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And in today's economic news... TRUMP PROVES HE IS WORSE FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY THAN COVID-19!!!

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The CDC has literally been gutted today. There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet. Thousand of scientists fired. Entire departments erased. 1/

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Collecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life... At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff. Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan 1/n

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Tariffs are a total mistake... But I gotta agree here, NO SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS FOR FARMERS, It's TARIFFS FOR EVERYONE OR NO ONE!

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Time to wake up America! www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...

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We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Ruining studies and potentially harming research subjects... Abruptly terminating clinical trials... Ignorant and evil www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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There is NO scientific basis for this move.. .RFK Jr. is a clown. ATTENTION DENTISTS!!! There are BIG cavities that will need to be filled in Utah kids teeth very soon. Carpe diem!!! Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...

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The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

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Trump halts research at Penn. This will not end well… whyy.org/articles/pen...

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An early warning. NOT good news… One in three U.S. bird species are now of high or moderate conservation concern. “Birds tell us that we have a full-on emergency across all habitats,” said Marshall Johnson, chief conservation officer at the National Audubon Society. www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/

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To deal with increased noise and vibration, urban funnel web spiders construct quieter webs, so they can better sense their prey. #Invertebrates www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/s...

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Not good news, but rather a call for help. A clarion call for bird conservation. www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/executi...

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Help stop logging on public lands. p2a.co/uZGUxHm?p2as...

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The cruelty of the Trump Administration. “The most effective foreign assistance program that’s accountable, with data, is PEPFAR. How can such a strong program, bipartisan program, loved by everybody, respected by partner countries, be dismantled?” —John Nkengasong www.science.org/content/arti...

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An interesting paper… Surviving 100K years encased in ice. Researchers extracted from Siberian sediment cores what appear to be ~15 putative still-living members of Promethearchaeota, the archaea group from which evidence suggests all complex life ultimately evolved. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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I'm good news... This research could be a game changer in fighting climate change. Scientists grow carbon-negative construction materials in seawater advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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When it's #TaxonomistAppreciationDay, don't forget about extinct species! Indeed, our Utaurora (left) was recently added to @marinespecies.bsky.social! www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=... 🧪⚒️

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The pictures that actually should be removed from all government buildings are those of the convicted felon, found guilty on all 34 counts, Donald J. Trump.

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In actual good news today... The Department of the Interior Announces Completed Land Transfer from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Spirit Lake Nation www.doi.gov/pressrelease... via @interior

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The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. A link to the Office of the Surgeon General’s publications on firearm violence displays a “Page Not Found” message.

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F*CK DONALD TRUMP and the GOP. They are destroying what helped make America great and replacing it with their own greed and corruption.

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FUCK DONALD TRUMP!!!

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I guess Trump's unpresidential behavior - and tariffs - haven't made our northern neighbor inclined to offer us any assistance, and why should they??? www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...

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Gender-affirming hormone therapy may help patients with their mental health as well as their physical bodies, according to a new study. cnn.it/3Fwues3

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DOGE is either clueless, ignorant, or doesn’t give a shit what they screw up. Perhaps all three… Job #1 is just wreck it all…

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At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

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I love #econsky. They bring facts that tell us what we should be paying attention to Going to be some upset companies it it continues

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There’s a potentially significant new tool in our gene editing toolbox. www.drugdiscoverynews.com/resurrected-...

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“The time to invest in tardigrade neuroscience is now and the rewards promise to be transformative.” #Invertebrates arxiv.org/abs/2501.066...

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Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered nationwide outside Tesla showrooms Saturday amid heightened criticism against CEO Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting role in theDepartment of Government Efficiency.

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“It is in their own economic interests to reduce global emissions quickly — and, from the planet’s perspective, it doesn’t matter whether those emissions are emitted domestically or elsewhere.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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When you have an anti-science fool for a president, this is what happens… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Senate Democratic leadership essentially played dead today and greenlit the Trump-Musk-Vance coup. What is the point of the Democratic Party if it doesn't actually act like an opposition party? Hello?

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It sure seems like this is worth everyone’s attention. I sure hope there is something going on in Philadelphia on this date. I’ll be there! On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/RuQf0XJ1

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Dan Rather on Trump’s new Non-Environmental Protection Agency. Lee Zeldin, yet another disgraceful appointment. Making America Polluted Again… Making Polluting Legal Again open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

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"Economics is actually beautiful because it's the study of human cooperation... It's that cooperation that grows the pie bigger that is the most exciting part of economics, and it's also the part that's completely absent from the Trump agenda."

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Justin Wolfers simple and direct answer is perfection.

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A better way to save money than via DoGE… “Policy choices have led to a situation in which people in the United States are more likely to die younger, of preventable and treatable causes, despite the country spending more on healthcare than peer nations do.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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An excellent example of coordinated modeling and research by China to reduce the effects of climate change on their population. The Trump Administration could learn something from China here, but you have to actually CARE about your country… www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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“The lessons learned are only useful if scientific and public-health institutions are in place to use them, says virologist Edward Holmes. We’re actually in a worse place in terms of pandemic prevention than we were before the pandemic started.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

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Thankfully vaccination rates in Philadelphia remain high, >90%. But if you're not, GET VACCINATED !!! whyy.org/articles/phi...

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🤔 No lies found in this mural. 😑

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Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

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The Trump administration last week moved to cut more than $1 billion in programs that helped schools and food banks buy fresh food and meat, leaving farmers and educators across the country worried about wide-ranging impacts.

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