Andy Butler
@andy-ps.bsky.social
Measles case in Pueblo. Surprise, surprise, the individual was not vaccinated.
Colorado reported its first case of measles in a state resident in two years on Monday, but the infection is not tied to the ongoing outbreak that started in Texas.
Colorado reports measles case in Pueblo, not tied to ongoing Texas outbreak
The infection in an unvaccinated resident of Pueblo is believed to be related to international travel, not the ongoing outbreak in Texas.
coloradosun.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Measles case in Pueblo. Surprise, surprise, the individual was not vaccinated.
Big Bend is an awesome place, and this article is a great example of why its important to protect these areas!
Here's another reason why protected areas like National Parks and Wilderness are so important!
A new plant was just discovered in Big Bend National Park, 80 percent of which is recommended, potential, or eligible for wilderness designation.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
A new plant was just discovered in Big Bend National Park, 80 percent of which is recommended, potential, or eligible for wilderness designation.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
Meet the 'Wooly Devil,' the First New Plant Genus Discovered in a National Park Since 1976
A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National Park in Texas
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Big Bend is an awesome place, and this article is a great example of why its important to protect these areas!
To be clear, this cap is less about efficiency and cutting costs than about gutting our national research infrastructure
The U.S. National Institutes of Health’s recent decision to impose a 15% cap on facilities and administrative cost reimbursements is misguided and damaging, argue the authors of a new #SciencePolicyForum. scim.ag/423AbVX
March 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To be clear, this cap is less about efficiency and cutting costs than about gutting our national research infrastructure
21 Heroes!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
21 Civil Servants Resign From DOGE, Refusing to Implement Elon Musk’s Changes
The employees had worked for the U.S. Digital Service, a technology-focused unit rebranded by Mr. Musk and empowered by President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
21 Heroes!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Another fox guarding the chickens! Typical of this administration.
“This is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldn’t come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,” said Sen. Ron Wyden about Schuler’s appointment. “He’ll fit right in with the Trump administration.”
By @peterelkind.bsky.social
By @peterelkind.bsky.social
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the…
propub.li
February 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Another fox guarding the chickens! Typical of this administration.
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Monitors at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development briefly displayed a fake, AI-generated video depicting President Trump sucking the toes of Elon Musk.
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Monitors at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development briefly displayed a fake, AI-generated video depicting President Trump sucking the toes of Elon Musk.
Trump and Musk are destroying American science. Most of the firings appear to be younger scientists. It would take a generation to make up for these losses.
"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious."
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
www.science.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump and Musk are destroying American science. Most of the firings appear to be younger scientists. It would take a generation to make up for these losses.
Repealing EV tax credits would decimate US auto manufacturers at the benefit to Chinese manufacturers.
Ford CEO to Trump: Repealing the electric vehicle tax credit could risk automaker jobs in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Ford CEO: IRA tax credit repeals could risk jobs, Trump tariffs are 'cost and chaos'
"They need to understand that there's a lot of policy uncertainty here," Ford CEO Jim Farley said about the administration.
www.detroitnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Repealing EV tax credits would decimate US auto manufacturers at the benefit to Chinese manufacturers.
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Elon is a terrible president.
February 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Elon is a terrible president.
Now, and Then
Yesterday, 2/10, thinking about our dry winter and lack of snow, so we see fewer Elk. But, late afternoon, a few flakes fell, and ~ 25 Elk appeared on cue! For a comparison, another Elk on 2/10 last year, in about 5" of snow in the same area.
#Elk, #Colorado, #Winter
Yesterday, 2/10, thinking about our dry winter and lack of snow, so we see fewer Elk. But, late afternoon, a few flakes fell, and ~ 25 Elk appeared on cue! For a comparison, another Elk on 2/10 last year, in about 5" of snow in the same area.
#Elk, #Colorado, #Winter
February 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
but fraud and abuse is exactly what the Trump administration is about! Let's cheat the common people and make the oligarchs richer!
The CFPB is one of the American people’s best defenses against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
Demolishing it will, of course, lead to more waste, fraud, and abuse.
February 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
but fraud and abuse is exactly what the Trump administration is about! Let's cheat the common people and make the oligarchs richer!
Waste and fraud! Trump’s tax plan in action
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
February 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Waste and fraud! Trump’s tax plan in action
Another move by DT’s minions to gut the American research establishment, part of the Make America a third world country project
The National Institutes of Health plans to severely cut the percentage of its grant money that can be used for overhead costs rather than research.
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
scim.ag
February 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Another move by DT’s minions to gut the American research establishment, part of the Make America a third world country project
A couple of mountain views taken during our cross-country ski outing today, in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado. Beautiful spring-like conditions, but you can see from the exposed rock on the nearby peaks just how little snow we've had so far this winter. W
February 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A couple of mountain views taken during our cross-country ski outing today, in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado. Beautiful spring-like conditions, but you can see from the exposed rock on the nearby peaks just how little snow we've had so far this winter. W
If the POTUS's minions freeze federal research funding, thousands of Coloradans will lose their jobs. And thousands of members of the public will be denied potentially life-saving treatments and medicines developed in research labs across the state and nation.
How much does Colorado get from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation?
Who gets federal research funding in Colorado? These two charts will show you.
The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation send tens of millions of dollars to Colorado universities every year.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If the POTUS's minions freeze federal research funding, thousands of Coloradans will lose their jobs. And thousands of members of the public will be denied potentially life-saving treatments and medicines developed in research labs across the state and nation.
You can bet that China is ready and willing to step into the vacuum left by dismantling USAID in developing countries around the world.
The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.
'It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
scim.ag
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You can bet that China is ready and willing to step into the vacuum left by dismantling USAID in developing countries around the world.
Reposted by Andy Butler
The gears of the grantmaking machinery at NIH have begun moving again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump. scim.ag/4aLQ0U6
NIH eases freeze on grant reviews imposed after Trump communications pause
Meetings of study sections and closed portion of councils back on track as agency also deals with diversity-related executive orders
scim.ag
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The gears of the grantmaking machinery at NIH have begun moving again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump. scim.ag/4aLQ0U6
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There’s a problem here. Musk is loving the role of deflector shield for Trump, as it gives him power. He loves video games and so he loves being Ready Player One. Focusing on him and not on Trump works for Trump in a weird way, even if eat the rich also works.
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There’s a problem here. Musk is loving the role of deflector shield for Trump, as it gives him power. He loves video games and so he loves being Ready Player One. Focusing on him and not on Trump works for Trump in a weird way, even if eat the rich also works.
Pretty much every word out of RFK Jr’s mouth should be considered a total fabrication
“A total fabrication.” That’s what Samoa’s top health official has to say about RFK Jr. denying his role in the measles outbreak that killed 83 people there, mostly children, in 2019. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa's health chief says
Samoa’s top health official has denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S. health secretary.
apnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Pretty much every word out of RFK Jr’s mouth should be considered a total fabrication
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Let me say @mcuban.bsky.social is the Nostradamus of tech
He is going to say "pinky swear you will protect our border. And buy more booze and stuff from us. "
They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory
Trumpenomics
They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory
Trumpenomics
Trump: i’m speaking with Trudeau tomorrow morning and Mexico tomorrow morning too
February 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Let me say @mcuban.bsky.social is the Nostradamus of tech
Like admiring the emperor’s clothes when he isn’t wearing any
February 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Like admiring the emperor’s clothes when he isn’t wearing any
I’m guessing he cheats at real life as well
February 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I’m guessing he cheats at real life as well
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Here are a handful of images I’ve submitted for this year’s Audubon photography contest. 🪶🌵☀️
January 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Here are a handful of images I’ve submitted for this year’s Audubon photography contest. 🪶🌵☀️
A pretty day for a snowshoe in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado (1/31/25)
February 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A pretty day for a snowshoe in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado (1/31/25)