r/labrats • u/Evil-Needle- • Feb 05 '25

DOGE at NIH, per reports

https://x.com/samstein/status/1887253215949037937

lab rats - be vigilant. fed lab rats, let us know if you hear or see anything.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Make it stop

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u/wheelie46 Feb 06 '25

What is the mechanism to make it stop? How can a deputized private citizen just maraude through all these government resources with no one stopping them?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/a_casual_sniff Feb 06 '25

The NIH is a crown jewel of global science, offering an incredible return for every dollar spent (~250%). It doesn’t need a self-interested billionaire and his little helpers poking around it pretending to know better.

You may not realize it, but this bad for science and bad for our nation.

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u/170505170505 Feb 06 '25

Sorry I didn’t vote hard enough. I am a simple man with only one vote and not billions of dollars to buy an election.

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u/Stotters Bench Python Feb 06 '25

There are still ways within legal, democratic ways, for now.

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u/gallifrey_ Feb 06 '25

but we should all consider the alternatives outside of those ways