Tim Clancy
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Arch Street=making connections in science, cybersecurity & innovation. Former NSF, House Science Committee. Environment, upstate NY, science & tech policy everywhere. Jazz. Occasional Boston Celtics musings viewfromarchstreet.com
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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
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more influence than influencer
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Renewables are a masterclass in learning-by-doing. Each doubling of deployment cuts costs via experience curves: better manufacturing, finance & supply chains.

Result:

Solar now cheapest new power in many regions
Falling battery costs enable flexibility
Electrification gets more attractive
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My one general axiom is that innovators are not found at tech conferences.
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When I say the US has bet its post-pandemic economy on AI while China has bet its on green energy, this is what I mean: Here, AI related companies account for 75% of S&P 500 returns since ChatGPT's launch. In China, green tech accounts for one quarter of GDP growth.
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That free association thing always gets them.
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I think often about how many of the pictures of slaves were taken a short walk from my home in Alexandria, VA. The pens of the slave dealers were still here on Duke St when the Union Army arrived in 1861.
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Share your favourite black and white movie
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He can describe a nudge but can't see a nudge in the wild.
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Even Bob sang about it in his “born again phase”
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Mary Baker Eddy may be forgotten but there’s a long tradition in American society of hostility to medical science — faith healing, medicine shows, etc. — across numerous communities and subgroups.
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Except…

Cosmic radiation is a thing.
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NASA announced 10 new candidates to begin training as astronauts as part of a plan to send more astronauts to new space stations, the moon and maybe Mars. nyti.ms/47S1G8t
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100% chance that sentience crap is to goose the stock price.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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this is a very Utica reference
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Just another tricky day
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Instead of coming here and having families, paying taxes, and starting businesses, they'll stay in India.
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India is the top country of birth for H-1B workers. 73% of H-1B workers approved in fiscal 2023 were born in India.

China is the second-most common birthplace, accounting for 12% of H-1B workers approved in 2023.

No other birthplace accounted for even 2% of H-1B workers approved in 2023.
Chart showing India is the top country of birth for H-1B workers. Roughly three-quarters (73%) of H-1B workers whose applications were approved in fiscal 2023 were born in India. A majority of approvals every year since 2010 have gone to workers born in India.

China is the second-most common birthplace, accounting for 12% of H-1B workers approved in 2023.

No other birthplace accounted for even 2% of H-1B workers approved in 2023.
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And there were, appropriately 30-75 R pro-environment votes in the House depending on the issue. Yes, this was actually a thing.