TheRealKate

Have you reported this to news outlets? I’m very concerned about this but I’d like to see confirmation that this is real from a news source. Thanks.

Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster New warnings from financial firms and insurers point to a future defined by profound risks to the global economy from heat, storms and other disasters.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/c...

Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.

Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. It’s where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. It’s really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

The IMLS gives federal funding to libraries and museums. Their entire staff has been placed on an administrative leave and whoever is in charge of their Insta is now posting propaganda AGAINST IMLS.

Please click and comment in support of IMLS funding. Thanks!

www.instagram.com/p/DH_V9rNAtZ...

These are times that recommend a hefty dollop of grim resolve mixed into a large bowl of pessimism but there isn't a prize for being the most pessimistic pessimist last I checked, and noting the pockets of light still visible doesn't invalidate a sober-minded assessment of the darkness.

Opinion | I’ve Seen the World Our Trash Makes, and It’s Terrifying The world’s poorer nations have never stopped being receptacles for the West’s rubbish.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

The Plot Against America How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

I’m so sad for those poor people. They’ve been through enough

Where are they supposed to go?! This is infuriating and evil

YouTube video by Centre for Climate Reporting Undercover in Project 2025

Project 2025 was the plan all along…

youtu.be/PY_chqyaRHo

The Network State Coup is Happening Right Now Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government isn't random chaos. It's the methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint. Yet even as tech billionaires openly implement their we...

This is what’s actually happening right now in the US.

www.thenerdreich.com/the-network-...

#greenscreen #elonmusk and #doge department have been fighting with a senior #treasury admin for login access to the account that houses trillions of dollars of your #socialsecurity if he gets in your... TikTok video by 💫NOSY💫

WAKE UP!

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YLvKBx/

Black people have shaped this nation’s work history—and the nation itself. This year’s #BlackHistoryMonth theme, African Americans & Labor, gives us an opportunity to shine a light on this story & celebrate those who are carrying it forward.

Read more: www.aft.org/black-histor...

Donald Trump’s data purge has begun Researchers have been archiving government websites for months.

www.theverge.com/news/604484/...

ICE can hold you indefinitely, no guarantee of legal representation or a speedy trial. They do not even have to tell anyone where they're keeping you.

You may never get a CHANCE to prove you're a citizen.

Anyway this is why people have called to abolish ICE since it started.

Dear Congress, what are you people doing other than yapping on social media? The POTUS is on a tear, deconstructing the very structure of this country, but you guys act powerless. Where is your courage? You aren't paid to roll over. You're supposedly leaders.

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

For those curious about the impact of #NIH funding when it comes to #research and the economic impact, this site may be one of interest. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

#MEDLIBS

New research: Climate change could cut the global economy in half

A new [study](actuaries.org.uk/planetary-so...) suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

Donald Trump halts more than $300bn in US green infrastructure funding New president’s order to pause federal disbursements cuts critical loans and grants to developers

www.ft.com/content/fcaf...

Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on 'coming hours' Negotiators were near to hammering out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar, and the U.S. and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact about a deal over the coming hours.

Finally! Ceasefire in Gaza!!!

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold.

apnews.com/article/clim...

Climate crisis ‘wreaking havoc’ on Earth’s water cycle, report finds Global heating is supercharging storms, floods and droughts, affecting entire ecosystems and billions of people

Climate change…. Not someday in the future, but right now.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate 2024 Update for COP29 – 11 November 2024

Ocean heat content in 2023 was the highest on record. Preliminary data show 2024 has continued at comparable levels.

library.wmo.int/viewer/69075...

Three leading climate scientists have combined insights from 10 global climate models and, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), conclude that regional warming thresholds are likely to be reached faster than previously estimated.

phys.org/news/2024-12...

Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine

Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is in peril in the Senate As many as six GOP senators are not currently comfortable supporting Hegseth, following allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women, sources told NBC News.

🔺️ BREAKING:

NBC reports that as many as six Senate Republicans are uncomfortable with the Hegseth nomination.

It's time to light up the Capitol Switchboard and urge your Senators not to confirm Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.

☎️ 202-224-3121

www.google.com/amp/s/www.nb...

Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century - Nature Geoscience Fresh meltwater entering the Labrador and Irminger seas has resulted in a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation since the 1950s, according to a combination of modelling approaches...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Effects - NASA Science Takeaways Earth Will Continue to Warm and the Effects Will Be Profound Global climate change is not a future problem. Changes to Earth’s climate driven by increased human emissions of heat-trapping gr...

science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...

Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...

He’s targeting women.

www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...