@thetransmitter it's honestly infuriating to see a congressman quoted saying we "shouldn't give up" (should do what we can with the lower funding level). It's not as if every lab just has to tighten their belts a bit and order less avocado toast. (Does he think labs can do the same science with less money? That's also not how it works.) It's the end of the road for a swath of labs and researchers -- we're going to lose so many brilliant minds who can't find continuous funding through this fiasco. Not to mention who all else decides it's not worth the precarity to continue in a grant funded career.*

*Extremely not at all riled up on account of being in the same position in a different field.