Feels like "der Vaterland" is telling us we have a Nazi problem. So, ya know... Maybe we should be following their lead and not the other way around.

Hey, good for Trump. He finally found a job he's qualified for.

If you want more details, too bad. The people who know can and will lie to you, because there's no way for you or anyone else to confirm. Everyone's ignorance of the truth is the precise reason for making the process opaque.

What it means is that peer review goes from being an open and scientifically rigorous process becomes closed and "politically" rigorous... Without hiring, NIH does not have the capacity to perform this task internally. Which means merit will be replaced by loyalty.

Expect the vast majority of grant proposals (e.g., R01s which are the life blood of the biosciences) to be rejected on specious and largely political grounds. If left unchecked, the academic sciences in the US might not survive.

I'm just saying that NASA did so much more in the 1960s with so much less than Musk has today. If we hadn't cut funding to give billionaires/corps tax breaks, NASA would be well on their way to other planets. If we're gonna spend it now, then spend it on public benefit, not private profit.

As I'm still required to send my weekly work product to an unsigned email address which is well known to be Elon Musk and his cronies, or get fired, this is performative theater at best.

So much for supporting vets...

Definitely. Not currently in anyone's crosshairs but I've watched too many good people have their lives destroyed in recent days. Can't stay silent, even from the shadows. 😎

Sometimes you just organically find good people. Lots of reasons to say fu(k these days. ✊