Who else can he blame?

 trump is blaming lowered standards and DEI in air traffic control as contributing to last night's accident:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/trump-says-democrats-put-policy-first-ahead-airlin/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/1/editorial-faa-turned-away-qualified-air-traffic-co/

Embryonic stem cell advance

“This approach can significantly improve the developmental outcomes of embryonic stem cells and cloned animals, paving a promising path for the advancement of regenerative medicine"

https://www.the-scientist.com/in-a-first-mouse-pups-with-two-dads-live-to-adulthood-72505

Asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032

 https://www.space.com/180-foot-asteroid-1-in-83-chance-hitting-Earth-2032

A Tunguska scale asteroid strike may happen in 2032

A new national lab?

 Move over LANL and LLNL, we need a entirety new lab!

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/27/exclusive-cia-director-trump-admin-considering-national-laboratory-for-artificial-intelligence-like-manhattan-project/

Exclusive — CIA Director: Trump Admin Considering ‘National Laboratory’ for Artificial Intelligence like Manhattan Project . “We could expand on that with a public-private partnership where a government element could participate, and we’ve done this before—our constellation of national laboratories can be traced back to the Manhattan Project, which we used as a public-private partnership to develop the first nuclear weapon to win World War II.

Maybe we could get Bechtel to run it.

CIA low-confidence belief

 https://apnews.com/article/covid-cia-trump-china-pandemic-lab-leak-9ab7e84c626fed68ca13c8d2e453dde1

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China

Deepseek, the chinese AI

 The Chinese actually have an AI model now which is supposedly competitive with ours, and as they were forced to develop it using less resources and money, in some ways it might be said they are winning:

https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-everyone-in-ai-is-freaking-out-about-deepseek/

Evidently, their model is open source and cheaper to run, it is actually more efficient since it was developed under the constraint of less resources, but I am not sure of the details.

DEI and Science

 DEI and Science

From the White House Jan 23, 2025

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology/

At the heart of scientific progress lies the pursuit of truth. But this foundational principle, which has driven every major breakthrough in our history, is increasingly under threat. Today, across science, medicine, and technology, ideological dogmas have surfaced that elevate group identity above individual achievement, enforce conformity at the expense of innovative ideas, and inject politics into the heart of the scientific method. These agendas have not only distorted truth but have eroded public trust, undermined the integrity of research, stifled innovation, and weakened America’s competitive edge.

Let us hope the labs get the notice.