My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of planning summer vacation and planting flowers, we're tackling a mountain of overdue home repairs,...
The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.
Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.
where the fuck is Bill Gates? why isn’t he screaming about the #NIH and Kennedy’s evisceration of #HHS ?
where are Oprah, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Lebron James, the Kardashians, all of them paper billionaires?
where is Mark Cuban? and how about the Democrats’ favorite billionaires, Michael Bloomberg and Howard Schulz?
where exactly are all the good billionaires fighting Trump’s destruction of the federal government and what semblance of democracy USA had?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world? President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted sci...
Update. "Will US science survive Trump 2.0?"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01295-6
"In just the first three months of his second term, US President Donald Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. His administration has fired thousands of government scientists, bringing large swathes of the country’s research to a standstill and halting many clinical trials. It has threatened to slash billions in funding from US research universities and has terminated more than 1,000 grants in areas such as climate change, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and HIV prevention. This looks likely to be just the beginning."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
As she celebrates her 90th birthday, we revisit our classic interview with the legendary bassist
“A lot of people don’t think this fits with Pet Sounds. But really, what does fit with Pet Sounds?”: Carol Kaye on her 10 greatest recordings https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/a-lot-of-people-dont-think-this-fits-with-pet-sounds-but-really-what-does-fit-with-pet-sounds-carol-kaye-on-her-10-greatest-recordings
Dan Moren has some thoughts on fandom for the most successful company in the world, in his last column for Macworld.
I’ve been writing for Macworld regularly for close to 20 years, but this is the end of my second act, my final Stay Foolish column after a decade. I take the opportunity to consider what it means to be a fan of Apple in 2025. https://www.macworld.com/article/2768058/apple-fandom-meaning.html
by Sean Mullen, PhD “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…” That line plays in my head more often than it should—especially when I’m the only one walking into a conference ballroom, faculty meeting, or classroom wearing an N95. The song is Stuck in the Middle with You, and it w...
I can’t remember where I saw this first posted, but it’s exactly what I needed to hear in this 6th long year of masking while the majority of the world turns a blind eye and ignores the consequences. I need to find more people like Dr. Mullen in my life. A huge thanks for this article:
https://whn.global/stuck-in-the-middle-with-masking-playing-the-long-game-in-a-short-sighted-age/
A blameless generation is paying a growing emotional price.
I've felt so crushed by the UK Supreme Court ruling in the For Women Scotland (FWS) case, that states, for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 sex now means ‘biological’ sex. I’ve struggled to collect my thoughts, to feel like I’ve anything unique to say. The internet is awash with anal...
This piece by Caroline Litman, mother of Alice Litman whose suicide has been shamefully white-washed / swept under the carpet by the current UK government, is a compelling read about the current climate in the UK for trans and intersex people.
It talks about the sheer complacency and crassness of some cis / cish-het people.
It's a very moving read.
Her Name is Alice -
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