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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

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Kerry Cook @kerrycook.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

From @AGU.org: Senators are working on legislation to save NCAR, but we need extra support for these 8 states. Your Senators in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming need to hear from you.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 17/12/2025

49. Just when I thought the wonton destruction was slowing down a little. Russ Vought takes aim at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (est. 1960). (Dec. 16, 2025)

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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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Elizabeth Patterson @paleopatt.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨 New manuscript! 🚨 We use speleothem calcium isotopes and Mg/Ca to reconstruct rainfall amount. Turns out central Vietnam was 50 % drier during the LGM 🤯. Climate models agree but most underestimate rainfall change. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Quantifying changes in central Vietnam rainfall amount since the Late Pleistocene

Paleorecords of the Southeast Asian autumn monsoon indicate that global sea-level change drove abrupt shifts in rainfall, yet the magnitude of these c…

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding. Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24. See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it. 🧵 1/3

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Subcommittee Markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

NEW: A group of University of California researchers, seeking to become the first class action suit over Trump's science cuts, notch their first win with a preliminary injunction www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

A federal court granted a preliminary injunction late last night to stop the Trump administration from cutting grants to University of California researchers, giving an early win to a group of faculty trying a novel approach to protect government science investments.

A group of six University of California faculty and staff sued a host of government agencies this month over the widespread elimination of research grants since Trump took office on Jan. 20. While there have already been several lawsuits challenging the abrupt grant cancellations, the University of California legal challenge seeks to become the first class action lawsuit to claw back money for all researchers within the 10-campus university system.

Judge Rita F. Lin, a Biden appointee, gave provisional class certification to all University of California researchers who had their grants canceled by the Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation or National Endowment for the Humanities since Trump's inauguration without a specific explanation, or because they focused on a diversity or equity-related topic. She granted a preliminary injunction barring the agencies from terminating more grants to University of California researchers, and ordering the government to restore the funding until the court rules otherwise.

University of California researchers notch win in novel suit against Trump, continued
Lin ruled that the Trump administration's funding cancellations over diversity and equity topics violated the researchers’ First Amendment rights, and the way agencies carried them out were “arbitrary and capricious.” While the administration is entitled to promote its own chosen priorities, the executive branch “may not set out to suppress ideas it deems dangerous by trying to drive them out of the marketplace of ideas,” Lin wrote in her ruling.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Y'all, this past week for science funding lawsuits has been 🔥🔥🔥 ✅ Major recent wins regarding: 1. U of California researchers 2. NSF indirects 3. NIH terminations 4. EPA terminations Plus: 5. Brand new NSF lawsuit (about terminations & slowdown of new awards) 🧵 Let's break it down

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Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov · 12/06/2025

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.

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Jess Phoenix 🌋 @volcanojess.com · 09/06/2025

Newsflash: There is not a single American citizen who does not benefit in some way from the labor of undocumented people. Period.

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Jemele Hill @jemelehill.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

As someone who lives in Los Angeles, don’t let social or mainstream media gaslight you into thinking there’s a violent uprising taking place here. The Trump administration is trying to punish this state and this city. He’s also setting a precedent to unleash troops on Democratic cities.

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Them: “LA is a full on insurrection” Us at the protest:

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

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Katie Porter @katieporterca.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Trump is such a small, selfish man. He would rather extract personal and political revenge on Californians because they didn’t vote for him than actually lead this nation. This is blatantly illegal and California will absolutely block this action in court.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 06/06/2025

Los Angeles EMERGENCY ICE protest TODAY at 4:30pm. Please show up, share with your friends/groups

LA EMERGENCY PROTEST!
535 Alameda St, LA, CA 90012
Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30PM
STOP DEPORTATIONS NOW!
ICE HAS HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY KIDNAPPED AND IS HOLDING THEM AT THIS LOCATION

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Argh. The P4CLIMATE program solicitation will be archived (the program website itself hasn't been updated) www.nsf.gov/geo/updates/...

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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 02/06/2025

This is true across vast areas of STEMM. To say that scientists are freaking out, depressed, upset, and afraid would be an understatement at this point.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲

Photo of the a large group of GISS employees/colleagues in front of Toms Restaurant with a prominent street sign saying "112th St" taken from the middle of Broadway. Credit: Tricia Baron.

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Allison Jacobel @ajacobel.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Goodbye REUs, goodbye GRFPs, goodbye CAREERs (which ironically I just finished writing today). This is the end of the road for all early-career scientists. If you aren't enraged you aren't paying attention.

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Abigail Swann, PhD @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Make sure to catch the #SaveAmericasForecasts 💯 hour livestream! It's an inspiring collection of talks bringing attention to the need for federal funding for climate and weather research. For those of us in the field it's also comforting to hear familiar voices standing up in solidarity for science.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🧪 YAASSSSS: 16 state AGs just sued NSF for its illegal changes in "agency priorities" The broad scope would seem to not only address grant terminations...but also the underlying basis for closing programs, returning proposals without review, etc. The filing: www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/u...

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a man wearing a hat and an orange shirt says " get her jade "

Alt: A man wearing a hat and an orange shirt says " get her jade "

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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 28/05/2025

Federal weather & climate science is under threat. Starting TODAY at 3:00 PM ET, join a coalition of scientists--including AMS leaders--for a 100-hour livestream. Learn what federal science does for you, ask questions, and help build awareness to "Save Our Forecasts": wclivestream.com

Graphic for the Weather & Climate Livestream.

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We should have every member of the national academy release their own public statement on the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion in doing the best science.

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Alessandra Quigley @alessandraquig.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

DOGE claims NASA GISS is being evicted to save money, but it actually costs taxpayers more to remove us. GSA is on the hook for our lease until 2031, regardless of whether we occupy the building, and we all have to be "in person" by September. Any other place has a higher marginal cost than $0.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/05/2025

HAPPY 75th, NSF! We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond. Read on 🧵(1/11):

A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

“This isn't about merit or budgets because NSF has a tiny imprint on the federal budget. This is all about controlling information and knowledge.”

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 10/05/2025

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies. TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NSF-supported Unidata announced that almost their entire staff will be furloughed as of today. This is a huge threat to weather education and research at universities--Unidata provides crucial realtime data feeds of weather data, including satellite, radar, and observations.

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Julie Libarkin @holdingupthesky.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

For people calling senators and reps - multiple CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED programs have been terminated at #nsf. Such as the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Talking points: www.savensf.com/take-action

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Take Action | Save NSF

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emsaurios @emsaurios.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Holding my colleagues and friends at NSF in my thoughts today, especially. May you find comfort in your community, your high ethical standards, and in the important work you have been able to do before this moment and have continued to do during this time of tyranny.

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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund @csldf.org · 09/05/2025

We provide a lifeline to scientists seeking free legal help in the face of the all-out assault on science & scientists. But we can't do it without your support. www.csldf.org/donate

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Donate - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

DONATE Let’s get to work. Together, we can protect the scientific endeavor. All of our legal and educational initiatives are…

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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about

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About EES

The NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in science and engineering.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Caitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

LISTEN TO ME. *NOW* IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE IN THE US YOU LIVE. I'M HERE BEGGING YOU. #SaveNSF Here are your talking points: democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2025

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 09/05/2025

This is terrible and I really wish scientists had heeded the warnings from colleagues in the liberal arts

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/05/2025

I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025

NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%. When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction. Changes like this can wreak havoc on research. MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc... #NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF

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Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 30/04/2025

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

Screenshot of table showing number of grants and total value terminated by NSF directorate. STEM Education directorate is highlighted, with 417 terminations totaling 322 million dollars.

CSV of table:
Directorate,No. Terminated,Total Value
Biological Sciences,46,"$27,960,075"
Computer and Information Science and Engineering,85,"$44,630,113"
Engineering,94,"$33,472,485"
Geosciences,52,"$36,454,740"
Mathematical and Physical Sciences,30,"$6,418,312"
Office of the Director,7,"$4,859,738"
STEM Education,417,"$322,680,063"
"Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences",266,"$77,635,904"
"Technology, Innovation and Partnerships",46,"$62,231,309"

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This is an illegal act by the Trump administration. It's time for consequences, folks.

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Kathleen Johnson @cavesandclimate.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Received some awful news about a major project (sites.ps.uci.edu/climatejusti... ) I have led for the past 2+ years. So many people have worked incredibly hard to realize our vision and this immediately cuts the funding for 15+ students and staff, as well as for our community partners

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 24/04/2025

"The possible elimination of the lab, called GFDL, in concert with potential cuts to other NOAA operations, threatens irreparable harm not only to global understanding of climate change and long-range scenarios for the planet but to the country’s safety, competitiveness and national security."

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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

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Julie Libarkin @holdingupthesky.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

NSF didn’t set “new priorities”… NSF illegally terminated grants

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/03/2025

Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

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NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting

Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This is why I get so angry about anticipatory compliance. So many of these EOs are being overturned. This is good news, and it means our advocacy is making a difference! Keep it up!

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 28/02/2025

AGU urges the Trump administration to immediately renew U.S. federal commitment to climate science. The U.S. must restore critical climate science leadership for a secure, prosperous future for the country and the world. Read AGU’s statement here: news.agu.org/press-releas...

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Kathleen Johnson @cavesandclimate.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Excited to be back in the Philippines for this highly cross-disciplinary workshop on SE Asia climate!

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