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Matthew Brousil

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Lead Data Scientist for Radical Open Science Syndicate at Colorado State University. Interested in ecology. Views own. he/him

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Matthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This one has been in the works for a while and I'm excited to see it out! Thanks @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/05/2026
Carcinization is real
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Matthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I've been watching and thinking about the beauty of spending 9 days in space and then the first thing you breathe back on earth is the ocean air
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Matthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Houston integrity loud and clear
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 09/04/2026
Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.
king5.com
UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers
A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.
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alexandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.
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Journey to the Moon - NASA
Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, and will reach the lunar sphere of influence—when the Moon's gravity exerts more force on the Orion spacecraft than the Ear...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?
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Fubar 🇨🇦 @captainfubar.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is just unconscionable man
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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor? Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark? Now available for free! Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room! Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Picture of shark sculpture by MICA student Mayali Geyling. Picture of shark sculpture by MICA student Mayali Geyling.
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We're very much arachnid-fans at iNaturalist. Consider this your sign to stop scrolling and go look for some! 👀🕷️🦂
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released. DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
How is this not a crime?
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Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
It's marine reptile Monday! Okay, that's not a thing, but here's an old acrylic painting from 1999. It depicts a #Liopleurodon breaching with an unfortunate #Metriorhynchus in its jaws. It was commissioned for a TV series that was never made. #SciArt #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Pliosaurs #JurassicWorld
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
RIP Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967-2025) cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 31/07/2025
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations estimates that DOGE "generated at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government, despite its ostensible goal of eliminating government waste," noting this amount could've covered the rescissions package twice—with $2.9 billion to spare
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Matthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@heroforgeminis.bsky.social
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Matthew Brousil @mbrousil.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Don't forget to celebrate on @inaturalist.bsky.social!
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/07/2025
I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
"The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program alone would eliminate 6 billion to 9 billion meals annually." Jesus wept. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
politico.com
Millions more Americans could turn to food banks soon. Food banks are simply not ready.
Republicans are slashing more than $1 trillion from federal safety net programs, which leaves already struggling food banks to fill in the gap.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
RFK Jr. said autism "destroys" children and families. Autistic people beg to differ. I'm so grateful to the people who talked to me and my colleagues — and to the literally 200+ more people who offered to share their stories. I hope you'll read to the end for a mic drop of a final quote.
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Kennedy Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Some personal news: I’ve paused the car factory I started building yesterday.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...
Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance represents not only athletic competition but also a longstanding tradition of academic collaboration, research excellence, and commitment to democratic values and shared governance; Whereas, the Big Ten Academic Alliance includes 18 universities with thousands of instructors serving over 600,000 students; Whereas, the preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all; Be it resolved that, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; Be it further resolved that, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement; Be it further resolved that, participating institutions shall make available, at the request of the institution under direct political infringement, the services of their legal counsel, governance experts, and public affairs offices to coordinate a unified and vigorous response, including but not limited to: Legal representation and countersuit actions; strategic public communication; amicus briefs and expert testimony; legislative advocacy and coalition-building; related topical research as needed.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Washington Post story: For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous "conductor," Harriet Tubman. "The Underground Railroad - the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War — refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage," the page began.
Tubman's photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation" in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.
The introductory sentence is gone, too. It has been replaced by a line that makes no mention of slavery and that describes the Underground Railroad as "one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement." The effort "bridged the divides of race," the page now says.
The executive order that President Donald Trump issued late last month directing the Smithsonian Institution to eliminate "divisive narratives" stirred fears that the president aimed to whitewash the stories the nation tells about itself.
But a Washington Post review of websites operated by the National Park Service - among the key agencies charged with the preservation of American history - found that edits on dozens of pages since Trump's inauguration have already softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation's past.
Some were edited to remove references to slavery. On other pages, statements on the historic struggle of Black Americans for their rights were cut or softened, as were references to present-day echoes of racial division. The Post compared webpages as of late March to earlier versions preserved online by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
Changes in images, descriptions and even individual words have subtly reshaped the meaning of notable moments and key figures
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/04/2025
NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...
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Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Disagreeing with the state is now a crime.
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John Elwood @johnpelwood.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Third: This directs agency heads to allow access to all unclassified data, including "unfettered access to comprehensive data from all State programs that receive Federal funding," including data "maintained in third-party databases." Seems to centralize access to LOTS of data. 5/x
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Dartmouth College on Monday announced it had hired the Republican National Committee’s former chief counsel — an outspoken critic of birthright citizenship — as the college’s top lawyer and leader of its immigration office.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
politico.com
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
sry I didn’t text u back, I was in international waters
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Disappearing people from the jurisdiction of a court is authoritarian and corrupt to the core.
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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Incredibly sad to report that ABC News is indeed eliminating 538. I count myself incredibly lucky to have worked with such incredibly smart, kind people for 7 years. Thank you all for coming along for the ride.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog: Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released for 2 weeks in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog
Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says.
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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is exactly the reporting I’ve been wait for on the genesis of DOGE
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I've been surprised by how happy Trump is to let Musk upstage him. I can't imagine the Trump of 2016 ever letting an advisor tower over him or make him look foolish the way Musk consistently does.
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 25/02/2025
DOGE "has deleted all of the five biggest 'savings' on [its] original list, after...media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors ... even as the group claimed...that its savings to date had increased to $65 billion. The website offered no explanation..."
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DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week (Gift Article)
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
(CNBC) - The Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/h...
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Madison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones. + similar in the Department of the Interior
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Posted minutes after the Commander of the ISS said Musk lied about the stranded astronauts in his Fox interview with Trump.
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
To be clear: Even greater damage will be done by the loss of federal government productivity. The workers who are losing their jobs were worth more than they were being paid! We are all poorer when roads, planes, and food are unsafe, when parks are closed, etc.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
And now this: “Jim Jones, the director of the Food and Drug Administration’s food division, resigned on Monday, citing what he called “indiscriminate” layoffs that would make it “fruitless for him to continue.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns
The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
OK and this goes well beyond the USDA firings. You better believe that the overall response to the bird flu will also not make big ag happy. Big ag loves small science in its service, and lotsa emergency payments when things go wrong. Both these things are in question now, science and gvt cash.
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 14/02/2025
Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
I lost my job. USDA Forest Service.


My probation was up next week.


I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it.


Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know.


And now? Just like that, I’m out.


Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 13/02/2025
Getting so pissed off at a request for your participation in public corruption that you call a reporter from the delivery ward to be like, JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, I AM FUCKING QUITTING TOO
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Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
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