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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s official, the 2026 El Niño has broken a record for the highest ocean anomaly in 170+ years… Incredibly reaching that threshold a full 2 months ahead of 2015’s record of +3.02C set on Nov 18th. See that red line? That’s 2026. Every other bold line are the strongest El Niño’s on record. 1/
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tejparikh.ft.com @tejparikh.ft.com · 25/01/2026
Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter (1/2) How one year of ‘America First’ has left workers behind: as.ft.com/r/888fc154-4...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This person took this when they called the race
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Found the welfare queen! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#BBCNews - Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article... According to the CPJ, 186 journalists have been confirmed killed in the Gaza war
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Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
The broadcaster condemns the "blatant attack on press freedom", while the IDF alleges one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/07/2025
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance. By Joe Hernandez, @danielestrin.bsky.social and Anas Baba
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Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say
Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.
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Matthew Holden 🏳️‍🌈 @matthholden.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Please share: PhD scholarship opportunity in mathematical ecology on the value of information for improving ecological management, open to international students, with a great team @hugepossum.bsky.social, Katriona Shea, Kate Helmstedt, & me at UQ, Australia 🌍 🧮, study.uq.edu.au/study-option...
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The value of information for ecological management
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/07/2025
Seattle friends: In a few days, Kevin Gross and I will be having talking about how science works and the importance of teaching science as a social process. The best part: It'll be at Burke Gilman brewing, and we won't be speaking all that long. So you can have beer—and talk back!
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It is difficult to describe just how disastrous it would be if just-released NOAA budget proposal (or even large portions) were to be enacted: It would involve a wholesale dismantling (decimation, really) of entities relevant to weather, climate, & ocean research & prediction.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NOAA proposed budgets would eliminate science and management of marine mammals and sea turtles, firing 311 scientists and cutting the budget by more than $100m. Also a long list of program terminations... See pages 16-20 www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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Amanda Renteria @amandarenteria.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Today's the day the Senate will vote on the budget bill that could gut Medicaid access for millions of Americans. Tune in. Call your Senator. We need everyone to weigh in now.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The Trump administration just established a precedent that they can pick and choose who leads higher Ed institutions. An authoritarian government deepens its reach into higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵
Economic loss due to NIH budget cuts by congressional district, scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The combined 2024 budgets of NSF, NIH, and NASA were around $80 billion, or 100x this package. It makes sense for other countries to try to capitalize on the idiocy that has captured our government, but it's important to remember the sheer scale and irreplaceability of the US research enterprise.
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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"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. time.com/7285045/resi...
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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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cstawitz.bsky.social @cstawitz.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Thinking of all of the amazing federal scientist moms who have left recently.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
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partisans, not scientists, decide if science is partisan
Last month, Audra Wolfe wrote a fantastic post about how science is and always has been political. In the post, she analyzes statements from Nature and Scientific American, both of which endorsed J…
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Jenna C. Hill @chillocean.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume... Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
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Notice of Changes
Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.
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Madhusudan 🦉 Katti @leafwarbler.myatproto.social · 15/04/2025
This should be the template for every university’s website: let the public know what they gain from research and what they stand to lose. www.harvard.edu
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Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
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Nils Reimer @reimtime.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I have been an international student, or around international students, for all my adult life. Every single one of these visa revocations is a human tragedy, a dream quashed and a life derailed.
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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share— I'm hiring a postdoc! it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Quantitative Marine Ecology
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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Sharon Shewmake @sharonshewmake.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We just learned that Washington State Library’s $3.9M annual award from the Feds has been cancelled. That’s rural libraries, rural librarians and internet access, databases for research and ebooks through Libby. DOGE needs to end.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Collecting my thoughts at the end of one of the worst days of my life... At NIH, > 1300 people were RIFed. These range all across the board from institute directors to low level administrative staff. Communication staff and procurement appear to be hardest hit as anticipated from the HHS plan 1/n
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cstawitz.bsky.social @cstawitz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
About a hundred protestors outside of the Tesla dealership in Seattle today. The store and surrounding street closed.
A sign outside a closed Tesla dealership that reads "these machines fund fascists"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in DenverZoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/03/2025
Congestion pricing is an unqualified triumph. One of the most immediately, strikingly successful public policies of my lifetime.
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Dennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 20/03/2025
NWS just announced a major reduction in upper-air (weather balloon) observations due to staffing shortages. Omaha and Rapid City losing balloon launches altogether, with launches cut in half at 6 other sites. Losing this many launches could affect severe weather forecasting and computer models.
Weather balloon cuts at Omaha NE and Rapid City SDBalloon launches suspended to once per day at six locations in the middle of the U.S.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This is terrible news & just one part of a bigger picture. Prepare yourself for ongoing updates about the “reduction in force” this month and more again in April. Talk to your community about it. They may not believe it at first - it sounds unbelievable! But we must bear witness & explain.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/03/2025
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
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Dave Jones | GeoCollaborate @geocollaborate.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
New paper by Harvey etal reveals that fisheries mangmt must adapt further to climate ✅ management overlooks system complexity leading to feedback loops ✅Integrated social-ecol. data reveals hidden vulnerabilities & strategies ✅ Cross-sector engagement is crucial for success doi.org/10.1007/s111...
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Embracing social-ecological system complexity to promote climate-ready fisheries - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Climate variability and change are having dramatic effects on marine species, fisheries, and fishing communities. Climate perturbations elicit fishery management responses intended to mitigate negativ...
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
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cstawitz.bsky.social @cstawitz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
"In 2023, Miller was awarded NOAA Fisheries employee of the year...and in March 2024, she was promoted. On Thursday afternoon, while on vacation in Hawaii, the federal biologist opened her work email on her personal phone to find she no longer had a job." www.kuow.org/stories/noaa...
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NOAA firings in Seattle include orca-saving employee of the year
Until Thursday afternoon, Hanna Miller focused on protecting whales from oil spills, ship strikes, and fishing gear. While on vacation in Hawaii, the federal biologist opened her work email on her per...
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Tom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun. The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/02/2025
Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
👏🏼 👏🏼 Hundreds of federal workers in SEATTLE stage an informational picket 🪧 to #SaveOurScience for today’s national day of action! #SaveOurServices #HoldTheLine
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JA Fields | NonCompliantCyborg @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Recent Seattle Aquarium layoffs include devastating cuts to the Beach Naturalist program that has nurtured community engagement with the Salish Sea for 25 years. There is a board meeting February 26th. Send comments in support of the satff & program to publiccomment@seattleaquarium.org 🧪🦑 #SciComm
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I’m going to continue to work until my computer access is revoked,” Lennox said. “Then I’m going to volunteer. I’m going to keep working as best I can to support the veterans. That’s what I’m here for.” taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...
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A Marine vet thought he found a 'home' working at the VA. Now he's one of 1,000 fired.
Andrew Lennox, who was terminated from the VA, noted the irony of the VA claiming it had fired some veterans to help veterans.
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
not trying to pick on this guy. this just reminded me that the federal government does not provide coffee to workers. to drink coffee at a federal office you generally have to pay into a "coffee club" that is managed by a staffer who volunteers to collect money and purchase a monthly coffee supply.
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Oren Gur @orengur.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania has indirect rate of 70%, but they probably didn’t want to list that atop Harvard because defunding a children’s hospital might be perceived as problematic. This is devastating
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The new cover of TIME.
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