Mastodawn

#Scientists Press #Congress on Trump’s Dismissal of Funding Agency Board
The slowed pace of #grants by the #NationalScienceFoundation (#NSF), under attack from #WhiteHouse, could put #US at disadvantage with China, scientists warned.
“We stand with the #NationalScienceBoard, and call on Congress, as an equal branch of government, to rapidly and firmly support science by calling for the reinstatement of terminated #NSB members,” signatories wrote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/nsf-science-congress-trump.html
https://archive.ph/YpHnD

Scientists Press Congress on Dismissal of National Science Foundation Board and Research Funding

The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.

The New York Times

boksy May 9

Less than 10 percent of the scientists — who run the gamut from biologists to epidemiologists, from toxicologists to greenhouse gas emissions specialists — now remain at the agency. Moving forward, they will be under a political commissar, and their research will have to “align with agency and administration priorities.”

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-science-escalates-with-firing-of-entire-national-science-board/

#USPol #Trump #GOP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DonaldTrump #EPA #Layoffs #MassLayoffs #NationalScienceBoard #NationalScienceFoundation #Research #Science

Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board

The impact of the loss of knowledge and research will be felt for decades — a legacy of Trump’s war on science.

Truthout

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 5

#OpenAI, #Google, and #Microsoft Back Bill to Fund #‘AILiteracy’ in #Schools
A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the #NationalScienceFoundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research—to put “AI literacy” in schools.

This seems noble until you realize that they are building a new moat around #students who will be well-versed in THEIR #AI tools.
https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/
https://archive.ph/Q73mY

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools

A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research—to put “AI literacy” in schools.

404 Media

Anders_S May 4

I begynnelsen fanns Arpanet men det växte och 1981 bestod nätverket av 213 anslutna datorer. Snart skulle nätet av datorer bli internationellt och kallas internet. Det centrala protokollet var Network Control Protocol (NCP) som lanserades 1970. NCP bestod av Arpanet Host-to-Host Protocol (AHHP) och Initial Connection Protocol (ICP). Dessutom fanns File Transfer Protocol (FTP) för filhantering och Telnet för fjärrinloggning för att användas via NCP. FTP lanserades 1973 och Telnet redan 1969.

https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/05/04/internet-skapas/

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 2

Trump Takes a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Independent Scientific Advisory Board
Without the impartial oversight of its board, the #NationalScienceFoundation (#NSF) is now “fully at the behest of the White House,” experts warn.
The administration’s firing of all 22 current members of the #NationalScienceBoard last week stands out as “one of the darkest moments” of the past year and a half, said Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and biogeographer
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042026/trump-fires-national-science-board/

Trump Takes a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Independent Scientific Advisory Board - Inside Climate News

Without the impartial oversight of its board, the National Science Foundation is now “fully at the behest of the White House,” experts warn.

Inside Climate News

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 1

Trump’s mass firing of #NationalScienceBoard just dealt another blow to #American #science
Ambitious research is on the chopping block following yet more cuts at the #NationalScienceFoundation.
The #NSF was established in 1950 to “promote the progress of science,” among other goals. It has served as a major source of support for research and education. In 2024, the agency spent $9.39 billion—a substantial figure but only 0.1% of federal spending.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/01/1136722/mass-firing-trump-fresh-blow-american-science-nsf-nsb/
https://archive.ph/opzoa

Trump’s mass firing just dealt another blow to American science

Ambitious research is on the chopping block following yet more cuts at the National Science Foundation.

MIT Technology Review

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Apr 29

@adammockler.com breaks down new questions surrounding the #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner shooting while highlighting a major move by the Trump administration to fire the independent board overseeing the #NationalScienceFoundation. As concerns grow across multiple fronts youtu.be/RdtXa9KUubE?...

Trump Fires Everyone as Stunt ...

Trump Fires Everyone as Stunt Falls Apart

YouTube

Faraiwe Apr 28

Fascism hates science, because science deals in facts, and fascism deals in whims of a single motherfucker.

#TurdReich #NationalScienceFoundation #USPol

PrivacyDigest Apr 28

#Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. #Science Funding

The dismissals from an independent board that oversees the #NationalScienceFoundation marked the president’s latest assault on scientific #research organizations.

> fires all 24 members
#nsf #maga

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-fires-board-members-scientific-research-group.html

Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding

The dismissals from an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation marked the president’s latest assault on scientific research organizations.

The New York Times

Bagolina Apr 27

Entire #NSF science advisory board fired by #Trump administration
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01361-7
All 22 members of the advisory board that advises and oversees the #US #NationalScienceFoundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic #science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. Each member of the NSF’s National Science Board #NSB received an e-mail on Friday afternoon saying that “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump”, their positions were “terminated, effective immediately”.
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Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration

Members of the National Science Board, which the US Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination.