Nonilex<p>The admin has already terminated thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> at agencies like the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, including on topics like transgender health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation & diversity, equity & inclusion.</p><p>The order could affect emergency relief grants doled out by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> initiatives funded by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> efforts supported by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>. Experts say the order is likely to be challenged in court.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>“This is taking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> control of a once politically neutral mechanism for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> in the US,” said Joseph Bak-Coleman, a scientist studying group decision-making at the University of Washington.</p><p>The changes will delay grant review & approval, slowing “progress for cures & treatments that patients & families across the country urgently need,” said the Association of American Medical Colleges in a statement.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Agencies cannot announce new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> opportunities until the new protocols are in place, according to the order.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said these changes are part of an effort to “strengthen oversight” & “streamline agency grantmaking.” Scientists say the order will cripple America’s scientific engine by placing control over federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> funds in the hands of people who are influenced by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> & lack relevant expertise.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The order requires all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>, the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> Foundation [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>] & the National Institutes of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>], to appoint officials responsible for reviewing federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> opportunities & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a>, so that they “are consistent with agency priorities & the national interest.”</p><p>It also requires agencies to make it so that current & future federal grants can be terminated at any time—including during the grant period itself.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> executive order gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> control over all federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a>, alarming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a></p><p>An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> signed by Trump late Thursday aims to give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> the world leader in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-federal-funding-grants-nih-fema-4b4b6c23a25a8ae3fdc7b43c4586c999" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-execu</span><span class="invisible">tive-order-federal-funding-grants-nih-fema-4b4b6c23a25a8ae3fdc7b43c4586c999</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p>The usefulness of mRNA vaccines is evident, and the technology has the potential to create novel medical products in the near future, especially as COVID continues to spread and mutate. If the US admin doesn’t want it, many other countries surely do.</p><p>The only thing that happens when you hand the nation’s policy to conspiracy-addled antivaccine nonsense is that you drive experience and skill away. Nature doesn’t give a shit about your skepticism.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/braindrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>braindrain</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/mrna-vaccine-development-kennedy-funding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/08/05/mrna-vacc</span><span class="invisible">ine-development-kennedy-funding</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petersuber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>petersuber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> from the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> is well underway.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> is very pleased with his puppet in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a>, a *conservative* research organization, had criticized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> office in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, a blueprint for overhauling the federal government. The group had accused the office of being “bloated, unaccountable, closed, outcome-driven, hostile to public & legislative input, & inclined to pursue political rather than purely scientific goals.” [total bullshit]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“It is dismantling a world-class organization, & the American people are not going to be well served by this,” said Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, who worked at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> for 40 years & led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> office under the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. “These actions are very shortsighted, & the way they’re going about it is very callous & very cruel.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> that represents more than 8,000 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> workers, slammed Friday’s announcement.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> office “is the heart & brain of the EPA,” said Justin Chen, president of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AFGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AFGE</span></a> Council 238. “Without it, we don’t have the means to assess impacts upon human <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>. Its destruction will devastate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> in our country.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> office provides the independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> that underpins nearly all of the agency’s policies & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>. It has analyzed the risks of hazardous chemicals, the impact of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> smoke on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> & the contamination of drinking water by hydraulic fracturing, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fracking</span></a>. Its research has often justified stricter environmental rules, prompting pushback from chemical manufacturers & other industries.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>Pure idiocy</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> Says It Will Eliminate Its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scientific</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Arm</p><p>The decision comes after a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruling allowing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to slash the federal work force & dismantle agencies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate</span><span class="invisible">/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before the memo, there were already extra review processes in place to publishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> conducted with people from the four countries, Roberts said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"We don't have the talent now to progress on these research projects. It's setting us back by years, if not decades," he said.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARS</span></a> conducts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> topics like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pests</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoodSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSafety</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> that are high-priority to American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a>. The agency has lost about 1,200 employees, more than 17% of its 2024 staffing level, to terminations & voluntary incentives to quit offered by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Some arrived to work on July 9 to find their badges no longer worked, Henderson said.</p><p>Because of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HiringFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiringFreeze</span></a> that has been extended through October 15, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> will not be able to replace the fired staff & will need to halt ongoing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientific</span></a> work that benefits <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a>, like a project to develop a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> for a deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/toxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxin</span></a> that occurs in undercooked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/beef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beef</span></a>, he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The contractors had worked at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agricultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agricultural</span></a> Research Service, the in-house <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> arm of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a>, said Thomas Henderson, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1657, which represents <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ARS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARS</span></a> workers in Albany, California.</p><p>Most of those dismissed were Chinese post-doctoral researchers on 2-year contracts w/the agency, & who were already subject to vetting before being hired, Henderson said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> said it has fired 70 foreign contract <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a> after a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> review intended to secure the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> supply from adversaries including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> has completed a thorough review of individuals authorized to work on contracts with the department & identified approximately 70 individuals from countries of concern," a spox said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-farm-agency-fires-70-foreign-researchers-following-national-security-review-2025-07-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/u</span><span class="invisible">s-farm-agency-fires-70-foreign-researchers-following-national-security-review-2025-07-18/</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Want to know what really kills innovation? <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a>. And nothing drives brain drain like encroaching <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>...</p><p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> became the global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> leader in part because... we had something other countries didn’t: a stable, democratic system where merit mattered more than connections, where you could build something without worrying that tomorrow’s political winds might destroy everything you’ve worked for.</p><p>But that’s been trashed."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Jo - pièce de résistance<p>This was a very interesting discussion with information & POV I’ve not heard. <br>On AI, US policies causing Brain drain favor China competitiveness, acquisition of talent, readiness, and more.<br>And she talks about the turn to nuclear power. <br>How AI is a threat to democracy. </p><p>From Democracy Now. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/AbmQfmz7B98" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/AbmQfmz7B98</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brainDrain</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Investment in research made the U.S. a global leader in science, technology, healthcare and education. That's changing, thanks to unprecedented federal cuts and the defunding of institutions. As a university lecturer and member of the American Astronomical Society, astrophysicist Ethan Siegel is witnessing it first hand, and seeing a generational loss of science across practically every discipline. He writes for Big Think about what that could mean for the rest of the world. "Hitler’s destruction of his nation’s science in 1930s Nazi Germany wound up benefiting the rest of the world through an exodus of scientists that became known as Hitler’s gift," he writes. "Other nations are aware of the situation in the U.S. and across the world, and they’re stepping up to invest in science ... It is, after all, how the US became an economic and scientific superpower in the 20th and 21st centuries, and if our nation is going to abandon those principles, other countries will certainly reap those benefits."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/KQqycw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/KQqycw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/GlobalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalScience</span></a></p>
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