Other questions include whether science organisation receives funding from China and whether it is a climate or ‘environmental justice’ project

  • magnetosphere
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    214 days ago

    The entire world needs to treat American investment as a potential threat/exploitable weakness, and have a Plan B ready.

  • quokka
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    324 days ago

    hopefully those bodies are treating such a questionnaire with the respect it deserves

  • @melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    174 days ago

    What the actual fuck is happening

    So like universities and scientific organisations have to fall in line with whatever odd ideas this guy thinks up to go after, or they lose the funding for research?

    I really don’t like this direction. This is an unreasonable amount of control and a dangerous precedence to set

    • @Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone
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      114 days ago

      They’re using this tactic to get us used to them being in control of our nation.

      This time next year we will be part of America or part of the fight against it

      • @melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        24 days ago

        Ugh. Both options suck.

        I don’t want to be part of the mango madness and also recognise that we could be in a bad position to fight back

        • Fuse
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          24 days ago

          @melbaboutown

          It might be about time to leverage the “Commonwealth of Nations” into a formal military pact.

          Then the USA would be up against not one, not two, but THREE countries with nuclear weapons.

          @Frenchys_prospecting

  • @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    94 days ago

    Even though this is batshit insane, based on everything we’ve seen it’s reasonable to assume that the yanks will pull the funding regardless of whether the orgs accede to any of this bullshit. Of course, some of them don’t need any overseas encouragement to pull authoritarian shit.

    • CurlyWurlies4All
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      34 days ago

      Just waiting for them to declare the PBS is socialism and withdraw all medical research funding.

    • dustycups
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      84 days ago

      On second thoughts, thats dumb and probably fraud. why not tell tthe truth?

      “China gave me funding and I’m gay”
      “Oh you never said your funding was contingent on this”

  • MHLoppyOP
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    144 days ago

    The Chaser and the NotTheChaser timestreams have gotten mixed up again

  • CurlyWurlies4All
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    Funniest possible response would be to send honest responses exclusively expressed in Australian slang.

    “Is your organisation a climate or environmental justice project?”

    “Yeah nah. We’re not hear to fuck spiders. Rollin’ up the sleeves an givin’ it a red-hot crack!”

  • GoldenQuetzal
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    74 days ago

    It’s not enough for them to ruin our country with this shit, they have to try to ruin others?

  • @mumblerfish@lemmy.world
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    64 days ago

    Does your organization encourage free speech and encourage open debate and free sharing of information? [yes/no]1. If yes, please describe.

    “If you are not encuraging free speech, thats ok, but if you do, please elaborate”