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Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
The assault on NIH is a test for how the national media covers the Trump admin: Trump is shutting down medical research!
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
That is easy to communicate. Will they treat it as a 5 alarm fire in a way that forces the government to respond, or will they downplay & caveat it?
January 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Shutting down medical research — not just within NIH, but everywhere that’s funded by NIH — will have long-term effects on medicine & short-term effects on state, higher education & hospital budgets. This affects all of us, not just researchers.
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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The key to understanding this is that no sensible outfit would try to court a conservative audience with journalism; Republicans hate journalism.
The purpose isn't to expand the audience, it's to remind staff they are expected to slant coverage and soak liberal readers with conservative propaganda.
The purpose isn't to expand the audience, it's to remind staff they are expected to slant coverage and soak liberal readers with conservative propaganda.
January 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The key to understanding this is that no sensible outfit would try to court a conservative audience with journalism; Republicans hate journalism.
The purpose isn't to expand the audience, it's to remind staff they are expected to slant coverage and soak liberal readers with conservative propaganda.
The purpose isn't to expand the audience, it's to remind staff they are expected to slant coverage and soak liberal readers with conservative propaganda.
I simply cannot understand how one person has that much wealth.
January 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I simply cannot understand how one person has that much wealth.
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Can think of no greater example for how corporations use and abuse identity politics because wtf do you mean this planet destroying monstrosity of code and profit is a "Black queer momma of 2"
Meta is testing, or has started to ship, its AI generated profiles, here on Instagram
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
www.instagram.com/himamaliv
#SocialWeb
January 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can think of no greater example for how corporations use and abuse identity politics because wtf do you mean this planet destroying monstrosity of code and profit is a "Black queer momma of 2"
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Today's reminder that the decisions made by powerful institutions--like the Supreme Court of the United States--can have powerful effects on norms and behavior.
"Yoon's team claims immunity from insurrection charges, citing Trump ruling"
Yoon's team claims immunity from insurrection charges, citing Trump ruling | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The legal team of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed Frid...
m-en.yna.co.kr
January 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today's reminder that the decisions made by powerful institutions--like the Supreme Court of the United States--can have powerful effects on norms and behavior.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
Deleting tweets and this rings truer today than ever
December 28, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Deleting tweets and this rings truer today than ever
That dude throwing millions around at far right parties in democracies is just very unnerving.
December 27, 2024 at 2:54 PM
That dude throwing millions around at far right parties in democracies is just very unnerving.
At a certain point this whole billionaire owning mass and legacy media thing is going to precipitously crumble like gallium on aluminum.
LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong says his bias meter will use an A.I. patent called the “Reasoning Engine.”
“The meter will be displayed atop a piece of writing to tell readers where it ranks on a scale that will range from ‘far left’ to ‘far right.’”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“The meter will be displayed atop a piece of writing to tell readers where it ranks on a scale that will range from ‘far left’ to ‘far right.’”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Patrick Soon-Shiong's controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: 'Bias meter,' opinion upheaval and a call for growth
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong on his plans to shake up the newspaper and build for the future.
www.latimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:10 AM
At a certain point this whole billionaire owning mass and legacy media thing is going to precipitously crumble like gallium on aluminum.
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This is the context in which academia, media, and politicians have landed on “we should stop discussing racism as a systemic problem” as the consensus common sense stance.
“The Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitors are disproportionately positioned in whiter neighborhoods in the US, leaving communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, nitrous dioxide and lead, among others, new research finds.”
White US neighborhoods have more EPA air quality monitors, study finds
Disproportionate placement of devices leaves communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:07 PM
This is the context in which academia, media, and politicians have landed on “we should stop discussing racism as a systemic problem” as the consensus common sense stance.
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What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A North Carolina judge won two recounts. Republicans are still trying to overturn her election.
"This is a non-violent version of January 6th."
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Private equity everything is really bad. Why are we doing this?
December 10, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Private equity everything is really bad. Why are we doing this?
Feel like GNX is one of those best heard in the car blasting
December 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Feel like GNX is one of those best heard in the car blasting
Shout out to oligarchy.
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who has twice orbited the planet on private spaceflights and is a major customer of SpaceX, as his pick to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Trump picks billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to head NASA
Isaacman has orbited the planet twice on private spaceflights.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Shout out to oligarchy.
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something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
December 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM
something that is especially clear if you have studied colonialism a bit: a load bearing aspect of maintaining even a semblance of democracy (or defending a sitting autocracy from democracy) is having a military that is unwilling to kill its own citizens
Student: Are you happy class is done?
Me thinking bout class prep for tomorrow:
Me thinking bout class prep for tomorrow:
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a microphone with the words job 's not finished behind him .
Alt: Kobe in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a microphone with the words job 's not finished in front of him .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Student: Are you happy class is done?
Me thinking bout class prep for tomorrow:
Me thinking bout class prep for tomorrow:
Have we not watched Black Mirror?
Texas public schools could be guarded by drones armed with pepper spray or Tasers under a new bill filed in the Texas Legislature meant to beef up school security.
Drones armed with pepper spray could guard Texas schools under new bill
Defense companies have promoted drones as a possible solution for stopping or mitigating school shootings, though school safety experts question the efficacy.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Have we not watched Black Mirror?
This semester I taught a class that about the relationship(s) between universities & cities. I taught with a bit less structure than I would’ve liked, but did so b/c I wasn’t sure what I’d need to do it well.
In reading students’ final reflections…I think we did well. They also had good feedback!
In reading students’ final reflections…I think we did well. They also had good feedback!
November 25, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This semester I taught a class that about the relationship(s) between universities & cities. I taught with a bit less structure than I would’ve liked, but did so b/c I wasn’t sure what I’d need to do it well.
In reading students’ final reflections…I think we did well. They also had good feedback!
In reading students’ final reflections…I think we did well. They also had good feedback!
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BU Wheelock is hiring a 2-year Postdoc Fellow in Higher Education starting Summer 2025. Focus: research in Higher Ed policy, student debt, diversity, and equity. Requires recent PhD, strong quantitative skills, and commitment to equity. Review starts Dec. 15. Apply: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
November 11, 2024 at 9:09 PM
BU Wheelock is hiring a 2-year Postdoc Fellow in Higher Education starting Summer 2025. Focus: research in Higher Ed policy, student debt, diversity, and equity. Requires recent PhD, strong quantitative skills, and commitment to equity. Review starts Dec. 15. Apply: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
This semester I have legitimately seen just how powerful teaching can be AND this has made me think a lot about what it means to do so in the face of what’s to come. I dunno, like, I want students to go out there and change the world and I want them to be safe. Just thoughts into the void lol.
November 23, 2024 at 2:47 AM
This semester I have legitimately seen just how powerful teaching can be AND this has made me think a lot about what it means to do so in the face of what’s to come. I dunno, like, I want students to go out there and change the world and I want them to be safe. Just thoughts into the void lol.
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I think a lot about what @nanjala.bsky.social said once about oligarchy and threats to freedom:
One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”.
We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so.
We don’t have to.
One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”.
We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so.
We don’t have to.
November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
I think a lot about what @nanjala.bsky.social said once about oligarchy and threats to freedom:
One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”.
We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so.
We don’t have to.
One way to stay free and resist authoritarianism is “resisting the narratives of inevitability”.
We are being told to accept exploitative AI, because our tech overlords say so.
We don’t have to.
Hey y’all, it’s so…nice here! Gordon here, trying my best at this higher ed professor thing at UIC. Deeply invested in our collective wellness, exploring how spirituality influences activism, & sitting with the relationships between universities and cities. Also plants, I love my plants.
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Hey y’all, it’s so…nice here! Gordon here, trying my best at this higher ed professor thing at UIC. Deeply invested in our collective wellness, exploring how spirituality influences activism, & sitting with the relationships between universities and cities. Also plants, I love my plants.