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An illustration of a young girl in silhouette with a ponytail, standing against a fiery orange and red background. Over her figure is a handwritten quote in white text that reads: “The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” – Tolstoy. The intense backdrop and the child's silhouette create a haunting, powerful visual emphasizing the quote's message about the dangers of complacency toward evil.

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New walking trend promises major health benefits in little time

Japanese walking is based on interval-style bursts of fast and slow walking

252 Million Years Ago, Earth’s Climate Hit Reset - Climate Ages What fossil plants can teach us about global tipping points, and what that means for our future Have you ever seen a fossilized fossil fern?  They...

252 million years ago, Earth hit the reset button
and nearly everything died.

But what triggered the worst extinction in history?

And could it happen again?

My little take on what new research reveals.

🧪 #SciComm

👉 climateages.com/252-million-...

Thank you to all of our service members and veterans. We appreciate you, your families, and your sacrifices for our country. Wish we were spending millions on you instead of a parade.

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At least 20 people lost their lives over the weekend as storms ravaged the country.

Meanwhile, Trump & DOGE have terminated 1,000 employees from NOAA — the agency that provides severe weather forecasting and warnings.

Make no mistake: these cuts put people's lives in danger.

63 studies: women who assert their ideas, make direct requests, and advocate for themselves are liked less.

They're also less likely to get hired—and it hasn't improved over time.

When will we stop punishing women for violating outdated gender stereotypes?

YouTube video by RepBillKeating Checking in ahead of tonight's speech

I wanted to check in briefly before tonight's joint session of Congress:

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org

Elon Musk called Social Security a "ponzi scheme." This is absolute rubbish. Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American for 85 years. Perhaps the bigger "ponzi scheme" is the $38 billion spent by taxpayers to prop up his corporations?

Trump Golf Track Tracking the number of days President Donald Trump spends his second term playing golf.

Today we launched a website to track how much orange assface plays golf. We’re guessing this thing is gonna get a workout! Bookmark it. Enjoy! More: TrumpGolfTrack.com

There it is. The internet. opmreply.com

This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start

Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

Gulf of Map Explorer Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest

Gotta admit this is kinda fun

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.

It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.

They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.

I’m happy to invest and/or help

The bloodbath at NOAA apparently included meteorologists with the National Weather Service; scientists inside what’s simply known as NOAA Research, or the office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) more formally; technicians that keep up the country’s weather instrumentation;

Pretty clear one of the main purposes of DOGE is to privatize as much of the federal government as possible

The first Republican senator to condemn the Trump administration for “embracing Putin.”👇

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

Democracies stand with Ukraine.

Th most telling thing about Trump and Zelenskyy today is that Trump couldn’t do it alone.

He’s too much of a coward. He needed backup.

Jon whips out his trusty calculator to identify where America’s waste, fraud, and abuse really is

Democrats discover how to defeat Trump & Elon The left accidentally stumbled upon the single most effective way to overcome Republican overreach.

"Mark my words: these elected officials will be responsive to their own voters. The answer, then, is to put pressure on these Republicans, because if they start to lose support from the very people responsible for electing them, that becomes existential for them in a way that Trump’s threats can’t."

Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.

You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.

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