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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 05:21:37 JST Nonilex

   #Trump ousts National #Science Board members
   
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation [#NSF] said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.

   Multiple #scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by Trump.

   https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/25/national-science-board-members-dismissed/

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     FurballsNHairballs (chrisholladay@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 06:19:09 JST FurballsNHairballs

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     @Nonilex
     The dumbing down of Murica continues.
     First education now science...
     I am so sick of this I cant wait for McDonalds to help him meet his expiration date.

     Steve's Place repeated this.
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     GhostOnTheHalfShell (ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 06:19:09 JST GhostOnTheHalfShell

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     • FurballsNHairballs

     @ChrisHolladay @Nonilex

     This isn’t about dumbing down America, it’s is about dismantling it. These functions aren’t being replaced anywhere else and the super rich don’t care because they don’t know any better. They just think their AI is gonna do everything.