Dear list,
the brutal reality is that the US administration has declared war on its democratic institutions, the legal system, the media, the checks and balances system, social security, science and humanities, and above all it (and that is not Trump alone, but equally the "masterminds" of the heritage foundation) declared war on the values shared by the so-called free world. - Is this exaggerated?
Who could blame young US scientists to consider their future in Canada, Britain, the Far East, or in the EU?
Sorry for being off-topic. I wholeheartedly support and applaud to scientists standing up and rally, wherever there is need to do so. But it seems to happen in a strange atmosphere as it becomes evident that the protection of democratic rights is crumbling. And the country where this is happening is not a small republic on the Balkan.
Sorry also for having no suggestions for how to do better service to young researchers that getting rid of the current US admin ASAP. The whole world will hold its breath what the next US administration will look like and whether they will be able to restore the - in my view - inevitable brain drain that will hurt the US hearing sciences in the meantime, I am afraid.
Slava Ukraine
Gunter