ethanwhite.weecology.org
Environmental data scientist/professor using technology to understand nature. #rstats, Python, open data, open source. he/him
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There are more in the shop. Each unique. The Algorithm hates that
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This week M. Gessen wrote about the most dangerous phase in the slide to autocracy: complacency. We stop being shocked and will to action fades. Don't let it happen. Each study killed, each illegal exile, act of trans oppression and bribe is worthy of your resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/o...
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The NIH/DOGE crew must have been inspired by cruelty in Dickens or Batman villains when they decided to kill a study on how cochlear implants could support development in orphans at Father Flanegan's Boys' Home in Nebraska. I am not f'king kidding. airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJ...
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I had 2 slop accounts (that I have never followed or looked up) pop into my FB timeline with this same photo as I was wishing people happy birthday this morning. Weird hands and floating burgers and all. All I want is to understand how this makes anyone any money.
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2/ a slew of criminal laws. And he tired of it when his antics started running existential risks for his companies. There's no morality tale here about Washington being a harder beast to tame or whatever other bullshit. He's a destructive crook and he needs to be held accountable.
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Strong communities stand together and fight together. Community organizations fill in where our institutions let us down. They organize effectively because they know where the levers are.
You can’t fix everything. But being part of something bigger than you makes you stronger than you are alone.
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So your second assignment, after learning, is to find out where you can be of use. Your community has groups right now that need you. Pick one or two things you care most about. Run to be a union rep, join a climate organization, help pack meals for the unhoused, become an abortion defender.
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I wish this wasn’t what it takes to bring everyone to the table but this where we are now.
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Here is the report for the Florida 3rd (where UF is):
www.nafsa.org/isev/reports...
International Student Enrolled: 6,738
Financial Contribution: $203.6 million
Jobs Supported: 2,050
CALL YOUR REPS WITH COLD, HARD ($) FACTS.
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"For every 3 Int'l students, 1 U.S. job is created and supported by spending occurring in the higher education, accommodation, dining, retail, transportation, telecommunications and health insurance sectors."
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"International students studying at U.S. colleges and universities contribute $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy and support 378,175 jobs."
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This sentence addresses just one of seven counts (two of which also address indirect rates), but also sums it well:
"No law permits NSF to categorically refuse to sponsor broad areas of research pursuant to agency priority changes that contradict clear Congressionally mandated priorities."