quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?” It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents: Sleep when the baby sleeps Cry when the baby cries Publish when the baby publishes

Several items on Declaration of Independence list of grievances against George III also apply to Trump today, most notably on immigration, trade, and deportation without due process. Like King George, he is "unfit to be the ruler of a free people": reason.com/volokh/2025/...

In May 1940 the Netherlands was invaded by Nazi Germany and Nazi policies forced on Dutch institutions. As a result of protests by professors & students at Leiden, the university was closed by the Nazis until the liberation of 🇳🇱 by 🇨🇦 forces. Today, Leiden U remains consistently in the World Top 100.

The very first structural images of a tuberculosis-fighting virus New insights could advance phage therapies for the world’s deadliest bacteria—including drug-resistant strains. www.scripps.edu/news...

Be proud. Proud of whom you love. Proud of who you are. Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power. Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally. This week and every week. Be proud. Always.

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Friends on #MathSky, I hope you realise that we have _finally_ an option to get dogmatic answers to long-standing questions like: - What's 0^0? - Is 0 a natural number? - What's the dimension of the empty set? #MathPope

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

I am shocked, shocked that Leavitt doesn't understand what kind of thing the Library of Congress is.

China trying to repair some reputational damage in an attempt to woo Europe and seize the disruption in the US-Europe relationship ?

I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.

NIH is canceling new/ongoing grants that contain foreign sub-award contracts w/ some "new" framework coming in September. For now, you have to remove the sub-award or they will terminate the whole grant. Looks like Jay Bhattacharya is all in on the MAGA "foreign is bad" idea. tinyurl.com/mv59rp32

Budget released today: 40% cut to NIH 50% cut to NSF If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

This structure is absolutely _nuts_. Lipids are captured marching through the tunnel

Nobody can in good faith recommend Ukraine to take the ”deal” proposed by the US. Simple as that

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

WOW The new French ambassador to Sweden just definitely included allies in the French vital interest: ”Our French vital interests also include the interests of our allies. In that sense, the nuclear umbrella also covers our allies and of course Sweden is among them” www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

Today there was even a protest rally on Heard Island.

what if it just took one though

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

At least I guess it gives us an opportunity to see what companies in the EU have a spine & conscience and worth trusting for your long-term business needs vs. which ones will happily hurt their staff and customers for short-term profits.

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

The @nytimes.com just discovered parallel computing.

To repeat: the Trump administration peace deal was always a deal for peace between Russia and the US, not Russia and Ukraine. In it, it seems, the US gets Ukraine's resources, Russia gets Ukraine's land, and Ukraine gets to say thank you.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

So, Hungary can leave the EU. Wont be missed.

An acute observation: Russia wants the West to force Ukraine to concede territory, so that Moscow can subsequently tell Ukrainians that the West always betrays them.

Cowardice is, in my opinion, a leading reason for our extreme predicament. What if all those of believe in the rule-based world order would dare take a stand for it? What if American officials had guts to defend democracy?

In my 25 years since high school I’ve seen 1. HIV/AIDS go from death sentence to manageable with drugs 2. Cystic fibrosis go from pretty much an extended death sentence to manageable with drugs 3. Sickle cell go from a horrible disease to (almost maybe) cured by gene therapy Simply incredible

Europe may not hold the cards. But Europe holds the eggs

News Flash! ⚡ The @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social has selected #six new #AIFactories to strengthen Europe's #AI leadership! 🌍 Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia will host cutting-edge AI hubs, to boost #European AI innovation. Read more: europa.eu/!rP6D6M

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

Today, on #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate women's vital contributions to society and the #HPC industry, where they make up 25% of the workforce. To honor their impact and advocate for gender equality, we share insights from women at #CSCS: www.cscs.ch/publications...

Bioinformatics junior group leader position in Lund, specialising in infection and/or epidemiology. These are really nice positions with generous support. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in becoming our colleague! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The Texas-New Mexico #measles outbreak has claimed a second life. Unvaccinated adult. Measles is not a benign ailment. The only way to prevent it is vaccination. www.nmhealth.org/news/alert/2...

It's a no-brainer. Only an idiot would buy any American equipment when it's known they might turn it off when you need it the most, or just because you didn't wore the right suit.

BREAKING: Trump shuts off intelligence to Ukraine, cutting off data for drones, air attacks, and air defense This is a clear and direct violation of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 - in which US gave security guarantee to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine giving up nukes and ships

We're gonna move fast and break things. Sometimes we'll make mistakes. If we remove the wrong organ we'll put it back in. We are disrupting surgery

“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

The crawling for Trump must end. Zelenskyy is the only one so far that has had the guts to stand up to Trump. If we start factoring in what Trump might think about this or that before we discuss things we are in as much trouble as the Americans.

Sunday Times.

Leaders of the free world stand united in London The United States is not among them

Honestly, one thing that seems to bind senior members of the Trump administration is their weird and somewhat disturbing relationship with women. Getting dumped when you were 19 and never getting over it should not influence US security policy. Just an opinion.