Science reports on brazen raiding of public funds at NSF to send money to the insatiable maw of the AI industry.
They're cutting basic science directorates 20-30%, when they are not eliminating them entirely, despite Congressional limits of 5%. Program officers are instructed to keep quiet and pull back approved grants to fund tech projects with little oversight.
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When is someone considered a senior in their position?
This is a resume question, but also not really.I'm working on updating my resume since hiring at my agency will be starting again soon. I was thinking about including "Senior Program Analyst" in my resume (position name is different than my actual position title, but similar). If you have included it, when did you start including it? after a certain number of years in the position, a certain GS level, or something else?Some thoughts:I have been in my supervisor position for almost 6 years which is longer than any of my coworkers at the same levelI am often chosen to lead the unusual projects and just finished wrapping up a year+ project which included a lot of travelI acted in a detail a level above mine while my boss was out on extended leavemy boss's boss's boss tells me a SME in my field.I'm thinking about applying for a deputy branch chief position sooner. can I call myself a senior program analyst?
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A few days ago I posted a graph with very minimal details. I'm going to try to do a more considered analysis here.
The original post showed (binary, sorry) male and female survey respondents' answers to a question about how hard they thought it was for men to conform to societal norms, by self-reported political affiliation. There was a potentially large surprise with politically unaffiliated women and (smaller effect) Democrat women vs men. That "other" category for politics can hide some interesting things, so I split things a bit differently.
I pulled out the participants who indicated they were Democrat or Republican (or leaning that way, for participants who said Independent or Other; there was a follow-up question). Then I compared self-reported D vs R affiliation/leaning with who they said they voted for in 2024. This created two new categories:
I did one more thing, still preliminary: I created a "MAGA score" by averaging the z-scores of nine questions that seemed explicitly relevant to MAGA ideology or affilitation. They were questions about whether the killing of an Iranian Islamic leader was justified, if the US violated international law when invading Iran, how much participants trusted Trump as a source of climate information, and whether they were proud to be an American. This a priori group of items clustered pretty tightly with Dem and GOP Ss, and less so with others.
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In 2025, an #Arkansas appeals panel severely limited how the Voting Rights Act can be enforced. It eliminates a vital mechanism for communities of color and voters with disabilities to challenge discriminatory voting practices.
The case was appealed to the #SupremeCourt. The Court declined to review, leaving in place the lower court ruling.
The decision strips the private right to sue under Section 208 of the landmark civil rights Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or those unable to read or write to receive voting assistance from a person of their choice.
They seem to think if they can stop us from voting, they can stop us from rising. They will not.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-5863532/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-private-right-arkansas
#VotingRightsAct #uspol #voting #discrimination #disability #StillWeRise #illiteracy
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R MOC:🚨pushing forward a bill to repeal a vital shell co database—completely🚨undoing the biggest anti #kleptocracy step forward the US has seen in decades.
For the past 18 mos,🚨nearly all of the efforts to demolish America's anti-corruption arch➡️from the WH Under Pres Trump. Admin:🚨transformed everything from white-collar prosecutions to pardons into an open-air feast of #corruption.
Autocrats/oligarchic proxies🚨*benefited, & wealthy Ams➡️to influence politics...
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