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Looks like a great article too bad it's behind a firewall

It’s not too late to show up, many protests are still getting started, and we’re already over 2 million+. Today has been incredible. Small towns across America doubled or even tripled their turnout compared to 4/5. Way to go! We never expected these small towns to show up with this kind of force!

Assuming this post today is aimed at us. The Trump admin changed the rules to make it easier to replace career federal employees with political loyalists. If you’re not alarmed by Trump’s post, you should be. This isn’t about policy it’s about control. It’s “do as I say, or you’re replaced.”

How the United States became a science superpower — and how quickly it could crumble US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth.

Here’s why the US research system is uniquely valuable, and what stands to be lost

https://go.nature.com/42tSfrd

The suit attributed the increased death rate to the department’s wastewater discharge regulations, which allowed pollution of the North Indian River Lagoon and killed seagrasses used as a food source for manatees.

In a decision last Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) violated the Endangered Species Act, resulting in the starvation deaths of threatened manatees. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday

Organic Farming Research Foundation announces research hub - Organic Grower Organic Farming Research Foundation has debuted a research platform to support organic farmers. Learn more about the Organic Research Hub now.

organicgrower.info/news/ofrf-re... #organicfarming

www.politico.com/news/2025/04... not good

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

Depraved

The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

There is no other way to say this: Today is the day the CDC was essentially dissolved. What's left is a husk. People will die as a direct result.
www.wired.com/story/cdc-gu...

If you venture into the dappled shade of an ancient woodland or tread the damp grass of a wildflower meadow, you’re more likely to see the native Wild Daffodil - which is smaller & daintier than most of the garden varieties
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Great news finally

Flights in the Caribbean turning away from Starship flight 8 debris.

The man is human pollution, America's id. The international community is going to rally against this country to make sure we're hurt for decades because of all of this and we'll have deserved it.

The Far-Reaching Harms of Cuts to Entomological Research, Part 1 Pretending that federal cuts to entomological research will save money is like deciding to save on farming costs by not buying seeds—you're cutting the very foundation of future growth and productivit...

entomologytoday.org/2025/03/05/f... @entsocamerica.bsky.social Thank you for highlighting the importance of #entomology #research and how it’s so important to food and national security

If you use Venmo or CashApp and don't want to get scammed, listen up.

DOGE has seized access to huge troves of sensitive personal and national security information – and can’t even set up its own website securely.

When DOGE fails to protect that data, it puts us all in danger.

@repstansbury.bsky.social, @connolly.house.gov and I are pushing back.

Your silence will not save you.

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

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.

Did u know? If you get negativity about your no-mow lawns this season, just now paths through & around & folks will understand that your wilderness is a deliberate act to help restore nature. Be more wild... 🌱🌿🌍🐞🪱🦋🐜🐦‍⬛🕷️🪲

Ramadan Mubarak

Ramadan Mubarak, California!

To all Muslim families in California and across the country observing Ramadan, we wish you a blessed month of reflection, renewal, and time with family.

My WWII tail gunner vet father is rolling in his grave

Yay!! A federal judge in California sided with a coalition of unions, temporarily barring the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to terminate probationary workers, stating that the firings were ‘illegal, should be stopped, and rescinded.’

SPECIAL REPORT: Climate change’s impact to the Desert Southwest 2024 was the hottest summer on record for the Desert Southwest and earth reached its warmest temperature ever. Experts say climate change is the reason for the rising temperatures and is affecting our planet.

kyma.com/news/special... Growers no longer able to accurately predict growing conditions

Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.