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Confirmed with a source. Here's a screenshot of the email sent to staff today.

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NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb! NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

submitted 7 hours ago • 6 comments

I got to talk with the fabulous Matt Candeias on the In Defense of Plants podcast about #phenology! A great time discussing why tracking when stuff happens in plants and animals is a worthwhile activity www.indefenseofplants.com

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this is your unsolicited reminder that the task sitting on your to-do list that you are dreading is nowhere near as time-consuming or difficult as you have built it up to be in your head and once you start it and realize that, you will generate the momentum needed to complete it and you should do it

submitted 19 hours ago • 29 comments

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump administration has skirted the process of congressional approval for sending arms to the country.

submitted 21 hours ago • 272 comments

NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated. 🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 158 comments

Let's be totally clear. The ONLY reason the Trump administration is censoring the words climate change and destroying federal climate science is to keep profits rolling into the fossil-fuel industry a little longer, at the cost of the planet.

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Amanita a day, 15: An old Amanita Pantherina that had started to dry up, contract, and the usually straight gills had curled. I loved how it looked. Old can be beautiful! The spiderweb with dots of moisture made me happy too. Other shots below.⬇️ #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

submitted 1 day ago • 59 comments

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

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My friend Babita Paudel has been featured in Nature. She is paving the way for Nepalese women in STEM. Go Babita! doi.org/10.1038/d415...

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‘Superpod’ of more than 2,000 dolphins frolic off California coast: ‘Like flying eyebrows’

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These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

submitted 1 day ago • 192 comments

Elon Musk’s government restructuring team claimed credit for canceling federal contracts that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

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The World Health Organization calculates that measles vaccinations saved 60 million lives, 2000-2023. On Thursday, CDC scientists were forbidden to co-author papers with WHO colleagues. Other attacks on science + what to do about them in this week's debrief buttondown.com/liminalcreat... (1 of 11)

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.

submitted 1 day ago • 839 comments

If only Congress had the ability to do something about this…

submitted 1 day ago • 796 comments

Trump and Musk are cutting off cancer research.

submitted 2 days ago • 85 comments

🚨BREAKING: We closed down Tesla in NYC Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶 Took back what he stole from us Took back our dignity Took back our humanity 📣Resistance Revival Chorus Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️ #TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist

submitted 2 days ago • 106 comments

NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 126 comments

Daily briefing: Nature denounces Trump’s attack on US research

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We need to salute courage wherever it appears. The official snow reporter at Vermont's Sugarbush, where JD Vance came on a skiing vacation this weekend, pointed out in her snow report this a.m. that the Trump team is ignoring climate change. Her report was pulled down kottke.org/25/03/jd-van...

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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submitted 3 days ago • 61 comments

Sad, unacceptable, and DANGEROUS. Massive cuts to NOAA, including the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) are devastating. Among the critical role it serves to the public (as @drkatfish.bsky.social mentions), GLERL was also the site of my Spotted Gar experiments for my PhD. 😢

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

This is a terrible loss for undergraduate students trying to build careers in science.

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Last week, FEMA removed an interactive mapping tool from its website showing in local detail how climate change could affect the risk of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other hazards across the country. Two data scientist rebuilt it within a week. 🧪

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

submitted 3 days ago • 65 comments

elon-- please reply with approx. five bullets of what you accomplished this week and cc your manager. it doesn’t look like your performance is meeting expectations. deadline is this sunday at 11:59pm

submitted 3 days ago • 45 comments

wsj editorial on Trump travesty much stronger than WaPost. That is sad and telling. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...

submitted 2 days ago • 102 comments

Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.

submitted 3 days ago • 416 comments

I’m a federal employee, a research meteorologist at a NOAA lab (OAR-NSSL). I still have my job tonight. Many of my NOAA colleagues and many more of my fellow civil servants don’t. I want to share what people like me do. Instead of doomscrolling, maybe we can learn what civil service looks like.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

This seems important. Track the impacts of these reckless and irresponsible federal cuts nationally!

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WHOA -- this is soooo cool and very needed!!! I hope this takes off. Contribute local stories about federal cuts for a Tracking Map to go live next week. Contribute here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More context here: www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

submitted 2 days ago • 1244 comments

47M Americans use gas stoves that emit cancer-causing pollutants. Additionally, their climate impact is comparable to the CO2 emissions of 500k cars, according to Rob Jackson. Read more: A new #ClimateSolution via @apnews.com: bit.ly/43gRqnG Jackson's research: stanford.io/3QJ30As

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AGU urges the Trump administration to immediately renew U.S. federal commitment to climate science. The U.S. must restore critical climate science leadership for a secure, prosperous future for the country and the world. Read AGU’s statement here: news.agu.org/press-releas...

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I wonder if spreading extremely encouraging experimental results on helping treat pancreatic cancer with gasp mRNA vaccines may help people who have villainized them come around. This is a good press release on the study and links to the Nature paper. www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...

submitted 3 days ago • 41 comments

Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against: -Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest -Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers -Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans It's open season for corporate crooks.

submitted 3 days ago • 193 comments

A glimmer of hope for fired colleagues www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This is phenomenal news. Brandon is a science leader from NSF who brings a perspective infused with experience, wisdom, and expertise.

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

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Our mandate is clear. It's time to raise a ruckus if we don't like what's happening today.

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

submitted 3 days ago • 1122 comments

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.

submitted 3 days ago • 179 comments

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

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