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Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

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Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

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the College Board’s privacy policy for AP exam essay submissions is clear—the company owns that student work and can share it with “trusted partners”

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Remember how Elon falsely claimed that Ebola prevention programs had been restored after DOGE shut it down? Here's some background on why it wasn't. Pete Marocco literally ordered that personnel who were not available pesonally deliver PPE for use. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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If we ever do a huge Works Progress Administration again it should have a giant public records family tree project under it to pay all of these people currently doing the family tree labor for free on ancestry dot com

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Fellow Arlington neighbors: sign up to see what he has to say. Hoping for an action plan.

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Did they really think we would give in to a Russian asset and the assault on our democracy? Keep it up! #ResistFascism

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The Irish producers of the Oscar-nominated Donald Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' describe how the US president is not a fan of the film. Its stars, Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, are both nominated in acting categories at tonight's Oscars. #Oscars @news.rte.ie

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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Do everything you can to convince people to vaccinate. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

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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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I am cackling gleefully:

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ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.

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The new “volcano monitoring.”

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I call the first quarter of 2025 "Dipshits Learn How The World Actually Works."

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A nonprofit partnership in Maine has canceled $1.9 million in medical debt for 1,500 people. Mainers for Working Families (MFWF) teamed up with Undue Medical Debt to buy the debts, which were worth up to $1.8 million, for a fraction of the cost.

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Cornish and American miners once left out a bit of their food each day, crumbs, so that the knockers would keep them in good graces. These mining spirits are the difference between a safe mine and disaster. #FolkyFriday

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I find this so very, very cool. The big NASA Deep Space Network dish in Canberra, Australia talking to Voyager 2, which is now 21 billion kilometres away. At that distance, it takes a radio signal nineteen-and-a-half HOURS to reach the spacecraft.

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Excellent piece that makes this point without denying the ongoing pandemic or the value of online organizing!

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Staffer for Rep. Jeff Hurd sees crowd at townhall event and just bolts, apparently. www.durangoherald.com/articles/rep...

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CBS News profiles WWF-Romania's efforts to reintroduce bison after a 200-year absence and new research showing bison's positive impact on mitigating climate change. 🌎 worldwildlife.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.” www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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this is the best pov i've seen on this so far tbh, i am v much seeing this thing today as opening the door to people who otherwise might not have realized how varied activism actually is and how many opportunities there are to participate

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In response to hundreds of urgent identity document questions from transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, and intersex people across the country, Lambda Legal presents Know Your Rights: Passports, a special virtual info session.

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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 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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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

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been thinking a lot about how other countries—France is the example I know the best—number their republics because of regime change and upheaval 1792-1804 First Republic 1848-1852 Second Republic 1870-1940 Third Republic 1946-1958 Fourth Republic 1958-present Fifth Republic

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substack.com/@tairmuir/no...

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I am saying this with one hundred percent sincerity: "Dolly Parton is upset with you" is a strong enough mark of shame to completely kneecap this entire movement and if the dems actually had a finger on the pulse of the country they'd be booking this beautiful person for speaking tours

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Behind the scenes Blade Runner (1982). Ridley Scott Photo by Stephen Vaughan

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I never stopped my membership. I sent less letters. Thank goodness Resistbot has persisted. We need it now more than ever.

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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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it is singularly critical that all of this mess isn't pinned on trump or musk. this is the republican party. as they systemically destroy countless lives, the entire party must pay the political cost for there to be any chance of recovery. harder to build than to destroy. dems will need numbers.

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#RECALL: LG Recalls 500,000 Electric Ranges due to fire hazard. Front-mounted knobs on the recalled ranges can be activated by accidental contact by humans or pets, posing a fire hazard. Get repair. CONTACT: 800-399-3265. cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...

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This video and the improbable peeping sounds will absolutely improve your day

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At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought. “He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

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If you work for the federal government and are tempted to take Musk’s “buyout” offer please know that you’re never going to see that money.

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MORE BARGING

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