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 action 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."

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."

Update. #MikeTaylor (@mike) amplifies Bishop and Curry's call in his own new open letter.
https://svpow.com/2025/02/11/dear-royal-society-please-stop-lending-legitimacy-to-elon-musk/

"Musk’s behaviour in every field has been the antithesis of that described by the Society’s Code of Conduct: “selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership”… Now #Musk is an influential member of a US presidential administration that is actively impeding the progress of science on a scale not seen since the darkest days of the USSR, through censorship, catastrophic defunding, dismantling of infrastructure, and withdrawal from international coalitions. Added to this, his vindictive personal behaviour in targeting individuals contravenes every standard of decency."

#RoyalSociety

Kudos to #StephenCurry (@StephenCurry) for his open letter to the #RoyalSociety, pointing out that Elon #Musk has violated the society's code of conduct, and asking it to remove him from the Fellows of the Royal Society (#FRS), to which he was elected in 2018.
https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/02/11/open-letter-president-royal-society-stand-up-values/

(Curry calls for signatures from "all members of the UK or international scientific community" and I just signed.)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxqRCQJd8jNnNdXOmR7Ii3AvmO211SX76ai69LpbMHIWkfbA/viewform?usp=dialog

Kudos to #DorothyBishop (@deevybee) as well, who made the same call in her Nov 2024 letter of resignation from the society.
https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html

Losing respect for London's #RoyalSociety as it fails to #SpeakupforScience #USACoup
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/elon-musk-royal-society-fellowship-survives-fractious-members-meeting?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Give #Musk the heave-ho: "It has been more than 150 years since a fellow has been expelled from the society, according to the spokesperson." He's earned it.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00486-5

#RoyalSociety
#Science

Noted professor resigns from Brtitain’s ‘Royal Society’ over #ElonMusk involvement. Writes historic and well documented blog post announcing her reasons. #RoyalSociety #Academia #Fascism #Billionaires #HigherEd #NazisShouldNotBeHonored

http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html

Did you know: Elon Musk was made a fellow of The Royal Society and, when other fellows objected, they doubled down to protect him?

Read this by a scientist who values their principles over membership in a club that will have a fascist as a fellow.

You know what they say about a bar that allows Nazis…

#ElonMusk #RoyalSociety #UK https://mastodon.social/@deevybee/113542494059630669