The End of College Life If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.

"No university in America was prepared for this assault, and none seems ready to respond."

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

"There will not be any research funded by NIH on mRNA vaccines,” the scientist in New York said in an interview. “MAGA people are convinced that these vaccines have killed and maimed tens of thousands of people. It’s not true, but they believe that.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education (Gift Article) This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

"This is a moment to speak publicly about why universities matter."

The Souls of Animals “They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick …

The souls of animals

Appalachians Are Trapped in a Disastrous Cycle of Flooding and Rebuilding Kentucky and Tennessee have flooded repeatedly in recent years, but with little ability to develop land on higher ground, many residents are forced to continue living in high-risk areas.

Kentucky and Tennessee have flooded repeatedly in recent years, but with little ability to develop land on higher ground, many residents are forced to continue living in high-risk areas.

Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

They're ignoring court orders. Constitutional crisis is here.

Chris Murphy: "I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes ... he's trying to crush his opposition ... this is a red alert moment ... our democracy is at risk"

"The professors are the enemy"

- Chairman Mao Zedong

<Checks notes>

Ooops, scratch that,

it was JD Vance

Under fascism, no one is safe.

Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc.

Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations.

Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

I am proud to be serving as President of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology. Our members depend on strong federal investments in research. Read and share our statement, here: theasri.org/Public-Polic...

The gleeful profiteers from Trump’s police state Palantir’s stock soared this week as its CEO cheerfully screamed, “We’re doin’ it,” on an investor call—clarifying that “it” includes “on occasion” killing people.

“We’re doin’ it! Enabling President Trump’s administration to carry out mass deportation and police surveillance domestically, while aiding the West globally, actions that, on occasion, may involve the need to kill.”

--- Palantir CEO on call with investors

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. History has stopped." -- George Orwell

Trump's America

Exclusive: Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say President Donald Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract.

Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt

A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

WOW! Cory Booker isn't holding back!

"There can be no bystanders in this fight. It is time that we understand the only thing necessary for wrong to triumph is for right to do nothing, for right to be silent." 🤘🔥

#DemocracyNotDictatorship

The *real* reason for Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of the federal government.

Full video: www.instagram.com/reel/DFyIkg4...

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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.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NIH caps "indirect research costs" at 15%, potentially surrendering decades of US dominance in medical research. Dr. Harlan Krumholz: "We cannot afford to sacrifice the core infrastructure that enables all the discoveries."

I spoke to a bunch of experts and put together some resources about the meaning of the Trump administration’s latest attack on United States scientific research.

(Including some good posts from bluesky)

I hope it’s helpful. Here it is.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

A street artist in DC is putting up these posters all over the city. I’d love to get one.

Imagine if the entire DC media was reporting on Musk and Trump with the *ferocity* and *velocity* of WIRED these past three weeks.

IMAGINE what we would know now that we don’t.

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Federal election commissioner says Trump is trying to improperly remove her Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post.

Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission, says President Trump is trying to improperly remove her from the post.

I would say that this policy represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of indirect cost, and supporting scientific research in this country. This is the funding that provides the infrastructure in which scientific research is done. Without it the whole enterprise collapses. This represents government’s commitment to the scientific research endeavor designed to promote health. Industry can’t pick up the slack. No one gets their PhD training at the University of Pfizer

The NIH move to cut funding for “indirects” landed a few hours ago and my phone hasn’t stopped buzzing with messages from researchers, scientific leaders and others warning of dire consequences for academia and the biomedical enterprise.

Here’s a txt from someone who personally funds some research: