Karl Herrup

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This is my politics account. Here I mostly read, rarely “like”, and almost never post. I have a separate science account where I am much more active

If the hackish and quisling management at @cbsnews got control of @cnn, their owners @paramountco would order them to run old episodes of Petticoat Junction rather than, you know, do news like this. Let me stress again: They are not interested in anything but toxic pablum and lazy both sides nonsense and defocusing people from the real facts.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@kaitlancollins/post/DT85FAlkftg

Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) on Threads

Given the news, I’ll be anchoring special coverage from 7-10 ET tonight with my colleague Anderson Cooper. Please join us on @cnn.

Threads

Do the journals you publish in align with your values?

We push for an alternative to traditional journals that perpetuate a system of prestige and skewed incentives.

Why are there only parallel universes and not perpendicular universes? You don’t know how they parked their universe.

From my new piece Schrödinger’s Democracy: Why Isn’t Anyone Doing Anything?

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/schrodingers-democracy-why-isnt-anyone

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I am deeply ashamed of my alma mater. NorthwesternU, you are dead to me. I am headed to the basement to find my diploma and rip it in two.
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/campus/northwestern-strikes-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-federal-funding/
Northwestern strikes $75 million funding deal with Trump admin

This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Last updated on Nov. 28 at 8:25 p.m.  Northwestern reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore at least $790 million in frozen funding Friday, ending months of negotiations and federal investigations. The deal will restore funding for existing and...

The Daily Northwestern
The Saudification of America Is Under Way. “Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/18/saudi-arabia-america-jamal-khashoggi
The Saudification of America is under way

Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country

The Guardian

From Vienna to New York, a family rug became a witness to history, survival, migration, and change.

Eve Marder draws connections between personal stories of displacement and the essential role of migration in sustaining science today.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/109153?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic_features

To think -- some of us spent all that time and effort in school studying science, history, and math. We thought deeply about ethics and society.

Now, our government and businesses are run by the kids who cheated on all the exams. Our law enforcement and defense are run by the kids who skipped class to drink behind the bleachers. And our health care and science policy are run by the people who ate the crayons.