we all know I have no life, so:

The fight against political corruption in the North Carolina state legislature starts with each of us at the ballot box.

Don't just be angry - be a part of the solution. Start here: http://carolinaforwardaction.org

Feeling wistful for "covfefe" this morning.

A generic ester group - in fact, just screenshotted from the Wikipedia article because lazy - with the oxygen atom replaced by a smiley emoji face.

Happy Ester.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

a man with a beard and a necklace is standing in front of a christmas tree and says `` come on now '' . ALT: a man with a beard and a necklace is standing in front of a christmas tree and says `` come on now '' .

Geno is ridiculous. Your MVP was caught on camera tearing her own jersey to blame nonexistent fouls as her excuse for poor shooting, another player was openly crying on the court during the game, and you didn't score a point in the last four minutes. But sure, Dawn Staley is the bad guy here.

Russell Vought is using the corpse of the NSF as a puppet for Republican priorities

"...strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects."

Revolting garbage.

The National Science Foundation has been hijacked by malevolent people within the United States.

China is laughing at us every damn day.

I hate this so much. It’s like we’re looking around at all that the human race has achieved with science and technology and saying, “Okay, go ahead and stop. I think that’s good enough right there.”

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained.

That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social

I did make cookies

U of Minnesota has named a new School of Nursing scholarship after Alex Pretti.

Arson: “At an internal all-hands meeting on Friday, NSF leaders announced that they would dissolve the agency’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate based on the budget request, according to two NSF staff members who shared information anonymously in order to speak freely”

He just made a demand of Congress for $152 million to "rebuild Alcatraz." Fucking sick of it.

White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027 The White ​House on ‌Friday proposed a $5.6 billion ​cut ​to NASA's budget ⁠for 2027, ​including a $3.4 ​billion cut to the space ​agency's ​science unit, a 23% ‌cut ⁠as NASA's new chief plans ​an ​array ⁠of new ​missions under ​the ⁠flagship U.S. moon ⁠program.

White House seeks $5.6 billion cut to NASA budget in 2027 reut.rs/4bQP6Ic

We've never needed social, behavioral, and economic research more than we do right now.

The Republican-dominated NC Supreme Court just dealt a devastating blow to public education in North Carolina.

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You know, my scientific presentations aren’t always the best but I can say that none of my presentations tanked the global markets

One thing is clear tonight, Trump started this war with no goals, fought it with no strategy, and now is trying to end it with no grasp of reality.

unlike education, health care, child care or parental leave which is woke bull shit

There's a long, bad journalistic tradition: All conservative grass-roots political movements are fascinating heartland phenomena, all progressive grass-roots political movements are ineffectual bleating. This one is written off as powered by white female college grads--the wine-moms slur, basically.

Donald Trump post: "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can nol onger hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP

We really need to be saying, "What a piece of shit this guy is" more often.

Last summer I was having cake and coffee at a cafe near the Bath city centre and a seagull landed in my coffee while flying in to grab my cake. The cafe kindly replaced both, but I enjoyed it (inside!) while wearing most of my first latte.

The NSF is already a corrupt tool of Russ Vought - this nominee would further the collapse

Have you ever applied to an NSF grant? Then do this.

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Just a year ago, we heard reducing the deficit was so important Elon Musk had to fire as many scientists, forest rangers and Black women on the government’s payroll that he could find.

Now? 🤷🏾‍♂️

The Central Science is love 💗

We have to be clear on this.

He’s playing fast and loose - and without care - with American lives.