National Science Foundation: $9 billion total in FY2026

Seung Min Kim@seungminkim1.bsky.social · 5mo ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.

Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/

Trump will likely try to make Denmark choose between NATO and Greenland, and wider Europe between Greenland and Ukraine. But luckily Trump has also demonstrated that under his leadership, any US security guarantee won’t be worth much. So the choice should be simple.

Max Bergmann@maxbergmann.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What European leaders have been most nervous about is the US pulling back on NATO or Ukraine… but how can Europe trust the US will come to its defense if its trying to seize territory from a NATO country. They can’t. So why cave to keep a security commitment that is not real. 6/

On the one hand, Europe will be worried about a tit-for-tat economic spiral. But the politics of this fight really favor Europe, just as it favored the Liberals/Carney in Canada. Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/

My quote of the day North Atlantic Treaty Signed April 4, 1949

If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...

Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’

Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

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More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

It's in our blood to take more soil. Hmmm... that has a certain ring to it.

If Trump is not stopped now we will have another Hitler-Putin on our hands. Maybe finally time to learn something from history. And since Americans seems to be totally unwilling to do anything to stop him it will be up to Europeans.

Europe should share its escalation plan tomorrow. Tariffs on US goods, taxes on tech companies, dumping US stocks, currency and treasuries. That's the order of escalation. That should set US markets in motion on Monday and maybe get some sane Americans to call their senators and congressmen.

A few reflections on the US in the darkness of Trump: 1. The US is unable to defend any values. 2. The US lacks all checks & balances. 3. The US establishment is cowardly & ineffective. Shut up about the free & brave! They are elsewhere, in Ukraine for example.

Americans, you own this mess. Fix it!

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?” It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents: Sleep when the baby sleeps Cry when the baby cries Publish when the baby publishes

Several items on Declaration of Independence list of grievances against George III also apply to Trump today, most notably on immigration, trade, and deportation without due process. Like King George, he is "unfit to be the ruler of a free people": reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Trump vs. the Declaration of Independence

Several of the Declaration's list of grievances against King George III also apply to Donald Trump today.

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In May 1940 the Netherlands was invaded by Nazi Germany and Nazi policies forced on Dutch institutions. As a result of protests by professors & students at Leiden, the university was closed by the Nazis until the liberation of 🇳🇱 by 🇨🇦 forces. Today, Leiden U remains consistently in the World Top 100.

Jacob Öberg@profjacob.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨🚨 I would like to say I am surprised but this devastating policy move by the #Trump administration is largely in line with its ongoing authoritarian crackdown on science, democracy, rule of law and all other values we hold dear in a modern liberal society. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The very first structural images of a tuberculosis-fighting virus New insights could advance phage therapies for the world’s deadliest bacteria—including drug-resistant strains. www.scripps.edu/news...

Be proud. Proud of whom you love. Proud of who you are. Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power. Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally. This week and every week. Be proud. Always.

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

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Friends on #MathSky, I hope you realise that we have _finally_ an option to get dogmatic answers to long-standing questions like: - What's 0^0? - Is 0 a natural number? - What's the dimension of the empty set? #MathPope

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

I am shocked, shocked that Leavitt doesn't understand what kind of thing the Library of Congress is.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last yr.

Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?  Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.

China trying to repair some reputational damage in an attempt to woo Europe and seize the disruption in the US-Europe relationship ?

Minna Ålander 🌻@alanderminna.bsky.social · last yr.

An interesting plot twist: the captain of the NewNew Polar Bear ship that damaged the gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia in October 2023 has been arrested in China

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com · last yr.

An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

NIH is canceling new/ongoing grants that contain foreign sub-award contracts w/ some "new" framework coming in September. For now, you have to remove the sub-award or they will terminate the whole grant. Looks like Jay Bhattacharya is all in on the MAGA "foreign is bad" idea. tinyurl.com/mv59rp32

Budget released today: 40% cut to NIH 50% cut to NSF If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

This structure is absolutely _nuts_. Lipids are captured marching through the tunnel

cryoEM papers@cryoempapers.bsky.social · last yr.

Structural basis of lipid transfer by a bridge-like lipid-transfer protein pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40269155/ #cryoEM

Nobody can in good faith recommend Ukraine to take the ”deal” proposed by the US. Simple as that

Trump’s peace deal is terrible. Ukraine should still accept it

Hard as it will be for President Zelensky to accept terms so generous to the invader, Russia may find it’s a tainted triumph

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

WOW The new French ambassador to Sweden just definitely included allies in the French vital interest: ”Our French vital interests also include the interests of our allies. In that sense, the nuclear umbrella also covers our allies and of course Sweden is among them” www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

Fransk militär ökar närvaron: Kärnvapnen skyddar även Sverige

Samtidigt som USA varslar om minskad militär närvaro i Europa – så kliver Frankrike fram. SVT var på plats när franska stridsplan i en unik operation flög in direkt från sina hemmabaser för att fälla ...

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