Cyrus C. Taylor
@cyrusctaylor.bsky.social
Physicist & ultra runner. past Dean, CWRU College of Arts & Sciences 2006-2018; now working on climate science. he/him/his. Born at 316 ppm. Solvitur ambulando
“It is becoming clearer that the rule of law in the White House has depended chiefly on norms.”
What a photo caption at the top of page 1 of today’s New York Times
What a photo caption at the top of page 1 of today’s New York Times
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“It is becoming clearer that the rule of law in the White House has depended chiefly on norms.”
What a photo caption at the top of page 1 of today’s New York Times
What a photo caption at the top of page 1 of today’s New York Times
The Trump Adminstration seems to be following the model of the Soviet Union where “The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, along with all other books and other media and communications with the public, was directed toward the "furtherance of the aims of the party and the state."”
August 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Trump Adminstration seems to be following the model of the Soviet Union where “The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, along with all other books and other media and communications with the public, was directed toward the "furtherance of the aims of the party and the state."”
The Rules Committee of the US House of Representatives has called a meeting for Wednesday at
1 AM !!!!
to consider “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (official name) as an “emergency measure”
I wonder what they are trying to do in the dead of night?
rules.house.gov/media/announ...
1 AM !!!!
to consider “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (official name) as an “emergency measure”
I wonder what they are trying to do in the dead of night?
rules.house.gov/media/announ...
May 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Rules Committee of the US House of Representatives has called a meeting for Wednesday at
1 AM !!!!
to consider “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (official name) as an “emergency measure”
I wonder what they are trying to do in the dead of night?
rules.house.gov/media/announ...
1 AM !!!!
to consider “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (official name) as an “emergency measure”
I wonder what they are trying to do in the dead of night?
rules.house.gov/media/announ...
The framing of the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) appears to be complete!
March 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The framing of the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) appears to be complete!
CWRU Standup for Science Walkout
Friday, March 7, 2025 12-2 PM
Freiberger Field
Policy Goals:
1. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science
2. Secure and Expand Scientific Funding
3. Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Science
standupforscience2025.org
Friday, March 7, 2025 12-2 PM
Freiberger Field
Policy Goals:
1. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science
2. Secure and Expand Scientific Funding
3. Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Science
standupforscience2025.org
March 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
CWRU Standup for Science Walkout
Friday, March 7, 2025 12-2 PM
Freiberger Field
Policy Goals:
1. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science
2. Secure and Expand Scientific Funding
3. Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Science
standupforscience2025.org
Friday, March 7, 2025 12-2 PM
Freiberger Field
Policy Goals:
1. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science
2. Secure and Expand Scientific Funding
3. Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Science
standupforscience2025.org
"The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned that passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly on Monday."
wapo.st/41gmlOo
wapo.st/41gmlOo
February 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned that passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly on Monday."
wapo.st/41gmlOo
wapo.st/41gmlOo
This is worrisome. The NSF Staff Directory is unavailable.
February 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is worrisome. The NSF Staff Directory is unavailable.
“CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.”
February 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.”
The NSF ADVANCE Program is no more. The website went down in the past few hours.
You can see what it looked earlier today:
web.archive.org/.../advance-....
This has been such an important and transformative program at CWRU and elsewhere - I am at the moment torn between rage and devastating sadness.
You can see what it looked earlier today:
web.archive.org/.../advance-....
This has been such an important and transformative program at CWRU and elsewhere - I am at the moment torn between rage and devastating sadness.
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The NSF ADVANCE Program is no more. The website went down in the past few hours.
You can see what it looked earlier today:
web.archive.org/.../advance-....
This has been such an important and transformative program at CWRU and elsewhere - I am at the moment torn between rage and devastating sadness.
You can see what it looked earlier today:
web.archive.org/.../advance-....
This has been such an important and transformative program at CWRU and elsewhere - I am at the moment torn between rage and devastating sadness.
The DoD Inspector General is now also gone (see screenshots from just now, and as archived from Jan 23)
January 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The DoD Inspector General is now also gone (see screenshots from just now, and as archived from Jan 23)
The State Department Inspector General appears to be gone, or at least the "about the IG" webpage is now "404 Not Found" (earlier this morning it had his photo and bio).
January 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The State Department Inspector General appears to be gone, or at least the "about the IG" webpage is now "404 Not Found" (earlier this morning it had his photo and bio).
Today is a good day to remember Lesson 1 in @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century":
1. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given… A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do...
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century":
1. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given… A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do...
January 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today is a good day to remember Lesson 1 in @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century":
1. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given… A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do...
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century":
1. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given… A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do...
A change is underway - the State Department's climate site www.state.gov/policy-issue... as archived last Wednesday, and as it appears this morning
January 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A change is underway - the State Department's climate site www.state.gov/policy-issue... as archived last Wednesday, and as it appears this morning
Slides from my talk "Bj the experimenter" at the "Remembering Bj" Symposium at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) last Saturday
indico.slac.stanford.edu/event/9148/c...
indico.slac.stanford.edu/event/9148/c...
November 14, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Slides from my talk "Bj the experimenter" at the "Remembering Bj" Symposium at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) last Saturday
indico.slac.stanford.edu/event/9148/c...
indico.slac.stanford.edu/event/9148/c...
Elon Musk’s latest effort to drive users to other platforms
July 1, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Elon Musk’s latest effort to drive users to other platforms
Can you spot the Sun? (Those aren’t clouds or fog - that is wildfire smoke from Canada)
June 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Can you spot the Sun? (Those aren’t clouds or fog - that is wildfire smoke from Canada)