> do these make something a target for cessation of funding and possible seizure? Yes, there's a general funding purge in process, causing uncertainty about ou

> do these make something a target for cessation of funding and possible seizure? Yes, there's a general funding purge in process, causing uncertainty about outstanding NSF grants. OP mentioning DEI specifically might be in reference to e.g. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-led-investigation-uncovers-2-billion-in-woke-dei-grants-at-nsf-releases-full-database https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-led-investigatio... Some earlier discussions on that one in particular: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43048077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43048077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43046466 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43046466 Tao made some remarks on what this means in practice here: https://mastodon.social/@tao@mathstodon.xyz/113910073958891062 https://mastodon.social/@tao@mathstodon.xyz/1139100739588910...