Rachel A. Cook

Hearing that there’s lots of chaos on NIH campus today- doge people roaming around checking offices and demanding to see badges, and rumors of new high level firings.

Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH!

Hold on everyone, we will get through this.

26.03.2025 16:33 — 👍 517    🔁 118    💬 16    📌 7

Europe races to lure U.S. scientists as Trump puts pressure on universities Some European universities are offering funding for American scientists considering a relocation and promising a safe haven free from academic censorship.

Spurred by “alarming political interference in academic research by the Trump administration,” Brussels’s Vrije Universiteit (VUB), or Free University, allocated $2.7 million in funding last week for at least 12 new postdoctoral roles open to “censored Americans.”

24.03.2025 20:24 — 👍 631    🔁 200    💬 37    📌 25

I’m embarrassed to be an American. What the F was that spectacle?

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

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