Martin D.

A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years Report is the first dynamic analysis of a wealth tax on the UK wealth distribution.

A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years: “The top 40 families in the UK now own more wealth than 50% of the population, meanwhile 14.3 million people - including 4.3 million children - are living in poverty in the UK"

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...

Fear Street: Prom Queen was a let down - I'd give it maybe 2/5

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually Economists find public R&D drives a quarter of U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

🧪 Basic science boosts the economy:

"The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger?

The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."

UK suspends Israel trade talks and summons ambassador over 'intolerable' Gaza offensive Foreign Secretary David Lammy says Israel's war in Gaza is entering a

Why has it taken them so long to act? Sickening www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...

The Fight for Science Thoughts and Actions to Take From My Visit to Capitol Hill

“Without sufficient funding, research progress stalls, new prevention or treatments with be delayed or absent, young scientists will leave the field or move abroad, and promising breakthroughs will remain trapped in the lab instead of reaching the people who need them most”

I'd just started The Blacklist on Prime only to have it go on to purchase-only - how irritating

Star Wars fan or not, Andor Season 2 is an incredible piece of television - outstanding performances all-round

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3am:

Me: ....

My brain: PINK PONY CLUB I'M GONNA KEEP ON DANCING AT THE PINK PONY CLUB

Three scientists speak about what it’s like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration Stories from the front line of the US government’s attack on federal science funding. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

The Conversation Weekly podcast spoke with Sunghee Lee & @bradytwest.bsky.social about having their funding by the Trump administration, calling it confusing and opaque. myumi.ch/bVE57

AI’s only general purpose use is to control labor. Thank you.

Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks. One expert said the consequences would be “catastrophic” if Congress enacts the White House agenda of sweeping budget cuts.

Science backers say proposed federal research cuts pose dire risks.

THUNDERBOLTS 👍👍👍👍👍

Late to the party, but just finished The Expanse on Prime - lots of unanswered questions but WHAT A SERIES!! 🤩🤩🤩

Last few items for sale in my shop, as I'm hopefully moving in with partner - #homewares, #crystals, #books, #jewellery - please take a look and share! www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...

He's good thanks! Moulting his summer coat, tho, so very floofy!

This weather's bananas - took myself on a walk to Wandle Park and back this avo 🌞🌞🌞

Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health "This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈

⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.

As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“

#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

Wow that last Wheel of Time was friggin' EPIC

Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.

Researchers in the United States are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

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National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article) The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx

Some lovely new #crystals and #homewares added to my #eBay shop today - come take a look! www.ebay.co.uk/str/martinst...

You could easily sell some of that on eBay - I sold my whole action figure collection

Vaccines work… and do not cause autism.

"The best vaccine isn’t useful if it is not distributed, or not socially accepted. Vaccine equity and hesitancy remain great challenges that we ignore at our peril."

#CelebrateVaccines @plosbiology.org @npariente.bsky.social

The most amazing thing about the rapid dismantling of so many institutions that made the US the envy of the world is not the speed or recklessness of it all.

It is the purposelessness of it all.

There is no three dimensional chess being played here, unless it’s by a 2 year old petulant child.

Ooft, sir...

Two children at school in uniforms and it looks like Japan, both of them look like girls or femmes. One is holding a giant tuba so that it's stuffed over the face of the other one that's pinned up against the wall. The one holding the tuba is labeled every company. The tuba is labeled unwanted AI And the one against the wall is labeled me