iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 12/03/2026

National Science Foundation: $9 billion total in FY2026

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Trump will likely try to make Denmark choose between NATO and Greenland, and wider Europe between Greenland and Ukraine. But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

On the one hand, Europe will be worried about a tit-for-tat economic spiral. But the politics of this fight really favor Europe, just as it favored the Liberals/Carney in Canada. Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

My quote of the day North Atlantic Treaty Signed April 4, 1949

Article 1

The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’

Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

It's in our blood to take more soil. Hmmm... that has a certain ring to it.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

If Trump is not stopped now we will have another Hitler-Putin on our hands. Maybe finally time to learn something from history. And since Americans seems to be totally unwilling to do anything to stop him it will be up to Europeans.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Europe should share its escalation plan tomorrow. Tariffs on US goods, taxes on tech companies, dumping US stocks, currency and treasuries. That's the order of escalation. That should set US markets in motion on Monday and maybe get some sane Americans to call their senators and congressmen.

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A few reflections on the US in the darkness of Trump: 1. The US is unable to defend any values. 2. The US lacks all checks & balances. 3. The US establishment is cowardly & ineffective. Shut up about the free & brave! They are elsewhere, in Ukraine for example.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Americans, you own this mess. Fix it!

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Cristi Proistosescu @cristiproist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?” It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents: Sleep when the baby sleeps Cry when the baby cries Publish when the baby publishes

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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Several items on Declaration of Independence list of grievances against George III also apply to Trump today, most notably on immigration, trade, and deportation without due process. Like King George, he is "unfit to be the ruler of a free people": reason.com/volokh/2025/...

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Trump vs. the Declaration of Independence

Several of the Declaration's list of grievances against King George III also apply to Donald Trump today.

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Sabine Nolke 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @snolke.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

In May 1940 the Netherlands was invaded by Nazi Germany and Nazi policies forced on Dutch institutions. As a result of protests by professors & students at Leiden, the university was closed by the Nazis until the liberation of 🇳🇱 by 🇨🇦 forces. Today, Leiden U remains consistently in the World Top 100.

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RCSB Protein Data Bank @rcsbpdb.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The very first structural images of a tuberculosis-fighting virus New insights could advance phage therapies for the world’s deadliest bacteria—including drug-resistant strains. www.scripps.edu/news...

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17/05/2025

Be proud. Proud of whom you love. Proud of who you are. Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power. Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally. This week and every week. Be proud. Always.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

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Bastian Grossenbacher-Rieck @pseudomanifold.topology.rocks · 09/05/2025

Friends on #MathSky, I hope you realise that we have _finally_ an option to get dogmatic answers to long-standing questions like: - What's 0^0? - Is 0 a natural number? - What's the dimension of the empty set? #MathPope

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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I am shocked, shocked that Leavitt doesn't understand what kind of thing the Library of Congress is.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

China trying to repair some reputational damage in an attempt to woo Europe and seize the disruption in the US-Europe relationship ?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

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Roland Dunbrack 🏳️‍🌈 @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

NIH is canceling new/ongoing grants that contain foreign sub-award contracts w/ some "new" framework coming in September. For now, you have to remove the sub-award or they will terminate the whole grant. Looks like Jay Bhattacharya is all in on the MAGA "foreign is bad" idea. tinyurl.com/mv59rp32

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boehninglab @boehninglab.com · 02/05/2025

Budget released today: 40% cut to NIH 50% cut to NSF If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

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Diego del Alamo @delalamo.xyz · 26/04/2025

This structure is absolutely _nuts_. Lipids are captured marching through the tunnel

a, Overview of the lipids observed in the LPD-3 complex, shown perpendicular to the membrane. Proteins are shown as a cartoon representation and the uninterpreted cryo-EM density is shown in orange. LPD-3 is coloured teal, Spigot is coloured yellow and lipids are shown as black sticks. b, Magnified view of the tunnel entrance, coloured as in a. c, Clipped view to show the lipid-transport tunnel. LPD-3 and Spigot are shown as a surface representation, coloured as in a, and lipids are shown as white sticks. d, The organization of lipids within the tunnel. Ionizable residues that interact with lipid head groups are labelled and shown as sticks. Lipids are shown as grey or gold sticks. e, The LPD-3 complex viewed parallel to the membrane. The arrows indicate the location of the four hydration portals. Modelled proteins are shown as a surface representation and are coloured as in a. f, Magnified view of a lipid within the tunnel. Residues that interact with the lipid headgroup are shown as sticks. g, Sliced views of the LPD-3 tunnel, showing the locations of the hydration portals. Slices are sequential from left to right and progress from RBG-1 to RBG-6.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

WOW The new French ambassador to Sweden just definitely included allies in the French vital interest: ”Our French vital interests also include the interests of our allies. In that sense, the nuclear umbrella also covers our allies and of course Sweden is among them” www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

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Fransk militär ökar närvaron: Kärnvapnen skyddar även Sverige

Samtidigt som USA varslar om minskad militär närvaro i Europa – så kliver Frankrike fram. SVT var på plats när franska stridsplan i en unik operation flög in direkt från sina hemmabaser för att fälla ...

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Today there was even a protest rally on Heard Island.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

what if it just took one though

Screenshot of tweet from @realDonaldTrump, 6 Nov 2012, reading: "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!"

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

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Erik Lindahl @eriklindahl.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

At least I guess it gives us an opportunity to see what companies in the EU have a spine & conscience and worth trusting for your long-term business needs vs. which ones will happily hurt their staff and customers for short-term profits.

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility

In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/03/2025

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/03/2025

The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.

NY Times graphic.

Conventional computer: One task starts after another completes

AI computing: tasks are divided into small parts and happen at the same time.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

To repeat: the Trump administration peace deal was always a deal for peace between Russia and the US, not Russia and Ukraine. In it, it seems, the US gets Ukraine's resources, Russia gets Ukraine's land, and Ukraine gets to say thank you.

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

So, Hungary can leave the EU. Wont be missed.

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

An acute observation: Russia wants the West to force Ukraine to concede territory, so that Moscow can subsequently tell Ukrainians that the West always betrays them.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Cowardice is, in my opinion, a leading reason for our extreme predicament. What if all those of believe in the rule-based world order would dare take a stand for it? What if American officials had guts to defend democracy?

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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

In my 25 years since high school I’ve seen 1. HIV/AIDS go from death sentence to manageable with drugs 2. Cystic fibrosis go from pretty much an extended death sentence to manageable with drugs 3. Sickle cell go from a horrible disease to (almost maybe) cured by gene therapy Simply incredible

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Europe may not hold the cards. But Europe holds the eggs

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EuroHPC Joint Undertaking @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

News Flash! ⚡ The @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social has selected #six new #AIFactories to strengthen Europe's #AI leadership! 🌍 Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia will host cutting-edge AI hubs, to boost #European AI innovation. Read more: europa.eu/!rP6D6M

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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate women's vital contributions to society and the #HPC industry, where they make up 25% of the workforce. To honor their impact and advocate for gender equality, we share insights from women at #CSCS: www.cscs.ch/publications...

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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Bioinformatics junior group leader position in Lund, specialising in infection and/or epidemiology. These are really nice positions with generous support. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in becoming our colleague! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Associate Senior Lecturer (DDLS fellow) in data driven epidemiology and biology of infection

Lund is strategically positioned close to the continent, hosting major national and European research infrastructures, such as MAX.IV Laboratory and the European Spallation Source (ESS). In the field

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