A map of the over 2,700 events planned across the US for No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18.
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
11 of about 55 PIs terminated at NINDS yesterday, with downstream effects for all of us in terms of the lost research into neurological disease and stroke. 1/ www.wired.com/story/doctor...
Let me speak to the DOGE audit language. Many people who work in both the Treasury and specifically the IRS are CPAs. Most audit firms hire CPAs. A 19yo coder has absolutely no idea how to accurately identify waste or fraud. Calling what DOGE is doing as a audit, is a flat out lie.
NIH was one of the best places to work. Hard to believe just how quickly it is being dismantled. The repurcussions on science and public health will be felt for decades.
Goose chasing guy meme. Guy says "we don't need bureacracy--just a mission-first mindset!" Goose replies "who sets the mission? WHO SETS THE MISSION MOTHERFUCKER?"
Indirect costs from NIH grants also help support projects and programs that directly benefit all sorts of folks.
Take med schools and hospitals. Many people that I know, including folks in the trades, have recently had a long wait to access health care. We have a MD shortage… 1/
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
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Despite NSF's funding *mandate* to broaden participation in STEM, we have officially made it impossible to conduct research in any field via NSF funding.
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Are you a systems neuroscientist, broadly defined, looking for a tenure-track job? Considering small colleges? Come join us at Allegheny! #neuroskyence #psychscisky #psychjobs #neurojobs
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