StTerryADavis

I've read the list of the canceled grants, so far it looks like an even mix of Biden-era stereotypical DEI sounding programs that are mostly STEM focused like:

2215554 EDU Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Investigating the impact of youth's inductive exploration of local technologies featured in Indigenous stories on their engagement, self-efficacy, and persistence in STEM $2,683,413

and mixed with it are specifically Harvard's grants for about everything, not even DEI related. like:

2426105 BIO Harvard University Understanding within-cell plasmid evolution with synthetic systems $1,100,000

Is this related to the Trump-Harvard beef?

Honestly, I get shocked every time how horrible the viewing experience is without an Adblock, both with the amount of ads and how much of it is scams or open propaganda. I will close the tab unless I really have to watch the video.

You are fundamentally right about trying to avoid Youtube on your phone in my opinion. But just to not be facing the same ad cancer if you do need to watch a video I would suggest either:

A) Safari uBlock Origin Lite extension B) Orion browser with desktop extensions C) Sideloaded Youtube app

Hope that helps