This weekend I counterbalanced the exhaustion and existential dread of (whatever we’re calling this totally predictable nightmare reality) in the context of becoming a #neuroscientist just as academia is? being dismantled with some painting. It reminded me that our skills are resilient, it was nice.

I sure hope the president of Science can negotiate us out of this NIH indirect cost tariff over the weekend.

Terrible news is normal but the fresh hell index seems particularly high this morning.

My first grant an NIH DSPAN f99/k00 was supposed to be in study section yesterday and today... and now the funding mechanisms webpages are 404 errors 🫠 .
Is this the DSPAN cooked ? Can I ctrl F specific words and resubmit elsewhere?
nobody knows.
Weird first post but this is where I'm at.