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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

There are many ways of destroying the integrity of #science. But one of the most critical is deleting data or failing to collect data or firing the people or destroying the instruments that collect the data that contradicts your preconceived notions.
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It’s beautiful when it is in flower though 🌿

If he's somehow allowed to run again, there's only one suitable candidate to run against him: BARACK OBAMA.

#PoeticJustice ⚖️

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

The books arrived!

The new books arrived, looking great! @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.

Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Feds can investigate and prosecute Unlawful Flight To Avoid Prosecution, but my read of the statute is that it wouldn’t extend to flight to avoid the Texas civil warrants.

Of course Republicans don’t give a shit what the law is.

Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching Researchers warn reef may reach tipping point where coral cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events

The #ClimateEmergency and #NatureCrisis are intimately interlinked

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Why a top economist discounts Trump’s claim U.S. jobs data are ‘rigged’ A former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics rebuts reason why president fired the agency’s leader

Former Trump appoint head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, & an Ivy League economist say Trump’s claim U.S. job data report is rigged is total BS

#Trump #TrumpIsAShamelessBrazenLiar

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Revealed: Labour group’s £9,500 ‘cash for access’ breakfasts A Times investigation has found companies have been offered sponsorship deals involving private meetings with an ‘influential Labour figure’

We get the politics the few pay for.

#democracy, it would be a good idea

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ICE releases Purdue student who was abruptly detained at her visa hearing Yeonsoo Go, who was handcuffed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents upon leaving her visa hearing, was kept at a facility in Louisiana, according to the ICE database.

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Purdue University student and daughter of a prominent New York priest who was detained during a visa hearing last week has been released.

Texas DA Ken Paxton declares he will overturn the will of Texas voters who voted Democrat, cancel those elections by cancelling those elected. thehill.com/homenews/543...

Weasel on the #SmallMammal #CameraTrap recently at Craibstone, Aberdeen.

We record these wee critters pretty frequently this way - presumably attracted by the 🐀🐁🐭 smells.

Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record. “If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”

Taylor is one of hundreds of victims alleging sexual assault who have been charged with false reporting nationwide. Here is her story.

This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump's tariffs Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

Americans love olive oil — and import 95% of it. But tariffs are making it harder for Europeans to sell it to Americans.

‘We didn’t vote for Chat GPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role Tech experts criticise Ulf Kristersson as newspaper accuses him of falling for ‘the oligarchs’ AI psychosis’ The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has come under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in his role running the country. Kristersson, whose Moderate party leads Sweden’s centre-right coalition government, said he used tools including Chat GPT and the French service LeChat. His colleagues also used AI in their daily work, he said. Continue reading...

‘We didn’t vote for Chat GPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role

“End the Starvation”: Jewish Rabbis & Allies Outside NY Trump Hotel Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders calling for the end to Israel’s starvation and...

"End the Starvation": Jewish Rabbis & Allies Outside NY Trump Hotel Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel

Analysis: Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer adds to Trump’s Epstein morass | CNN Politics The Trump administration made interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, a key part of its efforts to climb out from beneath its Epstein files problems.

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[CNN] Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer adds to Trump’s Epstein morass

"We learned Friday that Maxwell had been moved from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas called Camp Bryan – a significant upgrade..."

"...the new cases suggest that the administration has decided to use family separation as a tool, at least in some instances, to persuade families to leave and to create a powerful deterrent for those who might come to the United States illegally."

Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families The practice appears to be a more targeted version of the mass separation of migrant children from their parents from President Trump’s first term, which caused a global outcry.

ICE officers told a couple they could leave the U.S. with their child and return to Russia, which they had fled seeking political asylum. Or they could remain in immigration detention but their 8-year-old son would be taken away and sent to a shelter for unaccompanied children.

Explainer: Can DOJ Access States’ Voter Data? It's Complicated Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

The DOJ has been requesting access to voting systems from states, but it's unclear if proper legal procedures are being followed.

A law professor says the letters are vague and broadly cite federal compliance, which he argues "isn't good enough."

As Texas Republicans move ahead with redistricting to protect or even expand the GOP’s slim majority in the US House, Democratic-run states, led by California, are pushing forward with their own efforts to draw new maps and add Democratic seats. cnn.it/4mOeCk3

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy If finalized, the move would escalate the Trump administration’s efforts to claw back billions of dollars in climate grants awarded under President Biden.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to people briefed on the matter.

Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewards, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey

Republicans Issue Arrest Warrants for Texas Democrats, But They Likely Aren’t Enforceable Read more here.

Texas Republicans voted to issue arrest warrants for Democrats who left the state to block the GOP’s congressional redistricting plan.

Most of the Democrats fled to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker (D) made it clear he won’t enforce the warrants.

He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation. Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.

Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like “a second kidnapping,” says his sister.

“I felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"

Texas redistricting move would 'trigger' new California maps, Newsom says Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday he plans to put new district lines in front of voters in a special election on Nov. 4, but only if Texas moves forward with its redistricting plans.

Texas redistricting move would 'trigger' new California maps, Newsom says

‘This is not a bluff’: Newsom doubles down on commitment to redistricting if Texas does Gov. Gavin Newsom said if Texas redraws its congressional maps in favor of Republicans, he and his allies in the Legislature will do the same in California to favor Democrats.

California governor Gavin Newsom has already said it: “This is not a bluff.” If Texas gerrymanders, California will respond. We need EVERY Democratic governor and legislature to make that same public commitment NOW.

Gov. Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov “Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in California, and they will pay that price.”

Fight fire with fire🔥

Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiraling' plastic pollution mess Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet.

Nations gather in Geneva for what many hope will be the final meeting to craft a landmark treaty to end the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet.