Sudden and drastic change will make it hard for researchers to keep the lights on.
  • blame [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    15 hours ago

    The united states is absolutely cooked. If the things that impact short term government stability don’t do it, this kind of stuff will in 10 years. For sure even if the dems win they won’t reinstate shit because they never do.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      9·
      15 hours ago

      For sure even if the dems win they won’t reinstate shit because they never do.

      Oh, man. So much shit has been happening so fast that I entirely forget about that certain outcome. I might have to avoid libs altogether because talking to them might drive me totally insane.

      Look, the cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, etc were really bad. But President Newsom promised that the democrats will expand Obamacare so…

      And I’ll be tempted to say “Were motherfucker? The dems need to undo them!..” And I rant on and on as I foam at the mouth and rend my garments in frustration fighting a battle I can never win.

  • regul [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    tfw you want to compete with China

    Also, that picture is not “UC Berkeley’s Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center” that’s the Valley Life Sciences Building. I had to go double check that they hadn’t renamed it and mercifully they had not.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
    14·
    19 hours ago

    The following is a Bluesky comment. If it’s even about half accurate - I do not understand why legacy media isn’t saying this too.

    Very realistic possibility that many or most universities will have to close their medical schools.

    I googled but I got nowhere. It’s really great that google is now shit when we need it most.

    -–

    Edit

    Somebody at Bluesky linked me this very useful short thread.

    1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

    https://subium.com/profile/carlbergstrom.com/post/3lhmtolcc6s2c

    Legacy media sucks shit. It’s pathetic that threads on Bluesky are far more useful than the “prestige” American newspapers that don’t provide adequate explanations or useful context or reality checks, etc. Why should I read 1,000s of words at one of those crap sites and be even more confused? Sad.