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Fantastic news … a remarkable person and great scientist named as young Australian of the Year for 2025. Dr Katrina Wruck is an inspired choice forthis prestigious award australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/d...
Dr Katrina Wruck
australianoftheyear.org.au
January 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Fantastic news … a remarkable person and great scientist named as young Australian of the Year for 2025. Dr Katrina Wruck is an inspired choice forthis prestigious award australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/d...
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
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It's all affirmative action for some of the most criminal and unqualified and also idiotic white men ever.
Trump has signed an executive order eliminating all funding for diversity and inclusion in the federal government, sending home DEI staff who will then be laid off. The historical echo for this is when Woodrow Wilson resegregated the federal government in 1913. We have reached the second nadir.
January 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's all affirmative action for some of the most criminal and unqualified and also idiotic white men ever.
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Every autocracy needs informers! Breaking horizontal bonds of trust by denouncing co-workers is key to making institutions political tools. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Trump Administration Escalates D.E.I. Crackdown in Latest Threat to Federal Workers
The warning came one day after the administration ordered that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the government be shut down by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Every autocracy needs informers! Breaking horizontal bonds of trust by denouncing co-workers is key to making institutions political tools. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
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Having ordinary civil servants turn against one another is a critical aspect of the authoritarian project.
Again, the gateway is racism.
Again, the gateway is racism.
These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.
The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (the feds' H.R. department) is telling federal employees to rat out their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) colleagues by emailing "DEIAtruth@opm.gov."
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...
January 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Having ordinary civil servants turn against one another is a critical aspect of the authoritarian project.
Again, the gateway is racism.
Again, the gateway is racism.
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A less tight labor market and less pressure for diversity, equity and inclusion has motivated more employers to end their remote work policies. Some are also hoping office mandates will help voluntarily reduce their head count/costs
from @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/b...
from @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/b...
C.E.O.s, and President Trump, Want Workers Back in the Office
Amazon, JPMorgan and others have been telling their employees that remote work is over. Now federal employees have been ordered to come to work in person, too.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A less tight labor market and less pressure for diversity, equity and inclusion has motivated more employers to end their remote work policies. Some are also hoping office mandates will help voluntarily reduce their head count/costs
from @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/b...
from @emmagoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/b...
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i have to assume that “pursuing DEI efforts” means hiring anyone who isn’t a white man?
The Trump administration said federal employees would face consequences if they failed to report colleagues pursuing DEI efforts
Trump Rolls Back Civil Rights Measure Banning Discrimination in Federal Hiring
His order revokes one signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 that prohibited discriminatory practices in hiring and employment in government contracting.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
i have to assume that “pursuing DEI efforts” means hiring anyone who isn’t a white man?
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In times of uncertainty, fashion can be a communication tool.
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's cowrie shell collar may have had a significant meaning … if people are listening. ⤵️
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's cowrie shell collar may have had a significant meaning … if people are listening. ⤵️
Fashion Is Already Being Used as a Form of Resistance—Will It Matter?
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's cowrie shell collar may have had a significant meaning – if people are listening.
www.teenvogue.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In times of uncertainty, fashion can be a communication tool.
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's cowrie shell collar may have had a significant meaning … if people are listening. ⤵️
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's cowrie shell collar may have had a significant meaning … if people are listening. ⤵️