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Catharine Diehl

@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social

Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent), Theoretical Philosophy, Leiden University I work primarily on metaphysics and the philosophy of logic.

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@lastpositivist.bsky.social · last yr.

The Netherlands is a lovely place! The cities are charming and walkable, the people friendly and honest, the food is often sufficient for typical calorific needs.

Catharine Diehl@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · last yr.

@Eurostar just denied passage to me, a single mother travelling alone with my two small children. We tried to show our tickets on the app to the worker on carriage 15 of the 15:53 from Brussels to Amsterdam. No help, no sympathy for a mother travelling alone. Shame on Eurostar!

Catharine Diehl@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · last yr.

The collegium musicum is a cooperation between Leiden University and the conservatory in the Hague and lets LU students combine academics w musical training. It is an innovative and valuable cooperation! Now LU wants to cut it for piddly savings. To support, sign here: petities.nl/petitions/un...

Universiteit Leiden (UL): zet kunst en cultuur niet bij het schroot!!

In NL unieke samenwerking tussen de Universiteit Leiden en de Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag: studenten volgen als onderdeel van hun universitaire studie een 3-jarige minor op conservatorium of beeld...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last yr.

"Harvard pushed back on the White House’s claim that it should have checked with the administration lawyers...'It remains unclear to us exactly what, among the government’s recent words and deeds, were mistakes or what the government actually meant to do and say.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

nytimes.com

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations

US judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over alien act deportations

Judge also warned White House that if it stonewalled contempt proceedings he would appoint independent prosecutor * US politics live – latest updates A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that there was probable cause to hold Trump officials in criminal contempt for violating his temporary injunction that barred the use of the Alien Enemies Act wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. In a scathing 46-page opinion, James Boasberg, the chief US district judge for Washington, wrote that senior Trump officials could either return the people who were supposed to have been protected by his injunction, or face contempt proceedings. Continue reading...

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last yr.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Analysis | One week ago, Pete Hegseth's embarrassing Signalgate dominated the news, and Trump needed to change the narrative. By tanking the world economy, he's done exactly that. The grand master of four-dimensional chess remains undefeated. by Chris Cillizza

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · last yr.

The founder of Signal releases a response to SignalGate: “There are so many great reasons to be on Signal. Now including the opportunity for the vice president of the United States of America to randomly add you to a group chat for coordination of sensitive military operations.”

Catharine Diehl@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · last yr.

"Ozturk was sent to Louisiana even after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani ordered Ozturk to remain in the state and that the government give 48 hours’ notice before moving her." www.masslive.com/news/2025/03...

Tufts grad student sent to Louisiana after federal agents arrest her, lawyer says

A Tufts University graduate student who was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents was sent to a detention facility in Louisiana, her lawyer said Wednesday.

masslive.com

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · last yr.

Trump administration to cut vaccination funds. "The loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result," reports @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/h...

U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article)

A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

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Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.

Mike Feigin 🥯@mikefeigin.bsky.social · last yr.

They just cut $20M of pancreatic cancer research from DoD. Who the hell could be thinking they won’t be targeted?

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · last yr.

one of the most baffling parts of this. I spent the last decade or so prepping to make the "first they came for ethnic studies" version of the Niemoller point to libs. while they did (see the CRT offensive and book bans) I absolutely did not think children's cancer researchers would be next in line

William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · last yr.

Someone really needs to point out to Bret Stephens types that burning down the entire university to get to the ethnic studies department is unlikely to work, because lots of people who would otherwise throw them to the wolves now see themselves as de facto on the same side as them.

Rachael Sirianni, PhD@docsirianni.bsky.social · last yr.

Omg 😱. This is *awful*. I was expecting to push hard on submission to CDMRP funding opps for our cancer research this year, and it looks like cancer opps are gone. $1.5B total funding, slashed by 57% www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...

Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump

Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

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Cosimo Commisso@cosimocommisso.bsky.social · last yr.

Catharine Diehl@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · last yr.

I fear this strategy will be effective in undermining one of the currently most robust avenues for fighting the authoritarian overreaches of the Tr*mp admin. As ideologically and economically backward and incoherent as the Admin is, the tactics are at least somewhat means-ends rational.

The Questionable Authority@questauthority.bsky.social · last yr.

This isn't a "Marc Elias" memo. It's a clear warning to all biglaw firms to stop representing clients that the administration dislikes, lest they suffer the same fate as Perkins Coie or those other Quislings. And it's a warning that I expect most of the white shoe set will recognize and heed.

Catharine Diehl@catharinelizabeth.bsky.social · last yr.

From CMV to pancreatic cancer and melanoma, mRNA vaccines are super promising — the Admin is throwing this away too.

Rachael Sirianni, PhD@docsirianni.bsky.social · last yr.

It's not just COVID. mRNA vaccines tech is yielding incredible early results for treating cancer. We need more, not less science! "...six out of eight who responded to the vaccine in the first study did not have their cancer return more than 3 years later" www.sciencefriday.com/segments/pan...