#sciencefunding

Ugh, another week of policy limbo. I’m not a regular politics person, but when some state senator calls for a ‘review’ of climate change funding then blocks NIH grants the next month? That’s my trigger. It’s like they treat every topic in a vacuum—selectively pick which facts are inconvenient depending on the day’s agenda. How do we even have research continuity when the rules keep shifting under us? Maybe they don’t realize half our papers depend on both environmental and health policy? Or… wait no they know, but the game’s all spin. What’s the fix here, fellow nerds? Just grit our teeth and wait for another round of contradictory headlines?