Terence TaoI wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-award-winning-mathematician
⏚ Antoine Chambert-Loir@tao The red color of the photograph and the two stars remind me of this classic photograph.
theHigherGeometer@antoinechambertloir There's also the purely coincidental resonance of Terry's family background with the colour and imagery. I hate to point it out, but there will probably be people who leap to such a conclusion in an ungenerous way.