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I co-sign this great summary from @dereklowe.bsky.social . The goal is to destroy academic science, and these are the reasons. And all the “gold standard” and “needs reform” and “not high risk” stuff is transparent bullshit to hide the ball on what they are doing.

Buckle your chinstraps and join the fight. Standing up and speaking out is working. The more clear speaking we can do, the more effective we will be.

There are a few other related reasons: 1. They want to consolidate (presidential) power over all govt spending 2. They hate gov’t and want to destroy it (see @bartlettb.bsky.social ), and privatize 3. They think AI will replace science so who cares 4. Anyone w/ a PhD is their political opponent

(See K Rove), and science runs on PhD level experts; they want to crush those careers 5. They want to destroy universities because they are always pro-democracy and oppose autocracy. Many of these overlap with Derek’s summary to one extent or another.

As Derek urges, I am doing what I can as well to speak plainly about what is happening. Anyone who can do so should; it helps.