Max Dunitz

La SMF ne tiendra pas de stand au Congrès International des Mathématiciens (ICM) de Philadelphie en 2026. (1/3)

(Motion du Conseil d'Administration du 16 janvier 2026)

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This is a wild stat. It's a ratio of 15-20 observers per ICE/CBP agent.

The entire adult population of Hennepin County is about 1 million. This suggests 6-7% of adults in the county have undergone some measure of observation training.

Crazy level of community activation.

Hundreds of Mothers and Children. HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

We owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.

Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social

"To date, 757,314 people – the majority children – have died from the funding cuts, according to ImpactCounter, which tracks the effect of USAID cuts via sophisticated modelling tools. That is 88 deaths every hour."

“For the families of Danish soldiers who died in the American-led campaign against the Taliban, their country’s partnership with the United States is not an abstraction. Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life.”

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Very grateful for her contributions to a profound technology spanning many uses.

How much more in your face can it be?

"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."

DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.

The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.

The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.

This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.

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La disparition de Michèle Audin laisse un goût amer, alors j'essaie de la retrouver dans ma bibliothèque avec sa sensibilité, ses combats et ses colères...

Retrouvez un hommage complet sur sa vie : engagement à la SMF, géométrie symplectique, littérature, affaire Audin et cause des femmes dans un texte co-écrit par G. Bhowmik, L. Broze, R. Cori, I. Gallagher, C. Ropartz, ainsi que de nombreuses références sur son oeuvre.
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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets

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Salem State University has surrendered the license of 91.7 WMWM Salem MA It appears WMWM has finally pulled the plug (🚽RIP🙏): They were still on late morning-early (late?) afternoon yesterday, then when I checked early this morning (3am-ish), they were gone (just WUMB's x...

While WMBR is finishing up a very successful fundraiser (with great merch still available wmbr.org/fr/fundraisi...), nearby Salem State surrendered its license last month. radiodiscussions.com/threads/sale...

Gen Z's College Radio Revival Reports say Gen Z isn't discovering new artists. But college radio stations are overflowing with new DJs. As young listeners reject algorithms for analog—the industry should pay attention.

College radio stations aren’t just home to some great student journalists, they are still the best way to discover music. emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

Support student media!

It will also kill a lot of people.

Witness the *proposed* devastation of NASA science. If this concerns you, consider exploring the tools provided to make your opinions known: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

NRAO is listed as being hit with a 34.2% cut. Funding to the Green Bank Observatory would be cut by 68.6%, which would be absolutely cataclysmic.

Open Letter in Support of Science — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Proud to sign on this this open letter.

Join me....

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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The NIH-funded Haskell-KU Bridges Program was terminated. It was one of the longest running programs of its kind, placing >130 Native American students into STEM labs over the last ~25 years. So many alums spoke of this program as being the entry point to their interest, and later, careers in STEM.

« Défendons les sciences face aux nouveaux obscurantismes » TRIBUNE. En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand...

Défendons les sciences face aux nouveaux obscurantismes

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Aux Etats-Unis, Trump et Musk déciment à coups de licenciements la NOAA, vigie de la météo et du climat En une semaine, l’Agence d’observation océanique et atmosphérique a perdu 10 % de ses 12 000 employés, licenciés sur fond de croisade antiscience du gouvernement américain. Une manifestation mondiale de chercheurs est prévue le 7 mars.

🇺🇸 Aux Etats-Unis, Trump et Musk déciment à coups de licenciements la NOAA, vigie de la météo et du climat

En une semaine, l’Agence d’observation océanique et atmosphérique a perdu 10 % de ses 12 000 employés, licenciés sur fond de croisade antiscience du gouvernement américain.

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵