Robert Stimmel
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Investigate, gather evidence, support Science!
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If you’re looking for a good organization to support, @csldf.org does really good work, and has been an important resource for the climate community for decades.
Nothing to see here, just the current administration subjecting National Science Foundation grants - that had already been reviewed AND approved - for "secondary review" to align with recent executive orders: climate.law.columbia.edu/content/prev...
Previously Approved NSF Grants Paused Pending Additional Review | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
climate.law.columbia.edu
May 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re looking for a good organization to support, @csldf.org does really good work, and has been an important resource for the climate community for decades.
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This intolerable attack on Harvard’s independence and academic freedom is plainly government retaliation for Harvard’s speech standing up for itself and the rule of law. America must rally to the side of Harvard and its students in court, in Congress and in our communities.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This intolerable attack on Harvard’s independence and academic freedom is plainly government retaliation for Harvard’s speech standing up for itself and the rule of law. America must rally to the side of Harvard and its students in court, in Congress and in our communities.
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When you're dealing with a bully, you don't kiss the ring
Bowing down only reinforces bad behavior
This is Harvard's opportunity to stand up & break the cycle
Bowing down only reinforces bad behavior
This is Harvard's opportunity to stand up & break the cycle
May 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When you're dealing with a bully, you don't kiss the ring
Bowing down only reinforces bad behavior
This is Harvard's opportunity to stand up & break the cycle
Bowing down only reinforces bad behavior
This is Harvard's opportunity to stand up & break the cycle
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Education is the foundation of democracy.
Now, more than ever, we must strengthen—not weaken—it.
Now, more than ever, we must strengthen—not weaken—it.
April 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Education is the foundation of democracy.
Now, more than ever, we must strengthen—not weaken—it.
Now, more than ever, we must strengthen—not weaken—it.
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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The American Astronomical Society — the largest organization of professional astronomers in the country — has put out a statment about Trump's proposed fatal cuts to NASA science.
aas.org/press/aas-st...
aas.org/press/aas-st...
AAS Gravely Concerned About Cuts to NASA Science Funding | American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society is gravely concerned about the deep cuts to NASA science funding reported to be in the draft President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026.
aas.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The American Astronomical Society — the largest organization of professional astronomers in the country — has put out a statment about Trump's proposed fatal cuts to NASA science.
aas.org/press/aas-st...
aas.org/press/aas-st...
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The president is not a king.
The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.
The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.
March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The president is not a king.
The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.
The Constitution could not be clearer: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
Donald Trump would rather fantasize about a fictional third term than do anything to lower costs for working families.
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The U.S. has spent $40 million to jail about 400 migrants at Guantanamo Bay
Early costs of the enterprise emerged over the weekend along with a statement from five senators who toured the base Friday and urged the Trump administration to “immediately cease this misguided mission.”
Early costs of the enterprise emerged over the weekend along with a statement from five senators who toured the base Friday and urged the Trump administration to “immediately cease this misguided mission.”
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The U.S. has spent $40 million to jail about 400 migrants at Guantanamo Bay
Early costs of the enterprise emerged over the weekend along with a statement from five senators who toured the base Friday and urged the Trump administration to “immediately cease this misguided mission.”
Early costs of the enterprise emerged over the weekend along with a statement from five senators who toured the base Friday and urged the Trump administration to “immediately cease this misguided mission.”
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The Trump admin just ripped away $418M in promised school funding—after it was already spent! This leaves MD schools $305M short for tutoring, mental health, & renovations. The notice came 3 mins after the deadline to fight back. We must demand accountability! #FundOurSchools #edusky
March 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Trump admin just ripped away $418M in promised school funding—after it was already spent! This leaves MD schools $305M short for tutoring, mental health, & renovations. The notice came 3 mins after the deadline to fight back. We must demand accountability! #FundOurSchools #edusky
Wow!
March 22, 2025
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
Happy Birthday William Shatner. Today, completing 94 trips around the Sun.
Congratulations on your 55-billion mile journey.
March 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wow!
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
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If it is no longer America’s priority to meet the academic needs of every child- including every child with disabilities- then we have failed as a country
March 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If it is no longer America’s priority to meet the academic needs of every child- including every child with disabilities- then we have failed as a country
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Bird flu hasn’t affected most Americans beyond their egg consumption. But could that change?
Five years since the start of COVID, the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with an outbreak than it was before the pandemic, Katie Wu tells Hanna Rosin:
Five years since the start of COVID, the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with an outbreak than it was before the pandemic, Katie Wu tells Hanna Rosin:
The Bird-Flu Tipping Point
If and when it happens, we might not know until it’s too late.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Bird flu hasn’t affected most Americans beyond their egg consumption. But could that change?
Five years since the start of COVID, the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with an outbreak than it was before the pandemic, Katie Wu tells Hanna Rosin:
Five years since the start of COVID, the U.S. is perhaps less prepared to deal with an outbreak than it was before the pandemic, Katie Wu tells Hanna Rosin:
There is a special place in hell for this one! Ignorance elected this (she can’t be classified as human). She contradicts the definition!
I just found this and I can’t believe my ears.
Marjorie Taylor Greene said that adoptive or parents through marriage aren’t real parents because they’re “not biological.” She even told a witness who is a mother through marriage that she is “not a mother.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene said that adoptive or parents through marriage aren’t real parents because they’re “not biological.” She even told a witness who is a mother through marriage that she is “not a mother.”
March 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
There is a special place in hell for this one! Ignorance elected this (she can’t be classified as human). She contradicts the definition!
What kind of animal will he slaughter and take to West Texas to stop this? I feel like I’m watching Yellowjackets!
Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened.
Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
What kind of animal will he slaughter and take to West Texas to stop this? I feel like I’m watching Yellowjackets!
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Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened.
Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened.
Women’s History Month❤️
March 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Women’s History Month❤️
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"Losing this much money, this fast, has no precedence in NASA's history. It would force terrible decisions, including turning off scores of active, productive, irreplaceable missions, halting nearly all new mission development, and decimating the country's space science workforce." 🔭
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
“It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science.”…
arstechnica.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Losing this much money, this fast, has no precedence in NASA's history. It would force terrible decisions, including turning off scores of active, productive, irreplaceable missions, halting nearly all new mission development, and decimating the country's space science workforce." 🔭
Good! I am really saddened given the fact that I did feel supported by this store during Pride month in June. If Costco can do it they all should!
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Good! I am really saddened given the fact that I did feel supported by this store during Pride month in June. If Costco can do it they all should!
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Silencing protests is the first step toward the elimination of rights and protections for us all.
We stand with students for free speech and against any attempt to silence us. #ApathyIsNotAnOption
We stand with students for free speech and against any attempt to silence us. #ApathyIsNotAnOption
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Silencing protests is the first step toward the elimination of rights and protections for us all.
We stand with students for free speech and against any attempt to silence us. #ApathyIsNotAnOption
We stand with students for free speech and against any attempt to silence us. #ApathyIsNotAnOption
Great use of time :( I just can’t……
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued his efforts to revive the Confederate names of military bases, announcing on Monday that he is re-renaming Fort Moore, whose previous name honored the confederate general Henry Benning.
The base, which is in Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning.
The base, which is in Georgia, will again be called Fort Benning.
Hegseth Says Fort Moore Will Be Renamed to Fort Benning
The base’s name was changed to Fort Moore in 2023 as part of a bipartisan effort to eliminate military honors bestowed on Confederate officers.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Great use of time :( I just can’t……
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Linda McMahon made it through her confirmation to become Secretary of Education, but we are just getting started.
We—educators, parents, families, students—will not let her dismantle the department and decimate public education without a fight.
We—educators, parents, families, students—will not let her dismantle the department and decimate public education without a fight.
March 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Linda McMahon made it through her confirmation to become Secretary of Education, but we are just getting started.
We—educators, parents, families, students—will not let her dismantle the department and decimate public education without a fight.
We—educators, parents, families, students—will not let her dismantle the department and decimate public education without a fight.