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The Trump regime is deliberately destroying the scientific community in the US. “This is not efficiency. This is not streamlining. This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder.” https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wrote-research-funding-announcements
I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14

How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research

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Show threadChrisMar 16

@kottke just a fun reminder that, per the constitution, Congress is directed to "promote the progress of science and useful arts"…

I don’t think a lot of people understand just how much this Congress has avoided doing their actual jobs.

Show threadAlison WilderMar 16

@chris_colvin I agree with you that Congress isn't doing its job. That said, my understanding is that the next clause of that bit of the Constitution means that it's not about funding, but about intellectual property:

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-8/clause-8/

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Article 1 Section 8 Clause 8 | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

Show threadAlison WilderMar 16

@chris_colvin happy to be corrected, I'm no constitutional scholar! :)

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Show threadChrisMar 16
@alisynthesis @kottke No, you're totally right! I guess in my mind, at least in a capitalist society, those kinda go hand-in-hand. But you're right, the full passage is not as explicit as the portion I shared makes it out to be.
Show threadAlison WilderMar 17

@chris_colvin even if the specifics were a little off, the sentiment was dead on imo. Congress is such a bunch of do-nothings! (And many of them are probably doing nothing because they kind of like what's happening, Democrats included.)

I honestly debated whether to be pedantic about this, because I agree so hard with you. 

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