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    Default RIP NIH

    Update from a deeply unserious country:

    https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/nih-t...spension-trump

    You almost have to admire their commitment to stupidity.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Trump is bizarre.
    Oh come on with the "genocide" rhetoric.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Update from a deeply unserious country:

    https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/nih-t...spension-trump

    You almost have to admire their commitment to stupidity.
    The second salvo from Elon. The first was the RTO mandate
    Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"

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    Difficult to convey just how extraordinarily destructive this is. Even if it's reversed "soon", the damage will take a long time to repair - and there will be a body count.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Quote Originally Posted by LittleFuzzy View Post
    The second salvo from Elon. The first was the RTO mandate
    Don't forget firing everyone remotely related to DEI and then encouraging workers to rat out anyone working in DEI "secretly".
    Hope is the denial of reality

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    Tens of thousands of people with HIV will risk going without meds for up to 6 months, endangering not only their lives and their partners' but also future generations.

    Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
    Don't forget firing everyone remotely related to DEI and then encouraging workers to rat out anyone working in DEI "secretly".
    Burn After Reading ass coup: https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/com...mment/m9het2c/
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Nothing particularly unexpected about this.

    Also, try stopping yourselves from reacting to all of their talking points like excited puppies.
    Congratulations America

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    Medicaid portals down in all 50 states:

    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...smid=url-share
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Researchers already at risk of not making rent. Funding freezes/delays beyond a few weeks greatly increase likelihood of postdocs and trainees of various kinds leaving regular-sized teams/labs - and, quite often, the country. Lotta important projects have already been derailed in just a few days.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Update from a deeply unserious country:

    https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/nih-t...spension-trump

    You almost have to admire their commitment to stupidity.
    I agree with you on most things here, but I think the slur "unserious country" is somewhere between comical and naive. When a great nation turns inward and destroys its own vital institutions, in is anything but unserious.
    The Rules
    Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
    Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
    Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)

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    Priceless repositories of scientific data have been scrubbed from govt websites. Yesterday, I learned that a postdoc who was set to go to Stanford for an interesting project suddenly had no way of knowing whether or not he could move forward with that plan. Across the US, scientists are seeing their work being derailed - in many cases, irreversably so. Making rent has become a more pressing concern for quite a few of them.

    Meanwhile, the groyper in chief has gained full control over the Treasury's payment systems. Apart from all the other concerns about corruption and other crimes, this level of infiltration is an obv. massive security risk - whether due to the incompetence of the people involved, or due to their affiliations.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarador...-to-stop-work/

    Everything about this is illegal as well as extremely dangerous - for both the US as well as for individual Americans and businesses - but at least it'll make every corrupt hostile govt. out there very happy

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    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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