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Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.

Lots of people can’t protest and I think @prisonculture.bsky.social’s guide on other actions is really useful: docs.google.com/document/d/1.... Everyone has a part they can play from where they’re at.

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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.

I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

How Americans Feel About Trump’s Tariffs Trump loves tariffs. Do Americans? It depends how pollsters ask the question.

moral of the story: majority of americans are pretty fuzzy on the "tariff" concept 🤦‍♀️
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

great opportunity to finally integrate some of this in my syllabus for next fall 🔥

Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

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

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

thank you so much for all your work at NSF, Jeremy! You always had a way of brightening review panels and it is so terrible they are getting rid of talent like yourself. Your advice and contributions esp. to early career ppl like myself have been invaluable!

1) The letter is not legal

2) Do not comply in advance!

CFP: Virtual Forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Convenors: Caroline Nagel, James D. Sidaway, and Chih Yuan Woon. This new Virtual Forum explores the complex political-geographical landscape that AI is helping to create www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

That is so terrible! Ugh

Announcement Awards The AAG Economic Geography Specialty Group makes four annual awards in economic geography, with the results announced each year at the AAG annual EGSG business meeting. Student Travel Awards ...

Awards for graduate students going to the 2025 AAG! Please share far and wide!

Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hearing from reliable sources that NSF was forced to fire the two permanent program officers that manage HEGS. This is a huge blow to Geography, the scientific community and most importantly folks who dedicated their lives to making the world a better place through scientific endeavors.

Love it. 😂

I have new research just out! I try to "reimagine" the intersections between ag and nutrition thru merging some of my long-term India ag research with recent Iowa farmer work. It is an article I have wanted to write for many years and proud to see it finally in print 🙂 Its free to read until 2/28!!

aww thx for the compliments @profsecchi.bsky.social ...I am super excited to see this in print - it is a new area of research for me and digging into all the great critical legal scholarship on property and all the work on settler colonialism was sooo educational. So much good work being done! 🔥

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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article) Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.

It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.

Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’ A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.

"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

Dane Co. sheriff cuts ties from a federal program that relies on info about incarcerated undocumented immigrants In an exclusive one-on-one, News 3’s Meryl Hubbard spoke with Sheriff Kalvin Barrett to learn more about what this change means for the county.

Right on www.channel3000.com/video/dane-c...

The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed.

A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

Hi Bluesky! Im nerdily excited to give a new platform a shot. im so checked out of facebook and havent been on twitter for years but figure Trump 2.0 is a good time to loop back in to the world of social media? or I'm just bored at work?

Current temperature in Washington, DC is 27°F with a brisk wind.

This is the exact same weather conditions as Barack Obama's 1st inauguration in 2009 when the famous huge crowd photos were taken. Temp of Trump's 1st inauguration was 48°F.