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Elizabeth Ginexi
Personal blog · elizabethginexi.substack.comsciencepolitics
Elizabeth Ginexi writes Former NIH Program Staffer, a personal blog at elizabethginexi.substack.com about science and politics. Since 2026, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-16, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Posts that summarise proposed US federal science funding rules and policy changes, including grant cancellation terms. HN commenters link them as summaries of those changes. The comments do not judge the writing itself.
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Most-linked posts?
- Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2026-05-29
What Hacker News says?
Another project 2025 goal essentially, destruction of any real science that doesn't fit whatever "gold standard science" is. https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-change...
Comment linking /p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed
on “U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears”Submitted Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science as a story · 8 points
HN discussionFor those who disagree, see [1] [1] https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-change...
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on “Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time”Submitted OMB's Proposed Federal Rules That May Destroy American Science as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHere's a more concise summary of the proposed changes: https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-change... I don't think any practicing scientist of any political persuasion will think these are good for science. Science progresses by sharing knowledge openly and publicly, so others can evaluate it, criticize it, and build on it. These severe restrictions on collaboration, publication, and public communi…
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on “Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time”Submitted Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Summary of Key Changes in OMB's Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Summary of Key Changes in OMB's Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Summary of Key Changes in OMB's Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted In 2024, NIH published 756 funding announcements. In 2025, it published 120 as a story · 1 points
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