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What is it? RFI on the NIH 2027-2031 Strategic Plan. NOT-OD-26-047.

Where? https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-047.html

Deadline? Tuesday May 26, 11:59 PM ET. (Was extended from May 16.)

Format? Three text boxes, 500 words each: research areas, capacity, operations. Fill one or all three.

Do I need to be a PI? No. No funding required either.

Anonymous? Yes.

Will it matter? Probably ignored by current leadership. Goes on the permanent record that gets cited in court filings, oversight hearings, next Congress, and future plan revisions. Empty record = nobody objected.

Why now? Congress appropriated $47.2B for NIH in FY26. As of late March, only $5.8B of the needed

Back in the typewriter days, every character took up the same amount of space in cheap typewriters, a system called monospacing. That means a skinny letter like “i” and a wide one like “W” each occupied the same width on the page. Because of that, "i" and "l" added alot of space in word making sentences look cramped, and a single space after a period didn’t give enough visual separation. So typists started putting two spaces after each sentence to make text easier to read.

Why were typewriters monospaced in the first place?

Because it was cheaper and mechanically simpler. Most typewriters used a single gear and spacing mechanism to advance the carriage the same distance each time, no matte

Now that Firefly IP is owned by Disney, and there's apparently early talks about a Disney+ Firefly reboot?