Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.
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Are scientists organizing -I hope they are. It’s gonna take that and all of us to stop this insanity. I’m appalled & disgusted by the total cowardice of our leadership that this was allowed to progress to the level it has. Ashamed and disgusted.
As a retired early childhood educator, i got all excited as i read your post .. until that last sentence. Sorry to you and sorry to the next generations :(
This one's on us, sadly. I don't want to distract from the well-wishes, but I think it's objectively clear that the constitution has one--and only one--remedy for an authoritarian executive: impeachment. Hard (i.e. involves convincing ~5 GOP reps and ~16 GOP senators) doesn't mean impossible! ✊
Specifically for organized militias, which makes sense bc wtf is a lone wolf gonna do. Do you know any militias near you? If yes, then you're in on a very secret society -- there are basically 0 militias compared to 1801, and the ones that exist are 99% right wing
Also like to point out that a lot of right are opening their eyes. I had hard right, gun toting, Murica fuk ya, family members join me at a protest just this week.
True but just because its not organized now doesn't mean it won't be when/if we need it. It also does not change the validity of my statement in regards to the post.
They didn't waste it. The daylight helped. It didn't fix the government problem, but it took public opinion of him down and put him on the defensive. We need that part again.
This is so so awful. I am so sorry that this happened. I am vicariously enraged for this bs. Are there avenues to appeal this type of action? Do you and the others have any pathways for action?
Oh, Tristan, I'm so sorry!! I hate that this is happening in general and I especially hate that it is hurting early career scientists who already sacrifice so much to benefit knowledge and education in this country. Please let me know if I can be a resource or provide any help.
This makes me sad, but honestly, Columbia was allowing some crazy shit to go down on their campus, so you can’t be that surprised. Clearly, the environment there is not fostering friendliness and community support even if you specifically are great. I’m really sorry their choices hurt you tho. 💔
I'm so sorry... 😢. Sounds like a really neat project. Heartbreaking that so many ongoing and planned projects will just disappear into the ether because of this.
So sorry that your research has been a casualty of this Felonious Administration's insane destruction. I hope we can come back stronger once we expose and defeat these anti-scientific luddites!
🫂 the vast majority of us appreciate what you've done so far, and will fight to get you back in the game ASAP. An absurd waste of someone's passion and talent
I'm sorry to hear this has happened to you. I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter. Could you please email me at [email protected] to set up an interview today about the loss of funding for your research, etc.? My deadline is 4 pm Eastern today.
Oh no, in this horror show of grants getting rescinded, I did not even envision Fs being taken away. It keeps getting worse. I am so so so sorry, this should NOT have happened to you.
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I forgot which amendment it was though...
We won’t have them people at doge for too long
It coming to an end for them soon
Sarcasm, it really sucks and I’m sorry.
I’m so sorry!
Trump is an evil person.
you truly deserve better.
this is great loss, for all of us.