Post AzfgnfjZrTxA7G0A76 by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #Azffiiw8QYXwe8x4sq by ricci@discuss.systems
       2025-10-28T14:51:31Z
       
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       I'm at a conference, and the keynote speaker is the associate director for CISE (NSF's Computer Science directorate). However, she  is not allowed to say anything about her job at NSF because of the government shutdown. We are not a serious country.(It is still a very good talk, because, as with most people at NSF, she is an accomplished scientist in her own right, so there is plenty to talk about. But still.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AzfgnfjZrTxA7G0A76 by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
       2025-10-28T15:03:36Z
       
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       @ricci In a previous US government shut down, I was attending a fruit fly neurobiology conference where one of the attendees was from the NIH intramural program, and said, paraphrasing: I am not here today, and you aren't hearing anything I am saying, in case anyone asks. And proceeded with the talk as if just happening to have casually walked into the room and thought of discussing with us some matters.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzgNnNRMAqITPKaJUm by snorerot13@mstdn.social
       2025-10-28T23:05:22Z
       
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       @ricciWhile you're saying hi to people for me, tell Ellen I said hi.