He is not wrong. The best I could do while head of school was the prophylactic offering of trying to protect my staff from the worst of it, to preserve a bubble of academic environment.

Potentially the reason why Peter Mandelson was sacked as UK ambassador to US a few months ago? Apparently he advised Epstein to stay away from ex-prince Andrew, which Epstein appreciated. Both joking/hoping Trump will be in WH, 2 days before the 2016 elections

Looking forward to him losing a few more titles but never facing justice in court :/

What a disgusting human being!

Basbousaius (Yes I'm back home for a couple of weeks)

To be fair to history, the celebrated "McCain moment" was also incredibly racist. When a supporter told him she can't trust Obama because he's an Arab, he said no ma'am he's a decent person, he's not an Arab

Out of curiosity, has Trump ever called a white person "low IQ"? Even among the he hates?

This shit keeps following me whenever I move to a different country I feel like I might be the problem

Your yearly reminder that university rankings are less than useless

It might've been missed in the coverage today, but one of the recipients of today's Nobel prize, Omar Yaghi, is the first Palestinian to win the chemistry award. Omar's family comes from a village which, like 100s of Palestinian villages, stopped existing after 1948

It might've been missed in the coverage today, but one of the recipients of today's Nobel prize, Omar Yaghi, is the first Palestinian to win the chemistry award. Omar's family comes from a village which, like 100s of Palestinian villages, stopped existing after 1948

Very nice 🛢 As a kid we learned that Egyptian cotton is a thing. But I would've never thought that this is a direct consequence of the American civil war! Also relevant to note that British occupation of Egypt started about 20 years after that point

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

"Instead, Trump went for the cheap shot: telling women, without good evidence, to simply put up with the pain."

Anyone who missed Qaddafi's performance at the UN would rejoice

Better (75 years) late than never! Israel always retaliates by punishing Palestinians, this time it might be by annexing the West Bank www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...

This is a strong letter that does not mince words! As a member of the Dutch scientific community I support this statement

This is rather chilling account. These people are going to go back to their countries after their 'adventure' ends, and likely face no prosecution for their crimes. As their home countries continue to enable, and deny, the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Qatar just suspended all mediation efforts. I suspect Turkey and Egypt may follow, as they both recently hosted Hamas negotiators for mediation talks. There's simply no reason to think Israel respects anyone's sovereignty, or adhere to any international norms

It's important to stress that Qatar is a major US ally, hosting the largest US military base in ME. It's also hosting Hamas leadership *at the request* of the US for ceasefire negotiations. Hard to overstate how much this changes things in ME www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...

In 1988, UNGA convened in Geneva instead of New York to hear PLO leader Yasser Arafat after the US refused to grant him a visa. If the US refuses to change course, UNGA should consider doing the same once more-- not out of love for the PA or PLO, but out of respect for international law.

Risking the very idea behind the UN charter, and sacrificing your responsibility as a host, just to prevent any chance of Palestinian statehood, in the middle of a Palestinian genocide! This devotion to settler colonialism at the expense of international law is really beyond bizarre

I've honestly been pondering this question for a long time

In just three days, the IDG destroyed 10,000 olive trees in Al Mughayyir village, in the occupied West Bank. Some of the trees were over 500 years-old. Art by Silman Mansour

Jupiter and Saturn being in front of the moon would kill everyone, tbf

Slightly diminish a band: Consider Dragons

Happy international cat day! Bailey is the neighbour's cat (few houses down the road). He visits a few times a week. Here he's pretending to be a rabbit

Israel's endgame is clear: the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip and the expulsion of its population. It is not an immediate goal, and Israel uses different levels of violence depending on the situation. And yet the physical destruction of the Strip leaves no other outcome.

Part of a report by Emma Murphy. It's genocide.

Today is Hamilton's day (the maths one, who reformulated physics, not the politician) Cheers to Hamilton!

You know what actually breaches international law? Enabling a genocide by supplying weapons, jet parts, intelligence, and diplomatic immunity. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

As we hold our breaths in horror at what is happening in the Middle East, we know one thing to be true: until everyone is safe in the region, no one can be safe. Recognising Palestine will set the tone for peace. Join me and speak up for peace? action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-04...

I really do not understand. In what universe is the statehood of an occupied nation contingent upon the actions of the occupier?! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I really do not understand. In what universe is the statehood of an occupied nation contingent upon the actions of the occupier?! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

OK this is definitely one for future historians

What's also not unique is that the answer to the question "How did the world let this happen?" is still that the world is run by racists, individuals and institutions, who believe in a hierarchy of human life

Israel Minister Aimchai Eliyahu "All Gaza will be Jewish...the government is pushing for Gaza being wiped out. Thank god, we are wiping out this evil." Unless Netanyahu sacks him or reprimands him (he hasn't and won't), we should see it as an official statement of Israeli policy and objectives.

Good on France! As the Knesset voted to annex the West Bank, and Israel continues to wipe out Gaza, this is mostly a symbolic move. An important one, nonetheless

"One day, everyone will have always been against this" We will remember those who have enthusiastically enabled and sponsored their "ally" to do this. And believe me, we have long memories. One day, the Hague will welcome a bunch of high profile residents

The Gaza Strip is 25 mi long & 3.7-7.5 mi wide; ~140 sq mi altogether. That's about the size of Las Vegas. The white parts in this map are the only parts of those 140 sq mi that are not an Israeli militarized zone, under forced evacuation, or both. The one in the middle is being attacked today.

It's Clear – Israel Now Has a Plan for the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza Gideon Levy www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Note the explicit omission of progress flags

This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

The quick regression on trans rights is really quite disturbing! Like did we actually learn anything from the 20th century?!!!

It's paper day 🎉🔭 arxiv.org/abs/2507.10719 Together with @sijme-jan.bsky.social we continue to look at dust instabilities in planet forming discs when considering many dust sizes (polydisperse). This time we probe the Dust Settling Instability (DSI) via hydro simulations in a local box 1/14

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born #OTD in 1943. As a Cambridge grad student in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars! In 1974 the Nobel was given to her advisor; she was left off. 🧪 👩‍🔬 🔭 Photo: National Science & Media Museum

Already on Oct 7 it was evident to me that Israeli public opinion's desire for revenge, and the Kahanist plan to leverage the atrocity in the service of their vision of expulsion, could translate into genocide. What I couldn't imagine is the "world" allowing and facilitating this for 21 months.

Seeing a sudden trend for interstellar objects to generate papers based on other teams' DDT proposals within just a few days of data acquisition. This is unfair. 1) It disadvantages ECRs, who are often the ones getting to work on a new exciting dataset 2) it sideswipes anyone less then fully abled

Would be a good move, but also this should have happened the first day Israel started building settlements in occupied Palestine. This isn't the 1840s!