Kristina Lerman

@kristinalerman.bsky.social

Senior Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute. Using data, networks and AI to better understand social groups.

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

canarymedia.com

I have noticed the pattern too. No matter what the disaster is, online posts start blaming Israel/Jews. Malicious actors are rational- they pull levers that resonate with audiences for clicks/views. This is what your antiZionist rhetoric enables. It won’t end well. www.europesays.com/europe/109740/

Antisemitic theories blaming Jews for European wildfires spreading - Europe

Cyberwell has alerted X/Twitter of a new wave of antisemitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews for wildfires across Europe, the NGO announced in a statement on

europesays.com

"We're the test case." At NIH, even grants that have passed peer review are delayed for political screening. Officials warn the proposed OMB rule would codify this chaos aross the fed. government. Politicians shouldn't be able to decide what questions science is allowed to ask. zurl.co/f6hmm

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants

Mandatory reviews by top health officials and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

nature.com