crikey.

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New in PN: Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy "In reality, most of what Musk is up to is flatly illegal. Most egregiously, his deletion of entire depts & Trump’s refusal to spend as directed by Congress violates the Constitution. That’s why multiple courts have enjoined them."

submitted 3 days ago • 183 comments

This sparked a really interesting discussion that would no longer be possible on Twitter. I think it illustrates the need to reform Big Ag, not replace Big Ag, and the inherent tradeoffs involved in food production. Anyway I’m glad there’s a new venue for dorking out.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this. Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.” What?! 👀

submitted 4 days ago • 136 comments

The race to explain why more young adults are getting cancer #GastroSky #OncSky #MedSky

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Extraordinary to find myself in agreement with an American Enterprise Institute director! "It’s a disgraceful reversal of 80 years of American foreign policy" NYTimes also calling out 'multiple false claims' www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Heartbreaking. My visit to Yosemite some 30 years ago is an imprinted memory. One of the most gorgeous places I have ever been.

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I continue to be surprised that more of the learned societies are not coming out with statements like this (And well done to @planetarysociety.bsky.social for being clear and simple, and bold, in this statement) 🧪 - if the cuts haven't hit an agency near you - it seems to be a "yet" issue 😭

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

submitted 4 days ago • 73 comments

Resonates with lived experience! Interesting research & useful lessons for those of us in leadership.

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"We are living through a once-in-a-generation moment of geopolitical upheaval." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The problems with this stance are manifold. Firstly, a ‘neutral’ stance is itself political. Secondly, encouraging the idea that ‘neutrality’ achieves trust is flawed: being right achieves trust. Thirdly, weakness in the face of evil is exactly what helps evil succeed.

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

Food safety chief at the FDA quits saying Trump's mass layoffs make his job "fruitless" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 65 comments

That so many left intellectuals are not morally offended by racism or sexism is a problem.

submitted 4 days ago • 52 comments

Goodness gracious, I needed this post. New on the @plosglobalpublichealth.org blog, by the amazing @benphillips76.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

For folks in the UK HE & scientific communities thinking we should stay out of politics & not worry about the anti-science, anti-education, anti-university actions by fascist oligarchs in the US.

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Making Trans Histories Public: Wiki Edit-A-Thon (26 Feb 📅 13:30 - 16:30 🕜🕟) leeds.libcal.com/event/433290... With @yclepit.bsky.social and @nickshepp.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Wonderful piece by the wonderful @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. She also needs folk to subscribe. broligarchy.substack.com/p/us-coup-ga...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment