François Loeser

DeSantis urges Florida universities to stop hiring foreign visa workers Governor tells universities to end use of H-1B visas, though legal experts say states lack authority over federal program

Also in the news: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

Terry Tao is featured in this video "Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts" www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

Léopards (qui ont l’air d’être en colère) sur les mosaïques de la Salle de Roger au palais des Normands de Palerme - XIIe siècle.

Fantômette strikes back!

Syrian Cassette Archives Syrian Cassette Archives is an initiative to preserve, share and research Syria’s abundant cassette era. Explore the tapes here, plus special content produced by SCA and its collaborators.

Dans ma quête éperdue de musiques de la steppe syrienne, celle qu’on entend dans les taxis, je suis tombé sur le graal, le site Syrian Cassette Archives qui rassemble et diffuse les cassettes vendues dans le pays. Un truc à peine croyable. syriancassettearchives.org?lang=en

How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.

Some real fake news! Paper mills are creating fake authors who can then serve as fake reviewers. The illustration of the fake reviewer sitting at their desk is excellent. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

David Monniaux, directeur de recherche au CNRS : « Que se passerait-il si Trump ordonnait aux Gafam de cesser leurs services cloud à l’égard de nos gouvernements ? » TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », le chercheur souligne les dangers de la dépendance numérique européenne à l’égard des géants du Web, soumis à la législation américaine.

Voici le lien vers l'article du Monde (@monniauxd.bsky.social est semble-t-il trop timide pour le mettre lui-même) www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Algebraic spaces can be decent, reasonable or very reasonable, cf. Definition 68.6.1 in stacks project.

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

“According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot continue indefinitely” said George Saravelos, Global Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank

www.techspot.com/news/109626-...

You're invited to sign this open letter

Non, non, c'est @sklafon1.bsky.social qui a raison, le Christ mort de Holbein est bien au Kunstmuseum de Bâle

I'd like to advertise this daily series of 20-minute talks initiated and hosted by colleagues from University of Haifa.

www.eyesongaza.net/en

Oui

Pharoah Sanders In The '80s The Complete Theresa Recordings reviewed

Today's BA newsletter is a review of a new Mosaic box set gathering six Pharoah Sanders albums from the 1980s, all on the Theresa label. Also, an announcement about a major CD sale via our Bandcamp page:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/pharoah-sa...

The AI Con by Dr. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna.

The book people need to absolutely read is The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social. Complete review in my column. 2/2

À la fois poète beat et poète zen, « anarchiste anthropologique », Nanao Sakaki ! - « Quand ton nombril se met à rire tu es un chant » Ça y est, les lecteurs français peuvent enfin et vraiment découvrir ce marcheur impénitent, (…)

À la fois poète beat et poète zen, « anarchiste anthropologique », Nanao Sakaki !

A excellent way to discover Gary Snyder, one the greatest living poets, and a forerunner of deep ecology.

O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder

Register now so you can freely watch "O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder" next week (8/19–8/21/25) ~ the film is a portrait of our poet laureate of deep ecology.

You can register here ~ email.loa.org/h/i/3F28A6B7...
and see the trailer here ~ tinyurl.com/GarySnyderFilm

#poetry #buddhism

When poets, pacifists and peaceful protesters are arrested while the far- right exercise their “freedom of speech” with Nazi salutes and hate slogans…

YouTube video by GIGS Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (From "Legends of Rock 'n' Roll")

Is it a (blueberry) hill to die on?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mix...

C'est une occasion rêvée pour adapter la tradition du chant soufi qawwalî à la liturgie catholique !

I have some related posts on this at mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1149568... and mathstodon.xyz/deck/@tao/11...

Are we still having the ICM in Philly next year?

It seems about the right time to ask this question to the IMU.

you would think the existence of blanket national travel bans would disqualify a country from hosting an international congress, independent of the safety concerns or the national funding situation

Another thought about this week's indignities to U.S. mathematics: How can ICM 2026 be held in a host country that has defunded the (Fields medal-winning) chair of one of its main organizing committtees?

www.mathunion.org/icm/icm-2026

Cover of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna.

If you haven't read it already, get yourself a copy of The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social. It's a thoughtful, funny, pragmatic, well-sourced, and necessary book for this moment.

For the math folks on here: NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant. www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

Impersonation and personification in mid-twentieth century mathematics - Michael J. Barany, 2020 Pseudonymous mathematician Nicolas Bourbaki and his lesser-known counterpart E.S. Pondiczery, devised respectively in France and in Princeton in the mid-1930s, ...

p.s. if you want to know the history of fake/joke citations in math articles in that period, see my open-access article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...