Physicist Turned Psychologist | Senior Researcher in #STEMed | Meta-Analysis Nerd | https://d-miller.github.io/
Also posts about đ§Ș science funding to focus my attention.
Personal account. I donât speak for my employer or any other orgs.
Dr. David Miller đłïžâđ
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Fuck that noise.
Federal workers deserve our respect and pay.
And more than that: it's the law.
"Shall be paid...at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends"
31 U.S. Code § 1341 (c)(2): uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?p...
Republicans had what was a strong shutdown position: We want to keep the govt open, Dems have demands.
They had traded this for Vought's position, which imo is much riskier, since it is based on an obvious lie about the need to make cuts.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Receipts for above:
U of Texas Board of Regents (gift NYT link): www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
California governor: bsky.app/profile/gove...
The 10-page "compact" itself: www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
A tale of two states and Trump's shakedown of higher ed:
TEXAS: Oh goody, yes, we love to strip away academic freedoms to serve Trump's wishes.
CALIFORNIA: Eat shit. Any university who signs the letter will lose state funding.
I got fed up with Vanceâs lies, so I made a video addressing a few of them:
-Why are ED wait times long? (Hint: itâs not immigrants)
-Are âillegal aliensâ getting health insurance through the government? (Not since 1996)
-What about emergency Medicaid? (This goes to hospitals, not patients)
âAmerican science, the gold-standard and world-leading science and innovation enterprise, is being destroyedâŠ.Congress has a rare moment of leverage to check Trumpâs executive overreach and it must stand up and do so.â
- @markhisted.org, NIH neuroscientist
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
đ§ȘExcited to co-present this @standupforscience.bsky.social event next week with UW's Dr. Ryan Kelly
We'll cover how to effectively engage in public comments, to help shape public policy at all levels, federal to local. Attend in person or virtually!
RSVP: act.standupforscience.net/events/power...
Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. Theyâre illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and theyâre illegally spending where they donât have the money to spend.
What we have is an appropriations king.
Spending âdealsâ are meaningless under that setup.
Dr. David Miller đłïžâđ
President Trumpâs budget office lays out guidelines for mass lay-offs across the federal government.
