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"The announcement drew some disruption from NSF employees, forcing organizers to move the press conference from one second-floor room to another due to chanting and noise from staff members." #science

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems. www.science.org/content/arti...

Absolutely speechless as this press conference basically ignores that NSF is already working, living, loving this building. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdct...

The NSF headquarters and current HUD headquarters are the exact same square footage.

NSF has posted its FY2026 budget request. Spoiler -60% in research related funding. www.nsf.gov/about/budget...

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

BREAKING: EPA head announces sweeping actions to revoke Biden-era rules on power plants, climate and electric vehicles.

From a colleague: The unstaffed USGS booth at the world’s largest mining and exploration conference, the 2025 PDAC in Toronto. ⚒️🧪

I've really appreciated Techdirt and @wired.com coverage of all this. Here's why is not just a sudden shift from tech to politics.

Today's RIF implementation memo as images for those encountering issues with the website.

One fired program officer in the geosciences resigned from a tenured faculty job after getting official notice that they'd been hired permanently by NSF…they left the job security of a tenured position "to give back to my country and the scientific community…”