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Jeffrey Tate @hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Very shortsighted. Obeying in advance. Truly unfortunate.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/04/2025

This so directly out of the Nazi playbook. The very obvious plan is to get rid of the independent accreditors and put all universities under jurisdiction of the federal government. This is how Hitler took over German academia and made it a wing of his party.

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Jeffrey Tate @hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

This is what happens when folks think the Heritage Foundation is just playing at things. I wouldn’t be surprised if a future EO doesn’t enshrine slavery in flowery language. Seems like that is where we’re headed.

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Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Abnormal versions of synchronization patterns known as “Arnold’s tongues” have been observed in a femtosecond fibre laser that generates oscillating light pulses. So what's an Arnold tongue, what does it usually look like and why does the new result matter? 🧵(1/n) 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/abnormal-a...

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Abnormal 'Arnold's tongue' patterns appear in a real oscillating system – Physics World

Ultrafast laser sheds new light on complex synchronization phenomena

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.

Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

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Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 20/04/2025

Galileo claimed that “mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written”, and no more is this apparent than in quantum field theory. | iai.tv/articles/is-... But Timothy Nguyen argues that predictive success along is not enough for a fundamental theory of reality. #philsci ⚛️ 🧪

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Quantum fields, mathematics and the search for rigour | Timothy Nguyen

Galileo claimed that “mathematics is the language in which the book of nature is written” and no more is this apparent than in our most successful theory of nature, quantum field theory. As the…

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Optics & Photonics News @optica-opn.org · 21/04/2025

📣 OPN's May issue is now live 📣 The latest issue has stories about topological light waves, squeezed light, the history of laser research funding and so much more! Check it out: bit.ly/3YEOHBq 💡🧪⚛️

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.

Motion 1: Resolution to Establish a Mutual Defense Compact for the Universities of the Big Ten Academic Alliance in Defense of Academic Freedom, Institutional Integrity, and the Research Enterprise

Option Votes
Yes 2761 (92.8%)
No 214 (7.2%)

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/02/2025

“If we only teach what makes people feel good, we aren’t teaching the full truth. The history of this country includes painful and unjust moments. It’s our responsibility to make sure students learn from that.” wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...

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Erasing Black History? These Unions Say Not on Their Watch

The heads of the Florida Education Association and Georgia Federation of Teachers talk advocating for kids and fighting censorship.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!

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a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background

ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” — Angela Davis (Happy Birthday, Professor Davis!)

color photo of Angela Davis: a Black woman with a gray afro, looking skeptical and wearing lovely plain dark clothing.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Increasingly desperate hypotheticals to spin a use case for the tech they've invested tens of billions of dollars in that no one seems to actually want outside of some (relatively) niche use cases

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Physicist Polykarp Kusch was born #OTD in 1911. His measurements of the magnetic moment of the electron revealed that its value disagrees with naive predictions by a tiny amount — about 0.1%. Quantum Electrodynamics offers a marvelous explanation of this minuscule discrepancy. 🧪 ⚛️ Image: AIP

Physicist Polykarp Kusch standing at a blackboard, pointing at a calculation of the electron magnetic moment. He wears a dark suit, white shirt, patterned tie, and glasses. His left arm is raised to point at a diagram on the blackboard.

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Bernie Westacott @berniewestacott.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Maths locations - I'll start... #UKMathsChat #iTeachMath

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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

the findings are fascinating, but it's also a masterclass of thread explaining a new paper 💯

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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you have a professor/teacher who impacted you in a positive way, send them a short email and let them know and tell them what you’re doing these days. Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.

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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 26/01/2025

Watching Run Lola Run in 4k

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Mark, with all due respect. Sit down and visit with some folks who are intimately familiar with the NIH, the scientific process, how grants are handled and funded. The NIH is not a business. There are no shareholders. There is no mandate for profit. This is not a business model and should not be.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 22/01/2025

🔭 The North America Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Dimitris Valianos apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25012...

A star field is dominated by a red and blue glowing nebula. This nebula appears, to some, to have the shape of North America and so is called the North America Nebula. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 25/01/2025

'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' is probably the first scientific fact babies hear in the English-speaking world. 🔭✨

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Why Do Stars Twinkle But Planets Don’t?

It is easier to spot planets once you know that.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

As a Jewish person, I find myself disgusted by the willful and intentionally ignorant embrace of Musk by the ADL. The Musk salute was clear and for the ADL to go soft and weak today is something that I just can't believe.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

God fucking damn it.

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Jeffrey Tate @hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The guy used a sharpie to alter the path of a hurricane so…

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Francesca Fragkoudi @astrofrancesca.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

simulation: *dark matter particles go zoom* 🔭🧪

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

"propaganda by Trump’s allies to shift blame to scientists for his administration's disastrous handling of the COVID pandemic that killed 1.2M Americans..worked on some Republican voters" www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists

Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

In 1979, Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed at the White House. Ronald Reagan had them removed. We may be able to trace back the current "Do Harmful Things if it Trolls the Libs" Republicanism to Reagan removing those panels the far more forward thinking Carter had installed.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.

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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.” www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...

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Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy (Gift Article)

Even established democracies can fall to military juntas and despots. We can’t let that happen here.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Happy 78th birthday to 👑 Patricia Lee Smith 👑, influential part of punk rock worldwide, born on this day in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

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Jimmy Carter, Who Has Died at Age 100, Spared Millions of People from Guinea Worm, a Debilitating Parasite

Former president Jimmy Carter’s charity has helped transform Guinea worm from a disease that used to infect millions to one that infects fewer than a dozen

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NPR @npr.org · 29/12/2024

Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies.

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A look back at Jimmy Carter's presidency

Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies.

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NPR @npr.org · 28/12/2024

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I loved the Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown". In the Night Science workshops we talk about how he writes his best work because he is able to transcend the constraints of particular musical styles. Music has genres, but musicians need not stay in them. And the same for scientists and other artists..

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Jeffrey Tate @hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Many have tried to warn folks but alas…. They are just now coming to understand that the bigotry is actually the point.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/12/2024

what’s happening on twitter right now shows just how important it was for left of center people to leave it earlier these assholes need a target, and deprived of their preferred options they are ripping each other to shreds

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Jeffrey Tate @hyp3rgr4ph.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

It would seem that not much has changed in 30 yrs.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this

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