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   SellaTheChemist (sellathechemist@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jun-2025 02:07:14 JST SellaTheChemist

   It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014.

   The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member of the RS since 2018) across US science is incomprehensible to me.

   We must all draw the line somewhere in the face of authoritarian attacks and this is mine.
   https://www.ft.com/content/877853df-1687-4d1f-940b-9eefc0cf69c0?accessToken=zwAAAZdYtYr2kdOHeFPfFodNH9OUC57vwM9pwA.MEUCIQDNG6kcQyHa-g6Kx4G9NHE2ofD36kR8OX0yEu-KfXlV0QIgcmMFKTaT90y42QfwQTWb05khk6thpQPe-JvIGkaZzQY&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise&shareId=5fbecded-0dc9-419a-b064-cda0dee0d73a

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     SellaTheChemist (sellathechemist@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jun-2025 00:47:08 JST SellaTheChemist

     in reply to

     A little more about why I returned the #RoyalSociety Faraday Prize, with a question for everyone to ponder. #Musk

     https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/why-i-returned-the-faraday-prize-to-the-royal-society/4021668.article