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Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Shoot for the moon? Or don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good? Our new paper, led by @kathlandgren.bsky.social, formalizes how to think about this tension. tl;dr: optimal ambition is above average but finite. journals.aps.org/pre/abstract... www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests

Model created by researchers shows better outcomes are often more likely when people are not too ambitious

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 20/05/2026

New CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all. The work also shows that some news networks are polarized in their coverage. 📖 Read the story: cires.colorado.edu/news/televis...

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Television news coverage of climate policy is limited and polarized in the US

CIRES-led research reveals two-thirds of US television news segments about climate change don’t mention policy at all

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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Conference update: IC2S2 Virtual Day. While Vermont is an incredibly kind and welcoming state, national policies and federal actions have a real impact on conference access, particularly for people from countries who cannot enter the US due to federally enacted travel bans. 1/6

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Kath Landgren @kathlandgren.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Are you a student in mathematics or an adjacent field? Help us understand how funding access and eligibility have affected your career. Take a short survey here tinyurl.com/MathFundingA...

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Funding Access and Career Planning

This study investigates career planning and pathways for students in the mathematical sciences, as related to visa and citizenship status and funding access.

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here?

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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In this post, I explain why deporting migrants & foreign students for "pro-terrorist" speech is unjust and unconstitutional, and risks creating a dangerous slippery slope: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

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The Case Against Deporting Immigrants for "Pro-Terrorist" Speech

The Trump Administration has promised to deport immigrants and foreign students who engage in pro-"terrorist" speech related to the Israeli-Palestinian

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Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Continuing the recruitment trend! Our lab has 2 (!) open postdoc positions🥳 We're looking for creative and curious scientists to lead new projects: one on deep-sea biological rhythms and another on the evolution of biological communication🐚🦗🦋🐙🦉 If you know someone who'd be a good fit, please share!

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Kath Landgren @kathlandgren.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

First time submitting an abstract to NetSci -- any advice?

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