Then: on the poop list of the postmodernists: Transgressing conventional boundaries: Postmodern Structural Biology. * B. Rupp. IUCR Keynote. Aug. 21-29, 2011* Now: on the poop list of the new order: Correcting cis-trans-transgressions in macromolecular structure models. F. Waibl, K. R. Liedl, B. Rupp. FEBSJ <https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15884>, online https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15884 (2021) Always a step ahead into the dung LOL Cheers, BR
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM Artem Evdokimov <artem.evdoki...@gmail.com> wrote: > The first thing that happens as freedom of speech dies is that diligent > self censorship becomes the norm. People acquire a Komissar inside their > heads. > > When I was a kid, my parents had to remind me daily not to share with > school kids the jokes told at home because 'mommy does not want to go to > Gulag'. > > Word to the wise. > > Artem > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 15:21 Katherine Sippel <katherine.sip...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I love this conversation. It is an important one right now that addresses >> the intersection between the precise language needed to communicate science >> and the greater zeitgeist around politicization of vocabulary. It will be >> interesting to see how the etymology of scientific language migrates in >> response to this selective pressure. >> >> However, if you will allow me to put on my tinfoil hat for a moment, I >> feel compelled to remind the faculty from publicly funded universities in >> the US that your institutional emails may be subject to Freedom of >> Information Act requests. I was at the University of Florida when the >> Organic Consumers Association decided to go after Kevin Folta via US Right >> to Know, and it was nasty. I would not put it past the administration to >> weaponize FOIA requests in the future to root out dissent among US >> academics. Just something to consider when engaging in these types of >> conversations. >> >> Cheers, >> Kat Sippel, PhD, ELS >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM Harry Powell < >> 0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> "_golf_ of America” particularly apt with current POTUS… >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> > On 12 Mar 2025, at 17:49, Oganesyan, Vaheh < >>> vaheh.oganes...@astrazeneca.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > You never know what is on their minds (Musk&Don). Would you guess >>> anything related to Greenland before hearing it, or golf of America? >>> > >>> > Vaheh >>> > >>> > From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Harry >>> Powell >>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 1:30 PM >>> > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK >>> > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid >>> > >>> > I don’t thnk that’s why it’s been banned... >>> > >>> > > On 12 Mar 2025, at 17:09, Ian Tickle <ianj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > --------- Forwarded message --------- >>> > > From: Ian Tickle <ianj...@gmail.com> >>> > > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025, 14:08 >>> > > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid >>> > > To: Herbert J. Bernstein <yaya...@gmail.com> >>> > > >>> > > I spell it 'polarisation' anyway (from Late Latin 'Stella Polaris' = >>> 'Pole Star'). >>> > > >>> > > Cheers >>> > > >>> > > -- Ian >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 20:00 Herbert J. Bernstein, <yaya...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > > Dear Colleagues, >>> > > When I got home today, Frances presented me with an article from the >>> > > NY Times which contained the attached list of words and the >>> explanation, >>> > > "As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of "woke" >>> initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, >>> > > according to a compilation of government documents." >>> > > For this audience in particular, please note that "Mx", >>> "polarization", "orientation", "status", "systemic". "discrimination", >>> "equality", "expression", "barriers", and "bias" are among the words to >>> avoid. 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