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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The NIH still has its funding halted. What people may not realize is 90% of biomedical research is funded through the NIH and it funds over 800,000 scientists. As an example 99% of drugs approved in the last 10 year period were discovered using NIH funding.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/02/nih-grant-freeze-biomedical-research/681853/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

Easier to be a fascist dictator when everyone is sick and dying.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

which has global ramifications. Fuck this regime. Fuck elon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Remember, scientists are the mortal enemy of theocratics - when viewed through that lens, it's pretty clear.

Also, when the OG Nazi's started invading other countries, they killed academics first