but but but you’re racist |
So I don’t get it…the first two weeks have been kind of awful with inflation increasing again and the proposed tariffs absolutely increasing prices…a proposal to colonize Gaza that would be a massive increase to the deficit and in fact inject America into an endless foreign conflict…immigration raids that barely arrest anyone and they just release them back into the population….Elon running wild. The actual budget proposed does nothing on the deficit except make it larger. More of the same would have been just fine. |
There's misogyny too. You conveniently avoided that. Prevalent in "machismo" Latin community; some ignorant black men only like their women in strip clubs. Asians are jaded because smarter URMs are getting I to colleges. In any event, those communities will rue they voted for Trump. |
Next level generalization like a clown right here |
How did this thread turn into one about racism or DEI? Can we get back to the point? Which is that unless the most recent announcement is walked back due to it's ridiculousness, this is going to disastrous for scientific and medical research in our country. US will definitely no longer be a world leader in this area under these conditions. And no, it's not just going to affect the social sciences like some people seem to think. I work in research we are all stunned and find it surreal to see people celebrating Trump's decisions. |
How can people seriously judge inflation in his first two weeks to him? That's insane and due to Biden's policy overhang. Trump got almost all israel hostages to be released where as biden made significantly less progress. Trump also negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza when again Biden did absolutely nothing. I see progress. Elon is the major area I disagree on from an execution perspective. I'd rather he be deported. |
Yup. I am at Hopkins. We are in shock. |
As for tariffs, Trump is using it as a negotition tool. Canada and Mexico have both agreed to invest more to fight against the drug trade harming both sides of the border in lieu of more tariffs. |
Hopkins will not get slaughtered. I doubt you are there. Internal contingency planning already underway without alarm. |
You are probably not in the sciences and probably don't understand the fact that the email from the provost is trying to sound calm while everyone is in fact very much in a state of panic. |
Macho Latin community; Ignorant black men; Jaded Asians. And Trump is the racist! |
My advice is to calm down. There was a lot of bloat and wasteful research that didn't contribute much. People have illustrated examples on this thread. But you'd rather believe in a different narrative so you pretend otherwise. I also cannot jump to automatically defend higher education because I'm not wild on how certain aspects of research was utilized through higher education, to use as a controversial but increasingly likely example, NIH gave grants to various universities who in turn subbed out the grants to a certain research lab in Wuhan, either directly or indirectly via a certain entity called EcoHealth Alliance. This is indisputable and factual. And I don't doubt we will learn a lot more about this as the new administration is determined to turn over all stones and reveal everything. As it is, we also have a $36 trillion dollar deficit that really is not sustainable either. Cuts will have to be made. Deeply and significantly. I did notice that so far the initial attacks by the new administration is effectively a class warfare against the "educated" classes of America: higher edu, legacy media, Fed agencies. But these entities were not kind to the rest of America either. |
I'm in the BME department. No, not everyone is panicking. This unilateral cut will not play out and will be challenged in short order with negotiations to happen |
I hope you are right, because it is too ridiculous to stand, but this bullshit should not have been proposed in the first place. |
Whether you agree or disagree...hear this one out with the new administration...
Their new OMB director (Project 2025 fame) is a gradaute of Wheaton. Wheaton put out a note congratulating him, much like they do for the hundreds of other alumni when they achieve a new career accomplishment. A protest ensued among the faculty and Wheaton uncogratulated him. Academia for whatever reason has an extreme bias towards left wing ideology, through its faculty, administration, students, curriculum, culture, etc. Academia is completely reliant on the federal government. NSF, DoD, DoEnergy grants are going not going to be spared. |