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And the bad news keep on coming …

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Well this is awkward

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A newly established network of U.S. academic institutions including @ucsandiego.bsky.social has formed to provide coordinated support for climate scientists in America. Learn more about the U.S. Academic Alliance for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ⬇️

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These guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA" "in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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Positive change is possible. ♥️ #ClimateAction #FewerCars #WalkableCities

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My husband finds me unnecessarily angry these days. Sadly, this anger means we fight more for no reason on kids, chores. I have the feeling that we are not the only family fighting in these tense times… But this administration will surely find a creative solution to solve our family problems, haha !

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Parisians voted on a proposal to block 500 streets to traffic and replace asphalt with plants and trees. 😍

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DHS insiders say Trump’s Homeland Security agenda is now a single issue. “The vibe is: How to use DHS to go after migrants, immigrants. That is the vibe, that is the only vibe. ... It’s wild — it’s as if the rest of the department doesn’t exist.”

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My latest sign to be found around Chapel Hill

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Trump, out of nowhere, suddenly gets obsessed with the territorial expansion of the USA. It's irrational and makes even less sense when the territory belongs to allies. Instead of quietly helping him back down, his minions encourage this irresponsible obsession.

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Tonight an unbelievable 34,000 people gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

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Civil society is being attacked all over the world but in the U.S. it’s all out war! @greenpeace northdakotamonitor.com/2025/03/19/j...

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Read this @sabs.bsky.social interview with my friend @co2ley.bsky.social, who was fired at NOAA as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and later reinstated but placed on administrative leave. Disclaimer: Some of my work on marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) is funded by OAP.

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Preliminary data suggests that the global average increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in 2024 will be a record. Not just a little record, but 25% higher than the previous record. (This is the global average, as opposed to Moana Loa) gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... 1/

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We will be hurting in my school for a long time from newly announced cuts …

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defector.com/an-interview... Very cool interview with my friend Sarah Cooley, Director of ocean acidification at NOAA, who lost her job in this whole mess, got rehired, then put on admin leave. Love the last page

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Dear lord. Help them please … yes, this calamity is in Ukraine (on the Black Sea) but to orient people this is very very close to both Moldovan and to the Romanian (and hence EU) borders. Not too far from a large NATO military base in Romania (mostly US soldiers). The future is anyone’s guess …

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"Britain Issues Travel Warning for U.S." www.newsweek.com/britain-issu...

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Libraries are the best example our society has of...sharing stuff. No wonder Trump/Elon hates it talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

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Interesting for faculty and grad students

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Trying to figure out how to defend science in present moment? We did this podcast a few months ago, but it is just out, and more relevant than ever. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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This is, BTW, the case for 100% of "reinstated" fed employees I've personally spoken with. None are actually back at work and serving the public as they were previously and there is a widespread assumption that "re-firings" will occur as soon as a legal mechanism is found.

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Just now: Trump plans to sign order shuttering the education department.

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A new study by Chaehyeong Lee and crew has confirmed that our oceans are getting hotter, and no, it’s not a tropical vacation vibe. Thanks to increased stratification, the ocean's surface is holding onto more heat. The North Atlantic is completely off the charts. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The World Meteorological Organization report on the State of the Global Climate 2024 was released today: "...led to the highest number of new displacements recorded for the past 16 years, contributed to worsening food crises, and caused massive economic losses." Press: wmo.int/news/media-c...

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... What a day today. The bad news keep on coming, it never ends …

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You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including

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US Faculty: Join TODAY the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) chapter of your Institution. Non-US friends: Will this be coming to you too? Should you be doing this too? UNIONIZE. See also this: www.aaup.org/report/again...

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also learned: Every military dictatorship in Latin America was preceded by state overreach and insidious push towards vigilantism.

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At an event with historians Learning: Unforced Compliance and Anticipatory Obedience is how McCarthyism worked across society and Universities in the 50s in the US. When people were targeted by the state, private employers would fire them even though they were under no compulsion to do so.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u... My university is under direct attack today.

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Lisa Sachs, director of @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social + @columbiaclimate.bsky.social's new MS in Climate Finance developed in collab with @columbiabusiness.bsky.social, joins the Sustainable Finance Podcast to discuss how universities are key innovators in the climate crisis despite many uncertainties.

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Wait, what? The defamation trial Prof Mann recently won was just reconsidered by a republican appointed Judge. This is nuts.

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How can you get involved in @ipcc.bsky.social AR7? On LinkedIn, @dianaurge.bsky.social has this very comprehensive list. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/dianau...

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EPA, NOAA and other federal agencies dedicated to #environment and #climate work are bringing fired workers back on the payroll but not allowing them to do their jobs. "The Trump team is creating more waste of taxpayer dollars than they are saving." www.newsweek.com/fired-federa...

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