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We don't even get trains that run on time

Sayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I think you might have used SARCASM there!

I'm sure the molecular genetics Ph.D candidate whose work on understanding the genetic differentiators of viral virulence was abruptly ended and career disrupted won't be radicalized into experimenting with CRISPR enhancements of endemic viruses.

Yup. Trickle-down economics is fake and bad. Trickle-down knowledge and thoughtfulness are not just real and good—they are necessary for a robust civilization.

It triggers me when MAGA destroyed the infrastructure that created a place for “the elites” (here the definition has very little to do with money), and then they yammer on about the “overproduction of elites”

I've never said it. But I might start if it helps your sample size :-)

Indeed, on both points.

They are already not issuing grant money as they so choose.

in answer to a question about science @alanib.bsky.social said that we need to cut the head off this snake before we can right the ship. there are millions of us www.youtube.com/live/gsPC-bD...

They voted DEM.

People are important, but it is the bureaucracy that organizes the work and creates the milieu that makes that organization resilient and successful.

We were perfectly content with our bugs and our potsherds. If you take that away, we’ve gotta find something else to focus on.

Not that all academics are neurodivergent or neurotypical people wouldn’t be activists There’s just a lot of generally placid, autistic and adhd folks in academia who are used to getting things done, who are entirely motivated by things the Trump administration doesn’t understand or take seriously