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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 1d

It is because of courageous leaderships like Sally Kornbluth that I am proud of being a professor.

Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 2d

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
@aaup.org @aft.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @uaw.org
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Regarding the Compact

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 6d

Those of us with an autoimmune disorder should celebrate this #nobelprize2025!

Peripheral tolerance in celiac disease, for example, is about the abreakdown in the immune system's ability to prevent an autoimmune response to gluten, leading to damage in the small intestine.

bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 13d

El periodismo de los likes.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 13d

Have you deleted your academia.edu profile? You better do.

Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers

Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 14d

AI and BS writing open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...

Bullsh*t Writing

A deleted chapter from More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

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Pablo Echenique @pabloechenique.es · 17d

Canal Red es un medio modesto que, sin embargo, es capaz de entrevistar al líder de la izquierda francesa —la más fuerte de Europa— y generar un documento que es un manual de praxis política.

@pabloiglesias78.bsky.social y @jlmelenchon.bsky.social tête à tête ⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYV...

Pablo Iglesias entrevista Jean-Luc Mélenchon en Exclusiva en Canal Red

YouTube video by Canal Red

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 18d

It is a scientific magazine and the idea is to invite those who are not thinking this is another crazy narrative

bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 19d

How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard
theconversation.com/how-does-ai-...

How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard

Chatbots can facilitate ‘cognitive offloading,’ or taking shortcuts when learning. But emerging research on AI and cognitive science shows that learning is like a workout.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 19d

Ignoring medical conditions such as fever that could be treated with acetaminophen during pregnancy is "far more dangerous than theoretical concerns based on inconclusive reviews of conflicting science" www.politifact.com/article/2025...

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 19d

Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?
The US president repeatedly advised people, “Don't take Tylenol,” but scientists say that strong evidence between the medication and autism is lacking.
@nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?

The US president repeatedly advised people, “Don't take Tylenol,” but scientists say that strong evidence between the medication and autism is lacking.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 19d

Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism apnews.com/article/tyle...

Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol and repeats discredited link between vaccines and autism

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 20d

Is there a climate generation gap? The age groups are aligned in mission, but not necessarily in tactics www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/09/is-t...

Is there a climate generation gap?

The age groups are aligned in mission, but not necessarily in tactics

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 20d

We used to have freedom of speech, we don't anymore, us, professors.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 20d

WHAT CAN PSYCHOANALYSIS TELL US ABOUT CYBERSPACE? (PART ONE)
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WHAT CAN PSYCHOANALYSIS TELL US ABOUT CYBERSPACE? (PART ONE)

What gets lost in today's digital plague of simulations is appearance itself

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 23d

Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no.

Geneticist explains analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... @harvard.edu

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 23d

If they shut down Jimmy Kimmel, anyone can be shut down

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · 29d

UC Berkeley ala McCarthy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Siempre …
La ilustración de nuestro magnífico @guillodibujante.bsky.social

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Justamente se incluyo en uno de los libros para postularlo.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Me embarga una tremenda alegría.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Love it.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Sep 8

The battle against authoritarianism is fought in the streets, but also in the mind.

The War for the Imagination

I and we are wildlife whose natural habitat is libraries, when it comes to physical space, because they contain books in which minds roam free through time and space, encounter Dogen and Dante and Sap...

www.meditationsinanemergency.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 8

Exclusive: Current and former Meta employees allege the company suppressed research that might have illuminated potential safety risks to children and teens on its virtual reality devices and apps — an allegation the company has denied.

Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say

The company’s lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress. Meta denies the allegations.

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bacigalupe @bacigalupe.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is the freedom the Republicans talk about.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Sep 7

This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.

“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”

What has America become?

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Sep 7

"[N]o faculty member should be disciplined for supporting Palestinian human rights."

"Mamdani's support for the Fired Four is a step forward in building support for the struggle to reinstate the Fired Four."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide

Mamdani Offers Support for Fired CUNY Professors at Brooklyn College Rally - Left Voice

Zohran Mamdani denounced the firing of four CUNY faculty for pro-Palestine activism. This highlights the strength of the movement students, faculty, and staff have been building. Now is the time to…

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