Reposted by Marty DownsJessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Hearing from folks! I know the FS has barred employees from talking to the press. I can keep your name and identifying details out of my story—won't publish anything without explicit ok. Seems equally important I talk to researchers working with the FS, who can talk about what we stand to lose... 16752
Reposted by Marty DownsAlt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 04/04/2026Exactly. Forest Service leadership is being incredibly vague in listing locations (cities) instead of the actual names of what they aim to close. It would be helpful *and demonstrate transparency* if the Forest Service would communicate the names of the sites, and total staff affected. 44417
Reposted by Marty DownsAlt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 01/04/2026Friendly House leaders are looking at next steps. Let’s be real: USFS leaders assumed quiet diligence and results would be respected. If your work is affected by closures— send a tip to let House leaders know the work you do at your facility. democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/contact/tipl...democrats-naturalresources.house.govReport Waste, Fraud and Abuse | The House Committee on Natural ResourcesHouse Committee on Natural Resources - Democrats 03727
Marty Downs @marty-d.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Curious to hear what the reinsurance inducstry has to say about this.... 010
Reposted by Marty DownsColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025To understand this thread, you have to understand that NCAR's models like CCSM and CESM are just... everywhere. There's only so many computers in the world that can run these things, and one of them is here. Where do those data show up? bsky.app/profile/davi... 3505110
Marty Downs @marty-d.bsky.social · 17/12/2025'cause if you don't know something's happening, it can't hurt you...right? 010
Reposted by Marty DownsThe Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Today is our 12th anniversary! We started on December 14, 2013 with the simple goal of providing free-to-access, scientifically rigorous stories of Women in STEM, little thinking it would be a decade-spanning endeavor! www.wisarchive.com/archive #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #MathSky #ChemSky #NeuroSky 🧪⚛️🧠wisarchive.comARCHIVE | WIS Archive 2277
Marty Downs @marty-d.bsky.social · 10/12/2025My friend and former colleague, Molly Phillips, is now selling her gorgeous nature art online. If there’s a nature lover or an art lover on your holiday list. Check it out. www.silvaris-studio.comsilvaris-studio.comSilvaris Studio | Original Art and Prints for SaleSilvaris Studio - Ecological art celebrating the biodiversity all around us. There's magic in the margins. Stop, look closer, and marvel. 000
Marty Downs @marty-d.bsky.social · 13/09/2025E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...media.tenor.coman ostrich with its head in the sand and the words " we 'll be fine " above itAlt: an ostrich with its head in the sand and the words " we 'll be fine " above it 010
Reposted by Marty DownsJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2025New story up on STAT this morning... www.statnews.com/2025/07/06/h... 1/nstatnews.comHHS devises legal playbook for future grant terminations, internal memo showsExclusive: HHS devises a legal playbook for future research grant terminations, an internal memo shows. 39058
Marty Downs @marty-d.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Final Symposium lternet.edu/events/synth...lternet.eduSynthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Final Symposium - LTERMay 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am-12:00 pm - Learn about the 4 synthesis projects developed in LTER's new Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers Course. Carbon cycling responses across spatiotemporal sca... 011
Reposted by Marty DownsMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 26/12/2024This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair. No place for self-pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak. We write. We do language. That is how civilizations heal. - Toni Morrison 8427112