Is there a thread for this? Figured there needed to be one to document the 100s of examples in the last year and a half that are often lost in the chaos

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/entire-nsf-science-advisory-board-fired-by-trump-administration/

Quote :

"All 22 members of the advisory board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. Each member of the NSF’s National Science Board (NSB) received an email Friday afternoon saying that “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump,” their positions were “terminated, effective immediately”. ... The NSF and the NSB were established by Congress in 1950. The board meets five times a year and publishes reports on the state of US science and engineering that help to guide the President and Congress. Its next meeting was set for 5 May, and members say a report about the United States ceding scientific ground to China was set to be released. .... "

4/27/2026 11:41:01 AM

Dude my only hope is that the next president comes in and assigns a committee to go through all of these negative changes with the sole purpose of reversing them all. From the CDC to the EPA, the people, the funding, the programs that have been removed, I hope such a committee can put it all back.

4/27/2026 12:00:41 PM

I also hope that, but it's a lot faster to destroy than to create.

4/27/2026 7:10:20 PM

The problem is that they're not just cutting funding and firing people. They're selling the equipment and buildings at places like NIH and NASA and NCAR. "Putting it back" will take years if not decades.

4/27/2026 7:12:24 PM

Can't have a relocation crisis if their is nothing to replicate!

4/27/2026 10:11:43 PM

Quote :

"Yeah the massive investments in AI infrastructure, power, and Mars rockets along with an administration that's heavily tech centered means we are antiscience and dark ages"

4/27/2026 10:59:39 PM

It's still science even if it's military and surveillance tech.

4/28/2026 5:40:13 AM