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Bud Talbot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <br>This is all true</p><p>National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce : NPR<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/18/nx-s1-5301049/national-science-foundation-fires-roughly-10-of-its-workforce" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/18/nx-s1-53010</span><span class="invisible">49/national-science-foundation-fires-roughly-10-of-its-workforce</span></a></p>
Gary Wong<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@regehr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>regehr</span></a></span> Utter insanity. The <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> was already a small agency (&lt;1% the size of DHS, &lt;10% of NASA, about a quarter of the Smithsonian), and today it was decimated (I'm not using the word lightly: I mean quantitative, literal decimation).</p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p><p>From CBS.com: National Science Foundation fires 168 probationary employees on Trump administration's orders</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nsf-national-science-foundation-trump-probationary-federal-worker-layoffs-firings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/nsf-national-</span><span class="invisible">science-foundation-trump-probationary-federal-worker-layoffs-firings/</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>The U.S. administration's attack on the publicly funded research enterprise continues: "The National Science Foundation fired 168 workers to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order, the latest in a series of layoffs throughout the US government as the Trump administration seeks to shrink federal agencies." (via @Bloomberg) </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/national-science-foundation-fire-168-workers-on-trump-s-order" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-18/national-science-foundation-fire-168-workers-on-trump-s-order</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/StandUpForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandUpForScience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p>
Bud Talbot<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p><p>WIRED: National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/national-science-foundation-february-2025-firings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/national-scien</span><span class="invisible">ce-foundation-february-2025-firings/</span></a></p>
bse<p>Very bad news - hearing that <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> (US National Science Foundation) people being fired today.</p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Cutting funding for science can (and likely WILL) have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness - that said, there *is* room to root out pseudo- and bubble-science that exists only to pay the salaries of researchers who often know their work has very little real world value. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grants</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://theconversation.com/cutting-funding-for-science-can-have-consequences-for-the-economy-us-technological-competitiveness-249568" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/cutting-fu</span><span class="invisible">nding-for-science-can-have-consequences-for-the-economy-us-technological-competitiveness-249568</span></a></p>
Stéphane Pouyllau<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> “The List of Trump’s Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF” <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps</span><span class="invisible">-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p>
Stéphane Pouyllau<p>L'administration <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> sombre tous les jours un peu plus dans le néo-fascisme et l'obscurantisme anti-science le plus noir ! Un avant goût de ce qui nous attend ? <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/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/darbysaxbe.bsky.social/post/3lhcvn4hxwk2o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/darbysaxbe.bs</span><span class="invisible">ky.social/post/3lhcvn4hxwk2o</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>The List of Trump’s Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a><br>NSF staff have been combing through thousands of active <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> research projects, alongside a list of keywords, to determine if they include activities that violate Trump’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/executiveorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorders</span></a>.</p><p>A selection:<br>activism<br>advocate<br>barrier<br>biased<br>disability <br>equal opportunity<br>equality<br>ethnicity<br>excluded<br>female<br>gender<br>hate speech<br>inclusion<br>indigenous<br>political <br>racial<br>socioeconomic<br>status<br>women <br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps</span><span class="invisible">-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661</span></a></p>
DrKylara<p>Had my astronomy students brainstorm what a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/grant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grant</span></a> from the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> or NIH should pay for in order for science to happen.<br>The things in column one are what your institution usually handles, with 'rent' paid as a percentage of column two.</p>
lucha<p>Claiming to want to improve participation and diversity in mathematics in your math grant is now enough to get flagged by the US government</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/1ioo2x9/database_of_woke_dei_grants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/math/comments/1io</span><span class="invisible">o2x9/database_of_woke_dei_grants/</span></a></p><p>Dont feel depressed by this. Be angered!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a></p>
Denis Gilbert<p>Physicist Sean Carroll describes the bad decisions of the Trump &amp; Musk administration as they pertain to cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF). </p><p>In doing so, <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@seanmcarroll" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>seanmcarroll</span></a></span> gives a high-level overview of how science funding works, and what indirect costs are for, such as keeping the lights on and paying for other maintenance and administrative costs.</p><p>This is a critique that is done with elegance and open-mindedness. </p><p><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/overhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overhead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</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.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025/02/12/bonus-cuts-to-science-funding-and-why-they-matter/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">preposterousuniverse.com/podca</span><span class="invisible">st/2025/02/12/bonus-cuts-to-science-funding-and-why-they-matter/</span></a></p>
***Dave Hill#uspol #science #TedCruz
Doug Bostrom<p>"NSF NCAR is partly sponsored by the National Science Foundation..."</p><p>But ignorance is strength. </p><p>We won't know what hit us, very strongly.</p><p>"Examining large-scale projected changes in streamflow and flood extent (e.g., inundation) for Alaska is essential for raising awareness of flood hazards under a changing climate and supporting broad-scale adaptation planning..."</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PokingOutOurOwnEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PokingOutOurOwnEyes</span></a><br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL112004?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co</span><span class="invisible">m/doi/10.1029/2024GL112004?af=R</span></a></p>
Dr N Kar<p>Stand Up And Be Counted: Academia vs Industry by Derek Lowe in Science -</p><p>"Biopharma CEOs:&nbsp;what will protect you then? Speak up, speak up now. Because as it stands, you're forming up on the wrong side of a very important line. Time will not be kind."</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/stand-and-be-counted" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/blog-post/</span><span class="invisible">stand-and-be-counted</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</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/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biopharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biopharma</span></a></p>
Lisa Gets Politik<p>The combined budgets of USAID, EPA, NSF, NASA and NIH make up 2.5% of the federal budget. </p><p>That equates to $1 a day per family. That's all we are spending to cure diseases, have health advances, basic science, the environment, and foreign aid that helps <br>people who are suffering around the world. </p><p>There is very little government waste. This is a political power grab. </p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <br><a href="https://union.place/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a></p>
TaraNSFW Nudity
Frank 🛩️🪂⛵🛵🎿🔭<p>🤩 Really interesting tour by <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> visiting <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/VAST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VAST</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/SpaceStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceStation</span></a> factory! 🔧 They have quite an operation there, building <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/HavenDemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HavenDemo</span></a>, <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/Haven1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haven1</span></a> and <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/Haven2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haven2</span></a>. 🛰️ <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/SpaceFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceFlight</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/Raumfahrt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Raumfahrt</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/Weltraum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weltraum</span></a> <a href="https://f.reun.de/tags/AeroSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AeroSpace</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us_V_e0-NVs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=us_V_e0-NV</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he's trying to destroy future science<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/02/11/elon-musk-built-his-wealth-from-taxpayer-funded-research--now-hes-trying-to-destroy-future-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/02/11/elon-musk</span><span class="invisible">-built-his-wealth-from-taxpayer-funded-research--now-hes-trying-to-destroy-future-science/</span></a></p><p>"trying to unilaterally slash billions of dollars from the National Institutes of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>) &amp; the National <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Foundation ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>)...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>... panic, as public universities are economic centers in many red states. </p><p>...neither <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> nor <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> authority to make these cuts"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>