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NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites - Eos Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions s...

NASA is making plans to shut down two Earth observing satellites that provide key data to climate scientists and farmers, despite lawmakers telling them it’s illegal to do it. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social

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I think we’re missing out on a funny angle on the Big Balls story - it’s entirely possible he lied to a friend to try to save face after getting his ass kicked by a teenager and his lie got caught in a game of group chat telephone that ended with the President of the United States

The President of the United States went on CNBC today and said: He won the 2020 election (he didn’t). He has a 71% approval rating (he doesn’t). The jobs numbers were rigged (they weren’t).

I could say something funny here, but I won’t. It’s just so damn dangerous to have him in the White House.

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

Titan submersible disaster was ‘preventable’ tragedy, Coast Guard says The Titan submersible maker’s “intimidation tactics” and failure to follow established safety practices led to the disaster that killed five, a federal investigation finds.

The submersible implosion that killed five aboard a Titanic dive was “preventable,” the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

The investigation blames OceanGate for ignoring protocols, using “intimidation tactics” and exploiting regulatory loopholes.

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

Trump saying he has the best poll numbers he’s ever had citing “Harry Emden” on CNN

Harry Enten response: If we are comparing him to other presidents at this point in their presidencies, he is the second lowest on record compared only to himself.

And each of the times they gained a footing in our history, we succeeded in banished them back under their rocks only with intense public pressure including isolating, banning, rich mockery, and shunning. Let’s roll. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

They will cite the pledge of allegiance is proof because it says "one nation under God"
But even the first version of it didn't even exist until 1885, so it's a moot argument regarding the founding fathers which sought freedom from religion

The people pushing for the Ten commandments in public places don't seem to be reading or practicing them, yet want to hide behind them like a morality shield. They all also lack basic awareness of the fundamentals of our country.

TEXAS @repcasar.bsky.social : “Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws. Then that president’s political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done. That’s what’s happening in Texas right now.”

My father, George Timmer, with a young Dutch Jewish girl, among the survivors of Buchenwald. Dad was a military policeman in the 6th Armored Division. He stayed at the camp for several weeks, because he spoke Dutch, helping with all the displaced persons. He befriended this little orphan girl whose parents perished at the camp.

"and liberated Nazi concentration camps, seeing first-hand the worst humans can do to one another"

My father knew. Here he is with a Dutch Jewish girl among those he helped liberate at Buchenwald in'45. He stayed at the camp because he spoke Dutch. He befriended her; her parents perished.

What We Lost When We Lost the Greatest Generation It's no coincidence that democracy is backsliding in the US exactly eighty years after the end of World War II.

We are losing the last of the generation who understand just how evil actual fascism is, how hard it is to rid the world of authoritarian governments once they’re established, and how hard it is to build a successful alternative. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...

👀 #mustread

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

YouTube video by MSNBC Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'

OPINION:

Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader

@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

RFKJr’s gradual elimination of vaccines in USA is continuing and gathering pace as 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines being terminated including late stage research for bird flu vaccine #ImmunoSky 🧪🧵

DAILY MEMO: Federal Agents Take Another Detainee to a Hospital While They Continue Raiding Home Depots, Car Washes, and More

A settlement now bans ICE’s L.A. Field Office from using deceptive tactics. At the same time, agents terrorized a Fontana family falsely accusing a man of violent crimes.

Fascism is expensive.

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Eliseo’s walk Last summer, 17-year-old high schooler Eliseo Jimenez came to Washington, D.C., but he didn’t take a plane, bus or train — he walked. Over…

Last summer, 17-year-old high schooler Eliseo Jimenez walked over 1,600 miles from Lubbock, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of two little-known Social Security provisions. Read his story in our latest from AFT Voices.

Looks like a WILD Democratic overperformance in a Rhode Island special election. Per our calculations, #SD04 went for Harris by 11, but Dem Stefano Famiglietti looks to have won by 66 points—a 56-point overperformance. electionresults.ri.gov/results/publ...

"46 percent of people who are on Medicaid work a full-time job. So [Congress] enacting a 20-hour work requirement...we need to laugh at it, because they need to take that comic relief on the road because [it's a joke].” — Angel Pye, home health care worker and small business owner from Norfolk, VA.

Wait will he go up there and stay there to monitor its progress?

I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.

Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. has called off nearly $500 million in grants and contracts aimed at advancing mRNA vaccine development. This technology, first deployed during the Covid19 pandemic, allows vaccines to be produced rapidly and adapted as viruses evolve. His brain worms are getting worse!

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Such an important point:

“Progressive policies…are very popular in this country…but you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives we’re losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.” Matt Dowd

I wish more understood this.

A confession…
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Once again offering to meet with folks at #ASA2025 in Chicago starting Saturday. If you need someone to read your cover letter or talk about the job market or just to sit quietly and keep you company during what can be a very stressful time, reach out. I'll buy coffee/tea. #sociology