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Alan MacEachren
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Emeritus Geographer, Cartographer, Visualization Researcher … and beyond the career - active birder

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5d
Because of Republicans' health care cuts, families will be forced to the brink of bankruptcy from one bad medical diagnosis.

That's what this shutdown fight is about.

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress own this government shutdown.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 8d
Under Donald Trump, 688 prescription drugs have gotten MORE EXPENSIVE.

And last night, he shut down the government to avoid lowering Americans’ health care costs.

Donald Trump is making your life more expensive.
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Reposted by Marc Lynch, Alan M. MacEachren, Peter Jacobsen

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Aug 6
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · Aug 6
If I were a US adversary right now, I would see the US rapidly disarming itself. One bad variant would devastate the US because we will soon have no infrastructure to respond. We can be sure this is an invitation to both state and non-state actors to exploit this.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 6
On his decision to end $500M worth of research on mRNA vaccines, RFK Jr. said:

“The the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu”.

These vaccines saved 3.2M lives in the U.S.

He is running a disinformation op against Americans.
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · May 1
One of our new and exciting titles out this May is "Ice Geographies" by Jen Rose Smith @sprucehen.bsky.social . #EnvironmentalStudies #Geography
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Cover of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic. The cover features an abstract art piece by Darcie Bernhardt. The piece is titled Beluga Hunting and depicts a light pink, green, and blue marbled pattern. Forked green and white lines within the pattern evoke topographic striations.
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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · Aug 2
pro soccer player Jerce Reyes Barrios followed all the rules when he came to the US. His lawyer told took his asylum case bc it seemed like a "slam dunk. Then US officials sent him to CECOT, where he was told he'd spend the rest of his life

w/@mattshuham.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...
Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There
“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.
www.huffpost.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 30
Netanyahu's government has created an epic disaster in Gaza. 6,000 food trucks are lined up at the border, children are starving, and still Netanyahu blocks help.

History will remember this moment.
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Reposted by Alan M. MacEachren, John Horgan, Janet Murray , and 7 more

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · Jul 16
New: I spoke with Bill Siemering, who co-founded NPR a half-century ago, on what might be lost if public radio gets defunded
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · Jul 15
Democrats worked to remove medical debt from credit reports — because getting cancer or going to the ER doesn’t make you financially irresponsible.

A Trump judge just threw out our rule, hurting millions who have debt just from getting sick. apnews.com/article/cfpb...
Federal judge reverses rule that would have removed medical debt from credit reports
A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports.U.S.
apnews.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 15
With costs already out of control, the Trump Administration is choosing to restart interest charges for 8 MILLION student loan borrowers.

I'm pushing Secretary McMahon to stop throwing working people under the bus and reverse course immediately.
Warren slams Trump policy restarting interest on millions of student-loan borrowers
Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan are set to see their balances start growing again in August
www.marketwatch.com
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 15
At the very beginning of their professional lives, some young people have had their summer internships derailed by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Collateral Damage in Federal Work Force Cuts: Summer Interns
www.nytimes.com
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Jul 15
Ahem. @aoc.bsky.social was an Intel Science Fair National Prize Winner. She studied the influence of antioxidants on aging in C. Elegans.

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Tim Stebbins @timstebbins.bsky.social · Jul 11
Carlos Santana passes Earl Averill for sole possession of fifth in franchise history in HR with a two-run laser beam to left-center.

109.3 mph. 4-2 Guardians.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · Jul 11
In one fell-swoop, TACO turned DOJ into his personal law firm.

It’s job now is to defend him personally, and go after his enemies.

How on earth can ANYONE be shocked that DOJ is coving for him in the Epstein thing?

That is precisely why he picked a spineless sycophant to be AG!
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Ben Adida @benadida.com · Jul 11
One thing that's misunderstood is that voter lists are known, so it is easy to investigate claims of non-citizen voting. Laramie County in Wyoming just did that, and found 0 cases of non-citizen voting and 2 cases of people with felonies voting, out of 35,000.

www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_n...
Investigation reveals two cases of voter fraud in Laramie County
CHEYENNE — Out of 24 individuals flagged by the Laramie County Clerk’s Office for potential voting violations, two were found to have voted illegally last year, according to the Laramie
www.wyomingnews.com
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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · Jul 9
Yesterday, July 8th, House Democrats held a science fair of canceled grants in D.C., to call attention to research projects that the Trump administration has defunded. Hear from AAG Member & professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Julie Cidell, on her defunded research with the EPA.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 7
RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is hurting America's kids.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 4
Donald Trump just signed a bill into law that'll kick 17 million people off their health care and make it harder for families to put food on the table.

Republicans sold you out so billionaires can get even richer.

We won't let them forget.
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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 30
Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S
EPA employees accuse Trump officials of undermining the agency’s mission
“Declaration of Dissent” denounces partisan messaging, rollback of environmental regulations, and dismantling of science office, among other concerns
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Jul 3
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RFK Jr. says “working scientists” aren’t part of his staff cuts. That’s a lie. Scientists are quietly being forced out of CDC and NIH through Title 42 contract lapses - with no public announcement and no plan to replace them. 🧵
Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged that scientists are not part of his workforce reduction efforts. But many scientists recruited for their expertise at the nation’s...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 29
Senate Republicans have quietly inserted provisions in President Trump’s domestic policy bill that would not only end federal support for wind and solar energy but would impose an entirely new tax on future projects, a move that industry groups say could devastate the renewable power industry.
G.O.P. Bill Adds Surprise Tax That Could Cripple Wind and Solar Power
Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 29
The Senate Republican budget policy:

Tax breaks for billionaires are FREE!

But health care costs money, so CUT!

It’s magic math — and cruel hypocrisy.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 29
Shock announcement: NC Senator Thom Tillis just announced he is retiring, less than 24 hours after he opposed starting debate on his party’s mega bill.

His seat is up in 2026, and having it be an open seat sure changes the calculus and Democratic chances of flipping it.
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NASAEarthWatch @nasaearthwatch.bsky.social · Jun 29
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USA hurricane forecasting capabilities diminished because cuts to an important data source stream.

I guess we will see how it goes this summer.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after irreplaceable program is slotted to be shuttered
www.theguardian.com
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John Voorheis @johnvoorheis.bsky.social · Jun 29
Killing a half million people by continuing to use coal for electricity is bad, imo

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mortality risk from United States coal electricity generation
From 1999 to 2020, about 530,000 deaths in the Medicare population were attributable to US emissions by coal burning for electricity generation.
www.science.org
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Hailey Robertson @haileyrobertson.bsky.social · Jun 29
A bit different from my usual writing, but excited (despite the circumstances) to share my op-ed in the Topeka Capital-Journal! I discuss recent NSF funding cuts and what they mean for Kansans, both now and in the future.

🌻 www.cjonline.com/story/opinio...
Topeka scientist says NSF funds critical to infectious disease forecasting | Opinion
Planned budget cuts for 2026 would deepen damage to STEM education, jobs, and public access to taxpayer-funded data.
www.cjonline.com
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 28
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
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