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Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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Yeah dude, Biden did this! Lmao

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I think the madness is on the geniuses that voted for Trump and continue to cheer on the insanity every day, and the "moderates" who somehow thought he was the "economy" pick. Less so on Trump himself because he's pretty much just being himself.

The Democrats chose Harris as their candidate because they thought she had the best chance of winning. They might have been right.

Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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I read it, I just disagree. Bidens DEI policies aren’t why they are gutting the NSF, that’s just an excuse.

That is not what you wrote: "How do you figure? If they simply changed the grant writing process back to what it was before Biden, that argument would make sense."

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Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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> And Trump 3 will follow unless the Dems move back to the sane center.

Great way to lose again. The "sane center" is 3rd-way '90s dems, and their shit only worked because Republicans agreed with them on unpopular neoliberal economic policy, so there was no way for voters to avoid it.

Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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Last week, staff were briefed on a new process for vetting grant proposals that are found to be out of step with a presidential directive on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI),... In the new structure, even if a revised proposal gets the green light from a division director, a new body whose membership has not been determined will take a fresh look to ensure it conforms to the agency’s new standard for making awa…

They're even sending letters to foreign governments "ordering" them to cut all DEI programs. OTHER GOVERNMENTS. Insanity.

They sent one to the municipality of Stockholm. The majority leader in Stockholm responded by suggesting they could just turn off the water and sewer system for the embassy :P

Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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Last week, staff were briefed on a new process for vetting grant proposals that are found to be out of step with a presidential directive on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI),... In the new structure, even if a revised proposal gets the green light from a division director, a new body whose membership has not been determined will take a fresh look to ensure it conforms to the agency’s new standard for making awa…

They're even sending letters to foreign governments "ordering" them to cut all DEI programs. OTHER GOVERNMENTS. Insanity.

I can only find a source in Norwegian, but this is quite a funny situation. US embassy demanded that local utility providers agree to not have any DEI policies. The utility providers ignored that request.

https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3M35qq/hafslund-celsio-trosser-k...

Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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Last week, staff were briefed on a new process for vetting grant proposals that are found to be out of step with a presidential directive on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI),... In the new structure, even if a revised proposal gets the green light from a division director, a new body whose membership has not been determined will take a fresh look to ensure it conforms to the agency’s new standard for making awa…

They're even sending letters to foreign governments "ordering" them to cut all DEI programs. OTHER GOVERNMENTS. Insanity.

I think for Trump hangers on bumbling around and acting like an idiot is thought to be a required social signal.

I suspect few have a relationship they trust with Trump, dude is erratic, prone to strange influences (twitter) and the only way hangers on can think to signal they are doing good work is effectively… act out in a way that gets attention.

Re: NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

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You’ve offered no evidence of “DEI in maths” or any of your other confidently unsubstantiated arguments. You’re just parroting talking points. Unserious takes deserve unserious responses.

> You’ve offered no evidence of “DEI in maths”

Compelling or not, they offered some. Now it's on you to move the goalpost or concede the challenge which you issued.

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