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Finder of interesting internet avenues. Not a work account. #academia #art #ai
Intriguing idea about the #union: remove #states and just leave the federal govt with local govt. Huge impacts on gerrymandering, supreme court appts, no electoral college ...
A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy
What would the United States be without its states? A better, more democatic country, says one legal scholar.
theconversation.com
Is it me or there's a lot more sudden #healthissues and #death around those you know personally and indirectly?
"The strong interpretation of this graph is that it’s exactly what one would expect to see if firms replaced young workers with machines ... the entry level of America’s white-collar economy would contract." #academia #work
theatlantic
#harvard tenured 👩🏫 stepping up. Why can't the #Big10 do this with their compact. 👀 #UofM #academicsky www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/30/m...
Tenured professors at Harvard pledge 10 percent of pay to fight for ‘academic freedom’ - The Boston Globe
“We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands,” the letter said. “We also recognize that the University now faces severe financial damage for its defen...
bostonglobe.com
As state power emerges when federal bodies decline we'll see more profit making companies turning for #accreditation, #certification, and #validation from non-federal institutions. We're seeing in the #academic #Big10 defense compact and other moves. www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Vaccine Integrity Project
CIDRAP's Vaccine Integrity Project is an initiative dedicated to safeguarding vaccine utilization in the U.S. so that it remains grounded in the best available science, free from external influence, a...
cidrap.umn.edu
Exclusive: #DoD looking to replace Hegseth. From the article I can't tell if this was a failed attempt or if it is ongoing + a witch hunt reaction #NPR w the story www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.
npr.org
#This is what #mobilizing looks like over #organizing. good on your #Northwestern. I've said earlier that multiple states need to fund other state research, with rights to first acquisition or use of course, as a way to begin to replace federal funding while academia is still standing. #academicsky
@mikenietzel.bsky.social · last yr.Northwestern University steps up for its researchers. #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
New podcast now available on The Michael Shermer Show ! Very interesting discussion about why and how people follow orders, even when it involves inflicting severe harm on others. #Skeptic #Obedience #Academia #Neuroscience #michaelshermer www.skeptic.com/michael-sher...
Why We Follow Orders: The Neuroscience of Compliance and Control
About this episode: Why do ordinary people carry out extraordinary harm when simply told to do so? From the Holocaust to the genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Cambodia, history shows how obedience to ...
skeptic.com
#arstechnica very eloquently disects and argued for collective action by university administrators. Tell the public about the importance of #science is only half the battle. Universities are experts in strategy and game theory ... they should respond. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.
Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.
arstechnica.com
Big 10 finally strategizing. The thought: a mutual defense compact statenews.com/article/2025... #academicsky
MSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration - The State News
Under the compact, participating institutions would “commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund” that would “provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution un...
statenews.com
All universities and colleges need to join Harvard's rebellion! www.theguardian.com/education/20... #AcademicSky
Harvard sets up showdown with Trump as more universities rally in support
President calls elite university a ‘joke’ and threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status as $2bn in funding frozen
theguardian.com
Even the US State department is alarmed
Thailand Is Clamping Down on Critics of the Monarchy
Paul Chambers, an eminent US scholar of Thailand, has been arrested on charges of criticizing the Thai monarchy. Chambers is one of the most high-profile targets of a clampdown on dissent against the ...
jacobin.com
Thinking of reducing the amount of #info available on you in this day and age?
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🚨 USAID project halted? Apply by April 14 for up to $200K from the Weiss Fund to revive your research: wp.me/p23f03-dHj #ResearchFunding #WeissFund #DevelopmentEconomics #USAID
#academia needs to respond collectively. Currently there's too many individual university stratagems.
More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia—and the Number Is Growing
Columbia's acquiescence to Trump was disgraceful. As faculty, we demand better.
inthesetimes.com
How people walk in crowds: in lanes or in choas! #MIT is there.
Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds
Mathematicians studied the flow of human crowds and developed a way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform the design of public spac...
news.mit.edu
Rich americans hedging by securing long term #visas to other countries. What does this imply that non rich Americans should do? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan
Is it time for a second passport?
theatlantic.com
#project2025 tracker at 41% What's "interesting" is that Germany fell in about 53 days, which for the US would be at about 3/14. But it's 3/21 and there are very large counterforces: stock reacting, non-whale crypto not trending, and a upwelling of protests. #wemustdomore www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
project2025.observer
Netherlands is trying to get American top researchers to move to the other side of the ocean! www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/... #academic #econsky #science
Netherlands creates fund to attract top foreign scientists
The Netherlands is setting up a fund to attract top foreign scientists to the Netherlands, Education Minister Eppo Bruins said in a letter to parliament on Thursday. Bruins did not...
marketscreener.com
One billionaire's plan can't include every #millionaire and this is where you start to see seams falling apart at seams. However, centralizing all communication under one company seems like a problem for resilience.
Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural US
Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.
arstechnica.com
Academics, we should trace the sequence of events that led to this change back. It's more complex than first appears. #academicsky #blackhistory
Pentagon webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner restored after outcry
Error message previously shown on Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s webpage amid Trump administration’s DEI purge
theguardian.com
#billgates walks away subtly from #climateaction Time to make our own #state based climate action
Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change
Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.
futurism.com
Tim Walz literally making a tour out of #counternarrative Very astute media move by the #democrats
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
cnn.com
#edusky #AcademicSky #principals #leaders #edleadershipChat Anxiety is about. You control it; don’t let it control you!
Even if #philanthropy isn't on your radar, use #5calls app to contact your congress about this because it's a template for shutting down #resisting agencies. #Science agencies already largely dismantled but data generated aren't there. And you can't do science w/o #data #academicsky
Elon Musk’s DOGE Sued After Using U.S. Marshals to Take Over Agency
The U.S. African Development Foundation is doing everything it can to stop the illegal takeover of its agency.
newrepublic.com
As a self contained form of state blocs hiring federal #govt expertise, many states are hiring fired #scientists and govt workers #academicsky
NYC launches "you're hired" drive, joining other states in targeting fired federal workers
"When DOGE says 'You're fired,' New York is ready to say 'You're hired,'" N.Y. governor said of drive to fill 7,000 roles.
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