We've been checking with contacts inside the NSF and they are saying it is **not true** that X-labs is responsible for this. X-labs is not anywhere close to big enough to make up this hole. As far as I have heard, this program is coming out of TIP funding.

Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · last mo.

Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...

🚨 We're hiring! Join @ifp.bsky.social’s metascience team to rethink how science gets funded and organized. Fellow & Senior Fellow roles open — $3K referral bonus if we hire your recommendation. Apply by May 11: ifp.org/come-work-wi...

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IFP is currently hiring — join the team!

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@calebwatney.bsky.social of Institute for Progress on much-needed reforms of US funding for investments in science that make a lot more sense than DOGE slash-and-burn. via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Smart piece on need for more risk-taking in US science www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o... by @calebwatney.bsky.social of @ifp.bsky.social (Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)

Opinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for Science

We need less administrative bloat in science.

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🎯🎯🎯 marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

A very interesting argument from @mtabarrok.bsky.social that credential inflation in education (without corresponding real gains in human capital) has made the Great Stagnation look a bit worse than it actually is. www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...

New post, coauthored with Caroline Fry! mattsclancy.substack.com/p/training-s...

Training Scientists in Low and Middle Income Countries

The evidence is thin but it probably works

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macroscience is back today with @calebwatney.bsky.social thinking about how data limits the promise of metascience, and arguing for the need for a census-style effort in the space www.macroscience.org/p/a-census-f...

A Census for Science

The potential of metascience rests on its promise to offer an unparalleled account of the determinants of scientific and technological progress. Whereas earlier efforts to understand progress have rel...

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I enjoyed having the opportunity to testify a few days ago before the House Science Committee on the areas where federal AI R&D funding can go the furthest: progress.institute/where-can-fe...

My mom is reading Dune because she wants to connect with me and have me explain the plot 😭

New spring 2023 Journal of Economic Perspectives issue: housing/urban economics, universal health insurance, mental health, + a bonus teaching-oriented piece on event study models from Doug Miller: aeaweb.org/issues/721

Montana is on track to adopt perhaps the most ambitious state-level YIMBY reform package yet: legalizing duplexes, establishing as-of-right permitting, and requiring that zoning be informed by realistic assessments of housing need, among many reforms.

How YIMBYs Won Montana

A wave of legislation designed to reform local zoning rules and boost housing is sweeping this GOP-led state, thanks to an unusual left-right coalition of supporters.

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Everything you could possible want to know about nuclear power plant construction costs 🏗️⚡ https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/

Why Does Nuclear Power Plant Construction Cost So Much? - Institute for Progress

The source of clean energy shouldn't be displaying "negative learning" over time

progress.institute

Core econtwitter subgraph is looking great 1/ @calebwatney.bsky.social @heidiwilliams.bsky.social @ryanradia.bsky.social @josephpolitano.bsky.social @birb.bsky.social @neoliberal.bsky.social @novosad.bsky.social @wojtek.kopczuk.com @basilhalperin.bsky.social @instrumenthull.bsky.social

Anyone have any hot takes on buying a couch?

Had a blast at @calebwatney.bsky.social / @alecstapp.bsky.social / EIG conference in Lancaster, PA

📢 Android is finally here! 🎉 Google takes a while to update their search so here’s the direct link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US

Bluesky - Apps on Google Play

See what's next

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Make a proper Android app @bsky.app