The word Orwellian is overused, but this is Orwellian. Science and knowledge production funding is being cut, while remaining funds must satisfy the unscientific ideological commitments of zealots.
Reposted from Alessandro Rigolon
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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