sapphi

used to use emacs but i think nvim mostly solved all that for me

btw these are like prominent people in american higher ed physics

even now i see posts here and on twitter about how far right forced ideology is as bad as the previous far left forced ideology. like what world do these people live in lmfao

WOOOOO u should stream it tbh

tea party type movement of the democratic party now

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

If any of these people represent you call them

DEM YES VOTES on censuring Rep. Al Green:
Ami Bera (Calif.)
Ed Case (Hawaii)
Jim Costa (Calif.)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jim Himes (Conn.)
Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.)
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Jared Moskowitz (Fla.)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)

“likely including shutting off extended missions such as the Voyager and Curiosity probes on Mars, and possibly even the Hubble Space Telescope.”

this makes me so so sad. wonder what all the stem bros who say “oh science is apolitical lol” are thinking rn

arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

moved to europe and its required here. awful honestly

YouTube video by Technology Connections Algorithms are breaking how we think

Surely this new video won't make me seem like a crank.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJp...

Urgent Call from the International Astronomical Community for the Protection of Chile's Astronomical Heritage / Llamado Urgente de la Comunidad Astronómica Internacional por la Protección del Legado A... This form aims to collect signatures from scientists from the physical and astronomical sciences to support the letter Urgent Call from the International Astronomical Community for the Protection of C...

A big power company wants to build a huge industrial complex near Paranal, the top astronomical site in the world (VLT, ELT etc.). Here is a petition for physics/astro professionals 🧪🔭, please consider signing. Even if you're not, pls help raise awareness by sharing the links in the petition. Thx! 🙏

When ordered by Nazis to give lists of disabled people by disability severity, some doctors sent back exaggerated data to protect patients from forced work

They didn't know that the "most disabled" were to be killed first

The moral here isn't to tell the truth

It's to never co-operate with Nazis

... “total shutdown” is planned for March 15...

Website for the General Strike:
generalstrikeus.com
OPPOSE! PLEASE REPOST!

US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in – Physics World US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences

If you haven't been following what's been happening across the pond to science of all types, it's well worth reading this summary: physicsworld.com/a/us-science...

This isn't an abstract or peripheral thing - this is people's jobs, current projects, and deliberate destruction of existing systems.

i saw some people on here worried about loss of access to ads last week or so, maybe just a lot of people downloading backups while they can? if i want to be hopeful lol

The Resegregation Orders (Tell the Stories) We can heal. We can fight. We are the storytellers.

Dear 🧪🔭⚛️:

Stop calling the anti-DEIA executive orders, bans, work stoppages, research stoppages, and whatever else “rollbacks.” The executive orders are Resegregation Orders. These are attempts to return us to segregation.“

jmjafrx.substack.com/p/the-resegr...

If you are a member (or not) you can email their leadership about this.

President Theresa M. Koehler Theresa.M.Koehler@uth.tmc.edu

President Elect Alexander McAdam Alexander.McAdam@childrens.harvard.edu

They need to know this bullshit cannot be tolerated.

Ugh, link here: 19thnews.org/2025/01/tran...

This is very red flag. And hasn't been big news.

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

Scientists are losing their salaries because the government is simultaneously racist and incompetent.

US judge blocks transgender inmate's prison transfer under Trump order A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men's facility and denying her access to gender-affirming care in accordance with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, her lawyers said on Thursday.

New: A Boston federal judge has temporarily blocked prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men's facility and denying her access to gender-affirming care in accordance with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud...

Scientists who think we can separate from politics are delusional and/or ignorant. Hopefully this funding debacle shakes some awake.

After seeing multiple statements by professional societies in the earth and space sciences this week refer to science as "bipartisan" or "nonpartisan" I feel very strongly that the least, the absolute LEAST, any of us can do right now is admit that science is deeply political at all levels

i believe dan ericksen has said they have a general plan for how it will end and what lumon is doing etc, specifically to avoid the issue other shows have where theyre 5 seasons in and dont know how to get out, so fingers crossed

Shout it from the rooftops!

Chandrashekhar Azad the Indian freedom fighter once evaded British police looking for him on a train by disguising himself as the conducttor and escorting them from car to car helping them search

SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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tbf that’s exactly what id expect margaret thatcher to do