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If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti... Please share widely

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies. There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.

submitted 7 days ago • 36 comments

GOP leaders advise lawmakers to stop hosting town halls altogether.

submitted 9 days ago • 602 comments

Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025: 1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it. www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...

submitted 66 days ago • 149 comments

Trump’s tax agenda outlined by the White House today will add at least $5 trillion to the debt, potentially much more. Per new analysis by nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. www.crfb.org/blogs/trump-...

submitted 29 days ago • 94 comments

No one elected Elon Musk. As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences. We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.

submitted 34 days ago • 3496 comments

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

submitted 36 days ago • 893 comments

#goals

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

Hi. You are okay. If you are disturbed, upset, disoriented, angry or anxious about what is going on in this country, there is nothing wrong with you. These are the proper responses of a decent, thoughtful person. Horrible people are very loud and self-assured right now. You are okay.

submitted 232 days ago • 5 comments