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Erik Gregersen

@ctgriffes.bsky.social

Formerly Charles Tomlinson Griffes. Mostly reposts, but good ones.

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Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 3d ago

Massive govt-sponsored pump-and-dump operation is a useful heuristic for Trump's entire second term.

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 3d ago

At least 4x since last year American Ventures sold major stock holdings amid news coverage linking the Trumps to the investments, the analysis shows. In each, American Ventures earned a profit or is on track to do so. In each, outside investors saw shares decline. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Wonggifs V: The Final Wongtier@wonggifs.bsky.social · 4d ago

RIP Chen Kuan-tai, one of the greatest to ever do it. From Shaw Brothers star, to the OG Iron Monkey, to his collaborations with Xu Haofeng in recent years, the man was peak cinematic cool, and also did riding a motorcycle through a house and fighting with bicycles way before The Furious did it.

Dan Vergano@danvergano.bsky.social · 6d ago

A new AIP survey finds nearly a fifth of physical scientists — astronomers, physicists and related experts — have lost federal funding since early 2025, with international travel and recruitment also affected. www.aip.org/fyi/funding-...

Funding Cuts, Public Trust, and AI Dominate Concerns for Physical Scientists, Survey Reveals

A new AIP survey finds nearly a fifth of physical scientists have lost federal funding since early 2025, with international travel and recruitment also affected.

aip.org

Lady Topham Catt@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 7d ago

In today's Grave You Didn't Ask To See, Louis Sullivan reposes in Graceland Cemetery under my favorite grave monument in the history of grave monuments

Color photo of Louis Sullivan's grave monument, taken in the fall. Shown from the front, it is a large, vaguely bread-shaped mass of granite. Centered on the front is a patinated medallion featuring a Sullivanesque filigree surrounding the profile of someone who is supposed to be Louis Sullivan, but looks more like Professor Charles Xavier. Underneath this is carved LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN. Trees in the their fall raiment and other graves are visible in the background. Color photo of Lous Sullivan's monument taken from an angle so that one side is visible, showing skyscrapers that seem to grow organically from the rough hewn stone.Color photo of the back of Louis Sullivan's monument. A square area in the center of the roughly textured granite has been smoothed, and into it the following long ass tribute has been carved: "1856 LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN 1924 BY HIS BUILDINGS GREAT IN IN- FLUENCE AND POWER; HIS DRAW- INGS UNSURPASSED IN ORIGINAL- ITY AND BEAUTY: HIS WRITINGS RICH IN POETRY AND PROPHESY HIS TEACHINGS PERSUASIVE AND ELOQUENT; HIS PHILOSOPHY WHERE IN "FORM FOLLOWS FUNC- TION, HE SUMMED UP ALL TRUTH IN ART, SULLIVAN HAS EARNED HIS PLACE AS ONE OF THE GREATEST ARCHITECT- URAL FORCES IN AMERICA. IN TESTIMONY OF THIS, HIS PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER FRIENDS HAVE BUILT THIS MONUMENT."My feet in front of Sullivan's simple lawn level marker, located in back of the monument.
FOR[A] Photography@foraphotography.bsky.social · 7d ago

📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 A close-up of the brilliant exterior of the Sullivan Center (originally the Schlesinger and Mayer Department Store by Louis H. Sullivan, 1899; 1903), Chicago, IL. #Chicago #Illinois #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday

Black and white close-up of a decorative cast iron panel. The symmetrical design on the panel is composed of both geometric elements and abstracted plant forms.
Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote this so we could update some of the ways we think and talk about countries "poaching" top talent www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

No One Is Coming to Save Us

The realization can either break you or liberate you.

insidehighered.com

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.

Now write the tandem piece about what is happening to public university funding & immigration policy in Canada, the UK, Germany, etc. These high-profile hirings are good headlines. The real story is no other country is coming to save higher ed & scientific research right now, including Canada.

GPT-Ern Malley@denam.bsky.social · last wk.

I have a general theory that a UBI is good, but the core pitch needs to keep it as far away from "you can quit your job to do art" because you will end up smearing the whole thing as a welfare program for anti-social weirdos who do ugly work.

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · last wk.

It's being treated as a policy victory that we have less of the world's smart young people coming to learn from us, participate in our society and economy. This is just so depressing to me, it feels like a complete victory for know-nothing ignorant bigotry over enlightened sensibilities.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last wk.

Student visa slump ‘raises serious questions’ on university funding. Number of student visas granted falls by more than 40 per cent in three years. China, India, Pakistan and Nigeria all down year-on-year. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Jakub Jaraczewski@jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · last wk.

Poland's economic progress: in 2013, there was outrage over a minister in Tusk's government owning a wristwatch worth 20k PLN (5k EUR). Today, the head of the Polish Olympic Committee was arrested on charges of receiving a bribe in the form of, among others, a wristwatch worth 170k PLN (40k EUR).