@Sheril

And these #science cuts ripple out to the inventions that drive the economy.

Essentially all of the economic gains and wondrous things we've made in the last half century (and there really are a lot) have come from science investment (in #NSF, #NIH, #DOE, #DOD).

Also, very few (almost none) have started from intentional #TranslationalScience. They almost all start from basic curiosity-driven science, which turn out to have applications no one ever expected.

@Sheril I know too well.

Horrific situation.

@Sheril

Thank you for posting this. I appreciate it.

@Sheril I've noticed something interesting. Among many people -- and a huge amount here in America in particular -- people think of science as if it was a religion. They're taught to basically pick and choose what they believe about a religion from an early age. But science is just a process of observing and cataloging the laws of reality. It doesn't care about how someone *feels* about a fact. A fact is a fact.

And facts affect everyone whether they like them or not.

@Sheril
Science jobs are also good jobs that are accessible to the middle class.

@Sheril
And you think #EpsteinsBuddy cares?

Scientists are also surprisingly often people who contradicted the rapist in chief in the past.

#TrumpIsInTheEPsteinFiles

@Sheril dammit, that's the scariest thing I've read all week!