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Melanie M. Hughes

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Sociology prof & GIRL co-director @ Pitt | Researches gender & politics globally | Loves animals & growing food | She/her | Opinions are my own

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17.06.2025 00:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8338    ๐Ÿ” 832    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 103    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trumpโ€™s justifications for the latest travel ban arenโ€™t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism Foreign terrorism accounts for a miniscule portion of violence in the United States.

ASA member Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, argues that Trump's latest travel bans are primarily about using national security as an excuse to deny visas to nonwhite applicants. bit.ly/44ibeqT

16.06.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My university: basically running on an NIH-shaped IV drip
Judge: โ€œThose NIH cuts? Discriminatory. Put the money back.โ€
Labs across campus: ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ
Hereโ€™s hoping this ruling survives appeal.

17.06.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge rules against NIH grant cuts โ€” and calls them discriminatory The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.

Full story here
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

16.06.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Finally made the jump to BlueSky.

New platform, same doomscroll reflex.

But the fonts are nicer here, so thatโ€™s healing.

17.06.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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