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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is illegal. www.gao.gov/blog/what-po...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rep. Wesley Hunt has spent months trying to get officials to hire Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. to build a major flood control project in Houston. The company has pitched tunnels that are far smaller than what may be needed to address the flooding issues.🤔
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A Texas Congressman Is Quietly Helping Elon Musk Pitch a $760M Plan to Build Tunnels Under Houston to Ease Flooding

For years, experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels to divert floodwaters and save lives and property. Now Elon Musk’s tunneling company wants a piece of the project.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · Aug 25

Truly wild that this entire story doesn't mention the fact that DOGE nuked USDS and 18F, which actually did this work for years. Including online passport renewal and the creation of Direct File to make filing taxes easier! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump’s new chief design officer aims to make federal websites ‘satisfying’

Joe Gebbia, an Elon Musk ally who also worked for DOGE, said navigating dot-gov websites should be just as easy as visiting the Apple Store.

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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ever since the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics was dismissed by the Trump administration in February, I wanted to hear her story. Peggy Carr was among a string of Black senior officials fired in early 2025. (1/3)

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 12

Posted in the State Department. The resistance always grows. Tomorrow there will be more of us.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Jul 9

It’s true, FEMA doesn’t serve people as well as it should. But it’s also clear that in large part the tragedy unfolding in Central Texas was exacerbated by a failure of local and state officials’ response. So why should Texans trust those same people to manage their recovery?

NPR @npr.org · Jul 9

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Jun 30

for my #edusky people, highly recommend this resource the HEDCO institute just dropped that is tracking research on four-day school weeks (and all their research dashboards!): hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/dashboards/f...

Four-Day School Week Research Database

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · Jun 10

real bummer finding out that literally everything was on the honor system this whole time

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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · Jun 3

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Jun 3

A blast from my past: New evidence on the program Skew the Script finds promising impact of the curriculum on AP test scores. This resource helped me bring Beyonce, influencer salary, and food deserts into the conversation into my math classroom! skewthescript.org/blog/harvard...
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Harvard researchers find evidence that Skew The Script boosts AP Stats scores — Skew The Script

A research group at Harvard found evidence that Skew The Script lessons had a causal impact on AP Stats scores across Texas…

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · May 29

Delighted to see this piece with Victor Ambros, @carlbergstrom.com, Carol Greider, @michaelemann.bsky.social, and @briannosek.bsky.social in the wild.

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it

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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · May 29

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

www.notus.org

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · May 17

Exactly what we’ve been SCREAMING about since this whole mess started. This was inevitable. It’s not fault of the office itself. It’s entirely the fault of the current administration.

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · May 17

9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting.

Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down

www.nytimes.com

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 13

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · May 1

And you can read more thoughts from me about why this report holds more salience than ever in the current circumstances here: fas.org/publication/...

Getting ‘What Works’ in Education into Teachers' Hands

Living evidence still has a path forward in the U.S, and opportunities to continue to grow along with the growing global movement.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · May 1

You can read more about how we propose IES use this innovative model to bring evidence-based practice to those who need it, when they need it here: fas.org/wp-content/u...

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · May 1

IES’s mission is to equip teachers, school leaders, parents, and more with the tools backed by rigorous research that might help them do their jobs best. Living evidence is an approach that supports bringing knowledge to communities faster, better, and more efficiently.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · May 1

The report comes at a crossroads: the Trump administration has taken steps to dismantle the Institute of Education Sciences, attacking it for a perceived failure to improve student achievement.

But here’s the thing: the small, mighty IES team is not on school campuses teaching kids to read.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · May 1

THREAD | Today, our team from the @scientistsorg.bsky.social and the Future Evidence Foundation shared a report sharing learnings and recommendations from a year-long design sprint that explored potential use of an innovative approach, living evidence, at the federal What Works Clearinghouse.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Apr 30

This is just the beginning. At FAS, we’re building bridges between science and public policy—at every level of government, now and for the future.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Apr 30

Some of our best ideas still need a home. If you’re in a position to act on science-backed policies across climate, tech, state capacity & more—we’ve got memos for you: fas.org/accelerator/...

Day One 2025 - Federation of American Scientists

We sit on the verge of another Presidential election – and we see opportunity for meaningful, science-based policy innovations that can appeal to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Apr 30

For example, @mayaforcouncil.bsky.social's memo on Science and Technology Hubs for Congress has influenced GAO's development of an expert network to support legislators: fas.org/publication/...

Creating a Science and Technology Hub in Congress

Congress should create a new Science and Technology Hub within the Government Accountability Office to support an understaffed and overwhelmed Congress in addressing pressing science and technology po...

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Apr 30

Over the last 100 days, we’ve shared these ideas with executive and legislative leaders. Some have gone from “what if?” to being championed by real policymakers.

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Leya @leyamohsin.bsky.social · Apr 30

Last summer, we @scientistsorg.bsky.social sourced 100+ science and technology policy ideas that would be ready in-time for whoever took office to act on. We gave the authors of these ideas the tools to push for them, support them, and turn them into actually-implemented policy.

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