Technology

NSF: "We'll give you money as long as you don't hire minorities".

Python: "Get fucked."

Chad shit

Jesus the current US administration are cartoonishly evil. History is not going to be kind to the United States. In 30 Years there is going to be a museum with a little plaque on the wall and it'll say "did you know the United States used to be a relevant world power?".

I should use python more. I like when people have principles.

Congratulations for having a real spine and showing the world that money isn't everything

Thank you python team

Hey look someone with integrity, morals, principles and balls. Sadly all four of those seem to be highly endangered traits.

One of our geology grants got hit for mentioning mineral inclusion. Total clown show.

I’m deeply proud of Python for standing by its community and making the right decision.

There's an often repeated theme in philosophy that any gift that comes with conditions is actually just business.

The Seattle zoo also rejected federal funding with these strings. My wife lost her job because of it. Because it was just for one program and the no-DEI was organization wide…

Apparently the Portland Zoo signed it… No one expected that shit. We both let her parents know that this is because of their vote in another state.

How is it legal to basically say "We'll give you some money if you promise to keep the blacks out of your organisation"

In 2 days the White House will order every companie to stop using python because of woke or something

Good for them. It is good to see people do something right for once.

To make matters worse, the terms included a provision that if the PSF was found to have voilated that anti-DEI diktat, the NSF reserved the right to claw back any previously disbursed funds, Crary explained.

Likely why it was not accepted

Fucking hell, good for the PSF for maintaining their values. I'll make a donation when I get paid. I'm sure they would appreciate it if any one else can spare a dollar or two.

https://psfmember.org/civicrm/contribute/transact/?reset=1&id=2

Edit: Added donation link

That's right. Fuck anti-DEI. DEI is the future and good.

After growing up watching things like Bill Nye, seeing names like the NSF saying shit like this is like an actual fucking nightmare reality. It's just so incredibly wrong.

based Python.

"... do not ,and will not ... operate any programs that advance or promote DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion], or discriminatory equity ideology..."

Aren't these contradictory? 🤔

Fuck yes, Python.

I bet if they solicit crowd funding to replace this grant they’d easily surpass its dollar value.

~~Is there an existing way to donate to the Python Foundation?~~

Never mind, answered my own question: https://www.python.org/psf/donations/

Go team snake 🐍

Especially in light of how incompetent this administration is, and how bad it is at clearly communicating ideas, they made the only sensible choice. Maybe there's more details in the grant terms itself, but from the article it looks like it just says "don't advance or promote DEI", and without explicitly defining what they mean by that they are setting up a trap.

PyPI is smart not to take the money.