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Just like a proper dictatorship…

We must learn to showcase the practical significance of basic research, demonstrating how seemingly arcane investigations yield transformative applications, writes @tonyzador. thetransmitter.org/outreach/how-t…

A reminder, for the millionth time, that the only time Article 5 has been invoked was after America was attacked on 9/11.

Doctors cannot ignore the social, economic and political aspects of health - this has been proven over and over again. This is our lane.

The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by, says Arthur Caplan go.nature.com/3Ri9p5W

“This is an account of a fracture, a breaking away from the notion that the polite, western liberal ever stood for anything at all.” theguardian.com/books/2025/feb…

New essay by Perry Anderson on Neoliberalism in the LRB: "The reason populism of the right has enjoyed an advantage over populism of the left is not hard to see. In the neoliberal order, inequality and oligarchy form an interconnected system.": lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Excellent tradition; I appreciated it when I was the examiner for an earlier student. Congratulations to Kamil and you!

Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”

Omer Bartov (Omer Bartov عومر بَرتوف עמר ברטוב) on Israel’s genocide in Gaza go.nybooks.com/3RvWRbl

I really feel for the Silicon Valley and Wall Street types expressing surprise at Trump’s tariffs. Who could have even thought to pay attention to his campaign speeches, the policy positions on his website, dozens if not hundreds of newspaper articles, nationally televised

Demos play an outsized role in the complex world of artificial intelligence evaluation. Maybe that's not a bad thing. argmin.net/p/demo-or-die

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation. nyer.cm/URlT40R

Looking forward to this!

You should be so lucky to have people throughout your research career that you can openly bounce ideas to and from - especially if they complement your strengths in your areas of weakness - it is a rare and precious gift.

We mathematicians have a 50 year head start on this issue! "Why should I learn my times tables when my pocket calculator can do it for me?" It's pretty simple: feel free not to; you'll pay dearly for it later. Same 20 years ago with Calc 1 ["Mathematica can compute this

Immigration again being demonised as the underlying problem of Britain today. What about all the benefits that immigration brings? Immigrants support the NHS, social care, higher education, agriculture & so many other industries. Inequality is the heart of the problem.

Pro bono work by major law firms plays an important role in defending liberal democracy. Trump wants to shut it down -- a big reason why he is attacking the law firms. He wants to replace work for the public service with support for his own policies. nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opi…

The details of the various cuts; the scale of cuts in some of the headings, e.g., STEM education and basic sciences, will have especially long ranging consequences … nytimes.com/interactive/20…

These are big steps which will surely have big consequences!