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Will Poff-Webster @willpoffwebster.bsky.social · 19h

Ambitious permitting bill out today! @heinrich.senate.gov says: "We need to be able to build big things in this country again... to figure out how to get to yes, or how to get to no, a whole lot faster. If we don't, we will see 20-30% increases in the cost of electricity in the near term."

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

School’s back in session and the @ifp.bsky.social metascience team has a back-to-school reading list for you. If everyone reads these articles, gets their homework done, and stays out of trouble, we'll have a pizza party!* www.macroscience.org/p/what-weve-... *we are not having a pizza party

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What We’ve Been Reading, Vol. 2

Your back to school reading list from the IFP metascience team.

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Why should federal science agencies launch metascience units? In this article, Jenn Gustetic, Matt Esche, and I describe the problems we think metascience units are well poised to tackle - and how they go about addressing them: www.macroscience.org/p/science-ag...

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Caleb Watney @calebwatney.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We've been checking with contacts inside the NSF and they are saying it is **not true** that X-labs is responsible for this. X-labs is not anywhere close to big enough to make up this hole. As far as I have heard, this program is coming out of TIP funding.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"Different science reformers have distinct core hypotheses about what has gone wrong and what is most tractable to fix." By @calebwatney.bsky.social and Jenn Gustetic

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The Six Camps of Metascience

A field guide for policymakers (and everyone who cares about American science).

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

1. It’s 1%, not 10% 2. We’re talking about diversifying a portfolio where ~70% of funding at NSF/NIH goes to small, project-based grants. Nonprofit labs like the Arc Institute haven’t undermined higher ed and I’m glad NSF wants to fund labs like that, while maintaining the bulk of funding at unis.

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

In 2025, the National Academies produced a report with 53 ideas for simplifying federal science regulations. I picked out a few favorites for Macroscience (and explained why many reforms would require hiring more staff) www.macroscience.org/p/five-presc...

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Five Prescriptions for Simplifying Science Policy

Some thoughts on a National Academies’ report on reforming federal science.

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Macroscience mostly focuses on metascience, so it was fun when @dan-turner-evans.bsky.social did some science science. Learn about brains here: www.macroscience.org/p/how-close-...

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How Close Are We to Connecting Our Brains to the Matrix?

Some thoughts on biological intelligence

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Andrew Gerard @andrewgerard.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

How much do Americans want to spend on R&D? New data suggests that when Americans know what the government spends on R&D, 80% want more spending; the median respondent wants to double it. www.macroscience.org/p/americans-...

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Americans Want More Science Funding

So why aren’t agencies spending the money they have?

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Excited that @mattsclancy.bsky.social‬ will be permanently leading Open Phil's Abundance and Growth Fund. Matt has been leading the program on an interim basis since we announced it in February, and I can't wait to see what he accomplishes going forward. bsky.app/profile/alb...

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