Holman Hunt's painting of May Morning on Magdalen Tower in 1890, and the scene today.

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🚨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.

More than 20 million people receive treatment for HIV through PEPFAR, the US Aid Relief Program. This is being rolled back, and doing so will cost many lives.

Concern about immigration fell after the Brexit referendum but increased sharply between 2022 and 2024

Latest update to @migobs.bsky.social briefing on attitudes to immigration shows - after years of Brits softening their attitudes - a clear ‘uptick’ in both level of concern and salience. With @mfreino.bsky.social @sblinder.bsky.social migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...