Spread calm. Tell the truth. Defend vulnerable people who are under attack. Getting stuck in a reactive mode is exhausting, and exhaustion can make us weak.
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Spread calm. Tell the truth. Defend vulnerable people who are under attack. Getting stuck in a reactive mode is exhausting, and exhaustion can make us weak.
I've been out of the loop, but am loving hearing @lintonstephens.bsky.social on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast. A fabulous voice for easing gently into the day 🌤️
Text that says "How do we even know what success and failure actually look like in a funding landscape like this? Is “put your head down and just apply for more grants/fellowships/programs/jobs” honestly the best advice we can give right now? How do we make decisions about what’s worth doing when our whole mental model needs to be adjusted?"
Funding commitments, success and failiure - and the demolition of grant-making standards in the US. From @lizneeley.bsky.social 's excellent Newsletter on the beleaguered scientific landscape in the US (+ resonance far beyond). Sign up here: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
It’s a basic one, but be really clear about expectations up front. It’s always a surprise how much copy/footage/audio is needed for a tiny amount of coverage (or no coverage).
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
News to me, thanks Marion! Now going to share with my soon-to-be-fascinated work chums
Somebody tell Grok, there is a white South African getting massacred
Lee Jae-myung going beast mode
Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool
Fascinating paper, thanks for sharing
heimildin.is/grein/24581/
Oh......
"Carbon capture - the Theranos of the energy industry”
Love your substack but missed this first time round, thanks for reposting. Have you seen any uptake of your challenge to consider solutions? I’m struggling to see what potential safeguards can be introduced below legislative level.
I wrote a dystopian piece imagining just that a few months ago
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Thank you for sharing, I wouldn’t have seen it otherwise and it resonated deeply
Guidelines were described as: “fuelling a culture of hostility and suspicion towards abortion and pregnancy loss”. We can see where this is leading…
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
Britain's university system is now in freefall. In the last two weeks, redundancies at:
*Aberdeen
*Arts Uni Bournemouth
*Bangor
*Durham
*Exeter
*Falmouth
*Greenwich
*Keele
*Newcastle
*Nottingham
*Plymouth
*Trinity St Davids
Really fascinating and concerning piece - thanks for sharing.
I don’t think the puffin got in there themselves
Excellent 🧵 from @robertsaunders.bsky.social that’s worthwhile reading 👇 - the dangers and allure of authoritarian democracy and why liberal processes matter:
I’d like to flag that if you have 45 minutes at 14:05 today, Talking Pictures are screening A Home Of Your Own with Bernard Cribbins, Ronnie Barker et al.
A bit of a classic - no spoken word, lots of cups of tea drunk by lots of builders and very elegant comedic storytelling.
Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey
you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
@gw4alliance.bsky.social Crucible lab 2 came to a gentle close today; new friends and exciting collaborations at odds with fresh cuts at member universities. A reminder that good people are vital to good research - here’s to strong relationships 💪 🔬
Great first day of Lab 2 @gw4alliance.bsky.social Crucible in Bath. A day of blue skies in every sense - tiring but invigorating!
These are the headlines we need:
Black Mirror wishes it had thought of this.
Blimey. CBS reporting the chief executives of Walmart and Target privately warned President Trump this week that his sweeping tariff policy could disrupt supply chains and lead to empty shelves in the coming weeks
Way to go
www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart...
