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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Derek Newsome @derek.space · 22/11/2025

Enjoying Artemis : The First Flight? Well now you can listen Beverly’s entire soundtrack in full on its own! You might want to stay tuned for something special soon 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIj...

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Artemis The First Flight | Full Original Score

YouTube video by Beverly

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Everyone should put this on their watch list for tonight

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

That's a bold public relations strategy Cotton Let's see if it pays off for them

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

So what you're saying is that Starship development costs are somewhere in the range of US$27-45B?

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Husky ❤️ Border Collie

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Pepperidge Farm remembers...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

NASA "Hatch Act" comms working diligently during the shutdown I see...

Screenshot of a tweet by NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens

"Despite the Schumer Shutdown, NASA will continue our essential and safety-critical work, including that on our Artemis Program in order to outpace our competitors and win the second space race."

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

"NASA Has Been Implementing the President’s Proposed FY26 Budget Cuts Since Early Summer—In Clear Violation of the Constitution" Appointees & politicians telling you the US will do more and be leaders in human spaceflight with this budget are lying to you. www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Methinks this math ain't mathing

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Rachel (loves LA, always will) @rachelpowers.myatproto.social · 02/08/2025

Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Electric Company, Zoom… I was born in 1970, and was an only child and a latchkey kid. PBS and the CPB raised this Gen Xer. The thought that anyone else in my generational cohort had a hand in electing the folks who killed all of this??? Hell is too good for them.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 10/06/2025

Maybe you woke up today and said 'I need to do commentary and presentation using authentically-researched fonts from WARGAMES." You're in luck - the work has been done for you. mw.rat.bz/wgterm/ (Terminal Fonts) mw.rat.bz/wgtitle/ (Title Fonts)

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Sharing this picture for absolutely no reason at all... Also, thanks Ars Technica for being the only place online I could still find a copy of this poster.

A promotional picture of Starliner from Boeing's "100 year" centennial anniversary. The text on the image says "Welcome to the next 100 years of flight." The image is cropped and aspect ratio adjusted from a photograph of a wall poster.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

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What Are People Still Doing on X?

Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In case you want some launch cost info for arguing with people on that other site that they will conveniently ignore.

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How Hype Became Mass Hallucination: The SpaceX Story No One Fact-Checked

YouTube video by SpaceInfrastructure

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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The image says: If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the Gl Rights Hotline. There is support, you don't have to go through with it. tel:1-877-447-4487

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I replaced my old laptop with a Framework 13 I had been eyeing a bit earlier than I had originally planned because I feared something like this would happen... Glad I trusted my gut on that one.

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Why the "we'll just make everything here" crowd is wrong. Even raw materials, production tools, distribution logistics overhead, etc. always end up requiring something to be imported. To truly be self-sufficient, you have to have _everything_ available in-country and that just won't happen.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

We've been saying this on @talkingspace.bsky.social now since the 2016 International Astronomical Congress in Mexico. We caught a ton of slings and arrows for it too. I'm happy to see we're in very illustrious company.

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Caught this tripe from the "commander-in-chief" over on the "dumpster fire" site. For truth's sake , here's a history lesson. 🧵https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1901696619839361362

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Anyone know what this is?

Debris that appears to have been ejected from the Falcon 9 seconds stage just after Crew-10 spacecraft separation.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A recent report showed that the destruction of just one USAID program, the anti-AIDS PEPFAR initiative, would lead to the deaths of one million people *every year* www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

They're not just firing her. They are eliminating the entire role of Chief Scientist. Along with the office that houses the Chief Economist and the Chief Technologist. So three roles intended for high level advice to the Administrator. Who needs advice on something so complex anyway (/sarcasm)

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I totally have a girlfriend, but you wouldn't know her, she goes to another school

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Gene J. Mikulka @genejm1017.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Well if you listened to this #NASA/SpaceX media event concerning the #Crew10 launch and Mr. Musk's assertion that he offered to bring the Starliner crew home early, plus the President's assertion this was the case, it was all garbage. 1/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5C...

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Crew-10 Mission Overview Teleconference

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Astronaut Terry Virts @astroterry.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thanks to @willcain.bsky.social and Fox News for having me on today to talk about bringing our astronauts home from the ISS. We were cut off early, but I’d love to come back on the show to talk about rocket debris over Florida and government contractor ethics. www.foxnews.com/video/636969...

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Are politics to blame for astronauts being stranded in space? | Fox News Video

Retired astronaut Terry Virts highlights how Elon Musk wants to rescue astronauts who have been stranded in space for nine months on ‘The Will Cain Show.'

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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Amiko Kelly @amikokelly.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

When they say ‘America First,’ they really mean ‘Russia First’—and they’re not even hiding it anymore.

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Chris Carroll, MD @chriscarrollmd.com · 21/02/2025

Web archive of Childhood and Adult vaccine recommendations from the CDC. Just in case. web.archive.org/web/20250122...

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Immunization Schedules

Make sure your patients stay up to date on recommended vaccines using these schedules.

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Spoke with Pam Melroy, NASA's former deputy administrator, about the claim that the agency was offered an earlier return of Butch and Suni from the International Space Station: “An offer to bring the crew home early, it never came to headquarters." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Ex-NASA Leader Never Heard Musk Offer of Early Astronaut Return

NASA’s top officials never received an offer from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring home two US astronauts marooned in space earlier than planned, the agency’s former deputy administrator told Bloomberg.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/02/2025

In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

an archival black and white photograph of the KKK marching in Washington DC with the capitol behind them

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 23/02/2025

world's richest man who hires people to secretly play video games for him so he can pretend he's good wants to make sure everyone is doing the work

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Derek Newsome @derek.space · 20/02/2025

Elon Musk is now also pushing for the ISS to be deorbited as soon as 2027 instead of the current plan of 2030. Notably that is approximately how far out that Dragon is currently capable of supporting with its fleet without another crew vehicle, as each is currently only certified for 5 flights.

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Jim @jimmayjr.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

If this doesn't concern you, then you didn't learn anything from the Cold War.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

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A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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Michael Wimberly @mcwimberly.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I saw this over on LinkedIn and am sharing here in case this information is helpful to anyone - data that was available on the CDC before January 28th has been archived and is available on archive.org. We should probably be making a few extra copies... archive.org/details/2025...

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CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

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