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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is figurehead for the Republican project to strike down the "endangerment finding," the 2009 ruling that enables the federal government to regulate CO2 as a pollutant. Trump and Zeldin are going to get it done, god help us all. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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It really seems like he have to learn some hard lessons again, on war, on economic policy, on taxes, on democracy, and certainly on vaccines and public health. These lessons would not have to be relearned if Americans had even a shred of historical context or understanding.

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NEW on CNN: The Trump White House’s new Homeland Security point man hosted a podcast that tweeted for “secession” and “martial law” after Trump lost in 2020. The official, Paul Ingrassia, also shared an article calling for a “martial law option” to keep in office.. www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/p...

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A friend of mine has a daughter with Down syndrome, and thanks to these programs she recently made the transition from high school and living at home to an internship at a major pharmaceutical company and an apartment of her own. But the techbros think that's all "waste"

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We live in the most ridiculous time imaginable. Led by the most absurd people. This is just insane.

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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran. Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:

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A crazy sad situation for US polar #science 🧪 😢 Thank you to the #NSF program managers who’ve spoken out about losing their jobs last week and the drastic impact this will have on polar science—especially in #Antarctica www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/c... @cires.colorado.edu @nsidc.bsky.social

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For #epigraphytuesday a #Roman military belt mount with openwork decoration depicting the Latin word SPES - hope. Found in Biriciana, present-day Weißenburg, Bavaria, dating 2nd/3rd century AD. On display at Römermuseum Weißenburg 📷 by me 🏺AncientBluesky

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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

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I’m very proud that the Morning Call, a local Lehigh Valley paper, published my op-ed on the risks of the Trump administration current actions to public health. “Here is a wise rule of thumb attributed to G.K. Chesterton: “Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place.”

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So much wrong here including this unctuous toady’s inability to use the apostrophe s properly. See my deployment of “toady’s.”

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Bongino 'took out two plastic toy robots, an orange one to represent Trump and a blue one he called “liberal screaming Karen.” He used the Trump robot to beat the lady one, smashing it over and over. “Yes!” he exclaimed. “This is how we fix this place.”'

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Dan Bongino's yearslong history of FBI criticism and conspiracy theories www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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"Nothing to see here. Move along."

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Greenhouses & vertical farms can't transform ag for a very simple reason. They can only grow high-value fruit & veg (because energy & money). That's maybe 10% of global ag. Staple crops are the backbone of our diet & you can't grow em indoors (energy & money!). www.wsj.com/tech/larry-e...

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Kash Patel is an absurd choice to lead the FBI. But if we're going to put a clownish partisan in the leadership chair, surely we will surround him with principled professionals. Oh, wait. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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On the reverse side of the page, the scribe continued the illusion that the string holding the bar had pierced the vellum - 15th century, Birgitta of Sweden, British Library, Harley MS 612, f. 232v

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Finally using the “L” word. Let’s call things what they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

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I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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Speaking of "intent of the Framers," we don't have to guess what they'd think about the Secretary of War saying he's going to use the enormous standing army to break the law.

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This was always about cutting the federal government so the tax cuts for the very wealthy don’t expire. This was never about “efficacy.”

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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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OK honest question what is the root of this? Is this just how you think on drugs?

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Notes from DC. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-dark-v...

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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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The amount of sea ice currently on our planet continues to set new record lows for this time of year... More visuals at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i.... Data from @nsidc.bsky.social for the satellite-era period.

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This is why the military's Chief of Staff was fired this weekend. (Fired by a guy whose relevant work experience was weekend anchor on Fox News). Listen to it, and then help rise to defend the America that produced this noble man. www.youtube.com/watch?v=brQL...

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👇How it started. Pls read it. "The spy chief wanted KGB staff abroad to recruit more Americans." www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

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Important for understanding implications of the Defense Department purge. Who will be their replacements? Recall this report from December: "Prospective occupants of high posts inside the Pentagon" were asked "whether they believed the 2020 election was stolen."

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We can't afford air traffic controllers, but we can afford a $200 million government ad campaign thanking Trump. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Upper ocean heat content is also soaring off the chart with the latest data update from the Japan Meteorological Agency... 0-700 meter graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan... 🌊

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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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Gee, do we think they're fascists or just being edgy? #CPAC #Fascism #FarRight #Trump #USPOL

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The RRS Sir David Attenborough is out near South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean. We're living for the beautiful photography of #seabirds the teams have spotted from the deck while working on #BIOPOLE2 🪶 #bird

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Global ocean heat content is at record high levels - new update just in from the Japan Meteorological Agency dataset... 🌊 Graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

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Fresh polling shows that 63% of Ukrainians are against elections during war time, despite what Trump and Musk want. www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/202...

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The atmosphere on a hotter planet can hold more water. Each 1°C increase in surface temperature increases the capacity to hold water vapor by about 7%. 1.5°C anomaly ≈ 11% more water vapor. This graph shows the 12-month running average for the "total column precipitable water." You can see it!

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It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

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If your mental health is suffering as a result of Trump's actions, that's part of the point. The ultra wealthy would like to debilitate us so that we're more dependent on their products, power, and favor. The antidote is for us to find community, support, fulfillment, sustenance in each other.

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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@samsteindc.bsky.social lays out all the ways that Trump is causing a brain drain. This is America's competitive advantage. Trump is just pissing it away. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-doge-b...

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"stop with the pussyfooting about what’s happening... Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across." [email protected] margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

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Trump just blamed Ukraine outright for Russia’s invasion. ‘You shoulda never started it,’ he said. What a lie, a Russian lie—from the President of the US.

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A proposal: Academic researchers and folks in similar positions, consider writing an op-Ed, or at least a letter to the editor, in your local paper about what these horrific decisions will do to jobs and services in your local community. I train scientists to write op-Ed’s and I can help.

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