@cjstill.bsky.social
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The BLS did exactly what it's supposed to do: provide accurate, nonpartisan data. When the numbers showed Trump's "economic boom" was actually a bust (33k jobs vs claimed 291k), he fired the messenger. After all, when it rains too much, true leaders fire the meteorologists.
We’re officially in Donald Trump’s mad king era
All the books that are fit to cook.
www.motherjones.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The BLS did exactly what it's supposed to do: provide accurate, nonpartisan data. When the numbers showed Trump's "economic boom" was actually a bust (33k jobs vs claimed 291k), he fired the messenger. After all, when it rains too much, true leaders fire the meteorologists.
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Reflecting on average temperatures over the last 3 months - find your location...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
July 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reflecting on average temperatures over the last 3 months - find your location...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
🟥 warmer than average
🟦 colder than average
Dataset described in doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
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Boom! Jon Ossoff and the Democrats are taking Trump to the woodshed!
Sen. Jon Ossoff: "Trump promised to release the Epstein Files. Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was gonna release the Epstein Files?"
July 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Boom! Jon Ossoff and the Democrats are taking Trump to the woodshed!
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A wildfire burned a water treatment plant at Grand Canyon, releasing deadly chlorine gas. The NOAA HYSPLIT model “currently indicates no critical threat to nearby communities” but multiple trails and Phantom Ranch were closed. The NOAA lab that runs HYSPLIT is on the chopping block.
Chlorine gas leak prompts evacuations, trail closures at Grand Canyon National Park
Areas of the Grand Canyon National Park were closed Saturday after a fire at a water treatment facility led to a chlorine gas leak , prompting evacuations on Sa
kutv.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A wildfire burned a water treatment plant at Grand Canyon, releasing deadly chlorine gas. The NOAA HYSPLIT model “currently indicates no critical threat to nearby communities” but multiple trails and Phantom Ranch were closed. The NOAA lab that runs HYSPLIT is on the chopping block.
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Make no mistake: As Trump eyes more cuts to NASA’s science mission, our rivals are eager to race ahead — not just in space exploration, but in science and innovation across the board.
Once again, this isn’t America First. It’s America in Retreat.
Once again, this isn’t America First. It’s America in Retreat.
Trump’s NASA budget could cede solar system to China, scientists warn
As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Make no mistake: As Trump eyes more cuts to NASA’s science mission, our rivals are eager to race ahead — not just in space exploration, but in science and innovation across the board.
Once again, this isn’t America First. It’s America in Retreat.
Once again, this isn’t America First. It’s America in Retreat.
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Crazy that @abrahm.bsky.social has so few followers here.
The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Crazy that @abrahm.bsky.social has so few followers here.
The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Proposed NOAA cuts would destroy the basic infrastructure for weather research–including hurricane and flash flood forecasting–and take decades to recover from. “It’s like blowing up a dam and trying to rebuild it by gluing the pieces back together. It won’t work. You have to start from scratch.”
Cuts to NOAA increase the risk of deadly weather tragedies » Yale Climate Connections
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
yaleclimateconnections.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Proposed NOAA cuts would destroy the basic infrastructure for weather research–including hurricane and flash flood forecasting–and take decades to recover from. “It’s like blowing up a dam and trying to rebuild it by gluing the pieces back together. It won’t work. You have to start from scratch.”
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The predictable result of RFK Jr’s dangerous extremism and a Trump Admin that attacks science, shuns the truth and traffics in conspiracy theories.
Their fear mongering about vaccines is part of a broader pattern that is literally getting people killed.
Their fear mongering about vaccines is part of a broader pattern that is literally getting people killed.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The predictable result of RFK Jr’s dangerous extremism and a Trump Admin that attacks science, shuns the truth and traffics in conspiracy theories.
Their fear mongering about vaccines is part of a broader pattern that is literally getting people killed.
Their fear mongering about vaccines is part of a broader pattern that is literally getting people killed.
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So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
June 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So, it turns out we're treating fascism just like we've been treating climate change:
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
– ignore warnings of experts
– buy into bullshit "alternative explanations"
- read "don't worry" media op-eds
– deny it will really be that bad
– start seeing major evidence
– hope somebody does something
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Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.
Paramount has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from CBS News, one of the people said. All people involved in the deal clearing understand the payment as the price of merger approval
Exclusive | Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit. Trump Wants More.
The president’s team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks.
www.wsj.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.
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It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
May 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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Your Sunday sermon for today.
Thank you @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Thank you @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your Sunday sermon for today.
Thank you @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Thank you @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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"with two weeks to go until hurricane season, the agency doesn’t yet have a fully formed disaster-response plan."
"He also seemed to express surprise at the vast range of FEMA’s responsibilities"
"The agency hasn’t conducted all the usual hurricane readiness exercises"
It will get much worse
"He also seemed to express surprise at the vast range of FEMA’s responsibilities"
"The agency hasn’t conducted all the usual hurricane readiness exercises"
It will get much worse
New FEMA Head Admits in Internal Meetings He Doesn’t Yet Have a Plan for Hurricane Season
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | FEMA Head Admits in Internal Meetings He Doesn’t Yet Have a Plan for Hurricane Season
In video viewed by The Wall Street Journal, new chief David Richardson says “clarifying the intent of the president”— who has called for terminating the agency—has been a challenge in preparing a stra...
www.wsj.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"with two weeks to go until hurricane season, the agency doesn’t yet have a fully formed disaster-response plan."
"He also seemed to express surprise at the vast range of FEMA’s responsibilities"
"The agency hasn’t conducted all the usual hurricane readiness exercises"
It will get much worse
"He also seemed to express surprise at the vast range of FEMA’s responsibilities"
"The agency hasn’t conducted all the usual hurricane readiness exercises"
It will get much worse
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F.B.I. Dismantles Elite Public Corruption Squad
F.B.I. Dismantles Elite Public Corruption Squad
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
F.B.I. Dismantles Elite Public Corruption Squad
A jihadi jet for the thief-in-chief
May 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A jihadi jet for the thief-in-chief
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It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.
May 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It’s incredible that the President of the United States is openly flirting with suspending Habeas Corpus, disappearing people left and right, arresting judges and politicians, accepting ludicrous bribes from foreign countries, and people are still trying to normalize this shit.
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.