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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.
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"Consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam."
This goes in a direction you did not expect.
This goes in a direction you did not expect.
A cartoonist's review of AI art
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam."
This goes in a direction you did not expect.
This goes in a direction you did not expect.
For all the AI-bubble-is-about-to-burst talk out there, if you've attended the #HotChips conference this year (that's been around for much longer than said bubble), it's really hard to miss the fact that a whole industry is aligning, and putting all its (vast) resources towards a single goal: AI.
August 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
For all the AI-bubble-is-about-to-burst talk out there, if you've attended the #HotChips conference this year (that's been around for much longer than said bubble), it's really hard to miss the fact that a whole industry is aligning, and putting all its (vast) resources towards a single goal: AI.
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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
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65th #Top500 is out!
o The Top 3 #Exascale systems remain unchanged:
#1 El Capitan
#2 Frontier
#3 Aurora
o JUPITER Booster (EuroHPC planned #Exascale system currently being commissioned – hence partial system) at FZH in Germany at #4 is the only new system in the #Top10
#HPC #AI #ISC25
o The Top 3 #Exascale systems remain unchanged:
#1 El Capitan
#2 Frontier
#3 Aurora
o JUPITER Booster (EuroHPC planned #Exascale system currently being commissioned – hence partial system) at FZH in Germany at #4 is the only new system in the #Top10
#HPC #AI #ISC25
June 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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NSF grants down 51%. New grants are being awarded at the slowest pace in 35 years.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NSF grants down 51%. New grants are being awarded at the slowest pace in 35 years.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In the past four months, the total, at universities across the U.S., is about $11 billion. The cuts affect things like cancer research, diabetes treatments, new wearable technology, farming solutions and studying domestic violence: research across nearly every discipline and subject.
What losing billions in federal grants means for universities, and the nation
The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the past four months, the total, at universities across the U.S., is about $11 billion. The cuts affect things like cancer research, diabetes treatments, new wearable technology, farming solutions and studying domestic violence: research across nearly every discipline and subject.
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Planting the #HPCwire flag firmly in the ground: Protecting the Bountiful Forest of Science, Technology, and HPC
www.hpcwire.com/2025/05/13/p...
www.hpcwire.com/2025/05/13/p...
Protecting the Bountiful Forest of Science, Technology, and HPC
Anyone who has worked at the leading edge will tell you they did not get there alone. Indeed, the breakthroughs that fit in our pocket or speed us down the […]
www.hpcwire.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Planting the #HPCwire flag firmly in the ground: Protecting the Bountiful Forest of Science, Technology, and HPC
www.hpcwire.com/2025/05/13/p...
www.hpcwire.com/2025/05/13/p...
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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American science is facing an existential threat.
RIP American science: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions, layoff staff, and terminate more funded grants.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
American science is facing an existential threat.
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Unidata maintains a lot of key weather data infrastructure, including the netCDF data standard and libraries, metpy. data dissemination servers for accessing models and observations from NOAA, and educational resources for the university community. Now everyone is furloughed b/c of Trump and DOGE.
May 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Unidata maintains a lot of key weather data infrastructure, including the netCDF data standard and libraries, metpy. data dissemination servers for accessing models and observations from NOAA, and educational resources for the university community. Now everyone is furloughed b/c of Trump and DOGE.
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But the biggest tragedy will be the lost generations
The current scientists who see their life’s work destroyed with the loss of funding, and the resulting loss of employment
But perhaps even worse, the next generation of scientists who will not even get a chance to pursue their passion at all
The current scientists who see their life’s work destroyed with the loss of funding, and the resulting loss of employment
But perhaps even worse, the next generation of scientists who will not even get a chance to pursue their passion at all
May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
But the biggest tragedy will be the lost generations
The current scientists who see their life’s work destroyed with the loss of funding, and the resulting loss of employment
But perhaps even worse, the next generation of scientists who will not even get a chance to pursue their passion at all
The current scientists who see their life’s work destroyed with the loss of funding, and the resulting loss of employment
But perhaps even worse, the next generation of scientists who will not even get a chance to pursue their passion at all
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The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
#HPC
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
#HPC
Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
#HPC
www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
#HPC
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President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding.
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
May 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
President Trump's "skinny" budget request absolutely eviscerates scientific research funding.
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
The @aaas.org estimates the request would constitute an 82.5% reduction in research spending (and that's just the agencies named in the request).
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Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem