If you think legislation that targets “low enrollment degrees” only impacts the humanities please look at this list. Degrees in chemistry, math, physics, political science, data analytics, psychology and economics are being eliminated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/04/16/o...
Image of the proposed 466 mile citywide bike network in Milan being built for $285M.
This is more than 11x the amount that Minneapolis has spent on bike infrastructure in the past decade.
Milan GDP: $250B
Mpls GDP: $350B
For comparison, the 494 expansion from Edina to Richfield will cost $377M. 494/35W interchange: $255 million.
We can have nice things. We just choose not to.
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#GreatOhioClimateMarch
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Confirmed with 98% reporting: Tisza still has 138 of the 199 seats, a bunch more than the supermajority it needs to amend the constitution.
For us that can't imagine 4 years, try not giving up for 4x that. Thx & congrats to Hungary.
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
ORBÁN CONCEDED
"We need to imagine a more democratic, more egalitarian, more generous country, one that operates in recognition of an abundance of wealth that should serve all of us – and nature and future generations too – rather than is driven by the moral poverty of billionaires."
France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry.
The reason?
The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore.
Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.
Agreed. Please reserve this kind of judgment for billionaires with cosmovisions. Public dollars should be there for science and a strong social safety net. #taxbillionaires
Tshirt that says: I'm fascinated by outer space and I vote.
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.
King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
It’s pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous
vertical image of a still retention basin and sunlit sky. the sky is split starkly down the middle, clear on the left, gray clouds on the right, sun at the center. the cloud line is reflected perfectly on the basin surface below the horizon. photo by Lindsay Schiel NEORSD
not ‘shopped. not cropped. not stock.
straight from the phone of stormwater inspector Lindsay Schiel snapped yesterday at a basin in Hudson.
a low-angle shot of a large Scots Pine tree in ancient forest environment. The central focus is a tall, mature pine tree with a thick, reddish-brown trunk and extensive, spreading branches. The image is taken from below, looking up towards the canopy and the sky, which emphasizes the height and grandeur of the tree. The tree is surrounded by other, younger or smaller pine trees. The ground in the foreground consists of large, rugged rocks and some pine needles. The natural lighting is bright, with a pale blue and white sky visible through the branches.
This is not our world with trees in it. It's a world of trees, where humans have just arrived. 💚
― Richard Powers, The Overstory
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#forest #trees #nature
#photography
#EastCoastKin
On Thursday, Florida's Board of Governors removed sociology from the general education curriculum of every university in the state. Chancellor Ray Rodrigues attacked the @asanews.bsky.social as illegitimate.
On behalf of sociologists everywhere, I respond to them in today's @miamiherald.com:
932 miles on a charge, a battery that lasts almost forever.
If we as a nation just cease being monsters & idiots, the future looks kinda...hopeful.
And by "we", of course, I mean a small number of us: the administration & its minions, pretty much all of Big Tech, fossil fuel barons, & crypto bros.
Massive nationwide protests against Oligarchy and Tyranny in the US, hundreds of thousands took the streets across every major city and everywhere in between. #NoKings #3E #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
The moral injury of watching incredible colleagues leave federal science because of what amounts to partisan sabotage is indescribable. Godspeed, Dr. Marvel. We’re lucky to share our one wild and precious planet with you.
When I see stuff like this, it makes me think about LLMs that are feeding on BS like this, and then AI overviews and AI slop will also be wrong. Cool cool cool.
Your weekly reminder that this comes from a speech against Am*zon & other profiteers, and which ends:
"We who live by writing and publishing want and should demand our fair share of the proceeds; but the name of our beautiful reward isn’t profit. Its name is freedom."
Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com: In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University: Nine majors "sunsetting": • Classical civilization • Classics (Greek and Latin) • Digital humanities • Fine arts • German • Latino-Latin American studies • Middle Eastern studies • Modern Jewish studies • Russian ALT
The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education. The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin). Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership. By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.
Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone
“Easy-to-install solar panels that plug into a regular outlet are getting attention just as Americans are worried about rising energy costs. That's because plug-in or balcony panels start shaving off part of a homeowner's or renter's utility bill right away.”
But the Utilities want to block them.
Results are about to start being announced in France.
Read my thread for city by city context.
And use my spreadsheet to follow the results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office?
—60,000 new social housing units
—15 express bus routes
—Completion of city's full bike network
—Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard
—1000 new pedestrian streets
—300 new hectares of parks
We should reconsider the term „energy crisis“ when speaking about the effects of the Iran war.
This is very specifically a crisis of fossil fuels and their single point of failure. Fossil fuels are no longer synonymous with „energy“. We have other, better options.
"... At a moment when everyone in authority is ... suffering from the insane delusion that the future of humanity depends on a computer program that generates probabilistic text strings, ... I want to remind you that the future is yours, and it is not known ... And that is a beautiful thing."
