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stevepeers.bsky.social • 4 days ago

A country removing its own brain

A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Service Sunday, agency banned key language, including words... #groundwater pollution, sediment remediation, #water collection, water treatment, rural water, clean water. @neorsd.org newrepublic.com/post/193395/...

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castrogacio.bsky.social•4 days ago

They didn't add "bleach"?

How misleading of them!

Didn't expect this tbh. 😡

jeffm2018.bsky.social•4 days ago

If someone gets in next that is decent, how long to repair this. They will have to hit the road running and scrape out the trump mess with prejudice. Then there will be a global fear that long term deal's are off when you risk the likes of trump coming in a trashing the joint.

forthwrite2.bsky.social•4 days ago

'Donald Trump began censoring the government as soon as he returned to office.' Massively troubling... (amongst other things, mustn't mention 'affordable housing').

marcriggsbee.bsky.social•4 days ago

Some really stupid 💩.

johnkaprielian.bsky.social•4 days ago

Groundwater? No one can do their jobs with these insane word bans. This HAS to be illegal. Why is a) anyone following these orders, and why isn't this in court yet?

mjmarq.bsky.social•4 days ago

1984

parisdaguerre.bsky.social•4 days ago

You couldn’t make this shit up.

leetaylorbythesea.bsky.social•4 days ago

More insanity, a bunch of fruitcakes.

pwc50.bsky.social•4 days ago

Next up, "brownfield sites"

jim1132.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's coming...full Idiocracy.

iramjohn.bsky.social•4 days ago

"Runoff"? They can't say "runoff"?

Wait, they can't say "climate" either? USDA can't say "climate"? As in that hugely important term for agriculture?

dannyblanchy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Morons mark 789

borisnorris.bsky.social•4 days ago

This must be a definition of Free Speech I haven’t come across before.

realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social•4 days ago

The US ain’t coming back from this anytime soon

This will take decades to repair

If the US continues to exist, which I now think is not a given

nakedhaggis.bsky.social•4 days ago

The United part of USA could become very strained indeed.

neeeeeek.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think he genuinely believes that banning words makes the thing go away

shauntompkins62.bsky.social•4 days ago

Is farming woke now ?

johntonks.bsky.social•4 days ago

When Trump pegs it, which I hope won’t be long, it will substantially increase the overall American IQ and have cause for celebrations around the World.