I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreihnwf77p5i7ubkbgabuvvx7z74wxdtbcdtl4nh7ihzwfth2unonkm
NSF says investigators can no longer propose to expand participation in STEM for women and underrepresented groups, and are terminating awards on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation. Make science all white and male again! [Updates on NSF Priorities]( )
Remember headlines like this from a couple of years ago? I think they were talking about these jerks from DOGE and tools they’re deploying. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreihrcjttuazjhdhxg6zcnzbkpu4fgqhigr5iihib775p6fwymxgzjm
I had a literal nightmare that during a town hall, the VP of research at my university threatened to sue me because NOAA had taken back one of my grants, but I had already spent some of the funds. He was going to make me pay for it personally. Check on your climate scientist friends. We're not okay.
My friend from the NOAA lab that brings you the Keeling Curve wants that world to know that things are horrible inside NOAA. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreiaiy2gnl6s54zes5lp4np4y5c4nsd3wpxhbswwkvqqy35geijpxh4
Happy Liberation Day to all who celebrate the release of money from your retirement accounts into thin air. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreihhjv2zrzf57cd52b3woubh6dyudoxwilkrkkgpjxwtgtmlk6mftq
Someone should look into how many people in Trump's orbit have been short-selling.
Before the pandemic, I was invited as a distinguished scholar at a Chinese university. I furiously scrubbed any negative thing I said about China from all my devices before I went. I can teach y'all how before you visit the US. RE:
Evergreen https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreid47wrtlbdm5m3aeigopog335dlqkuk73ylvkd7nmn7utcelvemsq
To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreicsmhbfy6l56ghprimub76zuojqy6us3hd3j4jumb5etkl4wpgscm