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Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service) Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that!

My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social

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Enrollment for Race, Media and International Affairs 101 is now open! Grab your spot in Karen Attiah's Resistance Summer School pilot course.

It's official.

Resistance Summer School is happening.

Columbia cancelled my class on Race, Media and International Affairs, but I'm going to teach it anyway.

100+ people have enrolled in just six hours.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/enrollment...

This so directly out of the Nazi playbook. The very obvious plan is to get rid of the independent accreditors and put all universities under jurisdiction of the federal government. This is how Hitler took over German academia and made it a wing of his party.

Bone chilling.

A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.

The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.

1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.

(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)

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This Is How Measles Kills Measles is known for its characteristic rash, but it can have serious respiratory and neurologic complications.

Amid the measles outbreak in the US, misinformation is flying on social media. Here are some hard facts about the deadly disease, which infected millions every year before a vaccine was developed.

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As billionaires destroy our government

And oligarchs take over the White House

It has never been more important for working people to come together

We’re called Fight For a Union.

Because that’s who we are, and that’s what we do.

If YOU support workers, give us a BOOST and a FOLLOW? 🙏 ✊

The Trump regime expands its discouraged (BANNED) words across federal agencies. The list is long

Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How to Survive the Broligarchy Three months ago, I warned we were entering the age of technoauthoritarianism. It's now here. We can and must fight back.

NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me.
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YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones The ROAST of MITCH McCONNELL #ThePeoplesHotline

Humble request:

Could you please go subscribe to The Dangerous Ones on YouTube?

Pretty please?

It helps us A LOT on that platform.

And repost to your followers? Thanks fam! We hope you like the show. ❤️

DHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1) A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.

DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.

news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.

This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn

We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests This is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility

Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.

Very important from @alisonmgill.bsky.social:

All federal employees need to understand the grievance process if you’re placed on administrative leave other otherwise targeted by the administration.

There is a limited window for you to act, so please read this great guidance about how to proceed.

American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications

Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/dadnails...

The road to fascism is paved with the bodies of the marginalized people who were ignored after being told they were overreacting.

I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

History’s Echoes: A Non-Partisan Warning of the Dangerous Path We Are On There are warning signs that we'd best heed. Let's learn from history.

This is chilling and worth a read.

History repeats itself…unless we learn from it.

The Confluence I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.

"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-conflu...

Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts • The Revelator The next four years will be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can minimize the damage.

What can government scientists do now to minimize the damage that’s coming over the next four years, and what can we do to help them? I spoke to several experts to write this story for The Revelator

Please share widely. 🧪🌎

therevelator.org/scientists-m...

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The CDC has lowered the age recommendation for the Pneumonia vaccine to 50 (from 65) due to high rates among younger people. The new vaccines, Pneumococcal 20 and 21, are considered lifetime vaccines. Go get it! www.npr.org/2024/10/24/n...

The same people who’ve spent the last several years decrying “unqualified DEI hires” are now shoehorning through Cabinet nominations who can’t even pass a basic background test.

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Dawn Kernagis: “I see DEEP as an undersea NASA” - Oceanographic DEEP wants to install sub-sea stations that will enable researchers to operate in the deep for longer. Here, Dawn Kernagis, Director of Scientific Research, shares more.

"DEEP recently announced its ambition for a permanent human presence under the oceans from 2027 by installing sub-sea stations that will enable researchers to operate continuously down to 200 metres." oceanographicmagazine.com/features/dee...

"The Last Front in the Battle to Save the ‘Most Important Fish’ in the Atlantic" civileats.com/2024/02/20/t...