It has begun, as the story reported by Science Magazine suggested.
"The NSF Is Being Dismantled — With Broad Implications For The American Economy"
America appears to be caught in a terrible vice, squeezed between a tariff regime designed to crush the economy of the present and an anti-science regime designed to crush the economy of the future.
"The agency is also expected to issue another round of notices tomorrow terminating grants that have already been awarded, sources say. In the past 3 weeks, the agency has pulled the plug on almost 1400 grants worth more than $1 billion."
The burning of the intellectual foundations of America's success continues.
"According to sources who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight NSF directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced. "
Watching arsonists burn the US scientific forest to the ground is painful and awful.
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/document/indirect-cost-rate
Half the economic growth of the US since World War II was fueled by basic, unapplied, curiosity-driven research. What will power the economy of the future when this fuel is spent?
This is a rhetorical question.
From the journal "Nature":
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
Mischievous Child Damages $50 Million Rothko Painting at Dutch Museum
#artwork #damage #museums #netherlands #Vandalism
https://blazetrends.com/mischievous-child-damages-50-million-rothko-painting-at-dutch-museum/?fsp_sid=21211
A Predictive Model For Household Displacement Duration After Disasters
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https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17710 <-- shared paper
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https://nicolepaul.eu.pythonanywhere.com/ <-- interactive web interface
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #HouseholdPulseSurvey #risk #hazard #damage #loss #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #disaster #naturaldisaster #storm #hurricane #flood #fire #cost #economics #community #publicsafety #effects #predictivemodel #AI #machinelearning #riskanalysis #classifactiontree #socioeconomics #casestudy #mitigation #preparedness #displacement #population
Observations Reveal Changing Coastal Storm Extremes Around The United States
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02315-z <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #extremeweather #coast #coastal #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #communities #publicsafety #climatechange #stormsurge #USA #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #damage #infrastructure #cost #economics #mitigation #insurance #sealevel #SLR #sealevelrise #Bayesian #hierarchical #framework #tideguage #tide #tidal #water #hydrology #hydrography #extremes #intensity #monitoring
Saw that this was posted over on LinkedIn by the National Science Foundation about 21 hours ago. They funding agency now appears to be actively terminating grants. Would be interested in any first-hand stories from professional scientists or highly qualified personnel (students) on NSF grants about direct impacts.
"Today the US #NSF began terminating awards that are not aligned with agency priorities..."
Companies are starting to tack tariff surcharges onto invoices as a separate line item. #tax #taxes #economy #CostOfLiving #poverty #destruction #damage #Regime
Financial Times: “If it endures, #Trump decision to enact sweeping #tariffs on US #trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in #American #economic #history. They will wreak untold #damage on households, businesses and #financial markets across the world, upending a #global #economic order that America benefited from and helped to create.” #maga #fascism #corruption #democracy #economy #politics #government
@realTuckFrumper The #TrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck will cause #Wreckage and #Damage This was the goal. There will be more damage in #RedStates compared to #BlueStates that's how we know #WeAreWinning in #TheNewNihilism
Three professors leave Yale for University of Toronto amid Trump crackdown (The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition)), Mar 29, 2025
https://globe2go.pressreader.com/article/281749865160634
It's only #Day67 of the #TrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck As long as #RedStates get more #Damage #Wreckage #Chaos than #BlueStates #WeAreWinning!!!! #Only1393DaysToGo https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/6119379/end-of-trumps-presidency
This gentleman is correct! Let's add some gutz to his assertions. There will be more #Damage #Wreckage and #Chaos in #RedStates compared to #BlueStates #WeAreWinning!!!!
#TheTrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck strikes again! #RedStates will get more of the #Damage #Wreckage and #Chaos than #BlueStates #WeAreWinning!!! #HaveABlessedDay! https://x.com/AtlantaFed/status/1905634375313617101
More than 80 Tesla vehicles damaged at Hamilton Mountain dealership
Dozens of vehicles were damaged at a Tesla dealership in the Hamilton Mountain, police said.
#vehicle #damage #Tesla #HamiltonMountain #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tesla-dealership-vehicles-damaged-1.7488806?cmp=rss
Up to 80 Teslas damaged at Ontario dealership as Musk decries ‘deranged’ acts
Hamilton police are investigating after upwards of 80 Tesla vehicles were damaged outside a dealership Wednesday — yet another case of vandalism against the EV maker globally.
#tesla #vandalism #crime #damage #Ontario #Hamilton
https://globalnews.ca/news/11090370/tesla-vandalism-ontario-dealerships/
A close call. We've had a lot of rainfall this past week. Whilst in a local restaurant this lunchtime a tree fell down over my old car and hit the cars opposite. No damage very luckily! 
Greg Cocks 
