Explanation for nonscientists here: https://bsky.app/profile/carlbergstrom.com/post/3lhmtolcc6s2c

Sorry that bsky isn’t an official news source, but it hasn’t been appropriately/fully reported by any standard news source yet. I’ve linked the formal announcement. The ramifications are only really clear to those in science.

This will decimate US universities, full stop. Billions of dollars in guaranteed funds have just been pulled.

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    Surely China must be cutting their education investments too? Republicans wouldn’t intentionally disadvantage the country against international competition, right? Is America great yet?

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      I think we’re getting pretty close to our profound greatness that we achieved in 1929. Just give USA little more time to siphon some more of the economy upwards and finish pulling the rug out from the remaining social safety nets.