A colleague of mine got their NSF grant cancelled a couple of days ago. She got an email that said:

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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio. Each award was carefully and individually reviewed, and the agency has determined that termination of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorites [sic].

[....]

This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal.

......

This is illegal because she had a contract with the NSF and there's no due process here. Her outfit plans to sue the Trump gang over this. They want to join a collective lawsuit.

Do you know other researchers who got their NSF grants canceled, who plan to sue?

Lots of NSF grants have been canceled. Here's a list of some:

https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO?jntvk%3Asort=eyJwZWw4ZlRSME8ycmFObWNUYyI6eyJjb2x1bW5JZCI6ImZsZHBpSTZqZUVYRWx3Und1IiwiYXNjZW5kaW5nIjp0cnVlfX0

I have some resources to distribute in my community, but I'm not very well connected here, so I'm not sure where to start.

So I stopped by the library and had a quick chat with the librarian, who was amazingly helpful!

This is just a librarian appreciation post. All hail librarians!

dear mastodon:

i'm just gonna throw this out here in the unlikely event that someone who knows about these things can help me out.

my dad gave me his old Seiko Sportsmatic from 1967, series 7625-7000. he put a different bracelet on it at some point, but he's still got the original -- minus the end links, unfortunately.

i have scoured the entire internet to the best of my ability but absolutely can NOT find end links for this thing. for other models, yes, but not this one. i don’t know if the originals were curved or straight, but they should be 18mm.

here are some photos of the bracelet. it looks a lot like the style they call "beads of rice," but the bits are usually rounded, and they're flat on this one.

i am stumped. anyone?? please boost!!

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