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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare and took months to disclose breach
Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach
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Nic Crane @niccrane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ellmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN! #rstats 🎉 New in this release: citations from web search, new ways to upload files, token counting before you send, streaming structured output, and AWS Bedrock Mantle support. Read all about it on the Posit Open Source blog: opensource.posit.co/blog/2026-09...
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ellmer 0.5.0
ellmer 0.5.0 is now on CRAN, with new ways to send files to the model, citations from web search tools, and new ways to update model price data.
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Sebastian Raschka (rasbt) @rasbt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A little walkthrough explaining how Claude's new text watermarking works: - How watermarking relates to the regular LLM sampling process - Whether watermarking makes text "worse" - How to remove watermarks - How new text is checked for watermarks magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/claude-wat...
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How Claude Watermarks AI-Generated Text
A 48-minute video walkthrough of token sampling, watermark detection, and removal
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Actor Tim Curry has died at 80, TMZ reports
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Actor Tim Curry Dead at 80
Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned.
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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Bayesian Workflow free pdf! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/b...
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Bayesian Workflow free pdf! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Voyager 2 launched exactly 49 years ago today 🛰️ It's the only spacecraft to visit Uranus and Neptune, and it still communicates from 13 billion miles away
A technician in a white cleanroom suit holds a small American flag next to two gold-colored discs on a table. In the background, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is mounted on a white support structure.A white rocket with two side boosters ascends into a clear blue sky, leaving a bright white trail of exhaust and smoke behind it. The scene is framed by dark silhouettes of tree branches on the left and right.
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Noah Greifer @noahgreifer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm so happy to announce version 2.0.0 of my #Rstats package WeightIt is out on CRAN! New features: censoring weights, multilevel propensity scores, improved weights for continuous treatments, bias-reduced ordinal and multinomial models, M-estimation in subgroups Check out the website below!
ngreifer.github.io
Weighting for Covariate Balance in Observational Studies
Generates balancing weights for causal effect estimation in observational studies with binary, multi-category, or continuous point or longitudinal treatments by easing and extending the functionality ...
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pngwn @pngwn.at · 21/07/2026
OpenAI hacked us so they could cheat on a quiz openai.com/index/huggin...
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OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.
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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 30/06/2026
🏹 Job alert: Postdoc on Tabular Foundation Models at Inria 📍 Palaiseau 🇫🇷 ⏰ 20 August 🔗 bit.ly/4eN1j0N
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Polars @pola.rs · 26/05/2026
We've released Python Polars 1.41. Some of the highlights: • Faster Parquet metadata decoding • Nested common subplan elimination • LazyFrame.gather() Blog post: pola.rs/posts/polars...
pola.rs
Announcing Polars 1.41
DataFrames for the new era
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Gro-Tsen @gro-tsen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A little-known fact about Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is that his herpetophobia stems from how badly his thesis defense went.
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Tanya Shapiro @tanyashapiro.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
DATA SCIENTIST JOB ALERT 🚨 My friend is looking for a new data scientist to join her team. Details in link. Must be NY based. If you’re interested or have questions, send me a note! #careers #hiring #data jobs.ashbyhq.com/graphite/08f...
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Data Scientist
Graphite builds consumer-quality tools for modern software engineering teams, so they can ship faster and create amazing products. Our product Graphite is modern code review for fast-moving teams - ...
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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 05/05/2026
Before you run update.packages() — check what changed first. Diffify offers side-by-side diffs for R and Python packages. NEWS, dependencies, functions, arguments. Free, no sign-up. diffify.com #RStats #Python
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The helium shortage is now unavoidable. Another wonderful follow-on to the Iran War, and if you think helium doesn’t matter much, think again:
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Helium and the Strait of Hormuz
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Bamboo-based plastic can be made to biodegrade quickly, but still holds up in tough conditions
A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal stab...
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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 01/05/2026
IBM computer manual from 1979:
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Oli Hawkins @olihawkins.com · 26/04/2026
This is well worth a read. ky.fyi/posts/ai-bur...
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Do I belong in tech anymore?
On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.
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Jarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
dplyr::replace_when() and dplyr::recode_values() I am in you! The cognitive load and lines of code saved.... #rstats
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This headline neatly captures so much about the modern world we live in today...🤦🤷
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 20/04/2026
"AI amplifies whatever is already there. Good discipline becomes great output. No discipline becomes technical debt at machine speed. Anthropic chose a direction. Go faster. Have Claude check Claude. And when it breaks, go faster still." substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
Claude Code's Source: 3,167-Line Function, Regex Sentiment
Anthropic claimed 100% of Claude Code is AI-written. A source leak exposed a 3,167-line function, regex sentiment analysis, and 250K wasted API calls daily
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Wow! It has finally happened...
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Asimov wrote this 70+ years ago, yet this passage seems more relevant now than ever before. It's a rather succinct description of GenAI and LLM's.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
REMINDER 🚨: TOMORROW, APRIL 1, HUMANS WILL RETURN TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS We’re living in history! The entire mission is being streamed live by NASA, don’t miss it.
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Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com · 14/03/2026
Happy Pi Day! In a certain sense, π is not a constant, but a variable. Using our usual Euclidean distance, it is 3.14159… but applying other L^p norms on ℝ², half the unit circle's perimeter will give other values. For instance, at p=1 (taxicab geometry), “π” = 2√2. At p ≈ 2.2, it's 3.20.
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Gaël Varoquaux @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📝 Read the announcement: blog.probabl.ai/skore-is-live 🚀 Try Skore: skore.probabl.ai 👨💻 Explore the code: github.com/probabl-ai/s... 📖Read the docs: docs.skore.probabl.ai
blog.probabl.ai
Skore Is Live: Track Your Data Science
Skore by Probabl: The collaboration platform for data scientists. Evaluate models, automate reports, and bridge the gap from notebooks to production.
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are responding to this call for evidence: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors? Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value. Thanks!
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Vincent D. Warmerdam @koaning.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I miss the days where you'd see blogposts with clever analyses on datasets, maths and data science tricks. That's why, as an experiment, we're starting a new moderated subreddit. People can share/promote their notebooks and you can use RSS to subscribe. Please join and share!
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Although Machado ultimately said she was dedicating the award to Trump, her acceptance of the prize was an “ultimate sin,” said one of the people.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” this person said.
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
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Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Posit @posit.co · 05/12/2025
📢 Announcement: We are sunsetting the bookdown.org public hosting service. If you have #RStats docs on bookdown.org, please migrate them to a new platform by January 31, 2026, to maintain control over your content. (We recommend Posit Connect Cloud!) Learn more: posit.co/blog/bookdown-org-sunset
Bookdown.org Sunset, January 31, 2026, over a stylized landscape with mountains and a lake.
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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We are looking for #rstats community feedback on 3 new dplyr functions! We're aiming to expand the `filter()` family: - `filter()` to keep rows - `filter_out()` to drop rows - `when_any()` and `when_all()` as modifiers Read more and leave feedback here: github.com/tidyverse/ti...
Example of using `filter_out()` on the `penguins` dataset, showing how it is much easier than `filter()`, especially with `NA`s
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 20/10/2025
A number of people have told me this piece has been useful for them, maybe it will be for you, too — a simple description of the consensus view on AI amongst actual tech practitioners, presented as a tool for those who need to push back on the distorted narratives that tycoons are feeding media.
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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This is the article - about a possible connection between black holes and dark energy. There now seems to be evidence for this from both DESI and earlier observations I was involved with 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-d...
scientificamerican.com
Are Black Holes Creating Dark Energy?
A controversial prediction about black holes and the expansion force of the universe could explain a cosmology mystery
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 05/10/2025
🧫 AI discovers new narrow-spectrum antibiotic Researchers used deep learning to identify enterololin, a compound that targets harmful Enterobacteriaceae while sparing healthy gut microbes. A step toward safer antibiotics. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #AI #Antibiotics 🧪
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Discovery and artificial intelligence-guided mechanistic elucidation of a narrow-spectrum antibiotic - Nature Microbiology
Enterololin is a narrow-spectrum antibiotic that selectively kills Enterobacteriaceae in vitro and in a mouse model of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli gut infection. AI-guided mechanism-of-action studies identified LolCDE as its molecular target.
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 01/10/2025
🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in! #rstats
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ggplot2 styling
This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.
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Posit @posit.co · 30/09/2025
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉 This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system. Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09... BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders #RStats
ggplot2 hex with tada emoji. Text: Join the v4.0.0 release party with Teun van den Brand and the ggplot2 extenders, Oct 3 at 3pm Et, bit.ly/join-gg-extenders
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/09/2025
so glad we're spending trillions on this technology!
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I often find myself saying "what a time to be alive" but friends, today, defector.com/it-took-many...
defector.com
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector
It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of compa...
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype | Editorial
Editorial: The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewards
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Thomas Wolf @thomwolf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community. Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
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Your open-source companion - Reachy Mini
YouTube video by Pollen Robotics
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Posit @posit.co · 09/07/2025
We are thrilled to announce gt-extras, a collection of helper functions for creating beautiful tables with the great-tables package in #Python! Add plots, icons, color gradients, and more to your tables. Learn more here: posit-dev.github.io/gt-extras/ar...
A graphic with a purple and white hexagon containing the letters "GT" and the text "gt-extras" in the bottom left. On the right, a table titled "Car Performance Review" lists various car models, manufacturers, years, horsepower, torque, MPG_C, MPG_H, and efficiency ratings. The table includes models like California, GTC4Lusso, FF, F12Berlinetta, LaFerrari, NSX, GT-R, Aventador, Huracan, and Gallardo, with manufacturers Ferrari, Acura, Nissan, and Lamborghini. The top right corner features a "posit" logo.
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Posit @posit.co · 24/06/2025
1 WEEK until "The Test Set" launches! 🎉 Get ready, data science junkies, anomaly hunters, & confidence interval rebels. Hosts: Michael Chow, Hadley Wickham, Wes McKinney. First episode drops July 2nd! Subscribe: pos.it/thetestset #TheTestSet #DataScience #Podcast
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Dr Sasha Luccioni @sashamtl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
One of the biggest frustrations I have is the lack of transparency around AI's energy use and environmental impacts. I know the numbers are out there... but somehow we're not seeing them 🫠 Thank you @wired.com for covering this topic in such depth and detail ! www.wired.com/story/ai-car...
wired.com
How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying
A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret.
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Lolz. Amusing listening to Ali Ghodsi (Databricks) crowing about his/ their masterful stroke of genius in renaming machine learning to AI...😂 Maybe in the very narrowest of contexts
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Posit @posit.co · 30/05/2025
Say hello to kuzco, an LLM-powered computer vision assistant package in #RStats! @frankiethull.bsky.social's kuzco leverages Ollama to bring computer vision capabilities into your R workflow. Learn about classification, image recognition, and sentiment analysis in kuzco: posit.co/blog/kuzco-c...
A digital illustration shows a stepped pyramid, resembling El Castillo at Chichen Itza, centered within a white hexagonal outline. The pyramid is made of golden-orange blocks, with a wide, straight staircase leading up its front. Behind the pyramid, teal mountains rise under a light blue sky with a white cloud. A bright yellow sun is visible in the upper right. The entire hexagonal illustration is set against a dark reddish-brown background with a faint pattern of small, lighter red squares and circles along the top and bottom edges.
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the8immortals.bsky.social @the8immortals.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Finally got my copy of The AI Con, and am looking forward to jumping in! :)
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears
Some meetings have been put on hold in response to foreign researchers’ travel concerns.
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