Alex Piet
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After, let's call it a good night sleep for the sake of argument, a good night sleep, I read the "Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates" more carefully at the suggestion of an experience colleague.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
After, let's call it a good night sleep for the sake of argument, a good night sleep, I read the "Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates" more carefully at the suggestion of an experience colleague.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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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.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Under fascism, no one is safe.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.
Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.
Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.
Reposted by Alex Piet
Couple of thoughts on this - short 🧵
1) even if there are successful legal challenges to this particular change, I don’t see indirect rates of >60% coming back any time soon and universities should plan for the long term accordingly
1) even if there are successful legal challenges to this particular change, I don’t see indirect rates of >60% coming back any time soon and universities should plan for the long term accordingly
Holy cow - NIH mandating a 15% cap on indirect costs for grants effective immediately
(Harvard’s current rate is 69%)
(Harvard’s current rate is 69%)
February 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Couple of thoughts on this - short 🧵
1) even if there are successful legal challenges to this particular change, I don’t see indirect rates of >60% coming back any time soon and universities should plan for the long term accordingly
1) even if there are successful legal challenges to this particular change, I don’t see indirect rates of >60% coming back any time soon and universities should plan for the long term accordingly
New paper, now out in Neuron: "Behavioral strategy shapes activation of the Vip-Sst disinhibitory circuit in visual cortex"
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
data, code, and model fits all available online
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
data, code, and model fits all available online
March 5, 2024 at 5:19 PM
New paper, now out in Neuron: "Behavioral strategy shapes activation of the Vip-Sst disinhibitory circuit in visual cortex"
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
data, code, and model fits all available online
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
data, code, and model fits all available online
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Wow. Paris just voted to triple the parking costs for SUVs.
A huge victory in the fight against car bloat.
www.bfmtv.com/paris/direct...
A huge victory in the fight against car bloat.
www.bfmtv.com/paris/direct...
February 4, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Wow. Paris just voted to triple the parking costs for SUVs.
A huge victory in the fight against car bloat.
www.bfmtv.com/paris/direct...
A huge victory in the fight against car bloat.
www.bfmtv.com/paris/direct...
Reposted by Alex Piet
Reposted by Alex Piet
Biden’s numbers would jump 20 points if he said this on the stump.
February 1, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Biden’s numbers would jump 20 points if he said this on the stump.
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Prominent rapist, also leading GOP candidate for President, ordered to pay $83 million to one of his victims. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules
The verdict comes after a dramatic day in court that included the former president storming out of the courtroom during Carroll's closing argument.
www.nbcnews.com
January 26, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Prominent rapist, also leading GOP candidate for President, ordered to pay $83 million to one of his victims. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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a lot of the debate about voting for Biden is really a debate about whether voting is a purely pragmatic calculus or whether it reflects some sort of moral endorsement of the candidate
"earning votes" has nothing to do with. the way it works is that there are two guys running and whichever one of them receives more votes wins the office and is thus invested with large amounts of power
January 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM
a lot of the debate about voting for Biden is really a debate about whether voting is a purely pragmatic calculus or whether it reflects some sort of moral endorsement of the candidate
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Thinking about how there’s nothing to keep the driver with 524 speeding camera tickets in a year off the road because the speed camera can’t assign blame to the driver
howsmydrivingny.nyc/408vgjv7
howsmydrivingny.nyc/408vgjv7
January 18, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Thinking about how there’s nothing to keep the driver with 524 speeding camera tickets in a year off the road because the speed camera can’t assign blame to the driver
howsmydrivingny.nyc/408vgjv7
howsmydrivingny.nyc/408vgjv7
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Finding from a new study of drivers passing bicyclists:
Road characteristics (speed, width, etc) affect safety/risk more than driver attitudes.
Implication: For safer bike/car interactions, focus on infrastructure -- not driver education or signage.
doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
Road characteristics (speed, width, etc) affect safety/risk more than driver attitudes.
Implication: For safer bike/car interactions, focus on infrastructure -- not driver education or signage.
doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
January 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Finding from a new study of drivers passing bicyclists:
Road characteristics (speed, width, etc) affect safety/risk more than driver attitudes.
Implication: For safer bike/car interactions, focus on infrastructure -- not driver education or signage.
doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
Road characteristics (speed, width, etc) affect safety/risk more than driver attitudes.
Implication: For safer bike/car interactions, focus on infrastructure -- not driver education or signage.
doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
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The morning paper, January 5, 2024:
January 5, 2024 at 3:05 PM
The morning paper, January 5, 2024:
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2023 was the warmest year on record globally by a large margin. Another dark red stripe gets added, though I think I need a new colour.
#ShowYourStripes
#ShowYourStripes
January 1, 2024 at 9:09 PM
2023 was the warmest year on record globally by a large margin. Another dark red stripe gets added, though I think I need a new colour.
#ShowYourStripes
#ShowYourStripes
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IMPORTANT: This ranks a bunch of ways we get around cities, using average carbon emissions by transport type in grams per pkm. It breaks emissions down by operation, manufacture etc.
Feet and bikes win. Lots of ways beat electric cars, and everything beats gas cars.
HT @copenhenken
Feet and bikes win. Lots of ways beat electric cars, and everything beats gas cars.
HT @copenhenken
December 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM
IMPORTANT: This ranks a bunch of ways we get around cities, using average carbon emissions by transport type in grams per pkm. It breaks emissions down by operation, manufacture etc.
Feet and bikes win. Lots of ways beat electric cars, and everything beats gas cars.
HT @copenhenken
Feet and bikes win. Lots of ways beat electric cars, and everything beats gas cars.
HT @copenhenken
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The same folks who squinted hard enough to discover the secret of nearly limitless individual gun rights in the 2nd Amendment are somehow blind to the giant letters in the 14th barring insurrectionists from elections
December 29, 2023 at 3:29 PM
The same folks who squinted hard enough to discover the secret of nearly limitless individual gun rights in the 2nd Amendment are somehow blind to the giant letters in the 14th barring insurrectionists from elections
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the argument that trump needs to be convicted of insurrection before he can be disqualified is extremely weak. not only does the constitution not say it, but no one seriously believes that every single Confederate soldier needed to be tried and convicted before being disqualified.
December 30, 2023 at 2:08 AM
the argument that trump needs to be convicted of insurrection before he can be disqualified is extremely weak. not only does the constitution not say it, but no one seriously believes that every single Confederate soldier needed to be tried and convicted before being disqualified.
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This entire arrangement is almost comically corrupt. Like if you were asked about in your annual HR online training module the very obvious easy answer would be that *of course* this isn’t ok.
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
December 18, 2023 at 12:34 PM
This entire arrangement is almost comically corrupt. Like if you were asked about in your annual HR online training module the very obvious easy answer would be that *of course* this isn’t ok.
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
www.propublica.org/article/clar...
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A modern Christmas Carol remake where Scrooge doesn’t change his ways but instead makes his whole personality about how the woke Christmas ghosts are trying to cancel him
December 1, 2023 at 11:29 AM
A modern Christmas Carol remake where Scrooge doesn’t change his ways but instead makes his whole personality about how the woke Christmas ghosts are trying to cancel him
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The MIT Climate Clock. Time to act is running out.
web.mit.edu/climateclock/
web.mit.edu/climateclock/
December 10, 2023 at 2:09 PM
The MIT Climate Clock. Time to act is running out.
web.mit.edu/climateclock/
web.mit.edu/climateclock/
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Someone else already did this in the comments but it’s deeply funny to me how true this is, as literally shown by asking Chat-GPT what the poem is about.
December 7, 2023 at 4:12 AM
Someone else already did this in the comments but it’s deeply funny to me how true this is, as literally shown by asking Chat-GPT what the poem is about.
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Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard.
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
Democratic Staffers Told To Let Constant Calls For Cease-Fire ‘Go To Voicemail’
Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituents’ outrage.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard.
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
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my take on "from the river to the sea" is that if you can look at 10,000 dead civilians, 4,000 of which are children, bombed or crushed or vaporized or starved or who knows what else, and think, "i want to go online and argue about a slogan," you're not a morally serious person
November 8, 2023 at 3:22 AM
my take on "from the river to the sea" is that if you can look at 10,000 dead civilians, 4,000 of which are children, bombed or crushed or vaporized or starved or who knows what else, and think, "i want to go online and argue about a slogan," you're not a morally serious person
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we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.
The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore”
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
We! fixed! acid! rain! And we can fix climate change 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
October 25, 2023 at 3:08 PM
we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.