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is this type of research really at risk? I thought the feds were after research with an ideological bent. Rather than speculate about how the feds might see certain research as ideological, can we have some concrete examples of the type of research projects that have been discontinued?

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Okay, take a moment and think: what about this administration has given you the impression that they're going to take the time to carefully understand a system they're bent on dismantling?

well, this is kind of my point. We might have different ideas of which "system they're bent on dismantling".

You can look at what they're defunding!

A few examples focusing on climate change, which I hope we can all agree is extremely critical.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/climate-disasters-th...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/trump-admin-may-be-t...

https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-la... (damage is being done even when programs aren't explicitly cancelled)

"ideological bent" like greenhouse gasses cause climate change and guns just might actually kill people and 2+2=4.

But you see AI has a liberal bias. Even Musk's own AI is too woke because it isn't producing the "right" kind of humor - https://youtu.be/7qZl_5xHoBw?t=6159.

Do you know that sealioning on the 1000th ridiculously bad cut is just in bad faith right? At this point we don't actually need to spend time proving how the Trump administration is doing a wrong thing actually, it can be inferred from the other EVERY SINGLE TIME.

So you’re saying being the NPC who endlessly repeats “Orange man bad!” is not only the morally responsible thing to do, but the logical thing as well.

Oh, you should be going "orange man bad", but there's no need to be an NPC about it. Organize against it.

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