DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> professors sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration over funding cut threats</p><p>by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WBUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WBUR</span></a></p><p>"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> discrimination on campus.</p><p>"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.</p><p>"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a>, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.</p><p>"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.</p><p>" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'</p><p>"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inquiry</span></a> at Harvard.'</p><p>"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> and students that engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harva</span><span class="invisible">rd-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
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Sofia Florina<p>Good grades ✅<br>Enough sleep ✅<br>Social life ✅</p><p>I think I have broken down the impossible. Haters gonna hate.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sofiaflorina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sofiaflorina</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ソフィアフロリナ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goodgrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodgrades</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grades</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sleep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enoughsleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enoughsleep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sociallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociallife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentstory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentstories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collegestory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collegestory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collegestories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collegestories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collegelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collegelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentstuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentstuff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentthings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentthings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collegestuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collegestuff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collegethings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collegethings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yesican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yesican</span></a></p>
René Mayrhofer :verified: 🇺🇦 🇹🇼<p>If you are an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> with a position comparable to tenured or associate professor and a solid research track record in a field related to computer science (treat this in a very broad manner) and are interested in relocating to beautiful, liberal, safe, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a>, then please reach out to me. We'd love to welcome new colleagues in the Austrian academia!</p><p>A couple of us are collecting profiles to potentially match with organizations that are looking to fund such opportunities. Full caveat: I don't yet have concrete positions confirmed, but am trying to get the funding bodies into position to do so.</p><p>Please boost!</p>
ocean<p>I like how the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> at my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> just don't come to work if it <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rains</span></a> . What a nice life that must be lol</p>
Luís de Sousa<p>The Computer Science Department of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstitutoSuperiorT%C3%A9cnico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstitutoSuperiorTécnico</span></a> has opened a new position for Assistant Professor in the research field Information Systems. Essentially, that will be a new colleague of mine.</p><p>Foreigners moving to Portugal to start such a position qualify for income tax benefits, making this position rather palatable by local standards.</p><p>Get in touch if you need to know more.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/T%C3%A9cnico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Técnico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/edital/676-2025-913946072" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalh</span><span class="invisible">e/edital/676-2025-913946072</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The threat to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a>' livelihoods at universities including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yale</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnsHopkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnsHopkins</span></a> has given <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>'s political leaders hope they could reap an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectual</span></a> windfall.</p><p>A letter, reviewed by Reuters, signed in March by 13 European countries including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a>, urged the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> Commission to move fast to attract <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> talent.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a></p>
ocean<p>Just submitted my first ever <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> review. I am very proud of myself! I spent so much time on it, because it will be published, and am satisfied with the result.</p><p>The seduction of using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> 's is always present but even with how bad my writing is, I edited edited edited all without the help of ai slop.</p>
El Duvelle<p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> Publication question: say you are writing a review that involves really old papers (i.e. published <1950). Most of the papers you're citing were quite hard to obtain, but you managed to get access to them somehow so you have a scanned version of all of these. </p><p>Is there a legal / official way to provide a folder with all the cited papers together with your review once it's published? And by legal I mean a way that the journal that you're publishing in will be happy with?</p><p>If these were old enough they would probably fall into the public domain but I don't think they're old enough for that (this says copyright expires from the death of the author +70y: <a href="https://copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html#duration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-dur</span><span class="invisible">ation.html#duration</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ScientificPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificPapers</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/AcademicPublication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicPublication</span></a></p>
Luke Johnson<p>4/ Of course, taking up an <a href="https://fedi.lukejohns.online/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> position at a US institution this summer demonstrates an impeccable sense of timing and self-preservation. </p><p>But this has been on the cards for a few months now, although it’s only now I have my visa that it feels “real” enough to announce.</p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 **Triumph and Betrayal: Assyria's Path to Empire, 935-745 BC**</p><p>“_This book re-examines the historical question of Assyria’s expansion, presenting a novel reconstruction of the early Neo-Assyrian period with the latest data (including new Assyrian kings), detailed regional studies synthesising the newest historical and archaeological findings, and interpretative essays outlining new historical factors._”</p><p>Edmonds, A. 2025. Triumph and Betrayal: Assyria’s Path to Empire, 935–745 BC. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111593715" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1515/9783111593715</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebook</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/NeoAssyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoAssyrian</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Assyria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assyria</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 **Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years**</p><p>“_Wetter conditions likely facilitated mammalian dispersals between Africa and Eurasia, with Arabia acting as a key crossroads for continental-scale biogeographic exchanges._”</p><p>Markowska, M., Vonhof, H.B., Groucutt, H.S. et al. Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years. Nature (2025). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08859-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-088</span><span class="invisible">59-6</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geography</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
LSE Press<p>Are you an academic planning to attending <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/polstudiesassoc.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social</a> conference <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PSA25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PSA25</a> next week?
👋📚 Do say hello to LSE Press's Managing Editor, Alice Park (<a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/alicecpark.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alicecpark.bsky.social</a>) who will be attending!
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politicalstudies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politicalstudies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ir</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23conference" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conference</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23academic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publishing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cpvfuohvyf4r4qontll7z6en/post/3lmero2cofk2s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cpvfuohvyf4r4qontll7z6en/post/3lmero2cofk2s</a></p>
Jan de Muijnck-Hughes<p>Any <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> friends have good resources on designing <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/resistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistant</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> assignments?</p>
Still Mad About CD Prices<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Qualtrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qualtrics</span></a> my dude you are still a kickass survey package, even if <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> departments like mine have to fight with our admin & accounting departments every goddamn year for your not-so-cheap offerings.</p><p>That said, I see you're offloading your <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> to a "customer success hub" instead of humans, and that the most recent humans, with names reminiscent of the Indian subcontinent, seem confused about questions that don't have talking-point answers.</p><p>I think you're on that ol' <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> waterslide.</p><p>First pic: single screen saying Ask any questions about your quote or invoice! with a note at the bottom saying you can't ask any questions about quotes or invoices.</p><p>Pics 2 & 3: frustrating conversation with a "renewals management" person who seemed to almost ignore my question until I perhaps used the right keywords and (my assumption) a supervisor with a bigger Answers For The Customers binder stepped in and responded.</p><p>[Note: I have no issue with anyone from any subcontinent; I have an issue with companies outsourcing labor to the cheapest possible market.]</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datascience</span></a></p>
NGI TALER<p>2/4 🌱 We’re offering funding between 5,000 and 50,000 euros! Whether you're a <a href="https://ps.s10y.eu/tags/SME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SME</span></a>, <a href="https://ps.s10y.eu/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a>, <a href="https://ps.s10y.eu/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> sector entity, <a href="https://ps.s10y.eu/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a>, <a href="https://ps.s10y.eu/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>, or an individual - we want your innovative ideas! 🌍✨</p><p>🚀 You can enhance GNU Taler by:</p><p>♦Developing auxiliary tools,<br>♦Improving user experience,<br>♦Creating integrations into FOSS applications, or<br>♦Boosting infrastructure components (like merchant backends), to name a few ideas...</p>
Hartmut Seichter<p>Masters degree students handing me in project files including node_modules are in for an instant fail. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webapps</span></a></p>
Duncan Yellowlees 🎓💬<p>Here are some bad bits of commonly given presentation advice to avoid</p><p>- make eye contact<br>- Just tell stories<br>- Start with a Joke<br>- Be yourself<br>- Use your slides as handouts<br>- More visuals!<br>- Memorize everything<br>- Dress more formally than your audience</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Presentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the process, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has blurred the personal & the political, making it difficult in some instances, like his targeting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> institutions, to distinguish between his grievances & policy goals. [hint it’s all always about him, he couldn’t care less about policy]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p>List: Who Trump Has Targeted for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>Well worth a read!</p><p>Today’s edition of the Middle East Eye:</p><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">middleeasteye.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sinai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinai</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a></p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p>It’s a dumpster fire of a day in all directions, and thus a weird time to share anything positive, but I have now turned in my contribution to the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ShirleyJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShirleyJackson</span></a>. So… woot! 🖊️ 📖 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a></p>
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