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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone”

www.science.org/content/arti...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 2d

Brain drain from MIT to U of Zurich.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Mette Lovschal @lovschal.bsky.social · 3d

Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.

international.au.dk/about/profil...

Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University

international.au.dk

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annamariaaeder.bsky.social @annamariaaeder.bsky.social · 5d

So lesenswert, schön, aber traurig machend geschrieben.

Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 5d

Liebe dt. Wissenschaft, von mir verlangst Du seit Jahren vollstes Commitment. Von Dir bekomme ich im Gegenzug nichts als maximale Unverbindlichkeit. So kann es mit uns nicht weitergehen. Deshalb schreibe ich Dir diesen Brief — nachzulesen heute in meinem Newsletter #ArbeitInDerWiss!

#IchBinHanna

An die deutsche Wissenschaft: (k)ein Liebesbrief

Liebe deutsche Wissenschaft, wir müssen reden.

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 7d

"The standard is not what was said, but whether it became the object of political outrage." "Faculty and staff must assume that any statement — even one squarely protected by the First Amendment —could lead to dismissal if it attracts the wrong attention."

www.chronicle.com/article/who-...

Opinion | Who Will Clemson Censor Next?

We no longer know what speech will be tolerated or punished. The result: self-censoring and silence.

www.chronicle.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 8d

ICE arresting and disappearing American citizens who make use of their first amendment rights.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 9d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 9d

«The White House dismissed the majority of members on the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday.»

Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 10d

More bad news re: the authoritarian takeover of the Humanities:

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

White House dismisses majority of National Council on the Humanities

The White House dismissed the majority of members on the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday. Just four of the 26 members remain on the council’s website: Russell Berman, Keegan Callana…

thehill.com

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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 11d

Zwei Bücher, die ich aktuell uneingeschränkt empfehlen kann:
@reclamverlag.bsky.social
@chbeckliteratur.bsky.social

Cover von Rainer Mühlhoffs Buch "Künstliche Intelligenz und der neue Faschismus", erschienen in der Reclam-Reihe "Was bedeutet das alles?"

Cover von Ingo Dachwitz' und Sven Hilbigs Buch "Digitaler Kolonialismus", erschienen bei C. H. Beck.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left

www.nytimes.com

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 12d

What's the word for when a university famous for economics and in possession of a $10bn endowment screws up its finances badly enough it has to sell a whole research institute? www.ft.com/content/4501...

UChicago sells prized institute amid high debt and low returns

Endowment of famed finance school posted weak investment gains as it borrowed heavily to invest in research capacity

www.ft.com

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 13d

1 transgender shooter
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"

47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."

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Dr. Paulette Steeves @indigarc.bsky.social · 13d

I just found this interview online, which I did last year. Thought you might enjoy reading this :)
www.diacriticsjournal.com/decolonizing...

Decolonizing North American Archaeology: An Interview with Paulette F.C. Steeves - Diacritics

January 23, 2024 Decolonizing North American Archaeology: An Interview with Paulette F.C. Steeves Paulette F.C. Steeves (Cree-Métis) is Canada Research Chair Tier II, Indigenous History, Healing, and ...

www.diacriticsjournal.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 13d

I cannot express how tired i am of thinking about, worrying about, talking about, and stressing about whether it's time for me to flee the United States while I have the means and opportunity to do so.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12d

Erasing history.

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 13d

People are being deported/arrested by ICE based on their looks. The despicable Aryan Nation’s dream has come true.

‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet

www.nytimes.com

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 13d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Melvin Rogers @prorogers.bsky.social · 14d

Was asked about “viewpoint diversity.” It may sound like pluralism, but it means auditing faculty for ideological balance—confusing scholarship with partisan accounting. Pluralism rests on rigorous debate and critique, not political mandates, and rarely welcomes every opinion under the sun.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 15d

This is such a good article on how the undermining of universities is part of an anti-democratic movement:

“Anti-university rhetoric is the language of an international pro-authoritarian movement opposed to centers of learning that model liberal-democratic values”

Tracing the roots of anti-university rhetoric (opinion)

Bradford Vivian writes that growing anti-university sentiment can be traced to pro-authoritarian movements abroad.

www.insidehighered.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16d

"The sheer number of American elites willing to acquiesce to the destruction of democratic institutions is demoralizing. But it’s worth noting that many ordinary people seem to be made of sterner stuff."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Lower Than Cowards

The surrender of America’s elites

www.theatlantic.com

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 15d

Walk out at UN over Netanyahu

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16d

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

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Felix Bohr @felixbohr.bsky.social · 16d

Walter Benjamin, verfolgt von den Nationalsozialisten, versucht 1940 die Flucht über die spanisch-französische Grenze. Die spanische Grenzpolizei verweigert ihm die Einreise. Ihm droht die Abschiebung nach Frankreich. In der Nacht des 26. September nimmt er sich das Leben.

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 17d

Borsook calling out techno fascism 25 years ago.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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christawirth.bsky.social @christawirth.bsky.social · 18d

There needs to be a path to citizenship.

Forbes @forbes.com · 19d

We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.

Needed U.S. Immigration Changes

We badly need a coherent policy for otherwise-law-abiding illegals who've been in the U.S. for years.

www.forbes.com

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