I’ve been furious at Elon’s actions with DOGE and the impact it's had on Tesla and EVs. But I think that maybe he wasn’t just reckless — maybe he was played. Fossil fuel billionaires needed Tesla weakened — and he walked straight into their trap. #EVs #ClimateCrisis #ElonMusk See 2/2 for link

Link to paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just a reminder that anyone can nominate books for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize! Only a week left to do so -- nominations close at midnight Pacific on March 31.

Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY! That’s where we are now. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:

Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours! github.com/shandley/awe... #phagesky #microsky

The insanity!

A metric that reflects reality and the @bluesky platform as the preferred one to transmit science publications with collegial communication

Here's the second. How many people who are so eager to save time on a review that they use an LLM to summarize their own notes are going to take the time to install a local LLM? Versus how many will think "well, I'm in a hurry and how would anyone ever know?" This is profoundly irresponsible.

The Trump administration has just announced that all college financial aid programs, scholarships, prizes, housing, and graduation ceremonies that help Black or Latino students are now considered to be illegal. The Education Department accuses colleges of discriminating against white students.

The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...

Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, Professor Alice Bradbury @ioe.bsky.social explores why there has been such an increase in schools running food banks, and the impact it has on children, parents and school staff. theconversation.com/when-youve-g...

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

As a start, we made a federal expenditure tracker to monitor outlays. You can see that USAID is at zero. www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...

Countries are not businesses Citizens are not employees

DOGE's takeover of critical government agencies & data systems is probably the scariest and most under appreciated aspect of Trump's new term (to date). They've fanned out & gained access to sensitive systems & personal data for tax refunds, social security, student aid, small businesses & more. ⤵️

In summary, we could not have fewer regrets about becoming ex-X... If you want to get your department / org off X, guide here: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/its-t... If you're new to Bluesky, another guide here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... Thanks to all of our new community! <ends>

I see "anticipatory obedience" everywhere right now, and it's really key for us (also in Europe/worldwide) to plan ahead and be ready to resist, bc these trends seem to come with a few years lag after the US (think populist, fascist-friendly gov't takeovers): www.aaup.org/report/again...

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

In order to ensure diversity of thought, the Trump administration has banned NOAA from saying "black" and "ethnicity." (Shout-out to the fools who got taken by "free-speech" and "diversity of thought" lies from conservatives. You helped this along).

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Everyone concerned about data loss right now should learn about the End of Term Web Archive, which I believe has been working on preserving federal websites for the past 8 months. The dataset you fear has been lost may well be here Just an incredible project. Thank you to everyone involved

How to Access the EOT Web Archives Visit web.archive.org Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu Type in your query term and click search Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/ #EOT2024 #EOTArchive

The 'Future of Jobs Report 2025' highlights the evolution of work and education. With AI transforming core skills needs to analytical thinking, AI expertise, resilience, and creative thinking. Here Amanda Bickerstaff challenges you to consider how will you prepare? www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...

OpenAI’s Blueprint for America presents a bold vision for using AI to personalise learning, close equity gaps, and prepare tomorrows AI-ready workforce. See Dan Fitzpatricks article here for more details: www.forbes.com/sites/danfit...

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is coming and Edu institutions need to prepare. AGI has the potential to transform learning, but only if we rethink curricula, empower educators with AI skills, and establish ethical frameworks. Dan Fitzpatrick’s article here offers important insights.

The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future 🤖 GenAI is revolutionizing education—but at what cost? Read more: openpraxis.org/articles/10....

Super excited to announce our next season theme for @britishacademy.bsky.social public events is ‘the Age of Mistrust?’ We’ve a range of free events on: the history of misinformation, the year of elections, the role of AI and mistrust in sci-fi. Book here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

Trump’s appointments shift away from evidence-based decision making, with consequences for science, health & global stability. This article urges us to stand together in defense of truth, ethics and evidence. A must read to better understand how the politics of disinformation is shaping our future.

I really want to try this- pop a few academic papers into this and then you get your own podcasters chatting about the research in it.. it would be really interesting to put in different combinations of disciplines or papers from an area that you knew had really opposing theories on something.

In education debates that revolve around 'ooooh, let's copy that country', Estonia is fast becoming the new Finland. cc @loicmnzs.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/a6c3...

💥New: How to get started with academic Bluesky 👨‍💻 @nedpotter.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PhDSky

Will have to show this to my final year biomedicine students- we discuss the importance of effective visual science communication with them a lot. That poster looks horrible.

Reposting this so I can come back to it later- very interested in reading some of these essays on the transformative civic role of universities.

The essential and awesome Bsky starter pack directory - like gold but blue. Pass the word on.

That reminds me, I really need to finish and publish my 'Children are like weird Adults' paper ... thanks for the reminder and giggle @andyperfors.bsky.social

As Trump Threatens Deportations, Campus Leaders Tread Carefully Colleges are considering what supports they can offer their undocumented students. Some leaders feel constrained in what they can publicly say or legally promise. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3OdqfS8

this right-wing framing has become sticky but is ahistorical. one of the key projects of today’s right is evading debate: attacking mainstream media, demonizing academia & encouraging students to leave higher education and buying entire social platforms because they don’t like the conversation there

Showing my stripes: #ShowYourStripes Changes in Victorian temperature over time since record keeping started (to-2023) Find similar graphics for your country or city: www.ShowYourStripes.info

As an Australian, this infographic is really embarrassing www.voronoiapp.com/other/The-St...

Reposting this so I can come neck to this later- to find useful starter packs.

Valuable piece on what the aim and outcome of education is and why writing matters. hackingsemantics.xyz/2024/writing/

Life of a scientist

Effective science communication is always important but maybe even moreso now post US election outcome. Here’s a wonderful and powerful infographic from Public Health England that's right on point- we need more like this- clear and effective that can be digested in under 2mins

When applying for #HigherEd #Grants: identify and communicate the gap, key outcomes, impact, evaluation strategy and team members strengths. Triple check the budget and ensure your writing is clear and succinct. Reviewers don't want to have to work out what you are trying to say. For more tips see: