Kevin Ng

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

Update from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error. Gift link: nyti.ms/48JjSSf

Lost Science is a new NYT series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding. You can send your story to the Times here www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92 It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.

Very saddened to hear of John Gurdon’s passing. I’ve been lucky enough to interact with him at multiple points through my career - from undergrad lectures, through his position as former Chair of @biologists.bsky.social’s Board of Directors, and as an author at @dev-journal.bsky.social.

Furloughed NIH worker: Left office with 'pit' in my stomach about future of our country On day three of the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as the White House threatens mass firings as early as today. Furloughed NIH Program Director Jenna Norton joins...

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today.

We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people.

www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

A federal worker explains why she's not afraid of Trump's layoff threat Some federal workers closely following President Trump's threats of mass layoffs and funding cuts in the shutdown say it's nothing new. He's been doing those same things since January.

Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January.

www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

I really enjoyed talking shop about opera and writing with @kevinng.bsky.social for @parterrebox.bsky.social.

Thank you! He’s a fabulous person to chat with!

What belongs to us - Parterre Box Kevin Ng sits down with PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novelist and critic Garth Greenwell to talk about sex, queerness, and the "promise of opera."

I had the immense privilege to interview @garthgreenwell.bsky.social for @parterrebox.bsky.social about literature, opera, and queer aesthetics

parterre.com/2025/10/02/w...

"What is happening in this country is happening because science is bad for tyrants, and always has been"

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

What a loss for the field of primatology. A genuine pioneer, a brilliant scientist, and an inspirational writer.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Stay tuned #BachelorNation 🌹

Reunited and it feels so good When Angela Meade and Michael Fabiano first sang Lucia together as students at AVA few would have predicted that they would go on to sing Turandot 16 years later.

Reunited and it feels so good

Reunited and it feels so good - Parterre Box When Angela Meade and Michael Fabiano first sang Lucia together as students at AVA few would have predicted that they would go on to sing Turandot 16 years later.

My thoughts on the Met’s latest Turandot revival, for @parterrebox.bsky.social

parterre.com/2025/09/25/r...

Absolutely! There were definitely some nerves last night, but it’s quite the voice and she was a clear star even as a young artist in London

Omg her float

Loud music, even louder production

I think Chotiner could interview me and I would come out of it well, we'd be friends by the end actually

Right?

Next season I'm excited for The Death of Klinghoffer - Parterre Box Maggio Musicale Fiorentino presents John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer next May.

My 2025-26 season highlight: Luca Guadagnino directs John Adams’ Death of Klinghoffer

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Aix is always a good time! Also tempted by Oropesa’s Norma in Finland…

Thank you - it was a very fun piece to write! Let’s see how it goes next summer…

Kurtag and Nielsen - the dream!

Avbalansert dødsangst – Scenekunst I Carl Nielsens musikk er sammenbruddet aldri langt unna. Under Eivind Gullberg Jensen spiller Kristianstand Symfoniorkester elegant og stramt – og litt for snilt.

And a good, but insufficiently violent Nielsen 6 (plus some other stuff) in Kristiansand a week and a half ago: scenekunst.no/artikler/avb...

Høstens store operaopplevelse György Kurtágs «Fin de partie» i Operaen er en fulltreffer med musikalsk og dramatisk kraft i alle ledd.

I've been REVIEWING lately! First, the absolutely spectacular Norwegian premiere of Kurtág's Fin de partie this past weekend: www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/63x...

When we build the greatest stereotype engine the world has ever seen we should not be surprised when it reproduces bias

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay review — the Met is back with a bang The New York season kicked off with a timely new opera by Mason Bates about a Nazi refugee, adapted from Michael Chabon’s epic novel

My thoughts of the Met’s opening night performance of Mason Bates’ Kavalier and Clay, for @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...

New season, new opera

Elizabeth Goldring · At the Frick: Enthusiastic about Pictures Paintings – or perhaps, in the first instance, prints and reproductions – seem to have attracted Henry Clay Frick...

‘The opening up of the private quarters is the most thrilling aspect of the expansion: I can’t be the only visitor to have stood at the bottom of the grand staircase longing to know what lay upstairs.’

Elizabeth Goldring on the refurbishment of the Frick Collection:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Bolsonaro Convicted of Attempting a Coup in Brazil, Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a plan to assassinate his opponent.

Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in a Brazil prison for attempting a coup after losing the 2022 election.