@danstowell The #RoyalSociety is dead in the water. Three hundred and sixty-five years of history, and it's ended it as a beard for a facist. What an utterly utterly shameful end for a once-great society.

Update. "The #RoyalSociety has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon #Musk [who is a fellow of the society] over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/25/royal-society-decides-not-to-take-disciplinary-action-against-elon-musk

PS: The RS is not considering how the 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 to take disciplinary action is damaging the academy, science, and of course the RS itself. It's also saying that its own code of conduct counts for nothing.

#Academia
@academicchatter

Update. "Elon #Musk will remain a fellow of the #RoyalSociety after a meeting to discuss revoking his association with the U.K.’s most prestigious science organization ended without any disciplinary action being taken against the world’s richest man…More than 3,400 scientists and academics have also signed an open letter expressing their dismay at the lack of action by the Royal Society."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/2025/03/07/elon-musk-survives-royal-society-expulsion-bid

Update. Another resignation from the #RoyalSociety to protest its failure to expel Elon #Musk. Thank you, Kit Yates (@kityates), for your actions and public statement.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity

"So for me it’s time to take a stand, small as it may be, and to distance myself from the Royal Society until such a time as it has the moral courage to specifically denounce the actions that Musk is taking to undermine science in the US and elsewhere. I will be resigning my position as associate editor at the Royal Society’s journal _Open Science_ with immediate effect. I will no longer submit my research to Royal Society journals or act as a peer reviewer for them. I would urge my colleagues to do the same."

There should probably be more people resigning in protest if the #RoyalSociety are not going to bother with their codes of conduct https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/04/elon-musk-science-royal-society-scientific-integrity

Update. "Elon #Musk’s fellowship of the #RoyalSociety remains intact after a meeting of the scientific body, the Guardian has learned, but questions remain about whether further action will be taken…Earlier on Monday, the Nobel laureate and AI pioneer #GeoffreyHinton – a fellow of the Royal Society – posted on X that he supported Musk’s removal. “I think Elon Musk should be expelled from the British Royal Society. Not because he peddles conspiracy theories and makes Nazi salutes, but because of the huge damage he is doing to scientific institutions in the US."

@stephenserjeant they're still blatantly ignoring the fact that one of their Fellows is a huge part of the problem ... #RoyalSociety

@cindyweinstein Not that I was qualified or knowledgeable enough to judge the #RoyalSociety, but was it wise to make him a fellow in the first place? His past behaviour was not fundamentally different from his current one, IMHO.