Wen<p>Politicising Science in the US and some of the consequences. Who would have thunk it, a country that has prospered economicaly is busy tearing down the infrastrucure that made American Science world class (and it still is for now).</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/29/trump-american-science" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/may/29/trump-american-science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Politicisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politicisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BeginningOfTheEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeginningOfTheEnd</span></a></p>