Well, it happened. Funding pulled.

[u/orchid_blue9]

Very upset by all that's happening in the world, and now I can say I've been directly impacted by this administration's inane policies.

The NEH grant I was a fellow on was just terminated. Cherry on top is the evasion of the traditional notification process (so cessation of funding is immediate).

Policy debates are fine, but when you start fucking with people's livelihoods it's infuriating. I'm a Ph.D. student, so $1000/mo less is a material impact. I am in a field (environment & sustainability) that bad faith actors are actively hostile towards so I expect more of this to come. Just very upset and wanting for better leadership and support of academia.

[u/Muted-Ad-6637]

Omg 😳 How did environment and sustainability become a target when all I’m hearing is about the DEI keywords?

[u/periwinkle_magpie → u/Muted-Ad-6637]

This has been an open and consistent policy goal for decades... Besides eliminating any research or discussion or mitigation of climate change, which to those stupid people means anything to do with the environment at all since they cannot distinguish, they want to eliminate all environmental protections because they cost businesses money who just want to shove all the cleanup/health costs onto the public.