David Ho
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

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Show threadDavid Ho4d ago
To be clear, in my 25-year career, I’ve never not had funding. I typically have 4 to 8 grants, which you need if you’re running an observation science program and have a technician, students, and postdocs. I currently have 4 grants (2 from NSF and two from NOAA), and they will all expire in 2027.
Show threadMartín Pescador 🌍🐝5d ago
@davidho.bsky.social I can’t imagine what the future of your country will be like if you don’t kick out the orange monkey from office.
Show threadDFX4509B (Joshua Mason)5d ago
@minfer @davidho.bsky.social It'll be the reboot of Nazi Germany, so.... Not good. Trump's made it very clear he wants to be Fuhrer of the newly-formed American dictatorship for life.
Show threadGLC5d ago

@davidho.bsky.social

I got a request to do a review, and declined for reasons I mentioned to the program director, who certainly understood (they are thinking of leaving in any case).

Back in July I heard a panelist trying to strike a note of optimism: "we'll recover, in 20 years if not in 10."