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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 18, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Terry Tao gives all of the great reasons why we like science. And hes right on those reasons. But he does not give the reason why his funding was cut. Which is odd, he is a smart guy, but reading his letter you get the impression that Trump / the NSF just came in and randomly cut his funding. He actually say this himself:




This is not because of a negative scientific assessment of the work, but instead by seemingly arbitrary justifications.




[Side note: very lame Terry. Your entire funding just got gutted, and you can't even nut up enough to say it was "arbitrary", just "seemingly arbitrary". Weak.]


Anyways, it just seemed odd that UCLA got its funding cut for no reason, the admin has been sending letters to colleges outlining its reasons. So I looked, and this is what I found. I took it from the link to the lawsuit below, where the Trump NSF letter to UCLA is reprinted.




The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a
review of its award portfolio. The agency has determined that
suspension of certain awards is necessary because they are not in
alignment with current NSF priorities and/or programmatic goals.
NSF understands that [UCLA] continues to engage in race
discrimination including in its admissions process, and in other areas
of student life, as well as failing to promote a research environment
free of antisemitism and bias. We have considered reliance interests
and they are outweighed by the NSF’s policy concerns.


Effective immediately, the attached awards are suspended until
further notice.


NSF is issuing this suspension to protect the interests of the
government pursuant to NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1) term
and condition entitled ‘Termination and Enforcement,’ on the basis
that the awards no longer effectuate program goals or agency priorities.
This is the final agency decision and not subject to appeal.


Costs incurred as a result of this suspension may be reimbursed,
provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms
of the award and the governing cost principles. In accordance with
your award terms and conditions, you have 30 days from the
suspension date to furnish an itemized accounting of allowable costs
incurred prior to the suspension date.




The lawsuit gives details on claims/allegations from a second NSF / Trump letter:




• UCLA engages in racism, in the form of illegal race-based preferences in
admissions practices;


• UCLA fails to promote a research environment free of antisemitism and bias;


• UCLA discriminates against and endangers women by allowing men in women’s
sports and private women-only spaces




What does Terrance Tao say about these allegations? Nothing. Totally ignores them. Doesn't acknowledge them.


I am sympathetic to the argument he makes. But he is willfully blind to the larger systemic issues in his employer and university system at large. UCLA has been told over and over again to stop doing affirmative action. Its the law. And in response UCLA just sticks its fingers in its ears and mumbles something about holistic admissions and does it anyways. Which, to be fair, got them by with doing what the wanted to do for the last few decades.


But not anymore. Sorry Terry.


https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/9e9d118f-51fb-4e98-a9c0-fa060ea131ad.pdf


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 18, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Hmmm, ok. So he was the only one released from jail while the other 7 caught in the same operation remained imprisoned and have already had court hearings, and his passport was not revoked, he was allowed to fly to Israel the next day... yet the U.S. government did not intervene. Well someone intervened, who did? Who made the decision and why?




The other 7 were denied bail?




According to Shaun King's sources:




lol