Alurien
@alurien.bsky.social
Archaeologist, gardener, crazy cat lady, blue dot, climate aware. Married to my best friend. Mom to two incredible humans.
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Reminder☝️: these are unlawful terminations, not layoffs.
There is an established, lawful way to conduct a Reduction In Force.
Cutting people off at the knees with just a moment’s notice isn’t it.
This seems more like retaliation against the most vulnerable employees that did not agree to resign.
There is an established, lawful way to conduct a Reduction In Force.
Cutting people off at the knees with just a moment’s notice isn’t it.
This seems more like retaliation against the most vulnerable employees that did not agree to resign.
Federal funding firings affect local agencies
YouTube video by KTVN 2 News Nevada
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February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reminder☝️: these are unlawful terminations, not layoffs.
There is an established, lawful way to conduct a Reduction In Force.
Cutting people off at the knees with just a moment’s notice isn’t it.
This seems more like retaliation against the most vulnerable employees that did not agree to resign.
There is an established, lawful way to conduct a Reduction In Force.
Cutting people off at the knees with just a moment’s notice isn’t it.
This seems more like retaliation against the most vulnerable employees that did not agree to resign.
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A cold civil war ... never thought I'd be writing that, but here we are.
February 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A cold civil war ... never thought I'd be writing that, but here we are.
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“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.” - Congressman John Lewis 3/1/20
February 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and redeem the soul of America.” - Congressman John Lewis 3/1/20
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I DO NOT WANT TO SEE 1 DEMOCRAT SITTING AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. THE DEMS BETTER STICK TOGETHER AND BOYCOT THAT MAN! #BoycottSOTU #DemocratsBoycottSOTU
February 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE 1 DEMOCRAT SITTING AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. THE DEMS BETTER STICK TOGETHER AND BOYCOT THAT MAN! #BoycottSOTU #DemocratsBoycottSOTU
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The drama over dropping charges against Eric Adams isn't placing enough attention on the biggest victims: Immigrants who do NYC's essential jobs, now terrorized their families will be ripped apart by Adams' crooked deal with Trump's deportation goons
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The real victims of Eric Adams’ NYC corrupt bargain might go to Gitmo
Thousands of NYC immigrants are in the crosshairs of the corrupt deal Eric Adams made with Trump's Justice Department.
www.inquirer.com
February 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The drama over dropping charges against Eric Adams isn't placing enough attention on the biggest victims: Immigrants who do NYC's essential jobs, now terrorized their families will be ripped apart by Adams' crooked deal with Trump's deportation goons
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
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Got word that several NIH employees in a group working on cancer clinical trials got terminated via email this evening.
“The [cancer research] trials will literally not be able to function without us.”
Trump and Musk are killing cancer research. 🧪
“The [cancer research] trials will literally not be able to function without us.”
Trump and Musk are killing cancer research. 🧪
February 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Got word that several NIH employees in a group working on cancer clinical trials got terminated via email this evening.
“The [cancer research] trials will literally not be able to function without us.”
Trump and Musk are killing cancer research. 🧪
“The [cancer research] trials will literally not be able to function without us.”
Trump and Musk are killing cancer research. 🧪
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This reminds me that we don't talk enough about the effects of climate change on mental health. It's going to get worse.
RFK Jr. Goes After Widely Used Antidepressants, Claiming They Could Be A Threat To Americans
The newly confirmed US Secretary of Health and Human Services has falsely stated that SSRIs are more addictive than heroin and contribute to school shootings.
www.vanityfair.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This reminds me that we don't talk enough about the effects of climate change on mental health. It's going to get worse.
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The rest of the world must step up immediately to fill the gap, and then we need to rebuild our international institutions without reliance on the US.
$500 million worth of food intended for relief efforts is at risk of spoiling, given Trump’s freeze on shipping food assistance
“They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” WH official said.
“They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” WH official said.
As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved
“They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” a White House official said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The rest of the world must step up immediately to fill the gap, and then we need to rebuild our international institutions without reliance on the US.
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Measles has not become milder in 900 years and it will not automatically become milder. Letting it rip does not cause it to become harmless. It's already endemic. Infectious disease minimizers are culpable in what is coming.
Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
These are the vaccination rates of kindergartners by state. It takes 95% coverage of MMR vaccine to prevent measles outbreaks & most states are not achieving it. I fear that under the new administration rates will drop even further and we will start to see preventable illness, disability, and death
February 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Measles has not become milder in 900 years and it will not automatically become milder. Letting it rip does not cause it to become harmless. It's already endemic. Infectious disease minimizers are culpable in what is coming.
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Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of…
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February 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.
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Did you know…
The top 1% of wealth in the US is now concentrated among just six men?
Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Ellison, Page & Brin.
They ARE the 1%. Just them.
And they’re all in trump’s pocket.
And they control most information spaces.
This is exactly what an oligarchy looks like.
The top 1% of wealth in the US is now concentrated among just six men?
Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Ellison, Page & Brin.
They ARE the 1%. Just them.
And they’re all in trump’s pocket.
And they control most information spaces.
This is exactly what an oligarchy looks like.
February 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Did you know…
The top 1% of wealth in the US is now concentrated among just six men?
Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Ellison, Page & Brin.
They ARE the 1%. Just them.
And they’re all in trump’s pocket.
And they control most information spaces.
This is exactly what an oligarchy looks like.
The top 1% of wealth in the US is now concentrated among just six men?
Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Ellison, Page & Brin.
They ARE the 1%. Just them.
And they’re all in trump’s pocket.
And they control most information spaces.
This is exactly what an oligarchy looks like.
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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CDC cuts expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
There's never a good time for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
There's never a good time for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
CDC cuts expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
There's never a good time for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
There's never a good time for this.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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I am alive because of SSRIs. Millions of us are.
RFK Jr. is spreading lies claiming antidepressants cause school shootings and calling people on meds addicts.
This rhetoric fuels stigma and puts lives at risk.
💥 We fight to live.
Read more: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#SSRIsSaveLives
RFK Jr. is spreading lies claiming antidepressants cause school shootings and calling people on meds addicts.
This rhetoric fuels stigma and puts lives at risk.
💥 We fight to live.
Read more: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#SSRIsSaveLives
February 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I am alive because of SSRIs. Millions of us are.
RFK Jr. is spreading lies claiming antidepressants cause school shootings and calling people on meds addicts.
This rhetoric fuels stigma and puts lives at risk.
💥 We fight to live.
Read more: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#SSRIsSaveLives
RFK Jr. is spreading lies claiming antidepressants cause school shootings and calling people on meds addicts.
This rhetoric fuels stigma and puts lives at risk.
💥 We fight to live.
Read more: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
#SSRIsSaveLives
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
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Imagine what Trump and Musk are doing that we DON’T know about. Of course we are in a full blown Constitutional crisis. If Republicans had an ounce of courage, they would’ve impeached and removed him already. We must never stop fighting. Onward.
February 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Imagine what Trump and Musk are doing that we DON’T know about. Of course we are in a full blown Constitutional crisis. If Republicans had an ounce of courage, they would’ve impeached and removed him already. We must never stop fighting. Onward.
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BREAKING: A judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily allow the disbursement of foreign aid.
Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily reinstate foreign aid funding
President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that issued a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
BREAKING: A judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily allow the disbursement of foreign aid.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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The Coordinating Committee of Defend Public Health has released the following statement about the confirmation of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary.
February 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Coordinating Committee of Defend Public Health has released the following statement about the confirmation of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary.
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Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
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Says man that was convicted for running a fake school.
February 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Says man that was convicted for running a fake school.
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