🧵 In just two weeks, Musk has set in motion the dismantling of the U.S. public research system, with incalculable and lasting consequences for American interests and global well-being. Here's why this should alarm not just Americans, but Europe and beyond. 👇 🦠 1/18 - ThreadSky

fabiosabatini.bsky.social • 16 days ago

🧵 In just two weeks, Musk has set in motion the dismantling of the U.S. public research system, with incalculable and lasting consequences for American interests and global well-being.

Here's why this should alarm not just Americans, but Europe and beyond. 👇 🦠

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giampier601.bsky.social•16 days ago

Ottima analisi
Grande e seria riflessione da leggere fino in fondo
La perversa macchina Musk-Trump+altri sta facendo danni incredibili!

fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

USAID, NSF, CDC, and other targeted institutions are just the beginning. Much of the invaluable data produced by the U.S. administration is already inaccessible to researchers and the public. Here's a @science.org summary of what’s happening. ⬇️

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https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/revised-and-extended-what-s-happening-inside-nih-and-nsf

fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

Universities are not safe either and will soon face growing threats and likely restrictions. Let’s not forget Vice President J.D. Vance’s slogans: 'Universities are the enemy,' 'Professors are the enemy,' 'We must aggressively attack the universities.'

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR65Cifnhw

fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

Anti-scientific obscurantism is a key step in the rise of authoritarian regimes—not just because it fuels resentment among those seeking revenge against experts or denial among those escaping reality.

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fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

More importantly, if experts are discredited by propaganda and data that describe reality and allow researchers and fact-checkers to assess policies are no longer available (or even cease to exist), then facts themselves become malleable at will.
Reality can be reshaped.

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fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

And when a regime controls the most powerful disinformation tools—starting with social media—it gains unprecedented control over public perception and reality itself.

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fabiosabatini.bsky.social•16 days ago

Consider the consequences of losing all access to independent, public data on vaccines, disease prevalence, and epidemic spread. Or on poverty, income, inequality, discrimination, crime rates, victims' profiles, climate change, and its effects.

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