PlayMetrics is down on a Saturday morning. Most of you will not understand this but but the few that do will know it’s a disaster scenario

Hans: Research as a patriotic bargain - Public Ed Works By Peter Hans President, University of North Carolina System RALEIGH (May 1, 2025) – For more than 70 years, federal funding for university research has been a patriotic bargain and a core driver of n...

this is pretty good www.publicedworks.org/2025/05/hans...

Indirect costs for on-campus research at top NIH funded institutions in North Carolina:
>Duke: 61.5%
>UNC Chapel Hill: 55.5%
>WFU: 45.5%
>NC State: 52%
>UNC Charlotte: 54%
>ECU: 51%

Breakdown of NIH funding for these institutions in the graphic (from @wral.bsky.social & BRIMR).

each time I feel myself starting to panic about this godforsaken country, I try to take action. The action itself brings calm, proving to my body that hope is a verb, etc.

calling my reps takes minutes, for instance, & the 5 calls app makes it especially easy:

apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...

Any suggestions?