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If science research is in trouble, then our country is in trouble. If our leading science research universities are in trouble, then our science research is in trouble. So when @mit.edu says its research programs are in trouble, we should all be worried. 😲 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

If a university with the resources MIT has is worried about the impacts of the recent attacks on science, you have to be even more worried about what is happening to other universities - and to the U.S. as a whole. 😲 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

If you're worried about the "canaries in the coal mine dying" when it comes to scientific research funding in America, well, we're way past that. Just ask the President of @mit.edu @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.net kimbellard.medium.com/the-canaries...

“The world needs security, and only autonomous weapons can ensure it,” Mr. Fedorov said in an interview in his office at the Ministry of Defense. “Autonomous weapons are the new nuclear weapons. Countries that possess them will be protected.” 😲 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

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Do your elected officials, or your CEO, act in accordance with the Marine dictum "Officers eat last"? Yeah, I didn't think so. 😒 kimbellard.medium.com/officers-eat...

Dismaying that it isn't already true, won't be true for the likely fall shutdown, and doesn't apply to the House or to Congressional staff. 😒 Senate advances resolution to suspend pay during government shutdown share.google/gAQ975EdLzT1...

“I cannot be more emphatic: This is an enormous problem that’s not getting enough attention,” said Nat Malkus, a senior fellow studying education policy at the American Enterprise Institute. 😲 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

Marines live by the code "officers eat last." If only our politicians and CEOs did the same. 😒 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

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The most important lesson @repauchincloss.bsky.social learned as a Marine was "officers eat last." If only more of our leaders had learned, and lived by, this. kimbellard.medium.com/officers-eat...

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So much for Trump loving clean air. 🙄

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Last I knew, GameStop was a meme stock. Last I knew, Blackberry had been done in by the iPhone. This week showed I hadn't been paying enough attention. 😏 kimbellard.medium.com/blasts-from-...

"What unites these disparate cultures, policy environments and demographics, researchers are now realizing, is young people’s inescapable and crushing sense that the future is too uncertain for the lifelong commitment of parenthood." 😲 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/o...

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Which is more surprising: that GameStop thinks it can - and should - buy (the much larger) eBay, or that Blackberry is still alive and doing well, thank you very much. 🤔 kimbellard.medium.com/blasts-from-...

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You might be forgiven if you'd assumed GameStop and Blackberry were relics of the past, but both are showing that may not be the case. Here's to reinvention! 👏 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

Umm, good luck with that. 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/t...

Most of us weren't thinking much about either GameStop or BlackBerry much a week ago. That's not so true this week. kimbellard.medium.com/blasts-from-...

Nota bene: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/o...

I guess Jeff wanted to kill off the UPS union. 😡

I mean, you can't make this stuff up. 🙄

Once again, China has invested in the future, and we have not. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

"What becomes more scarce?" 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/o...

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It turns out that not only do bacteria make noise, but also that the noise can be clinically significant. It makes me wonder: what other signals from our bodies are we missing? 🤔 medium.com/@kimbellard/...

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Not just scientists. 😔

There are lots of interesting diagnostic innovations but this has to be one of the coolest: listening to bacteria. @danielkraft.bsky.social @rasushrestha.bsky.social @zaynakhayat.bsky.social medium.com/@kimbellard/...

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Which is more startling: that bacteria make noise, or that different bacteria make different noises? Either way, those noises can be used to deliver more effective treatments. kimbellard.medium.com/its-got-a-go...

Once again, we are failing to invest in critical infrastructure. 😔 It’s the Age of Electricity and America Isn’t Ready www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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