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  • One of the worst NSF appropriations cycles in recent memory. 8% cut in research. 15% cut in education. Facilities up 25%. https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/fy2024-national-science-foundation

  • @TheAtlantic @AnnemarieBridy Results-ism

  • By my calculation, NSF core research (RRA, non-TIP) is down sharply -- 17% -- from 2021 after inflation and ignoring the doubling of TIP last year. https://www.science.org/content/article/final-u-s-spending-bills-offer-gloomy-outlook-science

  • It was the worst budget cycle for the National Science Foundation in it's 74-year history. Worst. Ever. https://www.science.org/content/article/final-u-s-spending-bills-offer-gloomy-outlook-science

  • “I was trying to find a year that was worse than that in the [NSF]'s history and couldn't find one.” Pleased to be featured in this week's National Journal, I just wish we were talking about a great outcome for #science, not one of the worst. https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/724402/a-compromise-congress-steps-back-on-big-science-promises-in-funding-bill/?unlock=U806UL9TE43UCA8U

  • Large-scale battery technology is expanding rapidly across the U.S. electric bulk power system. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/07/climate/battery-electricity-solar-california-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE0.S0Tq.QDMWrkaueqc8&smid=url-share

  • Why Engineers Should Study Philosophy https://hbr.org/2024/04/why-engineers-should-study-philosophy

  • How Can Philosophy Help NASA Explore the Cosmos? https://asu.zoom.us/webinar/register/1017159688088/WN_mOd3CaBiQNOtzYFK3EeWnQ?t=1716316899972

  • White House Report Paints Dire Picture of U.S. Research Infrastructure https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/white-house-report-paints-dire-picture-of-u-s-research-infrastructure

  • A study of nearly 400,000 scientists across 38 countries finds that one-third of them quit science within five years of authoring their first paper, and almost half leave within a decade. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03222-7

  • RE: https://tech.lgbt/@rustydev/117211738111609584 Just started working on this project. I already am having a lot of fun using CSS to design the popup.

  • It would be interesting if privacy respecting websites started detecting if a user isn't using an ad blocker, to then show the user a popup asking them to install one. #privacy #web

  • RT @herudujour@x.com: Kronii... might need a hand.

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  • @YoSoyFreeman Made the system 12x faster using chunks.

  • more trees #b3d

  • Crane movement test, beep boop.

  • Battle of the loading screens! Help us choose which composition to use for the loading screen. #mastoart #gamedev #indiegame

  • This is how we want the ship camera ocean view to look like in our game. 3D model by @khaleer and rendered/painted by @NiwlCraft #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #b3d

  • Working on a new building. #b3d #indiegame #indiegames #lowpoly

  • inspiration: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lGwiIvc6U_Q&ra=m

  • Thanks to @YannKervran we've now uploaded quite a few dev-logs to the website. Patreon dev-logs will always be a bit ahead of the website but right now they are in sync. Our next topics are art update (including a new ship) and grid-based building placement part 1. https://niwl.games/posts/ #godot #godotengine #indiegame #devlog

  • Here are some tracks from our game OST: - "Midnight train" Lyrics by Frederike Berendsen. Produced by Frederike Berendsen - Additional production and piano tracks by Julian Bohn #indiegame #videogames #videogamemusic

  • 'Most of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the climate crisis, analysis has found.' 'Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat – when temperatures topped 37C, a record for the time of year – appeared in the UK’s nine main national daily media publications. But nearly three-quarters of them – about 72% – left out any mention of global heating or the climate'. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/14/most-c...

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