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"I fought for this country. Then I fought for public health. Now, I’ve been terminated without cause—with others who helped fight COVID-19." Fewer experts tracking outbreaks = more risk for everyone. 🔗 www.wethebuilders.org/posts/i-moni... #TechForGood #SaveOurServices #altgov #publichealth

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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

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New art on the front page of the website by the great Erich Sayers! www.erichsayers.com

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Wild Coast has expanded its cat food recall over bird flu

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Some conservatives took pride in a national disgrace. The right’s enthusiasm for Zelenskyy’s humiliation has two distinct sources, writes @ericlevitz.bsky.social. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/LnmNLJ

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Here in Alaska, March is the driest month of the year. In much of the Southeast, March is the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd wettest month of the year.

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Spring (Mar-May) is the windiest season for over 1/2 of the Contiguous U.S. It is the 2nd windiest season nearly everywhere else.

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Another good day in the mountains.

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Elon updated DOGE, claiming to have fixed the mistakes we all pointed out. But instead of correcting them, he just added more false claims. He even inflated his so-called “savings” total from $55 billion to $65 billion, when in reality, the actual increase is only from $2 billion to $2.3 billion.

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Dr. Francis S. Collins, a renowned geneticist who led the NIH for 12 years, announced his retirement from both the institutes and the fed government. In his parting statement, he delivered a pointed yet measured message regarding the Trump admin’s decision to dismiss hundreds of NIH employees.

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Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.

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Elon Musk has shut down a team of tech-savvy civil servants responsible for developing the IRS’s free tax-filing service and improving government websites. As a result, 90 employees were immediately locked out of their devices and informed that their jobs were deemed non-essential.

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the most ashamed i have felt as an American was recognizing all my Iraqi friends had a specific facial expression when talking about dead loved ones that meant, "they were killed by your military but i don't want to say that because we're buds and i don't want you to feel bad"

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The SS United States, a 1950s ocean liner, will be sunk to the bottom of the sea, where it will become part of an artificial reef. Scott Jackson from the University of Florida Sea Grant Extension joins us to talk about the science behind artificial reefs.

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This moment is medieval - Jackson Katz on misogyny and why men must oppose Trumpism

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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

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Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles. My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.

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Zack is a top-tier climate scientist and data visualization wizard. This did not need to happen.

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Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

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Local NWS Anchorage meteorologist just made it past his 1-year probationary period. Still fired.

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We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

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when i visited the front in 2015 i met a Ukrainian sniper in his late 50s or so who had fought in Afghanistan. hated it. never ever wanted to go to war again. but he has two sons so he picked up his rifle again so they wouldn't have to. I'm sure they've joined by now. Hope they're alive.

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Sorry Ukraine, some of us over here did try but we all failed catastrophically to make this country do the right thing.

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One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

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The latest on layoffs at NOAA/National Weather Service, including some numbers and functions hit hardest. The experts who keep weather models running, track satellites, & model weather and climate hit particularly hard, along w/ some NWS fcst offices. www.axios.com/2025/02/28/n...

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NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

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McCarthyism is alive and well, apparently.

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Radar images suggest center of #Cyclone #GARANCE has crossed #Reunion & is now rapidly pulling away. Data from RUN ( airport on island's N coast) show wind has shifted & air pressure is now rapidly rising. Peak sustained (10-min) wind from this station was 58 knots—but gusts reached 115 knots.

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Mass firings have started at the National Weather Service, including people in critical roles. Cutting waste is great. Mindlessly taking a sledgehammer to a valuable, life-saving public service is stupid. All the know-it-alls who said we were fabricating this threat can shut up now. Thanks.

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should be fine, we're probably done with tsunamis

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"hey so we fired the people who do maybe the hardest single job in modern civilization and absolutely cannot be replaced because there are never ever enough of them is there some way we can just string an LLM together to compensate"

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Kudos @agu.org www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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Physically sickened by mass firings at NOAA and NWS...especially as severe weather peak months approaching and hurricane season lurks...and climate changes

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GOP leaders advise lawmakers to stop hosting town halls altogether.

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USAID staff have two days to clean out their offices at the agency’s former headquarters in DC. People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.

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“The email, Offit said, offered no explanation for the scrapped meeting.”

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The CDC just published its first Bird Flu Response Update since Trump took office.

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i think they've got it

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The future?

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Hope everyone likes forecasts made by groundhogs; or farmer's almanacs. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote...

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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.

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Since US President Donald Trump took office last month, his team has made major changes that have disrupted research and research institutions in the US and beyond. Follow our coverage of the Trump administration's impact on science around the world: https://go.nature.com/3QGKmJu

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The last 4 years of snow water equivalent (SWE) percent of normal across Alaska. While it has been a snow disaster here in Anchorage, over half of the state is above normal. @alaskawx.bsky.social

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This is Breuer. He's still figuring out how to sit. Wants to know what you think of his plop in the meantime. 12/10 (IG: chase.n.breu.labradors)

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💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

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Amazing that the same book has been used by priests and nuns to explain their moral imperative to die protecting socialists being hunted by CIA backed militias and also by dudes in McMansions who think the creator of the universe considers it a priority to beat neurodivergent 8 year olds

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lmao shit is so fucked up

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Dangerous #Cyclone #GARANCE is approaching French territory of #Reunion (pop. ~896K). System has strengthened overnight—now equivalent to Cat-3 hurricane. Center will pass near or over island in ~24 hours. COMPLETE PREPARATIONS & RETREAT TO YOUR SAFE SPACE BEFORE DARK TONIGHT.

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