Andrea Idini

A whiteboard with equations and diagrams

A whiteboard with a small cursive "gone to Filippo"

What paternity makes you do

#academicsky #fatherhood #parent #famkly

I had a paper in review that was done like that. It was a terrible waste of time, but unfortunately I doubt the authors were held accountable.

So if you don't care about science, it is a no loose scenario. We should name and shame bad scholarship, insert some cost into the equation.

Yes, and all of these institutions summed are used by Trump and his goons to say, not without arguments, they have "the best universities in the world".

If the quality and quantity of research doesn't crash, they will claim they made them even better by kicking out the DEI and saved money.

Congrats. Just be aware that if you publish with your American affiliation, and get cited, you might contribute to the visibility and ranking of a fascist institution.

So there's a tradeoff to be aware of.

The administration wants science to be done in AI, quantum information, nuclear physics, biotech, etc.
Wants the technological supremacy without paying the costs.
It doesn't dislike the ranking that is accrued with scientific production and citations.

If you give any of it, you're playing its game.

That's a great way to spot weak academics and weak disciplines.

Use bibtex like a grownup, at least skim what you cite, I swear is not that hard.

Which laptop do you use to work outside?

*American universities.

I would say the complete opposite in the case of the US.
Every work is an act of compliance to the regime. Every paper with Columbia affiliation shows that cutting funds is not so bad. Every line of code solidifies power structures and increases the wealth of the new American imperialism.

Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s

Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor | Science | AAAS

Beautiful research from University of Milan, my Alma mater.

www.science.org/content/arti...

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I'm becoming more cynical everyday:

3 researchers make an AI application, with invented references, all three cleared of any guilt because pointing at each other as the culprit.

This place is unbelievable...

www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-05-07/f...

#academicsky #lund #sweden

If you don't apply you don't value freedom.

#academicsky #erc #europe

Blue Sky is ahead but X isnt YET dead for science. Interesting BLOG from @altmetric.com on relative performance of BS vs X related to research. #Science #SciComm #AcademicSky 🌍🧪
www.altmetric.com/blog/bluesky...

Very believable.

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In Europe (France) you can get a 12 month scientific visa with very few questions if you have a master degree or equivalent.

In general an invitation can give you some grace period in any European country, so just contact someone in your field with an explanation.

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

The national science Foundation is no more.

The question is: what are you going to do about it, friend? Continue your day as usual?

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

#academicsky #nsf #trump

I had somebody locked out of his room and he started balcony jumping to arrive at his floor. Then he knocked on the window of a full professor to let him in.

I wanted to hike to the mountaintop during the conference excursion, and it got late. We ended up coming down when it was dark holding hands.

Ahhh the haydays of the Mac cult.

Tell them to wait a bit since you're applying to a grant it might take a little longer than expected.

This is not what the post is about tho.

Of course there's variation and inequality of opportunities. Even in Sweden, where you're paid to go to college and highschool, there are.

It just feels completely invented. I am a professor in a top uni and don't know anyone that was groomed to become a physicist.

Even my colleagues don't teach their children extra physics and maths and don't have any particular desire for them to become academics.

Never seen such a thing. Why invest so much in a low prestige low earnings career?

YouTube video by MSNBC Top NIH scientist speaks out, says research was ‘censored’ under RFK Jr

If you do research with impact, in this new USA, you might be censored if it doesn't align with the government narrative.

Why the fuck do you stay there, researcher?

youtu.be/CyoW6kFCSWk?...

#academicsky #nih

Very nice, so that spontaneous abortion can be charged with manslaughter as god intended.

I will not rest until the us becomes a regulatory mess such as the world has never seen.

Denmark is number 2 and Sweden is number 4 and they have for-profit schools and don't tax the billionaires.

I approve of the meme, but it is factually inconsistent. The ranking is crap.

It's official, JD Vance is total jinx material.

New paper incoming, it's an evaporation surprise!

Very fun incremental, congrats!

Why is it called Cavity Quantum ElectroDynamics if there are no relativistic fields?