Nigel Goldenfeld

"PhD students and postdocs on the project .... face an immediate funding cliff at the end of the year. NSF had the funds for them and just didn't pay."

From the Frontline: Heartbreaking thread about the way in which science in the US is being cut in ways that most people don't know.

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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

have been thinking about this for like two hours and I think what stands out the most is that Trump feels genuinely honored. he has no conception whatsoever that it is complete horseshit invented to flatter him. he loves it!

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Reposting and mentioning @mattiaserra.bsky.social

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Mattia Serra on receiving the Interdisciplinary Early Career Science Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics! 🎉 Mattia has made groundbreaking advances in using #FluidDynamics to better understand developmental biology.

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

🧪 Gift article.

Well explained summary of a huge change in the way science is being funded by OMB and its implications for graduate fellowships, grant application success rate, etc. Leaves out the disastrous issue of political intervention/control in process.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Cambridge University cosies up to Reform The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Winston Churchill: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile in the hope that it will eat him last.

Cambridge University + Russell Group: Let's get a head start on anticipatory compliance. Even before the Reform party in UK has been elected.

🧪⚛️So that means that there are multiple molecular designs which will correspond to the same large scale geometry! Just as there are multiple configurations of quarks and gluons too.

And are there multiple large scale geometries that correspond to ... what? Organismal function?

Fantastic!

My goal in life is to be interviewed for one of those ridiculous "Who would you invite to your last dinner party?" articles.

My answer: a member of the Flat Earth Society and a member of the Hollow Earth Society. The conversation would be ... interesting.

Airline computer system failure prevents IT staff from flying out to fix the computer system

"First International Flat Earth Society teleconference ends in chaos due to time zone differences"

Schrödinger's society may have held their first conference.

"Climate change deniers conference cancelled due to extreme weather event."

Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.

🧪Gift link. International cryptographers couldn't decrypt the results of their own society's election. 🤣

Game:

Suggest similar headlines for other societies. I'll start.

American clairvoyant society annual meeting cancelled due to unforseen circumstances.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

Protesters Keep Getting Arrested At Broadview By State Police Despite Promise To Protect Free Speech About 80 protesters have been arrested at the ICE facility since barricades went up. Protesters and legal observers say the arrests run counter to the state’s stated goals of ensuring public safety an...

blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/12/p...

Many reports of Illinois State Police arresting protestors exercising 1st Amendment rights at Broadview, despite @jbpritzker.bsky.social saying that ISP are there to protect protestors.

@jbpritzker.bsky.social or @annecaprara.bsky.social please comment. Thx

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

A Field Guide to Bacteria by Betsey Dexter. Dyer | Paperback | Cornell University Press Although most people are aware that bacteria are all around us, few would guess that they produce such distinctive and accessible signs. Whether you're walking on the beach, visiting a zoo or aquarium...

Will, that's pitch perfect! Have you thought about doing the Snoop Dogg version?

Reminds me of one of my favourite biology books: A Field Guide To Bacteria. A good book to enjoy with one's kids, I found.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...

The comforting but dangerous fantasy of ‘normal’ climatic and political aberrations Our current political climate is just as unusual and concerning as the current state of our planetary climate.

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Get ready for Thanksgiving and the curmudgeonly uncle who's going to try and convince you that #climatechange is a hoax.

Here's an easy read by one of my colleagues, which also provides a political context for the current administration bias on the issue.

thebulletin.org/2025/11/the-...

Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside On November 9, Chuck Schumer surrendered in the fight for affordable healthcare, supplying Republicans the votes necessary to advance a budget that will cause premiums to double and triple for million...

It's time for Chuck Schumer to go. Tried to call my Senators, but no answer & voicemail boxes are all full. But you can still send email. Here's the easiest way.

If your Senators were not in the 8 who voted with GOP, don't forget to thank them!

act.indivisible.org/sign/dem-sen...

'Trump’s March executive order, [demanding] strict voter identification procedures & new voting equipment standards, is just “a piece of paper with a scrawly signature on it”.'

A federal judge said the president was improperly asserting powers the constitution assigned to Congress and the states.

Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’ White House is manipulating voting system, from redistricting to rule changes, to affect midterms

"Trump’s primary power is the power we give him when he asserts he is in control of everything, and we believe him.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The closed captioning is devastating

Very Well Said, Adelita….

Adelita Grijalva: "THANK YOU Mike Johnson! By obstructing my swearing-in, you highlighted how corrupt this administration is. People all over the nation wouldn’t have even known about me otherwise."

BREAKING: Our team @democracyforward.org and co-counsel just WON another court order to secure #SNAP. Judge finds Trump admin didn’t comply with prior order. FULL PAYMENTS must be paid across nation by tomorrow.

Trump’s new gold Oval Office sign draws mocking and anger Written in cursive gold script, new sign was affixed beside office’s door while shutdown jeopardizes Snap program

We have the best Oval Office money can buy.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

March for Health and Science YouTube video by Stand Up for Science!

🧪 "Because we need a war on cancer not a war against our cities"

@standupforscience.bsky.social hilariously and joyfully delivers 150,000 signatures to HHS, petitioning for the removal of RFK Jr

www.youtube.com/live/3Hi18Fv...

Democrats celebrate while Republicans stew over Mamdani’s historic victory Obama said ‘the future looks a little bit brighter’ while the House speaker lied about New York mayor-elect’s policies

@nytimes.com

This is how you do it. Kudos to @theguardian.com

Greg Abbott v @GregAbbott TX Join me for a moment of silence for NYC. Thoughts & prayers.

Allahu Akbar

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem

Thank you for Mamdani and the great American New York City. Keep the people safe as they celebrate. Protect Zohran and his family and give them wisdom.

*meditates*

Ameen.

(Did I do it right, Greg?)

re: GOP/media clutching their pearls about Mamdani being a socialist.

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