Martin D.
@moominmartin.bsky.social
Nerd, cat dad, refugee from academic publishing 🏳️🌈😻🖖🤓
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A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years: “The top 40 families in the UK now own more wealth than 50% of the population, meanwhile 14.3 million people - including 4.3 million children - are living in poverty in the UK"
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years
Report is the first dynamic analysis of a wealth tax on the UK wealth distribution.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years: “The top 40 families in the UK now own more wealth than 50% of the population, meanwhile 14.3 million people - including 4.3 million children - are living in poverty in the UK"
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
Fear Street: Prom Queen was a let down - I'd give it maybe 2/5
June 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fear Street: Prom Queen was a let down - I'd give it maybe 2/5
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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🧪 Basic science boosts the economy:
"The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger?
The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
"The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger?
The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives a quarter of U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🧪 Basic science boosts the economy:
"The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger?
The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
"The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger?
The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
Why has it taken them so long to act? Sickening www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
UK suspends Israel trade talks and summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive
Foreign Secretary David Lammy says Israel's war in Gaza is entering a
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why has it taken them so long to act? Sickening www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
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“Without sufficient funding, research progress stalls, new prevention or treatments with be delayed or absent, young scientists will leave the field or move abroad, and promising breakthroughs will remain trapped in the lab instead of reaching the people who need them most”
The Fight for Science
Thoughts and Actions to Take From My Visit to Capitol Hill
fromthescienceclass.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Without sufficient funding, research progress stalls, new prevention or treatments with be delayed or absent, young scientists will leave the field or move abroad, and promising breakthroughs will remain trapped in the lab instead of reaching the people who need them most”
I'd just started The Blacklist on Prime only to have it go on to purchase-only - how irritating
May 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I'd just started The Blacklist on Prime only to have it go on to purchase-only - how irritating
Star Wars fan or not, Andor Season 2 is an incredible piece of television - outstanding performances all-round
May 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Star Wars fan or not, Andor Season 2 is an incredible piece of television - outstanding performances all-round
3am:
Me: ....
My brain: PINK PONY CLUB I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCING AT THE PINK PONY CLUB
Me: ....
My brain: PINK PONY CLUB I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCING AT THE PINK PONY CLUB
May 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
3am:
Me: ....
My brain: PINK PONY CLUB I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCING AT THE PINK PONY CLUB
Me: ....
My brain: PINK PONY CLUB I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCING AT THE PINK PONY CLUB
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The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Sunghee Lee & @bradytwest.bsky.social about having their funding by the Trump administration, calling it confusing and opaque. myumi.ch/bVE57
Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration
Stories from the front line of the US government’s attack on federal science funding. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
myumi.ch
May 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Sunghee Lee & @bradytwest.bsky.social about having their funding by the Trump administration, calling it confusing and opaque. myumi.ch/bVE57
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AI’s only general purpose use is to control labor. Thank you.
Their plan is to use AI to detect forbidden words and content for any federally funded research project. I expect this to be challenged in court in due time, but in the meantime, I need to comply to keep funding my students
May 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
AI’s only general purpose use is to control labor. Thank you.
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Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.
Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.
One expert said the consequences would be “catastrophic” if Congress enacts the White House agenda of sweeping budget cuts.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.
Late to the party, but just finished The Expanse on Prime - lots of unanswered questions but WHAT A SERIES!! 🤩🤩🤩
May 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Late to the party, but just finished The Expanse on Prime - lots of unanswered questions but WHAT A SERIES!! 🤩🤩🤩
Last few items for sale in my shop, as I'm hopefully moving in with partner - #homewares, #crystals, #books, #jewellery - please take a look and share! www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...
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Shop eBay for great deals from martinstoys!
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April 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Last few items for sale in my shop, as I'm hopefully moving in with partner - #homewares, #crystals, #books, #jewellery - please take a look and share! www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...
This weather's bananas - took myself on a walk to Wandle Park and back this avo 🌞🌞🌞
April 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This weather's bananas - took myself on a walk to Wandle Park and back this avo 🌞🌞🌞
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⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…
www.masslive.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
Wow that last Wheel of Time was friggin' EPIC
April 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wow that last Wheel of Time was friggin' EPIC
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Researchers in the United States are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain
A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Researchers in the United States are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic
www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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www.crabmuseum.org/visit
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@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
nyti.ms
April 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
Some lovely new #crystals and #homewares added to my #eBay shop today - come take a look! www.ebay.co.uk/str/martinst...
April 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Some lovely new #crystals and #homewares added to my #eBay shop today - come take a look! www.ebay.co.uk/str/martinst...
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Vaccines work… and do not cause autism.
"The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges that we ignore at our peril."
#CelebrateVaccines @plosbiology.org @npariente.bsky.social
"The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges that we ignore at our peril."
#CelebrateVaccines @plosbiology.org @npariente.bsky.social
Vaccines work… and do not cause autism
Vaccines have saved millions of lives, yet their importance and safety is repeatedly in question. W e cannot let disinformation campaigns get in the way of global public health – it is not time to def...
journals.plos.org
April 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Vaccines work… and do not cause autism.
"The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges that we ignore at our peril."
#CelebrateVaccines @plosbiology.org @npariente.bsky.social
"The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges that we ignore at our peril."
#CelebrateVaccines @plosbiology.org @npariente.bsky.social
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The most amazing thing about the rapid dismantling of so many institutions that made the US the envy of the world is not the speed or recklessness of it all.
It is the purposelessness of it all.
There is no three dimensional chess being played here, unless it’s by a 2 year old petulant child.
It is the purposelessness of it all.
There is no three dimensional chess being played here, unless it’s by a 2 year old petulant child.
April 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The most amazing thing about the rapid dismantling of so many institutions that made the US the envy of the world is not the speed or recklessness of it all.
It is the purposelessness of it all.
There is no three dimensional chess being played here, unless it’s by a 2 year old petulant child.
It is the purposelessness of it all.
There is no three dimensional chess being played here, unless it’s by a 2 year old petulant child.
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