There are a few active discussions on Reddit/Bluesky… I think the short answer is none of us are really sure. However, I read comments saying that language from the memo seems to suggest that they would stop disbursement of funds, which would be the absolute worst case scenario (since that would straight up terminate a lot of ppl’s jobs)

If there’s any lawyer here who can parse/interpret the original memo I’d appreciate some insights…

It was just HHS a few days ago… Then it came for NSF… Then this happened

I know the official memo claims this is “temporary” but there is literally no way this would end well. Heck there was at least one clinical trial terminated because of the “temporary” HHS pause, and this burden is on the entire country now

I envisioned for the worst when Trump was elected… and somehow this administration has managed to exceed some of my wildest expectations