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Update. "‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00704-0

"Thousands of researchers and supporters of science protested in cities across the US and Europe today against actions taken by the administration of US President Donald #Trump to cut the US scientific workforce and slash spending on research worldwide…Marie Walde, a biophysicist at the Roscoff Biological Station in France, posted about a rally she attended…saying: “In solidarity with our colleagues in the US, researchers and citizens all over France are protesting today for science and knowledge as a public good.” … Since taking office in January, Trump and his team have laid off, and in some cases then tried to rehire, thousands from US science agencies, whose jobs touched on nuclear safety, bird flu surveillance, extreme-weather forecasting and more."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


Update. "NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00703-1

"In an unprecedented move, the US #NIH has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities.” NIH staff members have been instructed to identify and potentially cancel grants for projects studying transgender populations, #gender identity, diversity, equity and inclusion (#DEI) in the scientific workforce, [or] #environmentaljustice…Grants that allot funding to universities in #China and those related to #climate change are also under scrutiny. 'It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,' says Lisa Fazio, a cognitive psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who studies misinformation. 'For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.'"

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


Update. "US science is under threat ― now scientists are fighting back"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00661-8

"The courts temporarily halted some of the Trump administration’s orders, but a coherent message has broken through: federal support for science is in danger. Gradually, scientists began to stir, Varga says: “They’re realizing now that doing any one thing is better than doing nothing.” That activism is taking many forms...."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


Update. The American Physical Society (#APS, @apsphysics) is running a survey on the impact of cuts to US science #funding. Please take it if you're affected or likely to be affected.
https://apsphysics.fillout.com/t/6ESUva3vwGus

"This survey collects stories showcasing the transformative positive impact of #NSF, #NIST, #DOE, #NASA, and #DOD-funded research and programs as well as what would be lost if support for basic research evaporates. You can document your experiences and share how recent executive actions have impacted you. Individual stories will be only be used publicly with permission or when fully anonymized."

#DefendResearch #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


Update. Reminder from #Trump's first term (2017): Trump’s budget director pick: “Do we really need government-funded research at all”
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/21/14012552/trump-budget-director-research-science-mulvaney

"President Donald #Trump recently picked Rep. Mick #Mulvaney…to head the White House’s Office of Management and Budget [#OMB]…In a stunning September 9 Facebook post (that’s since been deleted but is still cached), Mulvaney asked, '... what might be the best question: do we really need government funded research at all.'"

#DefendResearch #Funding #USPol #USPolitics


#GiftArticle

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing #Retribution, #Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves

The #silence grows louder every day

Fired #FederalWorkers worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. #University presidents fearing that millions in federal #funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief execs alarmed by #tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.

#law #FreeSpeech #democracy #USpol #autocracy #authoritarianism #dissent
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459


Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Govt Funding
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/rand-paul-sheepishly-nods-to-fact-that-musk-is-not-supposed-to-be-in-charge-of-govt-funding

"weak acknowledgements from #Republicans that...

#DOGE federal #funding freezes are not just lawless, but are also a violation of Congress’ authority to stand up agencies and fund the federal #government.

#Musk... has seized for himself one of the few powers #Congress has continued to regularly exercise — at least, up until 2025"

#ElonMusk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA
Headline from TPM:
Rand Paul Sheepishly Nods To Fact That Musk Is Not Supposed To Be In Charge Of Gov’t Funding


GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk & Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent #Republicans scrambling.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191699/republican-senators-beg-donald-trump-elon-musk-money

"Republican Senators are being forced to grovel at the thrones of #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk to collect the very #funding they appropriated in the first place...

Others took more desperate means to beseech Trump’s cadre: tweeting at them."

#GOP #Musk #Trump #Coup #Congress #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
Headline: 
GOP Senators Are Having to Literally Beg Trump for Their Own Money

Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s spending freeze has sent Republicans scrambling.

by Edith Olmsted
February 19, 2025 / 12:05 p.m. ET


Trump faces growing DOGE revolt from GOP lawmakers
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/donald-trump-doge-republicans-congress

"The #job and #funding cuts are now hitting #GOP lawmakers' districts and states. There's also a larger conflict brewing over whether the administration can simply bypass #Congress on these decisions...

some are quietly fuming that their #Constitutional role in controlling federal funds could be steamrolled"

#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #US #USA
Headline from Axios:
17 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Trump faces growing DOGE revolt from GOP lawmakers

by Andrew Solender, Stef W. Kight


Registration now open: Göttingen’s Postdoc Support and Information Fair 2025 on Thurs 13 March, Physics Building @unigoettingen, 14:30 to 17:30.

Event organised by #GCPostdocs to inspire, inform and support their next career steps. Everyone interested welcome.

*Please book childcare by 28 February*. Information: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair

Discover #Careerpaths #Mentors #ScienceCommunication #Funding #Teaching #OpenScience #Networking #Innovation #startups #Interdisciplinary #Pizza
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USAID was funding over 6,200 journalists across 707 media outlets and 279 "media" NGOs, including nine out of ten media outlets in Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1887501752213409919
USAID programs support independent media in more than 30 countries, but it is difficult to assess the full extent of the harm done to the global media. Many organizations are hesitant to draw attention for fear of risking long-term funding or coming under political attacks. According to a USAID fact sheet which has since been taken offline, in 2023, the agency funded training and support for 6,200 journalists, assisted 707 non-state news outlets, and supported 279 media-sector civil society organizations dedicated to strengthening independent media. The 2025 foreign aid budget included $268,376,000 allocated by Congress to support “independent media and the free flow of information.”
https://rsf.org/en/usa-trump-s-foreign-aid-freeze-throws-journalism-around-world-chaos
If China supported independent media and journalists around the world in same way, would we still call it independent media? If Russia supported independent media and journalists around the world in same way, would we still call it independent media? USA support independent media and journalists around the world, yet we call them independent media, why?
A case of, if our side does it its good, if the other side does it, its bad.

#Media #Independent #Journalists #Funding


Calling all researchers across the Campus! Save the date: Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair 2025 is on Thu 13 March in the Physics Building @unigoettingen: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event

Discover #Careerpaths #Mentors #ScienceCommunication #Funding #Teaching #OpenScience #Networking #Innovation #Start-ups #Collaboration #Interdisciplinary #Pizza

Thanks to the #GCPostdocNetwork: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc
Text says: POSTDOC SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FAIR 2025, Thursday 13 March, 14:30-17:30. Join us for pizza at 17:30. EVERYONE WELCOME. Chat with experts: get inspired and inform your next career steps. Discover opportunities at the Campus and beyond. Meet other Postdocs and build your network.


Calling researchers across the Campus! #GCPostdocNetwork is organising Göttingen's Postdoc Fair 2025 now.

Who do you want to meet to support your career? Let us know: https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc

Thu 13 March: info stalls, experts, researchers together. Excellent opportunities to discover #Careers #Mentoring #ScienceCommunication #Funding #Teaching #OpenScience #Networking #Pizza
This shows four images from Göttingen's Postdoc Support and Information Fair in 2024. The images show researchers interacting with experts in a busy environment.  The experts are talking about mentoring, science communication, funding and more. The photos were taken by Peter Heller.


“Brickgate-linked former [Angela] Eagle [MP] staffer swapped emails about ‘collaborative efforts’ with Israel govt”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour

“After ‘Stop Funding Fake News’ anti-left smear campaign, Imran Ahmed’s CCDH exposed in collusion in anti-Palestinian propaganda”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/09/brickgate-linked-former-eagle-staffer-swapped-emails-about-collaborative-efforts-with-israel-govt/

#Press #Labour #Eagle #Ahmed #CCDH #Propaganda #Smear #Israel #Funding #AntiSemitism #Censorship #Grayzone #Leak #Emails #Gaza #Genocide #IsraelLobby


#sweden #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #hamas / #uno / humanitarianaid / #unwra / #funding

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/sweden-will-no-longer-fund-unrwa-aid-agency-minister-says


“Meet the genocidaires of the Lewis family: River Island, the billionaire #Lewis #Family and the #genocide in #Gaza: How they are related”

by David Miller in Tracking Power Update on Substack

@palestine
@israel

“In addition to directly #funding the #genocide by sending cash to the occupation forces the Lewis family funds a myriad of other #Zionist projects”

https://open.substack.com/pub/trackingpower/p/meet-the-genocidaires-of-the-lewis?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #Israel #Zionism #SettlerColonization #Apartheid #RiverIsland #LewisFamily #Charity #Boycott


One year since shots were fired outside Temple Israel, officials attend Shabbat services https://www.byteseu.com/541779/ #Albany #Community #funding #HateCrime #Israel #SecuritySpending #ShabbatServices #TempleIsrael #Trauma
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Arts funding

Questions do need to be asked of our politicians, devolved administrations as well as Westmonster.

Research commissioned by performing arts union Equity revealed this summer that overall arts funding in Wales had dropped by 30% since 2017, compared with a drop of 11% in England, 16% in Northern Ireland and a 2% boost in Scotland.

And the pain is being felt in Scotland!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/01/its-an-outrage-stars-join-fight-against-cuts-as-welsh-arts-go-into-meltdown

#Arts #Funding #UkPolitics #Walers