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"We're not sinking like the Titanic, we're soaring to fresh new heights! Like the Hindenburg." r/collapse

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Colorado's Rep Brittany Pettersen (D) flew cross-country with her one-month-old to vote against the GOP budget tonight. Dems ended up one vote short. Pettersen was part of an unsuccessful bipartisan push to allow new mothers to vote remotely. #copolitics

submitted 1 day ago • 702 comments

This, this, a thousand times this.

submitted 16 hours ago • 27 comments

Tesla sales in Europe are down 45 percent from this time last year — a steep decline for an automaker long seen as the leader of the electric vehicle revolution. Experts say the decline could be caused by a variety of factors, including increased electric competition and backlash to CEO Elon Musk.

submitted 1 day ago • 96 comments

One way to kill people is by killing science

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

in 8-10 years someone from Silicon Valley is going to invent the university, genuinely unaware that it's been done before

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.

submitted 6 days ago • 228 comments

Hey @noaa @nasa and other federal science employees. I'm a climate/energy reporter at Axios, you can reach me securely via Signal at afreeedmanclimate.03

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On this day in 1863 a group of citizens founded an international committee dedicated to providing relief to wounded soldiers which became the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC emphasizes neutrality, impartiality, and independence in aiding those affected by conflict and disaster.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you, @eseb.bsky.social!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I thought these brain geniuses also stole everybody’s personal information. They can’t look them up?

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

A distillation of all the anti-vaccine nuttery in one story. The self-inflicted harm, the sense of entitlement, the zealotry, the brainwashing. It’s all in there. nypost.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 66 comments

My AI assistant generates an image each day based on the events of that day in a draftsman style. Happy Valentines Day Everyone. live.staticflickr.com/65535/543269...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

submitted 13 days ago • 795 comments

US Senate ‘Database’ on National Science Foundation grants that apparently “…that promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” #AcademicSky www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

No one should have this kind of authority, these papers should be published.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Mmmmmm

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

For some brevity youtu.be/imOtPYEL02g?...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

NIH indirects capped at 15% across the board effective immediately. 🧪 #AcademicSky A DISASTER FOR USA MEDICAL RESERACH grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

A strong scientific foundation is what the modern success of this country stands on. #AcademicSky youtu.be/dHXbpj1Z3UU?...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

USA #HigherEd colleagues, What can Canadian academics do to help you sustain your research programs? Let's find the loopholes! 🌎🧪🧑‍🔬

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

The Purge of Science? #AcademicSky www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is so good.

submitted 22 days ago • 626 comments

Like the Library of Parliament, the Library of Congress is an inspiring place. Today that inspo is a touch bittersweet. "The inquiry, knowledge and belief of truth is the sovereign good of human nature"

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

Tana.inc is open to the public. Great job.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Committee meetings: Where hours are spent for minutes to be taken #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

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submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Karma?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I'm seeing folks posting about NSF pausing operations or sending stop-work notifications to PIs (I haven't received one, despite having two active proposals). Please be very careful about what you post and share. Vet information first. Cite sources. Maintain credibility via information hygiene.

submitted 30 days ago • 10 comments

Hmmmmm. #academicsky

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

Who?

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

This may be a blueprint to think about. I wonder where my university administration stands on these issues. #academicsky www.aaup.org/report/again...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

is your University on the list? Mine is! #academicsky. www.chronicle.com/article/trum...

submitted 32 days ago • 10 comments

Hey, it looks like X is in the FO stage of FAFO

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments