Late Wednesday night, an email went out to members of the AFGE Local 3403 union representing employees at NSF collecting signatures for the so-called Alexandria Declaration, highlighting “catastrophic changes” to the agency “and the scientific enterprise of the United States over the last 6 months.”
“At this critical moment in our shared history, we hope to catalyze a level of public awareness and subsequent action that will preserve NSF and the values it upholds,” the email reads, noting that the effort was inspired by the Bethesda Declaration.
No worries, foreign universities and governments are happily trying to outdo each other to hire as many American scientists as possible. That’s not going to be a problem for America in the future right? I mean it’s not like America’s technological advancements since WW2 were frequently dependant on its ability to recruit foreign scientists or anything right?