America’s top climate science website is going dark — and what comes next might be far worse than silence. #ClimateCrisis #Disinformation #ScienceUnderAttack
#ScienceUnderAttack
U.S. politics is driving scientists out. Europe is welcoming them with open labs.
#ScienceUnderAttack #BrainDrain #PolicyFailure #InternetIsCrack #ResearchExodus
“Trump just purged 400 climate scientists to bury a congressionally mandated report—because truth threatens his fossil-fueled lies. This is state-sponsored ignorance. #TrumpWatch #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Science #Environment #ScienceUnderAttack” www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
Trump administration dismisses...
"Non si è adeguata alle sue politiche: Trump congela 2,2 miliardi a Harvard e ora minaccia di tassarla."
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/04/15/trump-congela-finanziamenti-harvard/
#trump #USA #TrumpDictatorship #scienceunderattack #science #university #harvard
🇺🇸🔬 Arrestation arbitraire d’étudiant·es, mise sous tutelle par l’État de centres de recherche universitaires, réduction punitive des subventions à des institutions universitaires porteuses de valeurs qui déplaisent au pouvoir exécutif...
Le CRef exprime ses plus vives préoccupations face à la gravité croissante des atteintes à la liberté académique aux Etats-Unis.
Lire le communiqué 👉 https://www.news.uliege.be/cref-18mars
#ScienceUnderSiege: The Orlando Research Conference Fallout
Something alarming is happening in the #ScientificCommunity, and it’s not getting the attention it deserves. A recent #NIH-backed #neuroscience conference in #Orlando turned into a disaster. Research sessions were canceled after being mistaken for “#DEI” initiatives, and funding was pulled.
One session on the diversity of afferent firing in the cochlea (how nerve cells transmit sound) was targeted because people saw the word “#diversity” and assumed it was political. #MAGA hat-wearing hotel guests presumably unaffiliated with the conference reportedly vandalized posters.
The nescient reaction of the MAGA hat-wearing malcontents to the word “diversity”—mistaking a scientific discussion on neural firing patterns in the cochlea for a political agenda—exemplifies a dangerous blend of #ignorance and ideological rigidity. Their inability to differentiate between linguistic context and #partisan buzzwords not only disrupted legitimate research but also underscored the broader issue of anti-intellectualism undermining scientific progress.
Worse, researchers discovered their already earned funding was revoked, postdoc opportunities disappeared, and the conference felt like a #funeral for the field as careers crumbled in real time.
Meanwhile, the NIH was banned from attending due to a new administration-imposed blackout on communications and travel, delaying critical #research on #Cancer, #HeartDisease, and #Diabetes.
#Science depends on open inquiry—but now, #political interference is gutting #research. This isn’t just about one conference. It’s a direct attack on scientific progress. If we don’t stand up now, what’s next?
🔬 Science must remain free from political control.
#ScienceUnderAttack #ResearchMatters #SaveScience #FreedomOfInquiry #ScienceNotPolitics #AcademicFreedom
Something alarming is happening in the #ScientificCommunity, and it’s not getting the attention it deserves. A recent #NIH-backed #neuroscience conference in #Orlando turned into a disaster. Research sessions were canceled after being mistaken for “#DEI” initiatives, and funding was pulled.
One session on the diversity of afferent firing in the cochlea (how nerve cells transmit sound) was targeted because people saw the word “#diversity” and assumed it was political. #MAGA hat-wearing hotel guests presumably unaffiliated with the conference reportedly vandalized posters.
The nescient reaction of the MAGA hat-wearing malcontents to the word “diversity”—mistaking a scientific discussion on neural firing patterns in the cochlea for a political agenda—exemplifies a dangerous blend of #ignorance and ideological rigidity. Their inability to differentiate between linguistic context and #partisan buzzwords not only disrupted legitimate research but also underscored the broader issue of anti-intellectualism undermining scientific progress.
Worse, researchers discovered their already earned funding was revoked, postdoc opportunities disappeared, and the conference felt like a #funeral for the field as careers crumbled in real time.
Meanwhile, the NIH was banned from attending due to a new administration-imposed blackout on communications and travel, delaying critical #research on #Cancer, #HeartDisease, and #Diabetes.
#Science depends on open inquiry—but now, #political interference is gutting #research. This isn’t just about one conference. It’s a direct attack on scientific progress. If we don’t stand up now, what’s next?
🔬 Science must remain free from political control.
#ScienceUnderAttack #ResearchMatters #SaveScience #FreedomOfInquiry #ScienceNotPolitics #AcademicFreedom
Präsident #Trump plant massive Kürzungen für die National Science Foundation (#NSF). Das Budget könnte von 9 auf 3 Milliarden Dollar sinken – ein Rückgang um 66 %, der Tausende Jobs kosten könnte. Das könnte katastrophale Folgen für die US-Wissenschaft haben. Ex-NSF-Direktor Neal Lane sieht die amerikanische Führungsrolle in Gefahr, während China profitieren könnte.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/
#Wissenschaft #Science #USA #WissenschaftInGefahr
#RettetDieForschung
#ScienceUnderAttack
3/ In January 2025, a memo from the White House ordered a freeze on all new and pending grants from the NIH, NSF, and other research institutions. Agencies were instructed to halt travel, cancel meetings, and suspend grant reviews, leading to immediate chaos. #ScienceUnderAttack
Ukrainian scientists 🇺🇦 work under relentless bombing, destroyed universities, & zero funding. Meanwhile, some frame Russian scientists as 'victims' of sanctions. Silence isn't neutral - it's complicity.
👉 Read our preprint: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13953.57445
THIS! 👉 The Rise of #AntiIntellectualism - not only a problem and danger for democracy in the US, but in Europa as well. Including Germany (video itself starts at 0:07 min.):
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=YKSyWqcKing
#ScienceUnderAttack by #FundamentalistChristians, #PoliticalDemagogues, #NarcissisticTyrants, #MedievalViolenceLovingAltRightBludgers and #CorporateGreed
Louisiana’s Republican-dominated legislature and governor are playing politics and invoking culture war at every opportunity. Even coastal conservation and restoration are subject to their power grabbing. #Louisiana #noladon #environment #GOPFail #ScienceUnderAttack https://wapo.st/3wWjlLW
Academics in basic science are also questioning the government now. Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan joins the list. Obviously, the government's focus of scientific research on bovine excrement isn't remotely helpful! #JNUUnderAttack #ScienceUnderAttack
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/quick-edit/science-and-freedom-11579171915233.html
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