TWO grants have gone out this year from the NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences— 2! An average of 797 per yeae were granted in previous years.
They are really trying to make it impossible to say, "Well, all this hasn't affected my daily life."
I think letting SNAP recipients have hot rotisserie chicken is good, actually.
Peggy Flanagan
Philip N Cohen
Sarah Bowen
But not all directorates are getting grants out the door. SBE is still stuck at 2 (two) new grants and STEM Education isn't much further along.
The Trump administration is about to allow swine and poultry processing plants to vastly speed up their lines. That will make the companies more money while leading to far more worker injuries and food illness outbreaks. newrepublic.com/article/2102...
The industry spent big to get faster line speeds. Experts say it will increase injuries to workers and make the food you eat less safe.
This is awful. I had a bad feeling about this. I have been thinking about Raúl all day.
I am so shocked and saddened by this news. Raúl Pacheco-Vega was such a generous and kind person, supporting and offering his wisdom to so many people, far and near. This is just awful. Que descanse en paz.
Bryce Covert
Dan Garisto
Sarah Bowen
Sarah Bowen
“All deliberate speed"
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
Carl T. Bergstrom
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule.
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
One of the good ones in our field bsky.app/profile/raul...
