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Bravo

Bravo

Posted Oct 27, 2025 20:09 UTC (Mon) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Bravo by dskoll
Parent article: Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal

> NSF should not be considering those things when it decides whether or not to fund an organization, just so long as those bylaws or policies don't actually break the law.

Quite a few organizations only officially instituted DEI (and many other "unrelated to the mission") policies because they were effectively required to do in order to receive governmental funding (including tax relief). Those were either a direct requirement of the laws that created said funding, or court decisions that produced binding case law (usually stemming from the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment)

It is not an exaggeration to say that this government represents a complete reversal of literally decades of carefully constructed and *heavily* adjudicated policies. It remains to be seen what the courts will ultimately do, but I am saddened to see so many of my rural neighbors cheering the abrupt end of so many programs that their livelihood (and often, entire way of life) is utterly dependent upon.


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