NSF is re-hiring nearly all fired probationary employees following an OPM directive and a Friday judge order.

This is 84/86 probationary staff being hired back; 84 "experts" are still terminated

My Signal : nidhisubs.11

"NASA’s push towards inclusivity is one of the most visible in the US government." by @alexwitze.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This third suit includes 13 schools:

IL: UChicago
PA: UPenn, CMU
CA: UC California, Caltech,
NY: Cornell, U of Rochester
MA: MIT, Brandeis,Tufts
DC: GWU
MA: Johns Hopkins
RI: Brown

www.acenet.edu/Documents/AA...

Another lawsuit challenging NIH cuts of indirect costs, this time from AAMC and groups representing medical centers, hospitals, public health schools

NEW: 22 state AGs are suing HHS/NIH over the proposed cuts to "indirect costs"

Suit says the notice violated the Administrative Procedure Act

Asks for a temporary restraining order and prelim. injunction barring NIH from implementing the notice

www.mass.gov/doc/ecf-comp...

NSF now says its website for payment requests is open again after a judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday.

Postdocs could not get their paychecks while the portal was down. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

A Trump executive order published Tuesday has major implications for NIH-funded universities and centers and could deter them from continuing DEI programs as they've run so far - with a focus on race, ethnicity and gender.

Full story with my WSJ colleagues (gift link) www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How Trump’s New America Compares With 2017, in 11 Charts
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

www.nature.com/articles/d41... @dangaristo.bsky.social reports

www.wsj.com/politics/tru... Really great details in this @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social + Kristina Peterson item

Paper mills on page 1

Fake academic studies are turning the publishing industry on its head—forcing publishers to issue retractions and close journals. They are losing millions of dollars.

www.wsj.com/science/acad...

4th paper by Ranga Dias and co. under investigation. At Physical Review Letters: "Questions have since arisen regarding the origins and integrity of the transport data in Figs. 1(c), 2, 3, S10(b), and S13, and Table S1." journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...