Europe’s choice is clear.

To put science at the heart of its economy.

To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration.

And to welcome talent from all over the world.

I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative.

→ europa.eu/!TTbWbJ

It’s another way nepotism manifests? You really can’t know who would be a good or bad advisor other than rumors. If you have parents in academia, they can help you sift through the rumors

Trump has been back in the White House for just more than 100 days, and he’s already thinking about a third term. “For much of American history, the notion would have been laughable,” Russell Berman writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.

There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy

Harvard & others must counter this quickly

The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value

OpenAI is working on a social network focused on sharing AI generated images? Fascinating.

This doesn’t sound like enough of a feature set to justify a whole new social network but I’m curious to see how it pans out.

aside: a stunning comment from David Baker, UW professor who won the Nobel Prize in 2024. Now 15 lab members are looking for positions overseas.

“There’s so many amazing people who want to come in, & we can’t take them. The Nobel Prize was just a little blip. But things have gotten quite bleak.”