The way @MIT’s bloated DEI bureaucracy was weaponized to serve an imaginary feminist crusade and naked personal vendetta against a tenured male professor over unrequited love must never ever ever happen again. Federal agencies @NIH and @NSF fund and oversee a large share of MIT’s research (yes - your tax dollars!) to the tune of hundreds of millions annually, which means that they have enormous leverage through grant conditions, compliance reviews, and enforcement. It’s up to the government to throw their weight and pressure MIT to maintain fair processes that do not destroy top scientific talent. The obvious move is to withhold or condition funding on gutting the rot. @DOJ: Enforce civil rights statutes (including Title IX-related conditions on federal funding) and investigate potential patterns of discriminatory, retaliatory, or abusive HR/DEI processes that undermine due process or scientific productivity. Sabatini’s was a major career criminally terminated resulting in untold losses to science and to humanity. I’m not even being hyperbolic. The stakes are high and they demand accountability and widespread reform across all institutions of import @HarmeetKDhillon @DrJBhattacharya @regardthefrost