“Harvard didn’t blink. The fight starts here,” writes @Daojoan for her Index newsletter. “[It] did not act quickly. But it acted clearly. That clarity must be contagious. Because unless every university in America is ready to say no to federal ideological coercion, this moment will not be a line in the sand. It will be a footnote in the obituary of academic freedom,” she writes. “The government has already decided it can control the curriculum by controlling the cash. What happens next is not up to them. It's up to everyone else.”
https://www.theindex.media/harvard-didnt-blink-the-fight-starts-here/
#Education #HigherEducation #University #Harvard #TrumpAdministration #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
4/15
@leavex @feyter @Jamoteusz @Gargron
Specifically for French politicians – government and MPs – there are two «initiatives citoyennes» collecting «votes» lobbying for their #eXit / #LeaveX :
★ https://politipet.fr/2610
★ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2706 (quoted in the one above)
from #HelloQuitteX
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
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A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
RFK Jr. is an unprecedented threat to US health.
He just completely eliminated the CDC lead poisoning group and all teams that respond to help address local radiological and nuclear threats and all capacity for natural disasters response.
Mind numbing insanity.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisoning-cdc-denies-help/