petersuber<p>Alondra Nelson — of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a> on <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> — just resigned her positions at the National Science Foundation (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a>) and Library of Congress (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOC</span></a>). Read her resignation letter. <br><a href="https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7285045/resigning-nat</span><span class="invisible">ional-science-foundation-library-congress/</span></a> </p><p>"Even as the White House threatens the foundational tenets of constitutional democracy and continues to slash funding for essential social services, it is tempting to hope that the public institutions charged with promoting and protecting knowledge will, nevertheless, soldier on with their mission. I did…[But] perseverance has its limits. The erosion of these institutions’ integrity —and the growing realization that it is impossible to fulfill their missions in good faith— has made the cost of continuing untenable."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/alondra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alondra</span></a></span></p>