“Although the late 2020s may feel more like a dumpster fire than a garbage can, there are still many opportunities for policy innovation in today’s turbulent streams and whorls of scandal and reaction,” ISSUES editor-in-chief @lisamargonelli.bsky.social writes.
Read: issues.org/mohole-momen...
In case you missed it, author @monicabyrne13.bsky.social joined Jason Lloyd on Substack in collaboration with @issuesinst.bsky.social for a conversation on world-building in speculative fiction. View the full conversation here: futuretensefiction.substack.com/p/world-buil...
In response to Byrne’s “Golden Rule,” law professor and post-conviction attorney Randy McDonald explores how our prison system weights these principles—and how those choices affect what it means to seek “justice” in the wake of a crime.
Read the response here: issues.org/futuretensef...
My new piece in @issuesinst.bsky.social with @cyberlyra.bsky.social comes at an urgent moment in science policy. New OMB rules and EOs threaten to politicize science and strip it of the democratic norms, autonomy, and pluralism meant to protect science as and for democracy
issues.org/merton-redux...
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@monicabyrne13.bsky.social to discuss worldbuilding in speculative fiction—how she thinks about the scientific and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them.
Register here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Engaging with policymakers or local communities hasn’t traditionally been a part of the “culture of science.” Mary Woolley, president emerita of @researchamerica.bsky.social, a major research advocacy organization, wants to change that.
Full episode of our podcast: issues.org/mary-woolley...
Join Future Tense Fiction and Monica Byrne for a live conversation about worldbuilding in speculative fiction. We’ll discuss how Monica thinks about the scientific and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them.
Register here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Who will keep research data infrastructure open and running? Jennifer Gibson (@datadryad.bsky.social) and IOI's Kaitlin Thaney (@kaythaney.bsky.social) break it down in an article in Issues in Science and Technology (@issuesinst.bsky.social). issues.org/open-data-re...
Imagine a legal system where punishment literally matches the crime. In “Golden Rule,” this month’s Future Tense Fiction story, writer @monicabyrne13.bsky.social explores what it really means to seek justice for devastating crimes.
Read the full story here: issues.org/futuretensef...
This week's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "The Purpose of Punishment" by Randy McDonald in response to @monicabyrne13.bsky.social "Golden Rule" from @issuesinst.bsky.social
McDonald relates fundamental principles of correction to the justice system in "Golden Rule". issues.org/futuretensef...
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The decimation of democratic processes that undergird state-sponsored research may be ultimately more consequential than funding cuts.
