These people are painfully stupid.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Leavitt: "The Democrats' reckless 43 day government shutdown did manage to do one valuable thing: It proved that America does not need a federal Department of Education"

I haven't been on Bluesky in ages. I hope everyone is doing well over here.

🚨If you are at #COP30, evacuate the Blue Zone immediately. (from a source)

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

Amazing job alert:

Open Science Hardware Foundation@opensciencehw.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 REMINDER: We're #hiring a new Executive Director! 📍 Remote ⏰ Full-time 💰 USD 100–115k Help grow the OSHF, lead programs+fundraising, and support #openscience & #openhardware: opensciencehardware.org/2025/07/were... #job #opensource #sciencejob

If you need some talking points to share with your elected officials, I wrote some here and got dozens of scientific professional societies to sign on www.ucs.org/about/news/s... 🧪 @ucs.org

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

ucs.org

Grace Lindsay@neurograce.bsky.social · last yr.

Just sent this as an email to my department but figured I'd share more broadly in case it is useful. This describes the procedure happening now for science funding in Congress (@davidimiller.bsky.social can correct me if I got this wrong). Importantly, there are still actions that can be taken.

Restoring a dredged river. Awesome result! #RiverRestoration #ChalkStream #conservation #habitatrestoration

They will try to tell you, “Resistance is futile.” It is never so.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

I wish things like this would actually damage the power of this administration, instead of just disappearing into the news cycle like everything else.

whet moser@whetmoser.com · last yr.

the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

I am not a conspiracy theorist and never really gave much thought to the Epstein murder one (especially since he had enough motive to kill himself) but this is pretty sketchy.

WIRED@wired.com · last yr.

BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s ‘raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified. 🧵

“American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices & disgraceful decisions. But Chief Justice Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion.” @atrupar.com open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

The worst chief justice of all time

Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.

open.substack.com

❌ Myth: Human activities don’t harm biodiversity! ✅ Fact: Human actions have already driven at least 680 vertebrate species to extinction since 1500, including the Pinta Giant Tortoise in the Galapagos in 2012. — @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment 🌏🧪   Let’s turn the tide #ForNature!

Headed on a @fieldkit.bsky.social expedition with @jlewallen.bsky.social to the Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon for work we do with @ioes.ucla.edu. Thanks to NorthFace for the perfect rainforest bags full of sensors, tree climbing gear, and expedition supplies.

Who is at #ICCB2025 in Brisbane this week? Let’s meet up and talk conservation technology!

I am so proud of LA for standing up against this fascist bullshit.

The Trump administration said it would deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles as immigration agents clashed with protesters for a second consecutive day. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/hNUn74W

Trump to Send National Guard to LA to Quell Immigration Protests: Live Updates

Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in Los Angeles County on Saturday using tear gas and flash-bang grenades. The unrest comes just a day after raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.

trib.al

Quite possibly one of the most important websites ever created: owlsintowels.org

Curious how to make open source tech financially sustainable? Join the WILDLABS Open Source Solutions and Funding & Finance community meeting on May 15 at 5pm UTC to discuss financial challenges + opportunities, featuring talks from @fieldkit.bsky.social and Addax AI! wildlabs.net/event/sustai...

Sustainable financing for open source conservation tech - Open Source Solutions + Funding and Finance Community Meeting | WILDLABS

Join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities for open source tech for conservation!

wildlabs.net

I am so far past giving a shit about what the MAGA/conservative crowd thinks anymore. I get that some of you think “you messed up” but all of the information to see that before voting was available. It is fucking infuriating.

He is such a fucking asshole. insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...

Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders Expected on Earth Day - Inside Climate News

Environmental groups say they are preparing for the worst—and preparing to fight back.

insideclimatenews.org

flashback to how americans acted the last time federal agents started kidnapping their neighbors

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last yr.

“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”

theonion.com/historians-q...

This is treason www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

npr.org

There are so many deeply dumb people on social media that have strong opinions about federally funded research at universities and manufacturing facilities for American companies without having the faintest idea of how either of those things work.

If you’re interested in the dire wolf story, please watch @hankgreen.bsky.social’s video here to understand what actually happened here: youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw?...

They Didn't Make Dire Wolves, They Made Something…Else

YouTube video by hankschannel

youtu.be

they should invent podcasts you can read

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺 nywolf.org

There are so many dumb people who think they are “manufacturing experts” on Threads.