Nelson Cowan

@ncowan51.bsky.social

Professor and Researcher - working memory, attention, child development

Beyond the need to replace federal funds, with this administration in place, federal support will no longer be a mark of distinction beyond that of private giving; it will be tainted with the thought that you may have had to abandon your principles in various ways to receive that support.

I think there needs to be a new push for private giving to research. One reason is to replace the now-tenuous federal support, which universities won't care about so much anyway with the new 15% cap on indirect costs. 1/2

Here is my guess about the BlueSky business strategy: build slowly so as to get established without alarming X too much; wait for X to impose a subscription fee for everyone; and then open the floodgates to the new free site.