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Tim Clancy
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Arch Street=making connections in science, cybersecurity & innovation. Former NSF, House Science Committee. Environment, upstate NY, science & tech policy everywhere. Jazz. Occasional Boston Celtics musings

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On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
Appellate court rules policy violated NIH regulations and congressional funding language

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
Trump administration cannot slash NIH research funding, court rules
District Judge Angel Kelley last year blocked the cuts, and on Monday the appeals court agreed.
www.reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Weather Report Live at Montreux 1976 youtube.com/watch?v=3l65...
Weather Report Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival on July 8th, 1976
YouTube video by Pure Vintage Media
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful 2026 from Arch Street!!
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful 2026 from Arch Street!!
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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The National Science Foundation starts 2026 with a new management structure that affects every scientist with--or applying for--NSF funding. Here's what you need to know. www.science.org/content/arti...
The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know
Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors
www.science.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I ran into Dave Grohl grabbing a slushy at the Quaker Lane 7Eleven in Alexandria.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Upstate New York cinema canon

The Last of the Mohicans
Drums Along the Mohawk
Ironweed
Synecdoche, New York
Nobody’s Fool
Slap Shot
The Last Seduction
chicago cinema canon

thief
ferris bueller
widows
the fugitive
stranger than fiction
adventures in babysitting
high fidelity
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
December 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The National Science Board, which oversees NSF, has published recommendations to update the foundation's merit review (which was just updated).

Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help #quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emerging field heats up.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Canada Pushes to Retain Quantum Computing Firms as US Competition Grows
The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emergin...
www.bloomberg.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I fear we really have no grasp of how civically damaging it's going to be to suddenly have an entire generation emerge whose brains have not been fundamentally shaped by regular engagement with lengthy texts.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of the problems with AI discourse is humans equate intelligence with speed.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Quite possibly the greatest individual athletic achievement ever.
That she was able to walk again was a small miracle
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
DOE outlines $320 million Genesis Mission to develop AI models for scientific discovery www.aip.org/fyi/genesis-...
Genesis Mission Starting to Take Shape
DOE has begun awarding funds for scientific AI models to support the mission, Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil testified.
www.aip.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science www.aip.org/fyi/what-the...
What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science
Provisions on research security, grant policies, indirect cost rates, and more are packed into the latest version of the NDAA.
www.aip.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale. news.yale.edu/2025/11/25/s...
State pledges $121 million for quantum technologies, New Haven tech incubator
The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale.
news.yale.edu
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Trump administration has implemented policy changes at both the NIH and NSF that will reduce long term investments across the disciplines of scientific research. The result has been fewer grants and shortened grant duration.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The focus areas include
-- applied artificial intelligence
-- biomanufacturing
-- contested logistics technologies
-- quantum and battlefield information dominance
-- scaled directed energy
-- scaled hypersonics.

defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...
Pentagon pares down list of critical emerging technology areas
The Defense Department’s CTO has revised its list of critical technology areas — reducing the number of R&D priorities by more than half.
defensescoop.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM