<p>The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
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<p>Exit, stage left: X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>10th January 2025: <a href="https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.uni-weimar.de/en/universit</span><span class="invisible">y/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/</span></a></p><p>"Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter): United for diversity, freedom and science</p><p>"Over 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions have decided to take a stand and collectively announce their decision to cease activities on Platform X (formerly Twitter). This withdrawal comes in response to the platform's current direction, which is incompatible with the core values of the participating institutions: openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency, and democratic discourse. …"</p><p>23rd January: <a href="https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.researchprofessionalnews.c</span><span class="invisible">om/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/</span></a></p><p>"Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X … Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values” …"</p><p>27th April: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamp</span><span class="invisible">errin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R</span></a></p><p>"University of Brighton, University of Sussex, and other like-minded institutions should – now – be at the UK forefront of what began in Germany. … Now. Do the right thing. Please."</p><p><a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/integrity/" rel="tag">#integrity</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/discourse/" rel="tag">#discourse</a> <a href="/tags/openness/" rel="tag">#openness</a> <a href="/tags/universities/" rel="tag">#universities</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/leeds/" rel="tag">#Leeds</a> <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#X</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#Twitter</a></p>
<p>Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. Our database allows you to more easily search these organizations' finances.</p><p>We've just updated it with 140,000 new records. Check it out:<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/527-ex</span><span class="invisible">plorer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>UPDATE: We've confirmed the identities and roles of 9 more key figures affiliated with Musk, bringing our DOGE tracker to a total of 86 staffers.</p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/elon-m</span><span class="invisible">usk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
Read the Fucking Manual<br><br><a href="https://blainsmith.com/articles/read-the-fucking-manual/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blainsmith.com/articles/read-the-fucking-manual/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blainsmith.com/articles/read-t</span><span class="invisible">he-fucking-manual/</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/rtfm/" rel="tag">#RTFM</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/softwareengineering/" rel="tag">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="/tags/hardwareengineering/" rel="tag">#HardwareEngineering</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/selfsufficient/" rel="tag">#SelfSufficient</a><br>
<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show<br>—</p><p>A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a></p>
<p>🦝 Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication</p><p>City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <br><a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/raccoons-are-showing-early-signs-of-domestication/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scientificamerican.com/article/raccoons-are-showing-early-signs-of-domestication/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scientificamerican.com/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/raccoons-are-showing-early-signs-of-domestication/</span></a></p>
<p>Today and tomorrow colleagues and I are organising a two-day workshop on the use of LLMs for linguistics research at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wisskomm.social/@UniKoeln" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UniKoeln</span></a></span>: <a href="https://sfb1252.github.io/llm-workshop/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="sfb1252.github.io/llm-workshop/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfb1252.github.io/llm-workshop</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a>. This was originally intended as a small, university-internal event, but we have found that there is a lot of interest from colleagues and students about this topic so we are delighted to have 15 poster presentations, in addition to four brilliant keynote speakers, and a concluding panel discussion. 1/🧵 </p><p><a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a> <a href="/tags/linguistics/" rel="tag">#linguistics</a></p>
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<p>Pff <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#humour</a> <a href="/tags/jokes/" rel="tag">#jokes</a> <a href="/tags/lol/" rel="tag">#lol</a></p>
<p>👋 Hi, <a href="/tags/scholars/" rel="tag">#scholars</a>, tell us, why are you on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>?</p><p>🔍 We are researching how and why academics use Mastodon compared to other platforms. Is it key for <a href="/tags/academic/" rel="tag">#academic</a> <a href="/tags/discourse/" rel="tag">#discourse</a>?</p><p>🔜 We'll launch our <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> survey by mid-October, so stay tuned.</p><p>📣 Meanwhile: what features of Mastodon do you find most valuable for academic discourse? <br>And which other questions should we include in our research, you think?</p><p><a href="/tags/academicmastodon/" rel="tag">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/academicchatter/" rel="tag">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="/tags/openscience/" rel="tag">#OpenScience</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>
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<p>In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.</p><p>See what changes are in store for your county.</p><p><a href="https://propub.li/3C2UI2U" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3C2UI2U</a></p><p><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.<br>—</p><p>When reporters set out to quantify the impact of a Connecticut law that allows companies to sell some cars they’ve towed after just 15 days, the DMV said records would cost $47,000; it has revised the estimate but hasn't given us the records.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-public-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-public-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-dmv-towing-public-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a> <a href="/tags/foia/" rel="tag">#FOIA</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.<br>—</p><p>Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the development of life-saving treatments, experts warn.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a></p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-niaid-trump-kennedy-bhattacharya-vaccines-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nih-niaid-trump-kennedy-bhattacharya-vaccines-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nih</span><span class="invisible">-niaid-trump-kennedy-bhattacharya-vaccines-research?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p>
<p>Do you excel in statistics and love cats? Want to help us with a research study? Please contact Sebastiaan ([email protected]). If you can help, authorship is guaranteed.</p><p><a href="/tags/statistics/" rel="tag">#statistics</a> <a href="/tags/stats/" rel="tag">#stats</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/phd/" rel="tag">#PhD</a></p>
<p>ProPublica just launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country.</p><p>Here’s how to use it.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-private-school-demographics-lookup</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
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<p>Hi, <a href="/tags/academicmastodon/" rel="tag">#AcademicMastodon</a></p><p>📊First results from our <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> project on the role of <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> in <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a> are in. n=346</p><p>1️⃣94.7% say they would increase their professional use of Mastodon if more academic peers from their field joined the platform</p><p>2️⃣71.4% report a lack of institutional support for using Mastodon<br> <br>3️⃣66.1% indicate their professional Mastodon use would increase if their organizations were present on Mastodon </p><p>Stay tuned for more results.</p><p><a href="/tags/openscience/" rel="tag">#OpenScience</a> <a href="/tags/academicchatter/" rel="tag">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>
<p>A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a></p>
<p>Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts.</p><p>We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>
<p>Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.<br>—</p><p>Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/nih-cu</span><span class="invisible">ts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”<br>—</p><p>The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ted</span><span class="invisible">-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#Biology</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Judge deems <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> grant cuts illegal</p><p>A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> for <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> on <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>-related topics by Trump's admin's was "void & illegal," & accused the government of discriminating against minorities & <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/</span></a></p>
<p>Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal<br>—</p><p>In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations<br>—</p><p>When our reporters prompted a large language model to help identify “woke” themes in a database of grants, AI helped them tell a vital accountability story about science funding and Ted Cruz.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/using-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usi</span><span class="invisible">ng-ai-responsibly-for-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>