David Jekel
@davidjekel.bsky.social
Mathematics poastdoc from US at University of Copenhagen. Personal account/opinions. Posts often about current events, sometimes math & education. Leftist, anti-war, anti-colonialism, food & housing for all.
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Every 3 weeks or so students get a blank piece of paper returned to them that they "mindmap" their reflections on throughout the year. They get 5-7 minutes to add to it, then I take it back up until the next time. (I don't read them!)
Several years into doing this, zero regrets.
Several years into doing this, zero regrets.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Every 3 weeks or so students get a blank piece of paper returned to them that they "mindmap" their reflections on throughout the year. They get 5-7 minutes to add to it, then I take it back up until the next time. (I don't read them!)
Several years into doing this, zero regrets.
Several years into doing this, zero regrets.
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This is the end of science in the US it is a MASSIVE crackdown an literally everyone this racist bullshit would stop basically all science in its tracks and allow the administration to deny funding to basically whoever they wanted to
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is the end of science in the US it is a MASSIVE crackdown an literally everyone this racist bullshit would stop basically all science in its tracks and allow the administration to deny funding to basically whoever they wanted to
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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If “affiliated with” means “citizen of,” then effectively every single American health scientist, including the vast majority of current graduate students, would no longer be able to conduct public research.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If “affiliated with” means “citizen of,” then effectively every single American health scientist, including the vast majority of current graduate students, would no longer be able to conduct public research.
In mathematics, I have a hard time thinking of people who *don’t* have any Chinese collaborators or graduate students or postdocs. This proposed law is xenophobic and will also decimate mathematics.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In mathematics, I have a hard time thinking of people who *don’t* have any Chinese collaborators or graduate students or postdocs. This proposed law is xenophobic and will also decimate mathematics.
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That the email dump about Epstein has prompted approximately zero statements of "Oh my gosh! I didn't realize my close associate was roped into this! Let me give back their money and renounce them!" tells me everyone is looking to disclose this info in a way that makes them feel no pressure.
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
That the email dump about Epstein has prompted approximately zero statements of "Oh my gosh! I didn't realize my close associate was roped into this! Let me give back their money and renounce them!" tells me everyone is looking to disclose this info in a way that makes them feel no pressure.
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
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Please be the first amongst the thousands to like, comment and repost this message if you believe that our remaining forest in the Amazon and in the Congo basin must be protected for climate action and environmental sustainability. No to deforestation and ecocide.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Please be the first amongst the thousands to like, comment and repost this message if you believe that our remaining forest in the Amazon and in the Congo basin must be protected for climate action and environmental sustainability. No to deforestation and ecocide.
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Obama used to know Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said personally, and he still sought out Dershowitz concerning Palestine lol
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Obama used to know Rashid Khalidi and Edward Said personally, and he still sought out Dershowitz concerning Palestine lol
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
160 Palestinians from Gaza landed in South Africa and had to wait 9 hours to be let in, due to Israel not having stamped their passports. 70 were eventually let in to South Africa, while the rest had visas for other countries.
currentaffairsza.com/2025/11/13/p...
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Palestinian refugees finally allowed into South Africa after being stranded for hours
South Africa has admitted scores of Palestinian refugees after they were stranded for hours inside a plane at OR Tambo International Airport.
currentaffairsza.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
160 Palestinians from Gaza landed in South Africa and had to wait 9 hours to be let in, due to Israel not having stamped their passports. 70 were eventually let in to South Africa, while the rest had visas for other countries.
currentaffairsza.com/2025/11/13/p...
currentaffairsza.com/2025/11/13/p...
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed powerful vice president Benjamin Bol Mel in a shock move.
Within a year, Kiir suspended First VP Riek Machar and has now sacked the second VP — a major shake-up at the top.
Within a year, Kiir suspended First VP Riek Machar and has now sacked the second VP — a major shake-up at the top.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacks Vice-President Bol Mel
Bol Mel, who is sanctioned by the US for alleged corruption, had been tipped as Kiir's successor.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed powerful vice president Benjamin Bol Mel in a shock move.
Within a year, Kiir suspended First VP Riek Machar and has now sacked the second VP — a major shake-up at the top.
Within a year, Kiir suspended First VP Riek Machar and has now sacked the second VP — a major shake-up at the top.
According to the charts here 12 out of the 15 representatives of Denmark in the EU parliament *oppose* the ChatControl legislation. So why does the Danish government support it? Make it make sense
🚨 Denmark is attempting to force #ChatControl 2.0 through the back door TODAY!
Take action now!
fightchatcontrol.eu
Take action now!
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
According to the charts here 12 out of the 15 representatives of Denmark in the EU parliament *oppose* the ChatControl legislation. So why does the Danish government support it? Make it make sense
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I've put it off too long
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
Well, for the few of you who haven't muted me already, I'm about to post our MA needs again. Put it off as long as we could.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've put it off too long
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
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Source: ABC News
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A Pennsylvania sheriff struck a deal with ICE. Months later, he was voted out.
A Philadelphia-area sheriff was ousted last week after facing criticism over a partnership he forged with federal immigration authorities.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Source: ABC News
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I think a lot of well meaning people think deporting certain bad people is fine actually, such that the problem is WHO gets deported. I think that's a moral mistake analogous to supporting capital punishment or torture when 'correctly' applied, a political mistake insofar as 'correct deportations'
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I think a lot of well meaning people think deporting certain bad people is fine actually, such that the problem is WHO gets deported. I think that's a moral mistake analogous to supporting capital punishment or torture when 'correctly' applied, a political mistake insofar as 'correct deportations'
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The unspoken assumption behind “raping 15 year olds is different than raping 8 year olds” is that teenage girls are legitimate targets of desire on account of (sometimes) being adult shaped. But if the adult shape was the source of attraction, and not the vulnerability, these men would date women.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The unspoken assumption behind “raping 15 year olds is different than raping 8 year olds” is that teenage girls are legitimate targets of desire on account of (sometimes) being adult shaped. But if the adult shape was the source of attraction, and not the vulnerability, these men would date women.
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Here is a fairy
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here is a fairy
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
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Jeg tror epstein listen er international eller så har hvem end han samarbejdet med/arbejdet for en lignede figure i Europa
Sexuel overgreb handler om magt. Det er derfor så meget af rige magtfulde mennesker begår overgreb på børn.
magt.
Sexuel overgreb handler om magt. Det er derfor så meget af rige magtfulde mennesker begår overgreb på børn.
magt.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Jeg tror epstein listen er international eller så har hvem end han samarbejdet med/arbejdet for en lignede figure i Europa
Sexuel overgreb handler om magt. Det er derfor så meget af rige magtfulde mennesker begår overgreb på børn.
magt.
Sexuel overgreb handler om magt. Det er derfor så meget af rige magtfulde mennesker begår overgreb på børn.
magt.