koc1959.bsky.social
@koc1959.bsky.social
This is disastrous for science, education, health and tens of thousands of students and faculty. Read the comments.
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Please just ask yourself who wants there to be less information available. Every breaking news article you have ever read about diseases and food poisoning originated from the MMWR.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The Guardian view on Biden’s warning of oligarchy: Trump and the malefactors of wealth | Editorial
The Guardian view on Biden’s warning of oligarchy: Trump and the malefactors of wealth | Editorial
The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the table Aristocrats are “the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will…
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Trump can’t legally own a firearm, but he’s about to be given the nuclear launch codes.

Very normal country we have.
January 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Beautiful Lusia radicchio, cheering up dark and stormy days.
November 23, 2024 at 1:53 AM