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08.04.2025 18:14 👍 6841 🔁 1545 💬 90 📌 40

Netherlands launches fund to lure top scientists, like those fleeing the U.S. As political pressures and funding cuts drive some researchers out of the United States, the Netherlands is moving to position itself as a refuge for top scientific talent. Education Minister Eppo Bru...

Well ...this fund is funded with existing funding from the science foundation (no additional funding) so that money cannot be spent elsewhere (zero sum game).

And the 'we value science and talent' political rhetoric comes amidst huge budget cuts in higher ed and research

nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...

21.03.2025 07:46 👍 50 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 2

Still from a video of animated text from @itsanimatedtext with Barbie in a teal dress with the words self care is officially over, we’re doing drugs again overlaid

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art posted this today and it’s still cracking me up

25.02.2025 04:29 👍 6783 🔁 1930 💬 41 📌 80