Sauleh Siddiqui
@sauleh.bsky.social
Mathematician, Professor, Optimizer at American University. Interested in Energy, Food, Urbanism.
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If it is OK for publicly-funded scientists to be political activists in their capacities as publicly-funded scientists, then is it also ok to defund those scientists for political reasons?
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
August 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If it is OK for publicly-funded scientists to be political activists in their capacities as publicly-funded scientists, then is it also ok to defund those scientists for political reasons?
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
We should engage in political activism as well-informed human beings, and not in our professional capacities.
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Same firm was fired from an impact study of historic districts, with an oversight member commenting their report "reads almost as a defense of a historic district rather than a rigorous intellectual examination of their impacts." www.pressherald.com?p=6923924&uu...
Portland fires contractor, hires new firm to study historic districts
The city says that PlaceEconomics' draft report was missing information, but the company counters that the city was difficult to work with and was unhappy that its report was not more critical of hist...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Same firm was fired from an impact study of historic districts, with an oversight member commenting their report "reads almost as a defense of a historic district rather than a rigorous intellectual examination of their impacts." www.pressherald.com?p=6923924&uu...
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Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight
May 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight