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by Andrew F. Bennett

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There's always the burnt out Old Spanish Trail Motel: maps.app.goo.gl/76v7Leq9gh1V...
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by Brian J. Enquist — Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

bjenquist.bsky.social
Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾
tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future
The cuts are leading us down a path that will cede the United States' world leadership in science, medicine and health.
tucson.com
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

troytassier.bsky.social
How much will your state lose with the new NIH indirect funding cap?

(From James S Murphy at Education Reform Now, link to article in 1st reply.)
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett, Adam T. Perzynski

luckytran.com
US military budget: $850 billion

US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion

That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.
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by Andrew F. Bennett

arbennett.bsky.social
Sure thing - go for it!

by Andrew F. Bennett

arbennett.bsky.social
Important thread - if you want to calculate for your own institution I made a little webapp: arbennett.github.io/nih_overhead...

Results for University of Arizona:
Screenshot of example of the NIH Overhead Rate Impact Calculator for University of Arizona. Total NIH Funding: 218588000 Current Overhead Rate: 53.5% Financial Impact Analysis When current level of direct costs are maintained Calculated as: directCosts = totalFunding / (1+oldRate) newTotalFunding = directCosts * (1+newRate) loss = newTotalFunding - directCosts New Total NIH Funding $163,762,997 New Overhead Amount (15%) $21,360,391 Total Loss $54,825,003 When current overhead is reallocated to direct costs (unlikely) Calculated as: loss = total * ((1 - 1/oldRate) - 1 - 1/newRate) Or in simplified terms: loss = (total/newRate) - (total/oldRate) Current Overhead Amount $76,185,394 New Overhead Amount (15%) $28,511,478 Total Loss $47,673,916
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laddkeith.com
The most recent executive order to gut existing and future NIH research will have a huge impact on universities, communities, and their local economies across the U.S. if it's allowed to move forward www.science.org/cont...
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

costasamaras.com
Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
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by Holland — Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

schumer.senate.gov
You’re worried about tomato prices.

Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett, Scott F. Kiesling, Bas Jacobs , and 1 more

epopppp.bsky.social
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

sylviachi.bsky.social
Not shutting up about how the impoundment/"funding freeze" constitutional crisis was a campaign promise that Trump made back in 2023 (if not earlier). This is not a surprise, why aren't Democrats prepared?

www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/age...
Agenda47: Using Impoundment to Cut Waste, Stop Inflation, and Crush the Deep State | Donald J. Trump For President 2024
I will use the president’s long-recognized Impoundment Power to squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy for massive savings. This will be in the form of tax reductions for you. This will help quickly ...
www.donaldjtrump.com
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett, James Allan

illdave.bsky.social
You've just been thrown to your death by the Beatles.
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carbonplan.org
We compared risk analysis results from two private firms for a sample of 342 addresses, looking at fire risk in CA and flood risk in NY. We can’t say one company is more right than the other. But we can say their results don’t always match. (2/8) carbonplan.org/research/cli...
Climate risk companies don’t always agree – CarbonPlan
A comparison of address-level fire and flood risk assessments.
carbonplan.org
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Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

joshuajfriedman.com
JFC, this photo of a pro-Palestinian student protestor at the University of Mississippi with a jeering crowd of white boys in the background thedmonline.com/may-2nd-pro-...
Photo described in main post
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nateraymond.bsky.social
New: The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking $19.4 million to bolster security for the nine justices and assign protection of their homes to its own police force rather than the U.S. Marshals Service, citing "evolving" risks faced by the top judicial body.
US Supreme Court seeks security funding to protect justices, homes
The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking $19.4 million in federal funds to bolster security for the nine justices and assign protection of their homes to its own police force rather than the U.S. Marshals Service, citing "evolving" risks faced by the nation's top judicial body.
www.reuters.com
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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett

nytimes.com
The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump could remain on Colorado’s primary ballot, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility for another term that could have upended the 2024 race. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03...
A card reads: "Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Remain on Ballot. The justices ruled that the 14th Amendment did not allow Colorado to bar the former president from the state’s primary ballot. The justices offered different reasons, but the decision was unanimous."
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by Kevin J. Anchukaitis — Reposted by: Andrew F. Bennett, Caroline P. Slomp

thirstygecko.bsky.social
Paleoclimate graduate students! Applications are now OPEN for the summer 2024 paleoCAMP! Come be part of an amazing two week intensive paleoclimate summer school! paleoclimate.camp/apply (colleagues, please share and RT widely, here and on other platforms)
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
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swin24.bsky.social
I know people get pissy at politicians for continuously messaging that the next presidential election is the “most important election of our lifetime,” but I mean, I’m sorry, it does feel like a lot of recent history has been building to 2024, I dunno what to tell you
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