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Judge Angel Kelley granted a permanent injunction tonight barring the NIH from implementing its plan to cap funding for overhead at 15 percent in federal grants (one of the very first research/science lawsuits back in Feb.)

Trump administration essentially just folded so it can prepare to appeal.
Judge Permanently Bars N.I.H. From Limiting Medical Research Funding
The decision came as an initial win for a broad coalition of academic institutions that had argued the policy jeopardized ongoing research, but it set up an almost certain appeal.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Accidentally adding a journalist to a war planning chat is one thing, but why s**t on the guy?
March 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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"We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it *is* security." - Signal President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com on the war on encryption
www.ft.com/content/a934...
The war on encryption is dangerous
Government demands to access encrypted data via back doors will leave it vulnerable to hacks, breaches and theft
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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President Trump called for an end to people hundreds of years old collecting Social Security benefits — a claim his own administration has debunked.
Trump repeats debunked claim that 160-year-olds are collecting Social Security
The president claimed in an address to Congress that one beneficiary is 360 years old.
www.axios.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is bad...
axios.com Axios @axios.com · Mar 3
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to suspend offensive cyber and information operations against Russia, according to multiple reports.
Hegseth suspends offensive cyber operations against Russia: reports
Russia poses an "enduring global cyber threat," per a 2024 U.S. threat assessment.
www.axios.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM