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Stefan Jon Silverman

@lazloinsf.bsky.social

Mathematically competent irrational optimist...opinions channeled from somewhere offworld ;) I have my towel, you yours?

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Stefan Jon Silverman@lazloinsf.bsky.social · 7mo ago

@inafried.bsky.social @pbump.com how depressing, this is not a country that I was proud to grow up, be science educated in, and that I'm looking forward to living in in the decades I hopefully have left...

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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%.
Stefan Jon Silverman@lazloinsf.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@mdennedy.bsky.social today's atrocity... So we have $20B for Argentina but this ==> Axios Scoop: Trump admin warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps Why it matters: The warning points to another painful consequence of the shutdown www.axios.com/2025/10/10/f...

Scoop: Trump administration warns of "insufficient funds" for food stamps if shutdown continues

It's the administration's latest warning of painful consequences of a lengthy government shutdown.

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Stefan Jon Silverman@lazloinsf.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@hacks4pancakes.com Re: The Top 10 Things I’d Like to See in University OT Cybersecurity Curriculum (2025 Edition) Well Done!!! 🥂 cc: @mdennedy.bsky.social worth a read... tisiphone.net/2025/09/10/t...

The Top 10 Things I’d Like to See in University OT Cybersecurity Curriculum (2025 Edition)

Most of you who have been following me for a while know that I have a very strange and unusual job in cybersecurity. I’m one of maybe a hundred or so people on earth who does full time incide…

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