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Are there stars in Bluesky after the return of Donald Trump to the White House?
Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado, Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, Daniel Torres-Salinas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22702

Are there stars in Bluesky after the return of Donald Trump to the White House?
This study examines the shift in the scientific community from X (formerly Twitter) to Bluesky, its impact on scientific communication, and consequently on social metrics (altmetrics). We analysed 14,497 publications from multidisciplinary and Library and Information Science (LIS) journals between January 2024 and March 2025. The results reveal a notable increase in Bluesky activity for multidisciplinary journals in November 2024, likely influenced by political and platform changes, with mentio…

New Guardian documentary
Stand up comedy helps heal a Catholic parish: Fox Chase Boy
An altar boy at St Cecilia Catholic church in north-east Philadelphia when, at age 11, he became one of the victims of paedophile James Brzyski.
He has developed a one-man stage show that he performs to his close-knit parish. He speaks directly about a crime cloaked in silence.
#childabuse

Les séquences complètes du génome de plus de 2 700 Brésiliens, récemment produites, apportent de nouvelles preuves de la violence et de l'exploitation des populations indigènes et d'origine africaine.
Par exemple, la grande majorité des lignées du chromosome Y (masculin) sont d'origine européenne (71 %), tandis que la majorité des lignées mitochondriales (féminines) sont d'origine africaine (42 %) ou indigène (35 %). (1/2)

“No one was harmed by Soren's participation in the girls' track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are."
Kids schooling elected officials FTW
https://www.commondreams.org/news/transgender-student-athletes-maine

#Harvard continues to ignore reports of anti- Palestinian/Arabi/Muslim bias.
“Now, in the face of Trump, Harvard pretends that it is standing up, but you cannot stand up for freedom and silence members of your own community,”
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Harvard Affiliates Deliver Hundreds of Complaints Alleging Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Bias to President Garber’s Office | News | The Harvard Crimson
More than 30 Harvard affiliates delivered a box containing 452 discrimination complaints to Massachusetts Hall at a Monday rally, alleging that Harvard has fostered “pervasive bias against Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians.”