Moral of the story: don't let an autocratic party take over your country
@5a959140 Terrific piece on the autocratic takeover by the Law & Justice party in Poland. It's happening in the UK too. #RishiSunak's government doesn't like the law :-(
"I was not considered faculty quality, because I didn’t have a first author publication in Nature and didn’t have an Ivy League education." Katalin Karikó (Nobel prize) -yet another example of the stupidity of metrics https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/leben/interview-top-scientist-katalin-kariko-women-should-have-a-career-and-a-happy-family-ld.2352504
Timothy Garton Ash "A second Trump presidency would be a disaster for the US. It would also be a catastrophe for Ukraine, an emergency for Europe and a crisis of the west. If Biden steps aside now, democrats everywhere will honour him" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/unless-joe-biden-stands-aside-the-world-must-prepare-for-president-trump-20?utm_term=6516f48a531efb5b0c17c6b753530147&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=opinionuk_email
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