Gerd Schröder-Turk
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Read this comment and sign the petition. I am signing because until Sydney Uni convincingly substantiates the allegations against Prof Graeber, there remains a suspicion of victimisation which damages the sector. Please see the open lette... chng.it/9sNbrt2T via @ChangeAUS
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"But, our resources are so great, that arguably, we have an even bigger responsibility to help our neighbours to decarbonise as well." …. The logic of Roger Cook‘s statement escapes me…. abc.net.au/news/2023-11-1…
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Take note of Prof Manuel Graeber’s struggle with Sydney Uni. To have his employment terminated after having blown a whistle is seems wrong. @Sydney_Uni and @mscott, could you please explain? gofund.me/74015f49
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What a disrespectful move that was in the first place. Glad the pushback worked. Power to democracy. Back off corporate unis! independent.ie/irish-news/edu…
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@jeroenbosman @RatihKabinawa @UniUtrecht @THEworldunirank @timeshighered @MurdochUni @uwanews @EdithCowanUni @CurtinUni, here’s an idea for our state! Just ignore the rankings!
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Utrecht University @UniUtrecht in the Netherlands has withdrawn itself from the World University ranking @THEworldunirank provided by @timeshighered. As this has generated quite some reactions - praise, questions, some doubts, I want to provide some context. Hence a thread 🧵1/16

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‘We’ve wiped out 70% of the landscape in the south-west, and there’s a continued carelessness still going on today.” The conundrum of WA‘s resources industry and the world’s lifestyle … no amount of greenwashing can hide this! @MurdochUni theguardian.com/environment/20…
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“You’ll lose your mental health, your physical health, your family and your career...” A high price to pay for doing our community a favour. Time for our executives to learn how to respectfully engage with valid criticism. Everything else is retaliation… themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/jul…
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We're proud to stand up for #whistleblowers + celebrate their contribution to our #democracy - but there's a long way to go until our society + legal frameworks give them the support they deserve.
Support these champions of #transparency at transparency.org.au/donate/

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The danger of metrics… in this case of ‘high cites’. english.elpais.com/science-tech/2… via @elpaisinenglish
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@TELUSint , what demeaning pathetic intimidation of public interest truth telling!
Milagros Miceli@MilagrosMiceli
Cengiz Haksöz, a content moderator @TELUSint working for @Meta, has been suspended from work only days after testifying at the German Parliament about labor conditions. This is a clear message to discipline moderators and other data workers organizing. Solidarity with them!
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... and my linkedin post on it: linkedin.com/posts/gerd-sch…
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Permanent Maths&Stats Lectureship at Murdoch U now open for applications - any field of applied maths or stats research. murdoch.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MurdochC…
@DiscoverAMSI @AustMS @ausphysics @StatSocAus @amermathsoc @dmv_mathematik @thejmcuk @LondMathSoc @Science_Academy @AustDeansSci

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@jshaataj Thank you kindly. The glory belongs to Fabian Schaller and Sebastian Kapfer for the code and to all co-authors of iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…, doi.org/10.1002/adma.2… and link.springer.com/chapter/10.100… for concept and application. Klaus Mecke inspired, guided and enabled this research.
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Also big shout-out to Karambola software (by @GerdTurk and coworkers)- invaluable tool for analysing disordered structures github.com/morphometry/ka…
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Finally! Excited to have this finally published - see our article on how
brilliant whiteness can be obtained from various different disordered
structures @VignoliniLab @GianniJacca @ThatGladPerson @SchertelLukas @CommsPhys nature.com/articles/s4200…

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Why is public interest truth telling made so painful? abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2…
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Time to ask the question: is agent-based student recruitment a good model? smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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structural possibility of tensioned membranes - hand stitched elastic fabric #patchwork #tension + #bamboo
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No simple solution for cheating : good to see this commentary by UNSW senior leadership theaustralian.com.au/higher-educati…
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