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The kids are savvy
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Learning at 8 am that the 5 is closing at 11 am for 4 hours, in the “free” world.

“Due to safety concerns, a section of Interstate 5 will be closed Saturday due to a White House-directed military event at Camp Pendleton involving live ammunition being discharged over the freeway,” Caltrans said.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
For those who have not seen the Heritage Foundation and US Administration backed Climate Report, here it is. Please comment if you are qualified to do so. It needs peer review. As my spouse noted, they are trying to remake a bad 1990s movie using the same actors.

www.energy.gov/topics/climate
Climate
This report evaluates existing peer-reviewed literature and government data on climate impacts of greenhouse gas emissions and provides a critical assessment of the conventional narrative on climate c...
www.energy.gov
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When you realize you are nearly done being a CFF!
June 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
And the original article by Alondra Nelson here.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reposted
A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle

Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college…
A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle
Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college — whose main qualification appears to be founding a company that puts ads on the blockchain — logs into a Zoom meeting, pays more attention to his fingernails than the discussion, and kills your grant with a disinterested thumbs down.
www.techdirt.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted
How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM