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Steve Hofstetter @stevehofstetter.bsky.social · 1d

More than half of ALL government shut down days in the history of America have come under just one president.

Simply put, the man is a terrible leader.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 17h

Every time I go out with my friends, we play everyone’s favorite game: “how long can we go without talking about the rise of fascism in the United States?” Someone usually loses quickly, and we spend the rest of the evening in a state of despair.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 19h

Hattie T. Scott Peterson. In 1946 1st African-American woman to earn bachelor's degree in civil engineering. 1947 Survey & cartographic #engineer for US Geological Survey. 1954 1st woman engineer to join local US Army Corps of Engineers. #WomenInSTEM b. #OTD 11 Oct 1913 bit.ly/3hKbQLJ

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11h

Administration officials pile lie upon lie upon lie. When a president and his aides are doing that, it’s no longer America.

When masked government thugs take potshots at a priest, it’s no longer America.

State-sponsored mayhem starts at the top. trib.al/kEhMBeh

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 14h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17h

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16h

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15h

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 9d

Great to see conservation NGOs stepping out onto the streets with social movements

I'd love to see more of this in the UK, where the millions of members of conservation charities could be a powerful political force... if mobilised into one

Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 9d

We'll be there as @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social alongside our Belgian Partners @natuurpunt.bsky.social & @natagora.bsky.social

CU under the rain :-)

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 9d

📢 This Sunday, we take to the streets for the BIGGEST CLIMATE MARCH OF THE YEAR in Brussels!

✊ Our demands are loud and clear: The EU, Belgium and the rest of the EU countries need to ramp up their ambition & finances for climate action & justice.

Read more at @lesoir.be ⬇️

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Vox @vox.com · 8d

You probably haven’t thought much about amphibian-assisted reproduction lately (or, let’s be honest, ever). But in a lab tucked inside the Fort Worth Zoo, scientists are playing matchmaker for one of the rarest toads in the country.

Inside the audacious mission to bring a rare toad back from the brink

The amphibian “IVF clinic” fighting to save the first amphibian ever afforded federal protections.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 9d

Release the jobs report. And while you’re at it, release the Epstein files.

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Angie & Ben @angbencats.bsky.social · 9d

(Angie is scheduled for surgery on Monday. Keep her in your thoughts and send pawsitive paw vibes to her to get stronger 💜

I don’t know if she’ll make it through this, but it’s giving her a chance to hopefully feel better.

#Hedgewatch)

A white cat with black markings sleeping in a chair.

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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 9d

Rep. Jamie Raskin nails it.

“It is not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not to swear in our new colleague Adelita Grijalva who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files.

"So it’s convenient for them to shut the government down."

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 8d

“Not everyone has the privilege of saying that a floating pile of whale poop was where their career kick-started,” says marine biologist @ashadevos.bsky.social. 🐋💩

Asha de Vos' Journey From Deck Hand To Marine Science Leader

Growing up, Asha de Vos didn’t know of any Sri Lankans studying marine mammals. So she became the first.

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 8d

Three people died, many more were injured, and huge property damage due to intense flooding in Arizona community of Globe last week. Pretty harrowing stories here www.kjzz.org/business/202...

Globe was just hit by catastrophic, fatal flood. The community is coming together in the aftermath

It’s been one week since a catastrophic flood hit Globe in Arizona's Gila County. The water rose to 20 feet in some places, devastated homes and businesses, and killed at least three people. Now, the ...

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1stBascombe @1stbascombe.bsky.social · 9d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.

They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.

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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 8d

Academic freedom, along with the bedrock constitutional freedoms of speech, association, expression, and inquiry, form the foundation of American higher education and democracy. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9d

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 9d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 10d

More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

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500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 10d

If only we could each make a fraction of the difference she made in her life -- Rest in Power Jane Goodall -- you've inspired multiple generations of scientists and activists to make the world a better place

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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