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Marcia Smith

@freecow.bsky.social
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I love science, studying mindfulness and meditation, hiking, reading and watching movies & documentaries. I also love raibows, beautiful sunsets and unicorns 🦄

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Fun fact: If you were half as reckless, irresponsible and prejudiced in your words, deeds and actions as the President of the United States, you'd probably get fired from your job.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 31/01/2025
Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner. Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business. Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
texastribune.org
Trump’s tariffs loom and even his supporters in Texas are nervous
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 normal 👏🏼
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Cath RN, PhD @headdoc35.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
25% tariff on Mexico 25% tariff on Canada 10% tariff on China “for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced & allowed to distribute into our country that has killed tens of millions of Americans.” Ok, Jan. But he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who sold $183 million worth of hard drugs in 2 years.
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Marcia Smith @freecow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.reuters.com/legal/us-jud...
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US judge blocks transgender inmate's prison transfer under Trump order
A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring a transgender woman to a men's facility and denying her access to gender-affirming care in accordance with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump, her lawyers said on Thursday.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
Governor Pritzker- Illinois -  has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
LOL -- from a source with knowledge, EPA employees received a follow-up email this morning regarding the absurd OPM deferred resignation offer. It assured them that the "Fork in the Road offer is valid, lawful, and will be honored by EPA." That assurance came down from, uh, OPM.
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Marcia Smith @freecow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.app.com/story/news/2...
app.com
'Exercise caution': Travel alert sounded for nonbinary, transgender New Jerseyans
Garden State Equality says the state of federal identification documents has been rapidly changing under President Donald Trump.
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Shraddha Chakradhar @scchak.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 29/01/2025
New observations suggest an asteroid, roughly 130 to 300 feet wide, has a slightly more than 1% chance to strike Earth in 2032. That's roughly the size of the Tunguska impactor -- it would be regionally devastating, like an A-bomb. But again, 1% chance. Gird yourself for crazy coverage.
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NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid – Planetary Defense
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The USAID-led Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNet) is "currently unavailable." This is the preeminent global early warning tool for acute food insecurity and has traditionally had bipartisan support in Congress. static.fews.net
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The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 31/01/2025
One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles. EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
science.org
Earthquake warning system among projects threatened by NSF funding freeze
Small nonprofit that helps manage network could soon run out of money
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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Last year, a paper in Science argued that there is a detectable ~2-hour-long period of slow slip before large earthquakes. In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes! But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise. 1/
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 31/01/2025
Until recently, NASA frequently touted its Here To Observe program, which brought undergrads from underrepresented groups up close to NASA science missions. Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
science.org
DEI order grounds NASA program to link undergraduates with mission scientists
Program gave students from underrepresented groups a taste of space science
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025
Another extremely effective and impactful program preparing the next generation for scientific careers is undermined, to the detriment of the students and America’s future. “All of the students who became involved with H2O last fall continued into the spring semester and remained STEM majors.”
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
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Marcia Smith @freecow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Recipients of CDC funding have started receiving some, uh, interesting letters. I’m told that some (health departments, university medical centers, etc) have asked for clarification or pushed back, since contracts may require 30 days or more for changes to be made. But, well, here we are.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
💵 WATCH: “This is a farce. Corruption. A public school heist.” @charlesuffelman.bsky.social handed out voucher scam dollars with @GovBillLee’s face on them to Tennessee legislators & lobbyists as they pushed through a private school voucher scam worth BILLIONS yesterday.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 31/01/2025
I had a great conversation during a panel hosted by the Nashville Alumnae Chapter, where we discussed key issues affecting the Black community. This event was about bridging generational gaps and strengthening community connections.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Chuck Todd makes it official and announces that he's leaving NBC News after nearly two decades at the network. "We can’t tolerate propagandists. But it doesn’t mean sticking your head in the sand either; if you ignore reality, you’ll miss the biggest story." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
Chuck Todd officially announces departure from NBC News after 17 years
Todd's role at the network diminished significantly after he was replaced as Meet the Press host in 2023.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is advice every dem politician should take to heart. Don’t sell against the competition. Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you
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Marcia Smith @freecow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
My furry baby Kanati taking a nap. Happy Friday everyone...may you get the peace and rest you need today 🌈💖
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2025
Pete Hegseth on possible military strikes in Mexico: "All options will be on the table."
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Possibly one of the most stupidest men in the world......
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LunaLuvgood2020 @lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
She slayed
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
✅ DEI Employer of the Day™ Albertsons (Safeway...) "commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging as well as thoughtful people practices are core elements of the company’s philosophy" "We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen and enrich our stores, our company and our society."
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The HHS nominee is a dangerous science-denying conspiracy nut. The FBI nominee pleaded the 5th to his involvement in criminal conspiracies and has fund raised for violent insurrectionists. The DNI nominee is a Russian asset. ...and here we are, doubtful if anything can be done to stop them.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
BREAKING: AOC blames crash on Trump / Elon “I represent LGA Airport as well as workers for JFK. Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week. Air traffic controllers, already understaffed, got Trump’s “buyout” this wk with a 1 wk ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI - it’s him. And Elon too.”
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How RFK Jr.’s assurances to senators contradict his past remarks www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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How RFK Jr.’s assurances to senators contradict his past remarks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follows a long history of disparaging them.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“.. I leave you with this quote from former US Navy pilot Jack McCain, son of the late Senator John McCain:” (via @bloomberg.com)
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Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I'm trying out something new today, and painting on a copper panel. This is a little Roly Poly Rancher guiding his herd of isopods through the garden at night. I can't wait to add color to this one!⁠ ⁠ #underpainting #rolypoly #isopod #forestspirits #copperpanel #paintingoncopper
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
oh! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits settlement for “misconduct” accusation
But in his response to senators he offers no details.
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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Juvenile bald eagle in flight. #Birds #photography #BaldEagle #HaliaeetusLeucocephalus
A young bald eagle, a large brown and white bird, is shown in flight. The image is of the head, neck, and underwing of the left wing.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 30/01/2025
The American people deserve an intelligence chief that will stand up to Donald Trump if he gives them a directive to illegally gut funds from watchdogs that oversee intelligence agencies. Tulsi Gabbard refused to answer, which tells you everything you need to know.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
👂 LISTEN: “‘DEI is not the new N word — it’s worse than the N word.” On the @Higher_Learning podcast @vanlathan.bsky.social & Rachel explain why Trump and the GOP blaming ‘DEI’ for everything that goes wrong, without any evidence whatsoever, is so wrong. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFfnk1A...
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you’re feeling helpless, I have heard rumors that practicing for possible bystander intervention (learning how to remind people of their rights during arrests, in multiple languages) can help you feel better
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
January 30, 2025
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Last night, just before 9:00 Eastern time, an American Airlines jet originating in Wichita, Kansas, carrying 64 people and a U.S.
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PANDA™ @pandanook.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I'm just going to leave this right here. #DEI
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/01/2025
Mediocre, unqualified Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blames DEI for the crash—because they want the most qualified. As if we have pilots and air traffic controllers without degrees. Or training. How does anyone take this man seriously? For anything!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/01/2025
ATTN: Are you a federal government employee on paid administrative leave because you worked in DEIA? Please contact us: www.muellershewrote.com/p/are-you-a-...
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Are You a Federal Employee on Administrative Leave for DEIA?
We'd like to hear from you
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Nothing says I'm a pro-life Christian quite like taking WIC formula away from infants."
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🎃𝕷𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖋𝖙🎃 @austereluna.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This is the look of a corgi who wants some of your Nutella & biscuits. #corgi #CorgiCrew #DogsOfBluesky #corgisky
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