This is a gutting of the scientific research establishment which has created much of American prosperity since World War II, when the US used the promise of survival and stable funding to lure academics from Germany.

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    193 days ago

    Lots of my academic friends are real worried, particularly those who are paid entirely with grants…

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      93 days ago

      It’s a fast timetable too. This isn’t a “continue on and we’ll figure things out”, it could be “don’t come to work tomorrow and good luck with rent”.

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          There are a few active discussions on Reddit/Bluesky… I think the short answer is none of us are really sure. However, I read comments saying that language from the memo seems to suggest that they would stop disbursement of funds, which would be the absolute worst case scenario (since that would straight up terminate a lot of ppl’s jobs)

          If there’s any lawyer here who can parse/interpret the original memo I’d appreciate some insights…