Maaisha Osman

Let’s try to understand the nuances of people and foster the kind of wide-ranging, complex discussions that feel increasingly absent from today’s world.

As much as I admire François Truffaut’s films, he once expressed disdain for Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), saying he did not want to watch “peasants eating with their hands.” In contrast, Wim Wenders held profound admiration for Ray. @badideas.bsky.social

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NEW: Linsey Criswell, director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, will not have her term renewed, creating another leadership vacancy as the NIH faces a growing number of open institute and center director positions.
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A medium-shot photograph of François Truffaut. He is seated at a table, looking off-camera to the left. ​He wears a yellowish, ribbed turtleneck sweater and dark trousers. His right hand is raised to his face, holding a lit cigarette between his fingers, while his left hand rests on his hip. A notable detail is a blue pack of cigarettes tucked into the folded-back cuff of his left sleeve.

The great François Truffaut (born on this day in 1932) on the set of THE LAST METRO! 🧡 On the Criterion Channel, celebrate the master's undying love for cinema and life with our collection of his films — including THE 400 BLOWS, JULES AND JIM, STOLEN KISSES, THE SOFT SKIN, THE LAST METRO, and more!

Bloody Minnesota Daron Acemoglu thinks the recent killings of innocent civilians by federal agents mark a political turning point for the US.

“If this violence goes unchecked, it could indeed be a turning point, because it will create a template for other security forces more closely aligned with Trump to use force against any manifestation of opposition.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at SNCC rally at Beulah Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, March 16, 1965. Photographed by Glen Pearcy.

March to the state courthouse led by Dr. King, James Forman, Rev. Abernathy, John Lewis, Montgomery, Alabama, March 17, 1965. Photographed by Glen Pearcy.

On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, enjoy images from The Glen Pearcy Collection at the Library of Congress. A rare, unguarded public moment of Dr. King smiling at a March 1965 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee meeting—a snapshot of joy amid a historic civil rights struggle—is a highlight.

Nobel Peace Prize 1964 The Nobel Peace Prize 1964 was awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population"

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A devastating portrait of two isolated souls navigating life under Italian fascism in the 1930s. Scola delves into the historical anxiety of a society steadily surrendering to the brutality of totalitarianism.

Watch the film on @criterionchannl.bsky.social.

Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day): A Meeting of Solitudes | Deep Focus Review Few filmmakers have delved into the complexities of human dignity and its stark absence with as much fervor as Ettore Scola. Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day, 1977) stands as one of his most po...

Last month, @deepfocusreview.bsky.social published my essay on Ettore Scola's Una Giornata Particolare (A Special Day, 1977).
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The agency’s latest internal staff guidance requires its institute and center leaders to use text-analysis tools to flag research terms deemed misaligned with agency priorities, including words such as “poverty,” “employment” and “immigration.”

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NEW: Several NIH employees plan to resign in the coming months, with additional staff opting for early retirement, sources tell us, after employees reported last year they are having to censor and alter their research to avoid running afoul of the Trump admin. 👇

NEW: A CDC-backed study of the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose in West African nation Guinea-Bissau, funded in part by billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Foundation and Bluebell Foundation, is drawing ethical concerns from scientists in Denmark and US.

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Maaisha Osman on X: "Tokyo-born actor proved effortlessly convincing in every guise - whether embodying a brooding mercenary or a lovestruck romantic, a noble hero or a complex villain, in a tailored suit or traditional samurai robes. Magnetic, unforgettable. 🌹" / X Tokyo-born actor proved effortlessly convincing in every guise - whether embodying a brooding mercenary or a lovestruck romantic, a noble hero or a complex villain, in a tailored suit or traditional samurai robes. Magnetic, unforgettable. 🌹

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Criterion Collection on X: "🌹 ✨MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🌹✨ Wong Kar Wai's first-ever TV series BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will premiere exclusively on the Criterion Channel beginning November 24! Watch a message from the visionary auteur about his epic 30-episode story of love, ambition, and reinvention set against https://t.co/1TT4sx5Nr1" / X 🌹 ✨MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🌹✨ Wong Kar Wai's first-ever TV series BLOSSOMS SHANGHAI will premiere exclusively on the Criterion Channel beginning November 24! Watch a message from the visionary auteur about his epic 30-episode story of love, ambition, and reinvention set against https://t.co/1TT4sx5Nr1

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Robin Feldman on Pfizer obligations to SEC to disclose details of price deal with Trump.

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Cabaret (1972) | The Definitives | Deep Focus Review Cabaret changed everything audiences knew to be true about musicals in 1972.

It seems like a good time to release my essay about CABARET (1972) from behind the paywall.

Enjoy: www.deepfocusreview.com/definitives/...

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In the wake of a mass shooting in Minnesota that left two children dead and 17 others injured, RFK Jr. again suggested a link between psychiatric medications -- particularly antidepressants -- and violent behavior.

But what do scientists say about such claims? 👇

Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBJECT:       Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by   Federal Grantees By

Another EO about grants, this one directing the attorney general to investigate "lobbying" in the form of "taxpayer funds ... being spent on grants with highly political overtones."

Expect we'll see more targeting of universities by the DOJ.

RFK Jr. said NIH will launch studies into whether antidepressant drugs and other psychiatric medications contribute to violent behavior, including mass shootings. He claimed NIH has authority to access the medical histories of shooters through IRB approval.

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6. @maybarduk.bsky.social said Harvard holds “very valuable” patents, making them a ripe target for a political feud that could result in a “big cash payout” or continued harassment.
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5. Even if a case had merit, @jamielove.bsky.social said, using it selectively means Trump is “acting like a mafia figure.”

James Packard Love (@jamielove.bsky.social) I work at https://keionline.org/jamie. Best known for work on intellectual property rights, and find most interesting ways to reform incentives and also build out global norms and mechanisms to incr...

4. @jamielove.bsky.social said Harvard is not the only institution to have failed to disclose government funding tied to its patents. But he argued the Commerce Department’s action was less about fixing systemic compliance issues and more about targeting a political adversary.

3. In 2019, the watchdog group Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) urged NIH to investigate whether Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute failed to disclose federal funding on six lucrative cancer immunotherapy patents co-assigned to the institute.

2. While investigations have shown that many top universities have skirted disclosure laws, watchdog groups say that this probe appears less about enforcing the law uniformly & more about targeting Harvard in a political battle over control of lucrative taxpayer-backed inventions.

1. NEW: The U.S. Commerce Department has launched an aggressive review of Harvard University’s management of patents tied to federally funded research, accusing the Ivy League institution of violating disclosure laws under the Bayh-Dole Act. 👇

@jamielove.bsky.social said Harvard is not the only institution to have failed to disclose government funding tied to its patents. But he argued the Commerce Department’s action was less about fixing systemic compliance issues and more about targeting a political adversary.

3. In 2019, the watchdog group Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) urged NIH to investigate whether Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute failed to disclose federal funding on six lucrative cancer immunotherapy patents co-assigned to the institute.