Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of …
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There Have Been No Approvals for New Transit Projects in the First Year of the Current Trump Administration
For the 1st time in the 1st year of a presidential administration since at least 1993, under Trump 2, the Federal Transit Administration signed 0 new contracts for major transit projects, like subways or light rail.
The US is facing a crisis of rail transit investment: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
A line graph showing the success rates for fiscal years 2015-2025 as a function of percentile score. The curve for fiscal year 2025 is substantially lower than for previous fiscal years.
With these results in hand, we can now reproduce the graph that @joshuasweitz.bsky.social posted.
It is still shocking, but we can now understand why it looks the way it does: The number of R01 and R56 awards were down while the number of applications were up.
16/20
Switzerland just declared US-Israeli attacks on Iran a violation of international law. The country that hasn’t taken a side in a conflict since 1815 When your war crimes are so egregious that Switzerland stops being neutral — You have lost the moral authority of the entire world. - B. Allen
Do you want somebody to blame? Start with Russell Vought at OMB, Jay Bhattacharya, Matthew Memoli, Jon Lorsch at NIH. These are evil, small minded men. I hope one day they’re held accountable for the destruction of biomedical research in the United States.
Brilliant
Fox is not journalism. It's anti-journalism. The more you watch, the less you know.
also M.A.S.H.
It feels like we get new announcements like this -- more range, more speed, more features, and lower costs -- every few weeks from EV makers.
From conventional automakers? Crickets.
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Good job. Thanks for doing this.
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already."
-Donald Trump, 4/2/25
Like clockwork.
‘Stand Up For Science’ moving from protest day to political player
https://www.europesays.com/2826287/
It was a year ago when a handful of early career researchers made a splash — organizing “Stand Up…
Muslims condemn Ballwin church sign calling Islam 'demonic' www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Meet the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin:
👏👏👏
A plumber?
To be replaced by a plumber.
Accuracy measures how close results are to the true or known value (i.e., target). Precision measures how close results are to one another. Something can be very precise, but with low accuracy.
Accuracy measures how close results are to the true or known value (i.e., target). Precision measures how close results are to one another.
You can be very precise, but highly inaccurate.
These ER Docs Are Being Ousted After 35 Years. They're Not Going Quietly. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
NIH Office of Extramural Research announcements of feedback sessions for NIH-wide strategic plan for March 16 and April 8.
IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT---IMPORTANT
NIH is seeking input for the NIH-wide Strategic Plan. Open to everyone but Registration is Required!
Your chance to listen and get your 2 or more cents in.
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the_thinking_great_ape You know what WON'T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Sunlight and solar panels. @nickofnz
after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.
idk that seems to be the understatement of the week. this is actually happening, postdocs and RAs are being let go, and projects falter. 'could face funding gaps'? this is actually happening at a large scale. 'Worry' doesnt reflect the existential crisis that many of my colleagues are in.
TERRIBLE TIMING: When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran.
We need more "deranged activists" PLEASE!!!
NEW: The Department of Justice will soon abandon its defense of President Donald Trump’s retribution campaign against law firms that challenged his political agenda or represented his political opponents over the years, according to the Wall Street Journal. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
