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This is a disaster, and will be particularly bad after a weather disaster. People will die and there will be vast economic costs from this. It's not about saving taxpayers' money. It's about disassembling the government.

submitted 18 hours ago • 32 comments

Once again, just like with Musk and Twitter, these fucking idiots don't understand what was already happening, rip it down, and then try to rebuild the same thing, but way dumber, because they can't understand nuance and complexity.

submitted 1 day ago • 82 comments

a thing i will note about this series is that most people aren't in nate's position — most of the more than two dozen people i've talked to are trying to hold their jobs under incredible pressure, and they're no less brave in telling me their stories. he put his name on it to help encourage others.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Saying "data doesn't lie" is like saying "words don't lie."

submitted 3 days ago • 74 comments

There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science. Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

Fascism always fails. Keep fighting.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

submitted 5 days ago • 671 comments

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

submitted 6 days ago • 1266 comments

If you’re opposed to fascism, please make sure you’re working on internalized ableism. The link between fascism, eugenics and ableism is well documented. Fight for disability rights. Make resistance efforts accessible. Wear a mask & stay home when sick. Don’t leave us behind.

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

People leave academic jobs to be program officers at NSF and other agencies. Many programs have trouble recruiting for these permanent positions. The damage this will do to US science will be long lasting. #academicsky

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

This is like saying parents saved money by not feeding their kids as much and skipping doctors’ appointments. People were actually using the services he’s killed off, among them veterans.

submitted 9 days ago • 75 comments

NEW: The National Science Foundation fired nearly 170 workers this morning. They include people who had already cleared their one-year probationary period only to have it changed to two years earlier this month. @kimzetter.bsky.social reports for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/nation...

submitted 9 days ago • 28 comments

Excellent thread on the astounding incompetence from the wunderkinder at DOGE.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

The cancellation of these contracts wastes taxpayer money, harms students and teachers, and worsens the American economy now and in the future.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

submitted 10 days ago • 845 comments

No. Just no.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah, this is pretty obvious but worth stressing. Also, the idea that techbro coders with no experience in government are best able to identify and root out “fraud” is laughable

submitted 11 days ago • 130 comments

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

submitted 12 days ago • 386 comments

Bloomberg is reporting that federal workers tasked with approving medical devices for Medicare have reportedly received termination notices. As a wheelchair user who also uses some other assistive devices (canes, shower chairs, that sort of thing) I want to add some context to this.

submitted 11 days ago • 23 comments

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

submitted 14 days ago • 852 comments

Roses are red, But that's not quite true, They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, Except for that hue.

submitted 14 days ago • 19 comments

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

submitted 14 days ago • 16 comments

Well, modern medicine was nice while it lasted. The basic anti-intellectualism and anti-science of the right is about to kill a lot of people.

submitted 15 days ago • 30 comments

BBC just released damning research on AI assistants' news accuracy. Results: 51% of AI responses had significant issues. 19% introduced errors when citing BBC. 13% misquoted or made up BBC content entirely. 🤐🤐 www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/... via @ezraeeman.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 59 comments

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 16 days ago • 1569 comments

Are they trying to put @theonion.com out of business?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I just went and downloaded a bunch of NCES data on public schools because I’m not sure it’s going to be there tomorrow.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Musk shutting down IES isn’t just another headline. It’s a direct hit to the heart of education research and school innovation. $900M cut. The ripple effects? Catastrophic. 🧵

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?

submitted 17 days ago • 490 comments

This is real real bad.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

No, you can’t use ChatGPT to review NSF proposals. WTF.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

NIH had two tracks for the same fellowship: those from underrepresented backgrounds and those not. Both usually get funds. Rather than merge back to one track to comply with their understanding of executive orders, they essentially rejected without review all the ones on the underrepresented track.

submitted 19 days ago • 19 comments

Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart. Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.

submitted 18 days ago • 157 comments

At Cabaret yesterday, Cliff said his line “…if you’re not against all this then you’re for it. Or you might as well be”. The audience interrupted the scene to applaud that line so strongly it stopped the show. Doing a show about the onset of fascism right now is. . . chilling.

submitted 18 days ago • 93 comments

New essay on NIH and indirect costs: goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

submitted 19 days ago • 16 comments

There are already impacts on all of us since Trump closed USAID. This soy research lab is just one of many bad consequences for America.

submitted 20 days ago • 18 comments

Colleagues, I’m about to make an ask that used to work better on Twitter, but if you could help me out that would be so amazing. I’m considering the timing of my tenure process and looking to make my strongest case. If you’ve used my work in class, could you please email or dm me to let me know?

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

“I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire.” 😭😭😭

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

If you're an NSF PI like me, you might be wondering: Will my grant be suspended or terminated next week? A few key things to know: First off, remember that NSF is congressionally mandated to evaluate broader impacts. And laws like CHIPS and Science supersede EOs. But also... 🧵 thread

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

If they're going to do this, I'd love to see them cover these exhibits with big, obvious black posters that say "This info has been hidden from you by Trump." If you're going to comply, comply maliciously.

submitted 22 days ago • 7 comments