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Julie KG @juliekoeniggambini.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Am I the only one to put you tube links to the songs I like in my codes?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🚨NEW: A French scientist had his laptop searched at the US border & was sent back to Europe after private messages were found criticising Trump. He was accused of messages which “can be described as terrorism”. This is what a slide into FASCISM looks like. 1/

Extract from story which reads:

According to a diplomatic source to AFP, the incident occurred on March 9. The space researcher was reportedly subjected to a random check upon arrival, during which his work computer and personal phone were searched. The same source also reported that messages discussing the Trump administration's treatment of scientists were found. He was reportedly accused of messages "that reflect hatred toward Trump and can be described as terrorism." His professional and personal equipment was reportedly confiscated, and the researcher was sent back to Europe the next day.
Reminder of freedom of opinion
According to another source briefed on the case to AFP, the French researcher was accused by the American authorities of "hateful and conspiratorial messages." He was reportedly informed of an FBI investigation, for which "charges were dropped," the source continued.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/02/2025

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

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Julie KG @juliekoeniggambini.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Nobody cares, but the best news of the year is that I'm going to see the Horrors in Madrid (last time was in 2009 in San Diego at the Casbah). Science is nice but music is gold. I should thank this band in all my publications. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7WA...

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The Horrors - 'Sea Within A Sea'

YouTube video by XL Recordings

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I am afraid I won't be patient either with suggestions that comparisons to Nazi Germany are hyperbolic. People are having grants terminated and being expelled from programs. History is being rewritten. Papers and websites are being censored. As far as this goes, it's the same tactic.

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Julie KG @juliekoeniggambini.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Un article intéressant sur le désengagement de l'Etat dans l'académie et ces conséquences dramatiques (Soixante des 75 établissements universitaires ont adopté un budget en déficit fin 2024, contre 23 en 2023 et 15 en 2022) www.nouvelobs.com/idees/202502...

nouvelobs.com

Charges en augmentation, financements en baisse : veut-on la mort des universités françaises ?

Soixante des 75 établissements universitaires ont adopté un budget en déficit fin 2024. Les universités sont dans l’incapacité de garantir leur fonctionnement au quotidien, sinon à puiser dans leurs r...

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Dr Jenny Allen @jennyallen13.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Research in @science.org showing structures in whale song thought to be uniquely human! Why? We think cultural learning! Led by @inbalarnon.bsky.social with @simonkirby.bsky.social @ellengarland.bsky.social @clairenea.bsky.social @emma-carroll.bsky.social and me! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Julie KG @juliekoeniggambini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I hope this platform is less frightening than X's

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