John van Kooy, PhD
@pantzfanon.bsky.social
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Meanjin/Brisbane-based researcher working on migration, refugee resettlement, and social cohesion. Where I work: https://scanloninstitute.org.au/ Things I've done: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-261X Other stuff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnvankooy/
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jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
Americans' Views on Immigration's Effect on the U.S.
On the whole, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country today?
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The percentages who volunteer that the effects are "mixed" or who do not have an opinion are not shown.
GALLUP®
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shengokai.blacksky.app
Something that I have been thinking about with attribution of "PhD level intelligence" or "PhD level expertise" to a machine is that it reflects an increasing trend among these AI bros and their sycophants to want the products of highly skilled training without actually doing any of the work.
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topmarx.bsky.social
A PhD program is where you go to figure out the exact kinds of mental illnesses impacting your life, and an LLM just isn't capable of that sort of introspection. It can simulate the spiraling and denial, but that only gets you so close.
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biancanogrady.bsky.social
There were babies in prams, elderly people in wheelchairs, families, friends, organisations, unions, and a sea of Palestinian flags and keffiyehs. It was the largest and most moving protest I have ever seen. #MarchForHumanity
A dense crowd of protestors walking across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, waving Palestinian flags.
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borderviolence.bsky.social
Today, some 30 organisations, including member and partner organisations of the Network, have launched the "Where We Rise" campaign, a coalition call to raise €1 million for people on the move seeking safety.

Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...
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erikahall.bsky.social
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
2. The greatest heroes of any age, the people who have secured all our fundamental freedoms, are those who have broken oppressive laws for moral reasons. When you malign altruistic protesters for breaking the law, you diss the legacy of those who broke it for your sake.
pantzfanon.bsky.social
What an absolutely stellar program for this year's Kaldor Centre Conference: "Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world".

Thu, 23 Oct, 9am - 5pm AEDT
Get your tix!!

@kaldorcentre.bsky.social
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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference | UNSW Sydney
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pantzfanon.bsky.social
I presume that ICE funding 'spiked' post-Inauguration as well
pantzfanon.bsky.social
I've seen the reporting and the footage of ICE arrests, but these charts are INSANE
chloeneast.bsky.social
Who is Arrested by ICE under Trump 2.0? A 🧵

New from me & @elizabethacox.bsky.social!

Piece: immresearch.org/publications...

1. ICE arrests spike in Jan & May 2025; when arrests increase, percent of those arrested who are convicted of a crime falls

Majority arrested have no criminal conviction
pantzfanon.bsky.social
Great opportunity for African refugee and displaced students - 500+ Master’s scholarships available at 25+ universities worldwide, via @refugeestudies.bsky.social

www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/rlrh-la...
RLRH launches new round of Graduate Horizons application support scheme
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
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ourworldindata.org
It doesn’t have to end this way. There’s now an effort to rescue the DHS, and new funders could help secure its future.

In a new article, @scientificdiscovery.dev gives an overview of the DHS, what the termination of USAID funding means, and what can be done about it:
The Demographic and Health Surveys brought crucial data for more than 90 countries — without them, we risk darkness
Cuts to US aid could end the Demographic and Health Surveys. This would leave a massive gap in our understanding of global health, mortality, and development.
ourworldindata.org
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lseimpactblog.bsky.social
“Around 50% of funded research remains unpublished”✍️Ritu Dhand

Citation bias leaves valuable lab work unseen, fuelling duplicated effort. PWC estimates €26B lost in Europe alone. Time to rethink what we call ‘quality’!

#PeerReview
Is there a strain on peer review? – It’s more complicated than you think - Impact of Social Sciences
The significant growth of academic publishing in recent years has led some to argue the system is reaching a breaking point, but is it this simple?
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