@LaBonneLaB

I am working on an op-ed for that!

well, we are fucked...

No more illogical that any of the other 💩 going down

Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says A White House official says the Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Insanity after Insanity
apnews.com/article/trum...

oh trust me those of us at Universities that have had all our grant money frozen have been "activated" for many months now....

And now they get to hand select a new director for CSR...

I am hyperventilating

and maybe why the CSR director is gone?

wonder what political hack will replace her...

Whelp this is almost certainly BAD. Thoughts
‪@jeremymberg.bsky.social‬ ?

www.nih.gov/about-nih/ni...

‘It’s really, really bad right now’: NIH scientists dismayed by Trump cuts Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work

I spoke to The Guardian about the devastating impacts of the Trump adminstration's war on the NIH and science
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vought may block any new NIH awards on 8/15 and run out the clock to the end of the fiscal year so the $ goes back to treasurey....

I feel like for every one of Trump's appointments they deliberately chose that most inappropriate harmful person for the job (Gabbard?? RFKjr?? and yep Bhattacharya) because they wanted to destroy government from within....

What the Columbia Settlement Really Means

The settlement is an astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to the government.. to an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.
://knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-the-columbia-settlement-really-means

its all aweful but the worst of it is the impact it is having on the trainees. We are going to drive the next generation of scientists out of science

so sorry. We have been handing by a thread since March. It is surreal

We all avoided Dr. gratuitous Pap smear at the health clinic…

Hard same

Northwestern here - so sorry to have you join the club

This is a summary of it - much faster read

www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Subcommittee has a 20% cut penciled in.

Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senate Appropriations has a modest *INCREASE* in NIH funding but it will need to be recconciled with the house cut. If you have not been calling your representative of late now would be a good time to start again
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/ful...

America’s research universities are the engine behind our global leadership — driving breakthroughs in medicine, technology, agriculture, and national security.
www.votervoice.net/RSA/campaign...

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Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding

We’ve already established you are. Now we’re just haggling over the price.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...

No its more than that- the destruction of NIH and elite universities was clearly laid out in project2025

Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

The destruction of the US scientific research enterprise continues.

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...

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Dropping balls is always going to happen when you are juggling so many things. The key is knowing which ones are glass and must be caught and being ok with catching the others on the bounce. (and don't forget self care)

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

This is beyond sick
wapo.st/4lPELyy