Claire W
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Claire W
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Neuroscientist & Science Educator 🧬 Past Civic Science Fellow in #sciengage #neuroethics 🧠 Cat Herder 🐱 Connoisseur of #kidlit 📚 She/Her
Now that DOGE decided funding cuts are the answer
Surprise surprise, guess we don't need to cure cancer
Oh! I just wanna know when will my grant come through?
(Maybe never!)

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...please feel free to add your own lyrics for other critical government agencies currently being decimated! (2/2)
February 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Claire W
Thinking back on all this I better understand the pain I feel to see science under devastating attack here. It’s not just about my livelihood or my university. It’s about my identity. And it’s about a pursuit that I see as standing along with art, literature, and music as among our highest callings.
February 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Reposted by Claire W
And Academic T&P committees, maybe take a beat & consider how the continuous & unsustainable push for CV conspicuous production has been a competitive inhibitor of scientists & scholars being engaged in their communities in meaningful ways as a bulwark to the shitstorm happening now.
a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner .
Alt: a woman in a black and white jacket is sitting at a table in a diner saying "There, I said it."
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Claire W
What started as a small group of park rangers has grown into a movement of over 100,000 federal employees. People all across the nation have risked everything to challenge Elon, his staffers, and the Trump administration, ensuring the truth reaches the public.
February 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM