Because Trump and all his advisors don't know any science. And didn't bother to consult with anyone who did

As per Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson that would require that Trump be a biologist. So why the hate? After all, she isn't able to define a woman because she only has a JD cum laude. Do you people even realize how insane you sound?

. As these people which make up 5-10% of the general population,

Maybe on Slashdot. In the real world it's more likely less than 1% if you remove the social contagion aspect of it.

You have no clue what "science" means.

Oh, the irony! Several published (peer reviewed) papers on protein interactions and DNA-binding regions (in vitro, in vivo, and in silico). I have zero interest in doxxing myself so I'll keep the subject matter on which I've published as vague as that. But the irony of some IT guy who never worked a day in his life in an actual science lab is going to assume people are "science deniers" because something doesn't fit their (limited) viewpoint. You realize how amusing that is, right?

Get back to blowing your boyfriend while you tell people to reboot their Windows boxes. LOL. With any luck I'll up my Slashdork foe counter even higher!

So, you're in the camp that believes that romantic and sexual preferences are strictly a personal choice and not physiological?

I never said that. What I have a problem with is helping random people I don't know and don't chose to help. If it were a choice (i.e. charity) then fine. But you are taking my money and giving it to people that I believe defective. If you want to donate your money to these types and maybe score a little schlong along the way - then fine, that's up to you. That's your choice and I have zero intention of standing in your way.

But my personal belief - as an atheist - is that (1) we are animals, (2) evolution still applies to our species, and (3) these people are evolutionary dead ends. I don't care one iota what happens to these defective individuals. It's not my problem and, more importantly, not my responsibility. So why should any of my money go to people I find disgusting?

And I believe it should be 100% fair - if you're disgusted by vaginas then I wouldn't expect you to contribute anything towards any heterosexual health causes. In fact, I'm happy for that - more 'tang for me.

LGBT+ medicine is the medicine that applies to the health problems specific to LGBT+ people

Why would I want this? If you want to donate some money to this, then fine. Why are my tax dollars going to help defective people that nature is removing from the gene pool? I don't give a single crap or am willing to spend a single $0.01 on these people. Let them die -- they chose their lifestyle and that's their problem, not mine. Understand: I am not my brother's keeper.

• health - I am all for basic research. Is this actual research (e.g. things like protein interactions) or more woke be like masks and social distancing? I'm going to guess since it's the broken government, it's the latter.
• environment and climate change - They listed "social impact" which to me is just nonsense. You want to study complex systems and attempt to model them? Fine. You add crap like "social impact" and "AI" to this - I call BS.
• humanities and social sciences - 100% useless. This sort of stuff is nonsensical science. If it doesn't involve physics, chemistry, or math it's crap science.
• astrophysics - This is, to me, some of the most important research out there - is this actually what's being cut or nonsense meta-research like "the important of BiPOC transgender people in astrophysics."

The reality is I think that the government shouldn't be in the research game. Give tax breaks to properly vetted research institutions (that means math, chemistry, and physics) - anything involving a "social science" shouldn't get a penny or given a single tax break. Because if it's not objective then it's not a real science. And for the last 4 years the government has shown it makes up nonsense and tries to cover it under a banner of science. No more.

You lost all credibility the minute I read "LGBT+ medicine" -- how is this a "science?" There is zero scientific value to studying such nonsense. A tiny percentage of the human population with a minor behavioral deviance regarding mating habits is completely irrelevant to the world of science. It's pretty clear that the "science" here is "political science."

What man doesn't want to "grab them by the pussy?" And why should men apologize for being men? I've grabbed my share of pussy in the past and plan to continue to do so until the day I croak. That's not being a sexist pig -- that's biology. I have zero intention of apologizing for the natural order of things.

Also, here's a bit of wisdom from the past because you people act as if words have any real danger: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." Leftists should really take that last part to heart. I guarantee you that in the case of locker room talk (which is where your quote comes from) every man has said something similar. Every man.

You should give it a try. Take the seat off your bicycle and go for a ride. I suspect you won't even need any lube! It will just fit right in there.

Yup, nothing wrong with making fun of homos. Remember when comedy could make fun of everything? And I certainly do enjoy my refined sense of humor - 1988 was a good year. Hopefully the world will strive to improve to the level of 1988.

Fun fact: I was preemptively laughing at all the crazy leftist retorts I was expecting on Slashdork. And I wasn't disappointed. You silly leftists are one giant meme generator to me; capable of producing even dumber pablum than ChatGPT when i ask it about crap like "marginalized BiPOC transgender sex workers suffering under systemic racism" and read the nonsensical response.

Wow sir, your vagina is gaping open. If you expect to make a serious argument then the word "sexist pigs" is not a good choice. Just sayin'.

Many things our government was doing in the name of science really wasn't. For example: just because Mayor Pete's transportation department says they can make bicycles cheaper by eliminating the seat doesn't work for everyone. LOL.

related to technology, policy, and diversity

Well "diversity" has no business being anywhere near anything objective (e.g. any scientific endeavor). As for policy - those positions regularly change up as an administration changes for lots of mundane reasons (e.g. budget process, reporting). As for "technology" for all we know it was some department studying the ideal way to make tampons for men or studying how transgenders can dilate in space or some other woke bs.

This seems like a typical change that comes with any incoming government administration. But go ahead and panic and fear monger about a few personnel changes.

LOL. Transilvergrunt. I figured he is doing okay with a Soros paycheck. That's still a funny-as-heck spoof of his username.

My guess would be the equipment is EOLed and they simply can't get replacements as BTS components fail. Although I used to work on this stuff I've been out of the game for a while. But back in the day, designing this stuff did require some specific ASICs. Could it be done with high bandwidth ADC/DACs and a DSP or FPGA? Probably. But finding a company willing to invest the engineering effort in building 2G equipment probably isn't going to happen... Unless we call it "2G with generative AI" or something.