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The International Congress of Mathematicians (#ICM) decided not to meet in #Russia in 2022, for a list of reasons including Russa's "war of aggression in #Ukraine and the potential dangers…in regards to freedom of political expression and the safety of #LGBTQ participants." Now some ICM members have launched a petition asking it not to meet in the US in 2026, for a list of reasons including US aggression in #Gaza, #Greenland, #Iran, and #Venezuela, and "serious concern that academics (or anyone) traveling to the US may be denied entry."
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#Mathematics #USPol #USPolitics

Knut Branson 1h ago

Nicholas Grossman 2h ago

Trump said he sent ICE to airports to go after Somalis and other nonwhite people. Some of his allies explained it's because ICE in airports will upset Democrats. Video shows ICE standing around, harassing, or arresting people. Why is anyone covering it as ICE helping speed up TSA security checks?

Knut Branson 1h ago

Victator 2h ago

Knut Branson 1h ago

Brandi Buchman 2h ago

WEIRD day full of tortured logic by SCOTUS re: mail in ballots. My write up inside: www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

Supreme Court Signals Mail-In ...

Supreme Court Signals Mail-In Ballots Could Be At Risk For Millions

Conservative justices appeared ready to strike down so-called “grace periods” for election officials to count mail-in ballots after Election Day.

HuffPost

Knut Branson 1h ago

LibreOffice 8h ago

Dear Europe: Germany has shown the way forward, by making the Open Document Format (ODF) mandatory within its sovereign digital infrastructure. Now it's time for other countries to do the same! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/dear-europe/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware #openstandards

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Knut Branson 3h ago

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Petra van Cronenburg 5h ago

@kim_harding I also warmly recommend the great book "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" by Frans de Waal, a scientific classical: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/06/are-we-smart-enough-to-know-how-smart-animals-are-frans-de-waal-review

De Waal shows especially the dangerous role that behaviourism played - and he is not only scientist, but a great storyteller (who has sadly passed away).

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal – review

Virtually every ‘uniquely human’ characteristic has turned out not to be so. This engaging study has the latest thinking on the intelligence of humans and other animals

The Guardian

Knut Branson 3h ago

Greg Knauss 5h ago

It is very funny that ICE didn’t change anything about their MO for the airport deployments.

The dude is wearing plate armor with a bunch of shit tactically stuck to it, to stand behind a Black woman sitting in a chair, doing the actual work, without getting paid.

Knut Branson 3h ago

Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉7h ago

TSA, the 25-year old boondoggle dedicated to the detection of shampoo and water bottles is facing funding challenges.