@misomunje unfortunately, this is consistent with the playbook. To assume authority, it is a critical step to subvert expertise. This step was inevitable, if their goal was to establish authority and not support ingenuity and creativity.

I agree it is devastating. It is also likely that this is a drastic pause to compensate, in part, for the unprepared transition team. It will likely lift when they get their act together. But it causes damage.

"...an immediate, blanket ban on travel is unusual, says one longtime researcher in #NIH's intramural program. 'I don't think we've ever had this and it's pretty devastating for a #postdoc or #graduatestudent' who needs to present their work and network to move ahead in their career, the researcher says."

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

#science #ban #uspol #politics #aaas

@lps One day we can all hope that regional boundaries on streaming knowledge programming like this can come down. But, here we are....

I am really digging this TVO science series, “Lift the Ice”. https://www.tvo.org/programs/lift-the-ice

I like the combination of scientific inquiry, local knowledge and history, and the intersection of deep time with the modern climate.

A key lesson from just prior to the outbreak of World War II is that countries that open their doors to scientists threatened in their home countries solve two problems at once: they protect human lives while securing their own nation’s scientific future.

Historically, the most successful strategies were combinations of local and national efforts (e.g., universities inviting visiting positions combined with immigration paths).

It is a perfect #winter day in #Sudbury.

A question for you #MastodonApp afficionados. How does one approve/decline follow requests in the official app? It is easy on the website, but I will be darned if I can figure out how to do it in the app.

@resx Hear! Hear!

@justjustin Thanks, but I am all good on #Mastodon, #PeerTube, and now #PixelFed. I am trying to minimize, and there was really nothing Facebook brought me that something like Twitter didn’t also bring me. I am relieved to have fewer platforms in my life.

I've made a final decision on it: I am leaving Facebook and Instagram. I have barely used them for 2.5 years, and they add no value to my life or my relationships. I am working to get a copy of my data and then I will shut them down.

At that point, my devotion to the #fediverse will be almost total. The only social network I will still be on is LinkedIn, if you don't count YouTube (but I run a PeerTube instance, so....)

@Ruth_Mottram Every time something in the public sphere enrages me, I stop, swallow, and tell my partner I love her.

A little trick I learned from the TV show "Better Off Ted". 🙂

I am glad you shared this.

@lps I get that they have interests to protect. I'm just not willing to get caught up in that. Sometimes, you just want to share lecture and teaching material.

@lps Thanks!

It's partly out of necessity. YouTube doesn't allow me to post my "teaser trailer" videos for my classes, which often have copyrighted music (which I acknowledge) but used for parody purposes.

YouTube has also flagged some teaching videos because they are about using scientific thinking to test claims, but their algorithms think I am advocating for those (sometimes dangerous) claims. It takes work to undo their block, and I grew tired of it.

@mayintoronto That is very cool! We do love working with co-op students, and we're excited to welcome a new class this summer. We just welcomed the winter term students to site to begin their projects.

@monnier Only in the most literal sense of "subvert", "to turn from below" ... our goal is to turn human innovation and ideas into discoveries from far below the surface of the Earth. 😃

@SNEWS Thanks! I do love my HALO shifts, and I feel super-bad I have this nasty habit of missing day 1 of 3 (always 3 shift days there are, no more, no less...).

I can aspire to be better at this. 😃

I am on shift for the #HALO experiment right now. This is my last day. I have a track record of missing the first day of remote shift. It has to do with my calendar not being able to include the HALO calendar, and email reminders having to be selected manually to remind the next shifter. It's a whole thing. I love being on shift for galactic supernovas, but I hate systems that don't just work when it comes to helping people collaborate.

Anyway, no #supernova yet!

@ditsch42 I recently made the transition from ownCloud -> NextCloud. It was a scary process of upgrading from OC -> NC 25, then making 5 sequential upgrades from NC 25 -> 30. It’s scary, but it was worth it (it all worked out pretty well). I hope your experience is great!

If you want to see some of my #teaching and #ScienceCommunication effort, check out this video I made for high school students for their science and technology fair in 2021. I host it on my #PeerTube instance.

https://media.cooleysekula.net/w/pYkacN5M7qVdmZ7NKjSw6m

@FediTips Happy to do it! You provide a vital public service.