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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵

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riverdr.bsky.social @riverdr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those descriptions are just wish list. Apply for the jobs you’re interested in. Don’t worry so much about not having the exact right qualifications if you think it’s a job you can do. Then make the case why you’re the right candidate for the position.

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riverdr.bsky.social @riverdr.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You need to get out of your head of what your specialization is and think more about what your skills are. Someone else said it below as well. You have been trained in so many skills (computer, writing, communication, analysis, etc.) that you can use in many jobs. Just depends what you want to do.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This is grim because there's nowhere to go. The US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and we have more PI-level positions than anywhere else (by far).

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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Feels like we're doing something really wrong if we need a World Water Day but here we are. Here’s a reminder that 2.2 billion people have no access to safe water and half the world doesn’t have basic sanitation but yet rich countries flush their toilets with clean drinking water.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

People might think that whatever destruction is done to science in the US, we can undo in 4 years with a Democratic president and Congress. The problem is that many areas require specialized knowledge and skills built up over years, and once that's lost, it's hard to get back.

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Alt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

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We're not done yet | 18F

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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We're not done yet | 18F

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

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Sarah Karlin-Smith @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Call to Action: The Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent federal agency that safeguards federal employees in employment disputes, has paused the terminations of six probationary federal workers across various executive branch agencies and departments for 45 days.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This is happening. Make it big. Stand up for Science marches in Washington and nationwide on March 7th. Some local information here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

March for science "Stand Up for Science 2025" march poster. Local information here: https://standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Federal workers serve the American people—not an unelected billionaire on a power trip. Musk’s 48-hour stunt is a sham, meant to gut public services & hand power to corporations. Workers won’t waste time on his chaos. Do not respond unless directed. #SaveOurServices

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

Map of the United States displaying hydrogen ion wet deposition levels from measurements taken in 1985 by the Central Analytical Laboratory. The map uses a color gradient from green (low deposition) to red (high deposition) to show varying levels of H+ deposition (kg/ha). The highest deposition levels are concentrated in the northeastern U.S., while the western U.S. has the lowest levels. Black dots indicate measurement locations. The map is sourced from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network

Map showing hydrogen ion wet deposition measurements across the United States and parts of Canada, indicating values in kg/ha for 2022. The color gradient represents different concentration levels, with a scale on the right. Sites not pictured are listed at the bottom. The map is mostly green, indicating that H+ deposition is no longer a environment issue that it once was.

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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

not looking at something doesn't make it go away. that's object permanence. something children typically develop by the age of two. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

US government stripping funds from domestic and overseas research amid warnings for health and public safety

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Climate change is real. There are only three options: 1. Reduce climate-damaging pollution 2. Adapt to unavoidable climate impacts 3. Suffer. By denying and misrepresenting the science and by cutting science and disaster funds, Trump and the Republicans have chosen the third option.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

You won't encounter a less-political and more publicly beneficial organization than NOAA. It's filled with scientists, technicians, and analysts who entered their fields because they love what they do. The competence-to-fat ratio is probably higher at NOAA than anywhere. Destroying it is abhorrent.

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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

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