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"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Spending $20M per year to protect a multibillion dollar fishery is obviously a wise investment - as is apparent to anyone whose intelligence has not been eroded by extremist political ideology. www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/trum...

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This is really cool government funded research.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Dear manager, This week I affirmed my commitment to scientific research by saying, 1 - I’m never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down 2 - never gonna turn around and desert you 3 - never gonna make you cry 4 - Never gonna say goodbye 5 - Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Sincerely,

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

As someone who works with data I’m continually amused by the idea that you can just go in and download raw databases and code from a zillion government agencies, feed it to AI, and find fraud or efficiencies. Data requires structure, relationship, and metadata in order to make sense of it.

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Could we just ban the “don’t take drug if you are allergic to drug,” statements and reclaim a shred of our national dignity?

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It’s so frustrating that reporting in the postal service always talks about “financial challenges”. This is a constitutionally mandated public service. When was the last time you asked if the military of the federal interstate hiways were making a profit? Government services are not profit centers.

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

submitted 2 days ago • 1090 comments

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 2 days ago • 83 comments

So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

submitted 2 days ago • 2000 comments

This is truly evil. I’m sorry. I can’t mince words in this. That video and Elons reply to it are evil.

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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 5 days ago • 807 comments

The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.

submitted 5 days ago • 1012 comments

A teacher emailed me & said "My scientist didn't reply to me. My scientists ALWAYS reply to me! What the heck!". I was like "Well. Science is kinda crumbling. Friends/colleagues are losing their jobs or at least funding, & some are being told to cease all outside communications". She hadn't heard.

submitted 5 days ago • 35 comments

Musk and his army of dipshits on Twitter keep pointing to Bill Clinton’s federal worker reduction in the 1990s to defend Trump. The difference? Congress passed a law that Clinton signed, he didn’t just get the nearest billionaire to illegally start dismantling the government based on his whims.

submitted 7 days ago • 160 comments

Elon Musk is an idiot on an almost inconceivable scale. He had his high-school toadies pull a random list from a database he doesn’t understand, and on that basis alone decided that 60 MILLION SOCIAL SECURITY ENROLLEES, out of 72 million total, are fraudulent. 83% fraudulent!

submitted 6 days ago • 302 comments

When the dismantlists talk about "trimming the fat" or "bloated" whatever relating to the federal government, remind them that there have been about the same number of federal employees since the 1960s. Meanwhile US population has increased by ~70% and GDP has increased 29-fold.

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

Please click the link, the images are blurry. The facts of this are sickening.

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Lyrics that hit different after January 20th “Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start” The Scientist, Coldplay, 2002

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Play along! Classic lyrics that hit different after Jan 20th “Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends If I knew I might toss out my anchor So I cruise along always searchin' for songs Not a lawyer a thief or a banker” Jimmy Buffet, Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1976 youtu.be/74Y4OFIx0J0?...

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"One FAA employee who was fired over the weekend suggested he was targeted for his views on Tesla and X..'The official DOGE Facebook page started harassing me on my personal Facebook account..Less than a week later I was fired, despite my position allegedly being exempted due to national security.'"

submitted 6 days ago • 74 comments

It’s unfortunate that the political news has overwhelmed so much of the good health news lately. 90% malaria vaccine efficacy and now this. Seems like it has great potential.

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I used to joke that “I’m not a mad scientist, I’m just a disappointed scientist.” I’m mad now.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

This should not be ignored. This guy is overtly espousing eugenics as a senior State Department official. Read this article, I won’t print the things he said.

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