Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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What's Left of Philosophy@leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

new episode out today! we discuss Horkheimer's essay "Traditional and Critical Theory", asking what actually makes critical theory critical, and whether there's any genuinely critical theory going on right now. the social totality causing all kinds of problems rn fr www.patreon.com/posts/130-ma...

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Becky Hammer@beckyhammer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

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Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last yr.

chicago! do your HOT ADORNO SUMMER homework this weekend! interccect.com/2025/05/28/h...

The papers all follow a similar template and make misleading claims https://go.nature.com/4kucwEH

AI linked to explosion of low-quality biomedical research papers

Analysis flags hundreds of studies that seem to follow a template, reporting correlations between complex health conditions and single variables based on publicly available data sets.

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Random IT Guy@random-it-guy.bsky.social · last yr.

A bit more background to Adorno... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGn...

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Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · last yr.

Al Gore citing Adorno, what is happening

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James Crane@jamescrane.bsky.social · last yr.

don’t think I ever posted this one here so: check out this birthday card / memo Adorno sends to Horkheimer in 1944 “Hey VALENTINE! Been doin’ LOTS of worryin’… and here’s the reason why I don’t know how I stand with you, YOU GREAT BIG WONDERFUL GUY!”

Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever they aren’t going into universities’ endowments they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research

Maya Sen@mayasen.bsky.social · last yr.

There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy Harvard & others must counter this quickly The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value

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James Crane@jamescrane.bsky.social · last yr.

Translations of Horkheimer’s 22 fragments on the materialist critique of the metaphysics of capitalist society—written for Dämmerung (1934) but only published posthumously Link below

Anyone who needs a clear, not condescending walk-through of the bond market and why everyone watching it is so nervous right now and EXACTLY how it will affect YOU... It's Data Bear on the case! www.dataandpolitics.net/the-bond-mar...

The Bond Market at the 5% Threshold

1: The Border On April 11, 2025, the 30-year Treasury yield briefly approached 5%. Quietly. And then it fell back. Just enough to preserve the illusion that nothing had changed. But something had. ...

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has a bill to return tariff authority to Congress. If it were to pass, the purposeless tariffs would end. Speaker Johnson is blocking it. Call your member of Congress, R or D, & urge a discharge petition on the bill, which forces a vote. U.S. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.

Been thinking about this for more than a year; finally put it into words here. Kinda drawing together threads around Josh Kline, Skibidi Toilet, Lasagna Cat, M3gan, Pepe the Frog, 'Brave New World,' Ghostbusters, $TrumpCoin into some kind of theory... news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...

Culture Has No Name for This Cursed Vibe. It’s Everywhere | Artnet News

Exploring the curse vibe known as "Marshmallow Horror:" How the stupid and the awful collide in our distracted, digitally-fueled culture.

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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.

Making a separate thread of the immigration, heath, and education resources that @agounardes.bsky.social, @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, and @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social shared at their townhall yesterday. Get ready for a BIG THREAD of great links, NYC!

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · last yr.

I went to a community town hall meeting today in Brooklyn featuring @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social, @agounardes.bsky.social, @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social, and reps from the @nyclu.bsky.social, @aqeny.bsky.social, and @thenyic.bsky.social, and it was GOOD. NYC folks, pls follow all these reps & groups!

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

The antidote for despair is action ❤️ * Dial (202) 224-3121 * Enter zip code * Leave voicemail * Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so) “The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.” Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅

Sam Wang@samwang.bsky.social · 2y ago

NIH funding supports the vast majority of all biomedical research in the United States. Virtually every advance in American medicine and biological science comes from NIH. This is a blow against American science. Call Congress, 202-224-3121.

This map shows how much NIH funding goes to your state. I used the info on my state when I called officials to ask them to push back against the freeze. And if I can do it when my senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville...well, I mean... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙 Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.

Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/

Immigration Policy Tracking Project

A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.

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As we careen into uncertainty, people have a lot of questions about safety, security, access to medical care, funding, transportation, and legal support. So we made an interactive library for some of the best resources we've found. www.doomsayer.me/resources/

Community Resources

We've noticed that there are so many great resources out there, but most people don't even know where to start looking for them. So we decided to put them all in one place for folks. Have a tool we sh...

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"Women are using the tools that were traditionally meant to confine them as a means to chip away at oppression ..." #craftivism #art #fiberart via Aeon

When women’s needlework becomes an act of subversive protest | Aeon Essays

Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest

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“The CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., — and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show.”

CIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillance

The documents confirm Latino civil rights pioneers' long-held suspicions about surveillance.

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So, you may ask, why do I get so angry about the new liberal spin on RFK Jr, as in, "he gets some things right, so let's collaborate on those" or "we have to work with him because he has a huge following we need to reach"? Because I've seen this movie before. 1/

Hi everyone! Let’s do a thread🧵 on keeping safe as an immigrant in any sort of status in the incoming Trump era Some suggestions for people in safe immigration status including the native born will be peppered through!

Mary Oliver said, “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination,” and Eden Phillpotts said, “The world is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper,” and I think the poets know things we’re in danger of forgetting.

In 2015 @uofglasgow.bsky.social and Shetland Museum asked volunteers to knit up samples of 'Shetland lace' to test the authenticity of 19thC knitting patterns. Here are the results. Huge thank you to the 136 knitters! All your samples are here. fleecetofashion.gla.ac.uk/authenticity...