Michelle Barklind

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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”

SCOOP: AI scientists partnering with the government are now being told to remove ‘ideological bias’ from powerful models. “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” are no longer required skills. www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...

'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.

"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."

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These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA.

In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.

Whatcom food banks will be hurt by loss of USDA funding | Cascadia Daily News Federal government axes food purchasing program, additional food assistance funding in question

The USDA cutting of a local food purchasing program will result in roughly $180,000 less funding coming into Whatcom County food banks for purchasing this year. And an unclear future for funding of another program could make matters worse.

DOGE and the White House Have Turned Their Backs on Orphans and Vulnerable Children  | First Focus on Children President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have caused catastrophic harm to millions of vulnerable children globally by dismantling USAID and freezing critical aid prog...

@firstfocus.bsky.social on how the Musk/Marocco war on 'woke' is exposing millions of children to neglect, exploitation and abuse. And this was always the real point. #saveforeignaid
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YouTube video by Randy Rainbow Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Taking my Trump derangement syndrome to new heights. (Stay for the finale.) 🧹🫧💚🇺🇸 #NewVideo #DefyDemocracy #Parody

“We urge the Administration to rescind this guidance…”

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"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus."

Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.

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

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’

Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.

One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”

After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.

Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts. Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.

"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..."

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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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spot on, Shaggy

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Trump Is Letting Russell Vought Go Wild Vought's Project 2025 “unitary executive” theory has us headed toward a constitutional cliff

The chaos of Trump's first month in office is no accident. This gutting of the federal government and impounding of Congressionally allocated funds was laid out years ago by Russell Vought, Trump's OMB director and Project 2025 architect. Todd Beeton looked at his core beliefs for The Big Picture.

YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists Protect NOAA

Hundreds of NOAA employees were laid off yesterday, escalating the Trump admin’s assault on federal workers. These cuts align with #Project2025’s goal of dismantling NOAA and privatizing key services—making weather data less accessible. UCS’s @marc-alessi.bsky.social explains why NOAA matters.

Making the world deadlier, crueler, and more dangerous. It cost us almost nothing to help these people but we said F off because they’re not right-wing sex traffickers, I guess?

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This regime has a decidedly different interpretation than I do of what "great" is....

Mass firings could turn Mount Baker hotspot into summer 'free-for-all,' volunteers warn | Cascadia Daily News Three programs that educate visitors axed in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Three volunteer programs coordinated through the U.S. Forest Service are likely to go by the wayside this year, with the firing of more than 30 employees at the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Long-time volunteers are mourning the dismantling of the programs that served to educate visitors.

Pete Hegseth on FOX NEWS with headline chyron that reads: Tracking Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.

This you?

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

More hits to #NIH:

"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org

Yup.

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

‘Americans Can and Will Die from This’: USAID Worker Details Dangers, Chaos The sudden scapegoating of the once-bipartisan agency has left front-line workers in foreign countries stunned and abandoned, without even a contact in Washington.

Please read all of this. It's true. Although our Foreign Service personnel are now back in our systems this chaos puts their lives at risk. #USAIDfacts
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