There's some recruitment happening, but one barrier is: countries around the world have been slowly cutting research support for a while. When governments suddenly find money to entice American emigres, it's a pretty awful feeling for underfunded local scientists.

i literally stole this joke from @petekruger.bsky.social which makes me an autistic kleptomaniac

there are only two routes to increased economic efficiency:

1. genuine technological progress
2. getting away with paying fewer people to understand more important things

what's worse is that option 1 often entails option 2 in all but the most robustly equal societies

devour succulence

I mean maybe a writing-focused nonprofit shouldn't be throwing around clunkers like "unextraordinary"

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I for one much prefer Duhem-Quine's Logitech

Humility is us (by choice!!) bounding *ourselves* within the common humanity we recognise in the other -- not letting go of what we see and know, but seeing and knowing it also through another's eyes and hearts.

It's hard! It's neither completely safe nor completely free. But it's the only way.

Seems like a call to start thinking about and operationalizing CARE Principles in big data studies, beyond their original formulation by indigenous peoples

I'm so glad he's digging them! I tried to get my kid into drills, but he said they were boring. 😭

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🎶 oh my name is Peter Hegseth
my whiskey's mine alone
but whatever my generals speaketh
I send straight to Putin's phone 🎶

that's a flat out compliment, it's plain to see

But finally -- as others have noted on the thread, emigration as a scientist isn't even that easy. Many countries have "talented immigrant" programs but not many recognise academics in that bucket. So, it's really important to ask "can I go" before even asking "should I go".

Also, scientific knowledge is easily repatriated. If US science recovers, an emigre can choose to recontribute in many ways, from collaboration to outright moving back. They can benefit a US science recovery more than if they'd stayed in the US but given up science.

Leaving one's home country is a normal decision for academics worldwide, especially from the Global South.

No matter how infinitesimally small a privilege, a scientist having the "but should we leave" conversation for the first time in 2025 is privileged.