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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> without <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> is just a shell. That’s the point<br>You can’t protect what you refuse to measure<br>Beyond mass <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>, our anti-science president has:<br>· Disbanded or stacked federal science advisory committees with members skeptical of well-established science<br>· Cancelled scientific research studies and grants<br>· Proposed budget changes to slash <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> funding<br>· Dismantled agency offices and shifted power structures away from traditional expertise<br><a href="https://scilight.substack.com/p/epa-without-science-is-just-a-shell" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scilight.substack.com/p/epa-wi</span><span class="invisible">thout-science-is-just-a-shell</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Whistleblower scientists outline <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s plan to politicize and dismantle <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/whistleblower-scientists-outline-trumps-plan-to-politicize-and-dismantle-nsf/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/whistleblower-scientists-outline-trumps-plan-to-politicize-and-dismantle-nsf/</span></a> " Trump gutting NSF will forfeit scientific leadership to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, letter of dissent says. "</p>
Ars Technica News<p>Whistleblower scientists outline Trump’s plan to politicize and dismantle NSF <a href="https://arstechni.ca/zKLc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechni.ca/zKLc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NationalScienceFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalScienceFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Policy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p>
DrWeb<p><strong>National Science Foundation staffers express concerns about ‘politically motivated and legally questionable’ Trump actions – The Hill</strong></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Energy &amp; Environment</a></p><p><strong>National Science Foundation staffers express concerns about ‘politically motivated and legally questionable’ Trump actions</strong></p><p>by <a href="https://thehill.com/author/rachel-frazin/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rachel Frazin</a> – 07/22/25 1:25 PM ET</p><p>Employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) are going public with concerns about “politically motivated and legally questionable” actions by the Trump administration related to their agency.</p><p>Their concerns range from mass firings by the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to interference with the grant process.&nbsp;</p><p>In particular, the employees allege that for grants “a covert and ideologically driven secondary review process by unqualified political appointees is now interfering with the scientific merit-based review system.”</p><p>The accusation and others are detailed in a letter addressed to Rep. <a href="https://thehill.com/people/zoe-lofgren/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zoe Lofgren </a>(Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Lofgren said at a press conference that the letter was being submitted to her office as “a protected whistleblower disclosure.”</p><p>It was signed by 149 staffers, virtually all of whom signed either anonymously or whose names were redacted in the version of the letter that was made public on Tuesday.</p><p>The NSF is an independent science agency that supports scientific research across various fields including biology, engineering, computer science and geoscience.</p><p>The agency declined to comment on the letter.</p><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5413880-national-science-foundation-nsf-trump-grants-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5413880-national-science-foundation-nsf-trump-grants-doge/</a></p><blockquote></blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/employees/" target="_blank">#Employees</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/grants/" target="_blank">#Grants</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/health/" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/national-science-foundation/" target="_blank">#NationalScienceFoundation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/nsf/" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/political-bias/" target="_blank">#PoliticalBias</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/the-hill/" target="_blank">#TheHill</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-administration/" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Research at <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/UCSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCSF</span></a> linking <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> medicines with positive effects on Alzheimer's-damaged glia cells. Funded by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> and <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>. The writers, implementors, and supporters of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> have lost access to these drugs that might mitigate the suffering that comes with these <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a>. Too bad, they've limited our access, too. A pox on them.</p><p><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07/430386/do-these-two-cancer-drugs-have-what-it-takes-beat-alzheimers?utm_source=UCSF&amp;utm_medium=LI&amp;utm_campaign=Alzheimers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ucsf.edu/news/2025/07/430386/d</span><span class="invisible">o-these-two-cancer-drugs-have-what-it-takes-beat-alzheimers?utm_source=UCSF&amp;utm_medium=LI&amp;utm_campaign=Alzheimers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EndAlz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAlz</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"Trump Proposed Slashing the National Science Foundation’s Budget. A Key Senate Committee Just Refused."<br><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/trump-proposed-slashing-the-national-science-foundations-budget-a-key-senate-committee-just-refused" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chronicle.com/article/trump-pr</span><span class="invisible">oposed-slashing-the-national-science-foundations-budget-a-key-senate-committee-just-refused</span></a><br>(<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/paywalled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paywalled</span></a>) </p><p>"The Senate Committee on Appropriations voted 19-10 on [July 17] to keep funding for the National Science Foundation and other federal science agencies nearly intact for the 2026 fiscal year."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Redish Lab<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Sheril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Sheril</span></a></span> </p><p>And these <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> cuts ripple out to the inventions that drive the economy.</p><p>Essentially all of the economic gains and wondrous things we've made in the last half century (and there really are a lot) have come from science investment (in <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/DOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOE</span></a>, <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>). </p><p>Also, very few (almost none) have started from intentional <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/TranslationalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TranslationalScience</span></a>. They almost all start from basic curiosity-driven science, which turn out to have applications no one ever expected.</p>
Rachel Rawlings<p>TIL the "mud" used on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MLB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLB</span></a> baseballs comes from the Delaware River and that Penn tested it in their materials science lab last year with an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> grant.</p><p><a href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-researchers-dig-science-behind-major-league-baseballs-magic-mud" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-</span><span class="invisible">researchers-dig-science-behind-major-league-baseballs-magic-mud</span></a></p><p>https://www.<a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413514121pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413514121" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413</span><span class="invisible">514121pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413514121</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceBitches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceBitches</span></a>! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DelawareValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DelawareValley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Baseball</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p>My Team just got orders for the <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SouthRimFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthRimFire</span></a> here in <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a>. Kind of jealous that I can't go, but my current work assignment at <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> keeps me from being able to work <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> this summer.</p>
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RTN<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>:<br>"<br>U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation<br>"<br>"Now-canceled CMB-S4 project would have searched the afterglow of the Big Bang for signs of cosmic exponential growth spurt"</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-abandons-hunt-signal-cosmic-inflation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/u-</span><span class="invisible">s-abandons-hunt-signal-cosmic-inflation</span></a></p><p>10.7.2025</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CMB</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CMBS4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CMBS4</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOE</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Hintergrundstrahlung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hintergrundstrahlung</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Kosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kosmos</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mikrowellenhintergrund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mikrowellenhintergrund</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Universum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universum</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Jeremy<p>This is so incredibly short sighted and intentionally ignorant, too. Laying off so many staff - and the entire evaluation department (!!!) - in response to fascist-led federal cuts will hurt the museum and surrounding communities for years. Evaluation staff at SMM did all kinds of good and thoughtful work all around the state and were committed to equitable evaluation principles.</p><p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/09/science-museum-of-minnesota-lays-off-43-employees" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/07/09/s</span><span class="invisible">cience-museum-of-minnesota-lays-off-43-employees</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/glam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glam</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/EquitableEvaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EquitableEvaluation</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FundingCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FundingCuts</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/UnforcedError" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnforcedError</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/RealEvalTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealEvalTalk</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/imls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imls</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KimPerales</span></a></span> with $45B, you could also fully fund the National Science Foundation for 5+ years.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Looking forward to the Alexandria Declaration, from staffers at the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>). Watch for it next Monday. <br><a href="https://www.importantcontext.news/p/national-science-foundation-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">importantcontext.news/p/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-science-foundation-workers</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Max Lab UW Seattle<p>National Science Foundation Workers to Issue “Alexandria Declaration” Decrying “Catastrophic Changes” Under Trump Administration<br><a href="https://www.importantcontext.news/p/national-science-foundation-workers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">importantcontext.news/p/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-science-foundation-workers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a></p>
Max Lab UW Seattle<p>‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-nightmare-u-s-funding-cuts-threaten-academic-science-jobs-all-levels" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/it</span><span class="invisible">-s-nightmare-u-s-funding-cuts-threaten-academic-science-jobs-all-levels</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p>
Trina Corey<p>"Climate scientists in the United States are to be cut off from satellite data measuring the amount of sea ice — a sensitive barometer of climate change — as the U.S. Department of Defense announces plans to cancel processing of the data for scientific research."</p><p>"The changes are the latest attacks by the U.S. government on science and the funding of scientific research in an effort to slash the budget to enable tax cuts elsewhere. Already, these attacks have seen the Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the National Science Foundation evicted from their offices, references to climate science removed from websites, funding of data for hurricane forecasts cancelled, and dozens of NASA missions under threat and their project teams asked to produce close-down plans as the space agency's budget is slashed."</p><p><a href="https://www.standupforscience.net/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">standupforscience.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/us-military-cuts-climate-scientists-off-from-vital-satellite-sea-ice-data" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/astronomy/earth/us-m</span><span class="invisible">ilitary-cuts-climate-scientists-off-from-vital-satellite-sea-ice-data</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Standupforscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Standupforscience</span></a> <br> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Not all paused research grants are paused on the govt side. Williams College (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/williamscollege" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>williamscollege</span></a></span>) just paused its own acceptance of federal research grants. <br><a href="https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/northern_berkshires/williams-college-nih-nsf-grant-pause/article_c1fed19e-baf9-491c-9829-2e7176929329.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">berkshireeagle.com/news/northe</span><span class="invisible">rn_berkshires/williams-college-nih-nsf-grant-pause/article_c1fed19e-baf9-491c-9829-2e7176929329.html</span></a> </p><p>The reason is that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> science agencies are putting vague and ominous conditions on institutions that accept grants. One faculty member called them "booby traps". The college explained that it needs time to understand and navigate these conditions. Even affected faculty, initially alarmed, seemed to accept the need to do this.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Trevor McLeod<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> is under attack in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>"Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts."<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts</span></a></p><p>"A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>), with unprecedented political interference at the agency…The gold standard peer-reviewed process used by the NSF to support cutting-edge, high-impact science is being undermined by the chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants, and by meddling by the so-called department of government efficiency (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a>)."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>