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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 8h

Why do these 'errors' keep happening in mission-critical positions...

'Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers' (2/16)
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'With Malice Toward All and Charity for None' (10/11)
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Mera L🪬 @mlicc1701.bsky.social · 14h

Just ordered some amazing merch to support the CDC mutual aid network!

Noam Ross @noamross.net · 15h

Decided to donate to the CDC mutual aid network to support laid-off and furloughed employees. They also have some *excellent* merch: www.cdcresourceportal.org

A candle with the words "Smells like Data Chaos" with a picture of a burning file cabinet.

A postcard with a "Fuck RFK" sign put up to cover a broken window, evoking the bullet-ridden windows from the CDC attack

A mug with the text "FAFO is not a good public health strategy."

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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems @hsgac.senate.gov · 1d

If you are a federal employee fired via RIF notice or want to share information about misconduct in the Administration, Ranking Member @peters.senate.gov wants to hear your story. We will protect all whistleblowers' personal information.

www.hsgac.senate.gov/contact/demo...

Anonymous Whistleblower Disclosure Form - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

“*” indicates required fields Title—Mr.Mrs.Ms.Mr. and Mrs.MissDr.Dr. and Mrs.Dr. and Mr.AdmiralCaptainChief Master SergeantColonelCommanderCorporalFatherGeneralLieutenantLieutenant ColonelMajorMaster ...

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 15h

Decided to donate to the CDC mutual aid network to support laid-off and furloughed employees. They also have some *excellent* merch: www.cdcresourceportal.org

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CDC Mutual Aid Network @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social · 17h

3 ways to support our Fired CDC colleagues:

1. Donate to the CDC Mutual Aid Network. 99% of donations go directly to fired/RIFed CDC workers and their families. www.cdcresourceportal.org/donate
2. Get yourself something nice at our store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
3. Share our links!

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 18h

"CDC’s function is too urgent to wait...As Americans, we must demand that our government not enact illegal policies that will kill us. Congress must act and restore functioning public health capacity to the nation now, before we all regret it. At least, before those of us who survive do."

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · 19h

This is a massive deal. But it’s not a done deal. Workers have been barred from their offices, but there is still time to protect their jobs. Only your Reps can do it though. Don’t let up!

Daniel Westreich @epidbydesign.bsky.social · 19h

RIFs at CDC.

Destroying the Epidemic Intelligence Service, NCIRD, NCIPC & a dozen other areas/divisions/branches will cause enormous harm and suffering to America, and indeed to the whole world.

Call your Reps about it.

Then call them again.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 20h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 19h

It's clearer by the day that Columbia making a deal with Trump in July was a catastrophe for higher education as a whole. It gave terrible people a bottomless appetite for extortion. The other eight universities must follow MIT's lead.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 20h

If the CDC firings fill you with the fury of a thousand white hot suns, might I suggest this rally and joining/supporting @standupforscience.bsky.social
🧪🩺 #ScienceSky

Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 20h

I’m a mom.
I’m a scientist.
I’m an activist.

I’m not going to stand by while unqualified, Quack, fringe-ass conspiracy theorists make decisions about my family’s health that is going to kill people.

Join me outside of HHS on 10/16 at 3pm.
@standupforscience.bsky.social

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22h

“There are a lot of critical things the federal government does... There are critical things that need to be saved.”

Vice President JD Vance (R-Arson Club of America)

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 22h

The specifics of the RIFs I’ve seen in group chats have been staggering. Bracing & reminding myself these are specifically intended to cause fear & distress.

Please share URLs for any good trackers you seen as they emerge. (I want more than OMB’s version) fedscoop.com/trump-federa...

Table of how many federal employees have been laid off in the latest RIF (Reduction in Force). This is from an OMB legal filing from Oct 10. For each agency, it lists number of fired employees, RIF notice date, and whether the administrations has recalled any of those employees to do work. Total headcount is 4,100 across 8 agencies. Treasury (1446) and HHS (1200) are the most affected. EPA (30) had the fewest layoffs this time.

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CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance @cunyislg.bsky.social · 21h

Proposed CDC 2026 budget cuts will affect more than public health. From local program implementation to city employment, a 42% budget cut would have major impacts. @gwpublichealth.bsky.social walks through what this means for public health & state and local economies: buff.ly/nHIpPvH

New Research: Proposed CDC Budget Cuts Harm Public Health and State and Local Economies | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University

Proposed FY26 CDC budget cuts could harm public health and undermine state and local economies, GW researchers report.

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21h

Brown's President has decided they need community input to decide what to do with the extortionate "compact": president.brown.edu/president/fe...

So alumni relations has set up a form. Please let them know what you think! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE‼️The Hill reports at least 4,100 employees fired today as Russell Vought and Trump devastate our government agencies and slash the federal workforce.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 1d

A shame the podcast was probably recorded before this epic presser.

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 1d

The Trump administration has slashed hundreds of thousands of jobs this year, leaving many vital federal functions un- or under-staffed, and they don’t seem to be letting up. We updated our Equality at Work timeline this week, and here’s what we saw: unbreaking.org/issues/equal...

Equality at Work: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d

MIT says no to the Trump admin higher-ed compact clearly and emphatically. Other universities would be well served to read, remix, and respond similarly.

"In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences."

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Maëlle Salmon @masalmon.eu · 2d

🎂 "Arrow Turns 10" by @enpiar.bsky.social

"These values are capped off by the foundation’s mantra, “community over code,” which means that focusing on how people work together is more important than technical purity."

enpiar.com/2025/10/07/a...

Arrow Turns 10

A look back at Apache Arrow's first decade, how we got to where we are now, and how we can continue to thrive in the next decade.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 2d

Talking to Congressional staff is a great way for scientists to inform Congress about the impact of science in their state and the nation. We just had a superb meeting with Abigail Lancaster of NC Senator Budd's office. She was knowledgeable and emphasized their support for science funding 1/2

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 2d

My portfolio had 100s of UG & Grad students lose their funding in the previous 9mo. PIs that had their training programs canceled for bogus reasons. I’m ok holding out for congress to get a spine and remember it’s a system of checks & balances.

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2d

“What kind of person would I be if I went with what works best for me versus what works best for the collective?”

Spoken like a true civil servant.

www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...

Federal Workers Have A Request Of Democrats As The Shutdown Drags On

Furloughed federal employees are about to start missing paychecks, but they aren't ready to give in yet: "We are willing to take some temporary pain."

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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