Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.
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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
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After Trump, we won’t even be in the contest.
Halting research is devastating. Reverting to 19th century laws and 20th century energy & transport tech will be fatal.
good thing there’s no such barbaric talk in our more civilized corners…
Not good, but also just a short clusterfuck followed by a nervous status quo.
I think that is more likely to continue than not. Even if Trump wants to start ignoring court rulings and play dictator, I don’t think this is an opportune time for him.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FLlILMkKFHgKwUawLqdwW2o84CLfBARQux5n-Pnbc40/htmlview
Regardless all this helplessness is infuriating. Take the money from sports or something or draw down the endowment for a few years.
Install people to destroy a country from inside, like a computer virus.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1112274/the-foundations-of-americas-prosperity-are-being-dismantled/
Oligarchs are the ideology of the new communism.
This is of course made easier by life long g brainwashing thru “pledge of allegiance”. Fascinating to watch. 😨