Chris
@dapperprofessor.bsky.social
Black, Queer, Grits Enthusiast. Designer. Scholar. Technology + Race Conversationalist. Advocating for radical Black futures. Probably forgetting something…
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Every academic currently working in the US needs to read these replies.
And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.
And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.
Are non-US academics changing any travel plans that involve the USA? E.g. reconsidering non-essential conferences, turning down invites, or is it business as usual? #AcademicSky
February 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Every academic currently working in the US needs to read these replies.
And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.
And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.
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Will US academics even be able to attend conferences anymore? Eg, healthcare, life sciences, climate/environmental science?
With what funds? And to present what research? What’s left after everything that was funded by or in collaboration with NIH, USAID, CDC, WHO, NOAA, etc?
With what funds? And to present what research? What’s left after everything that was funded by or in collaboration with NIH, USAID, CDC, WHO, NOAA, etc?
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Will US academics even be able to attend conferences anymore? Eg, healthcare, life sciences, climate/environmental science?
With what funds? And to present what research? What’s left after everything that was funded by or in collaboration with NIH, USAID, CDC, WHO, NOAA, etc?
With what funds? And to present what research? What’s left after everything that was funded by or in collaboration with NIH, USAID, CDC, WHO, NOAA, etc?
People outside the US have more integrity about the bullshit happening here than some Americans.
As I imply here -- not going for the foreseeable.
Just seen a CFP for HSS2025. Not my field, but in any case -- I love New Orleans; I very much like the History of Science Society; yet at this present moment, travelling to the US for work or leisure seems like a betrayal of my values and the values of those I care about who live there.
February 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
People outside the US have more integrity about the bullshit happening here than some Americans.
Audre Lorde’s speech “the master’s tools will never destroy the master’s house” as a liberatory framework is gonna set a lot of us free. We can’t think we’re going to move needles from inside companies that are openly aligning with our oppression. That’s not how we get free my loves.
February 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Audre Lorde’s speech “the master’s tools will never destroy the master’s house” as a liberatory framework is gonna set a lot of us free. We can’t think we’re going to move needles from inside companies that are openly aligning with our oppression. That’s not how we get free my loves.
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I think a lot of people #OnHere (& I mean myself too) really really don't fully get how many people out in the world fundamentally do not know what's happening in the federal govt & don't fully get the stakes of it when they know it's happening. Need to be running major ad campaigns about this shit.
February 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think a lot of people #OnHere (& I mean myself too) really really don't fully get how many people out in the world fundamentally do not know what's happening in the federal govt & don't fully get the stakes of it when they know it's happening. Need to be running major ad campaigns about this shit.
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CALL CONGRESS and tell them to OPPOSE cuts that are threatening to take away programs that millions rely on like Medicaid, rent assistance, nutrition assistance, and student loans.
SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts
CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.
SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts
CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.
January 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
CALL CONGRESS and tell them to OPPOSE cuts that are threatening to take away programs that millions rely on like Medicaid, rent assistance, nutrition assistance, and student loans.
SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts
CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.
SIGN: wfpus.org/cuts
CALL: Text CUTS to 30403 to get the script and be connected.
Americans over here fighting for our lives
a woman wearing glasses , a hat and a beanie is making a funny face .
ALT: a woman wearing glasses , a hat and a beanie is making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Americans over here fighting for our lives
Taking this as a sign.
Go get your nose pierced. That’s what’s been missing in your life.
January 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Taking this as a sign.
This moment makes me want to be back in Chicago as a professor. Can’t explain why.
January 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This moment makes me want to be back in Chicago as a professor. Can’t explain why.
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This is just the beginning. The subsequent restructuring of NIH will have a long-lasting impact on the global landscape of medical science research. Expect a "brain drain effect" as scholars in the US leave to other countries. Expect the US to become much weaker in medical science and technology.
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is just the beginning. The subsequent restructuring of NIH will have a long-lasting impact on the global landscape of medical science research. Expect a "brain drain effect" as scholars in the US leave to other countries. Expect the US to become much weaker in medical science and technology.
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Scientists and health professionals: You are NOT powerless, here. You can
- Write an OpEd
- Learn #SciComm skills! While colleagues are muzzled, be their voice!
- Organize your colleagues to write a joint letter
- Start a whisper network to share info
- Be a thorn in their side
#ScienceNotSilence
- Write an OpEd
- Learn #SciComm skills! While colleagues are muzzled, be their voice!
- Organize your colleagues to write a joint letter
- Start a whisper network to share info
- Be a thorn in their side
#ScienceNotSilence
January 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Scientists and health professionals: You are NOT powerless, here. You can
- Write an OpEd
- Learn #SciComm skills! While colleagues are muzzled, be their voice!
- Organize your colleagues to write a joint letter
- Start a whisper network to share info
- Be a thorn in their side
#ScienceNotSilence
- Write an OpEd
- Learn #SciComm skills! While colleagues are muzzled, be their voice!
- Organize your colleagues to write a joint letter
- Start a whisper network to share info
- Be a thorn in their side
#ScienceNotSilence
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Sweeping restrictions at NIH have halted grant reviews, workshops, and hiring. Travel and communication bans block scientists from presenting work, recruiting for clinical trials, and publishing. Fear and uncertainty now threaten U.S. biomedical research progress. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Sweeping restrictions at NIH have halted grant reviews, workshops, and hiring. Travel and communication bans block scientists from presenting work, recruiting for clinical trials, and publishing. Fear and uncertainty now threaten U.S. biomedical research progress. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Part of the problem is I don't even think they *teach* 1984 anymore.
I keep saying "1984 was a WARNING, not an instruction manual"
but....
here we are.
but....
here we are.
Literally everything happening right now in like, every sector of life, media, government, and commerce is super orwellian and it's a mindfck to watch it all happening in real time and people either not be alarmed, be arguing with people who *are* alarmed, or acting like it's all a net positive.
January 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Part of the problem is I don't even think they *teach* 1984 anymore.
There is a whole generation of academics and scholars that are not going to keep switching platforms and may never adopt anything after Twitter. They got on there at a time when their careers had space for using social media consistently. Wondering what that means for a lot of that science.
January 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There is a whole generation of academics and scholars that are not going to keep switching platforms and may never adopt anything after Twitter. They got on there at a time when their careers had space for using social media consistently. Wondering what that means for a lot of that science.
Nah the way I layered these colognes today I deserve to be holding somebody’s daughter.
January 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nah the way I layered these colognes today I deserve to be holding somebody’s daughter.
You know that episode of Black Mirror where folks could get blocked from society and all we would see is a profile of “white snow” walking around but wouldn’t hear anything they say? I wish we could do that to this new administration and the tech heads in the news over the next four years.
January 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You know that episode of Black Mirror where folks could get blocked from society and all we would see is a profile of “white snow” walking around but wouldn’t hear anything they say? I wish we could do that to this new administration and the tech heads in the news over the next four years.
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at the risk of being cheesy, the inarticulated thing i think is love. there's a connection and intimacy that makes romantic love, physical love, transcendent bc like religion, the omnipotent thing it's intangible but it lives bc of our belief and when we give it air it becomes something.
January 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
at the risk of being cheesy, the inarticulated thing i think is love. there's a connection and intimacy that makes romantic love, physical love, transcendent bc like religion, the omnipotent thing it's intangible but it lives bc of our belief and when we give it air it becomes something.
Hype Williams was a visionary fr
We used to have motherfucking MUSIC VIDEOS in this country
January 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hype Williams was a visionary fr
The gym is gonna always make me feel better. 10/10 every time.
January 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The gym is gonna always make me feel better. 10/10 every time.
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The world is so heavy, protect your peace and love your community.
January 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The world is so heavy, protect your peace and love your community.
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I’m gonna marry the next woman I fall in love with.
January 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m gonna marry the next woman I fall in love with.
I’m really just out here cosplaying as an adult. I did not buy any grownup groceries for this snow storm. I have a swallow of orange juice and some bread. Just childish.
January 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’m really just out here cosplaying as an adult. I did not buy any grownup groceries for this snow storm. I have a swallow of orange juice and some bread. Just childish.
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🫣 Coming next week: Blog post on **the ethics of AI agents**, from Ethics & Society folks @hf.co 🤗.
We have had a ton of fun breaking everything down (and putting it back together again), it's gonna be a banger*.
*Not sure a blog post can be a "banger", but I do like how this phrase sounds.
We have had a ton of fun breaking everything down (and putting it back together again), it's gonna be a banger*.
*Not sure a blog post can be a "banger", but I do like how this phrase sounds.
January 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🫣 Coming next week: Blog post on **the ethics of AI agents**, from Ethics & Society folks @hf.co 🤗.
We have had a ton of fun breaking everything down (and putting it back together again), it's gonna be a banger*.
*Not sure a blog post can be a "banger", but I do like how this phrase sounds.
We have had a ton of fun breaking everything down (and putting it back together again), it's gonna be a banger*.
*Not sure a blog post can be a "banger", but I do like how this phrase sounds.
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The time for revolution is now. No more theorizing. Time to get in the field. Find what you can do and let’s go.
January 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The time for revolution is now. No more theorizing. Time to get in the field. Find what you can do and let’s go.