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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

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"Any writer who denied the childish element of revenge in what they did was... a liar. Writing was just a way of taking justice into your own hands." --Rachel Cusk @booksky.club

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I wouldn’t think “moved to root out diversity initiatives” is a useful phrase for journalism at all, but using it as a euphemism for a purge of high ranking black officers is downright Orwellian.

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58 measles cases on Tuesday is now more than 90. Measles is THE most contagious illness. A infected person can infect 18 others with one exposure. Virus can survive for hours in air. The vaccine is 99% effective, but low vaccine rates allow virus to spread. This was preventable. Read ⬇️⬇️

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Alt text: photo of a cybertruck taken close up with a large red-brown swastika spraypainted across one side including windows.

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Emergency food, TB tests & HIV drugs: All of this vital health aid remains frozen by the Trump regime despite a court ruling to release it to countries in need. The regime appears to be flouting a judge’s order regarding foreign assistance via USAID www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

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When we fight, we win. Judge Halts Implementation of Trump Anti-DEIA Executive Orders Nationwide The AAUP is proud to stand up & defend our campuses & communities against those attempting to squash civil rights & halt progress toward an equitable, multi-racial democracy. www.washingtonpost.com

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Some Americans w/authority & power to stop The Current Regime from destroying the United States of America are standing tall Federal Judges blocks Trump’s executive order ending funding for DEI programs www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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When the smoke is choking the entire landscape there's probably a fire somewhere

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Wonderful study by a master anthropologist and dear friend

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“…every major technological transformation in the US, from electric cars to Google to the iPhone, can trace its roots back to basic science research once funded by the federal government.” 🌍🧪

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THR: “.. Paramount now signaling that it’s prepared to go on the offensive .. leveraging the threat of uncovering information about Trump’s financials, including with respect to his social media company .. and the cryptocurrency he launched, in discovery.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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In case you missed this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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NEW: A regional FEMA chief of staff took Elon Musk's Fork in the Road offer. He has proof of receipt. But they didn't honor it. Instead, they fired him 13 days later. Now, this retired Navy captain is speaking out. www.thebulwark.com/p/musk-doge-...

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Ignorance & the cruelty that goes with it is their superpower. #Education

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Massive and under any other circumstances highly immoral long-term medical experiments in comparative public health will eventually become available but at what human cost?

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A second North Carolina county has decided to abandon public water fluoridation. Lincoln county commissioners decided that they'd just abandon fluoridation altogether, despite strong opposition from the county health department. www.wunc.org/health/2025-...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Federal government scientists who have just lost your job, here’s a list of state-level and international government science jobs www.linkedin.com/posts/drkimb... 🧪🌎🦑

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Calling yourself a king doesn’t make you king. Killing your brother and marrying his wife only to be haunted by his ghost and poisoned by his son before you manage to kill him with the poisoned blade and no one is left but some bloke named Horatio is how you become king

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So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

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How’s it going in the humanities nonprofit sector? Not well.

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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

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McConnell saying adieu. Close call betw Mitch/R Murdoch for overall damage in our times. McConnell: -Was crucial in blocking gun-safety laws after Sandy Hook massacre. -Was crucial in sparing Trump in 2nd impeach (which would have blocked 2nd term). -Made filibusters routine. -SCOTUS.

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Proud to have signed this open letter to congress, as a US-based social scientist who knows that the value of foreign aid extends way beyond its direct recipients. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Most of the people quoted here are Republicans afraid of death threats from their own party leader. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Last week my two careers—racism scholar turned airline pilot—collided when Trump promised that his nominee for Secretary of Transportation "will make our skies safe again by eliminating DEI for pilots and air traffic controllers.” Wait, what? 🧵 1/

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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

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Some of the last best places in North America—National Parks and Monuments—are about to get trashed. It was only a matter of time. www.npr.org/2025/02/17/n...

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Start hoarding that science before it’s gone.

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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

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The environmental cost of war is part of the human cost of war. 🇵🇸 🌍 e360.yale.edu/features/gaz...

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