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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️

It's the End of American Science As We Know It

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

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Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n

@quantumbrandon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This. All of this. @astrokatie.com links to a good @veritasium.bsky.social video later in the 🧵.

a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a purple background

ALT: a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a purple background

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 5mo ago

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

ACLU@aclu.org · 6mo ago

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change

The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 7mo ago

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."

Peter Sagal@petersagal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I admire Rep McBride, and this is (in part) why. I know that many trans people and activists disagree, sometimes harshly, with how she has chosen to deal with the attacks on her, and I am in no position to judge. But she does always deserve credit for willingly putting herself in the line of fire.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 8mo ago

Sarah McBride rarely centers her identity as a trans woman. Republicans do that for her. So when she steps to the microphone and talks about "21 years of unwavering homesickness," it means something. @mcbride.house.gov www.readtpa.com/p/watch-rep-...

Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.

The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.

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