Karen Romano Young
@karenromanoyoung.bsky.social
Science communications, comics, children's books, and illustrations. Snow, ice, summer breezes, sea waves, and big dogs. I Was A Kid IWasAKid.com profiles of people in STEAM for middle and high schoolers.
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Things that will happen when he's gone:
* we're going to learn about shit he did that's so heinous, it makes the stuff we know about look tame
* his many minions will claim to have "always opposed" him and demand sympathy for their suffering at his hands
* dancing in the streets, worldwide
* we're going to learn about shit he did that's so heinous, it makes the stuff we know about look tame
* his many minions will claim to have "always opposed" him and demand sympathy for their suffering at his hands
* dancing in the streets, worldwide
August 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Things that will happen when he's gone:
* we're going to learn about shit he did that's so heinous, it makes the stuff we know about look tame
* his many minions will claim to have "always opposed" him and demand sympathy for their suffering at his hands
* dancing in the streets, worldwide
* we're going to learn about shit he did that's so heinous, it makes the stuff we know about look tame
* his many minions will claim to have "always opposed" him and demand sympathy for their suffering at his hands
* dancing in the streets, worldwide
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Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
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.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.
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4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
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The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
Hope is real.
Could it POSSIBLY be that some US lawmakers are poised to reject huge cuts that have been proposed by the Trump administration to the National Science Foundation, NASA and other agencies ???
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 🌊 🌎
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hope is real.
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I know your R reps are garbage and it feels pointless to call them.
But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget.
The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters.
Find your US rep here: reps.fyi
But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget.
The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters.
Find your US rep here: reps.fyi
House Minority Leader Jeffries has been speaking for nearly five hours, which buys us more time to put some last-minute pressure on Republicans.
Call your GOP representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or plan a visit to your local congressional office: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Call your GOP representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Or plan a visit to your local congressional office: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I know your R reps are garbage and it feels pointless to call them.
But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget.
The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters.
Find your US rep here: reps.fyi
But please call them today and tell them not to vote for Trump's murderous budget.
The call costs nothing. The fact that it MIGHT save lives is all that matters.
Find your US rep here: reps.fyi
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💔 the Senate just passed that awful cruel budget bill, but it’s not over yet. Now it goes back to the House to vote.
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
July 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
💔 the Senate just passed that awful cruel budget bill, but it’s not over yet. Now it goes back to the House to vote.
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
If you have a Republican member of Congress: Call, email, comment on all their social posts, @ them. Tell them to vote NO. Get your friends to do it too. ☎️: (202) 224-3121
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
Disgusted. No.
There are no words … 😖 Wait. “Utter abomination” comes to mind 😡
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
June 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Disgusted. No.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.
June 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.
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🧪 This is fascinating and the method could be used in other environments.
“…this work also emphasizes the importance of specialized, interdisciplinary methods to address the intrinsic limitations of these data, particularly the challenges posed by temporal sparsity.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“…this work also emphasizes the importance of specialized, interdisciplinary methods to address the intrinsic limitations of these data, particularly the challenges posed by temporal sparsity.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Observations of the seiche that shook the world - Nature Communications
The Surface Water Ocean Topography mission observed week-long earth-shaking waves formed by landslide-induced tsunamis in an East Greenland fjord. Connecting these observations with seismic data confi...
www.nature.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🧪 This is fascinating and the method could be used in other environments.
“…this work also emphasizes the importance of specialized, interdisciplinary methods to address the intrinsic limitations of these data, particularly the challenges posed by temporal sparsity.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“…this work also emphasizes the importance of specialized, interdisciplinary methods to address the intrinsic limitations of these data, particularly the challenges posed by temporal sparsity.”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
No.
It's as Orwellian as it gets: Political appointees will oversee "scientific standards" to guard against "political bias" in all federal science agencies... ⚛️ 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...
The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
No.
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Trump’s proposed budget details drastic cuts to biomedical research and global health | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Trump’s proposed budget details drastic cuts to biomedical research and global health
CDC takes a bigger hit than expected; support for international HIV, malaria, TB, and vaccine efforts zeroed out
www.science.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump’s proposed budget details drastic cuts to biomedical research and global health | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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June 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
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The Weather and Climate Livestream has officially concluded, but our mission continues...
Thank you to everyone for tuning in and learning about weather and climate science! Let's #SaveAmericasForecasts together 💯
wclivestream.com/more/
Thank you to everyone for tuning in and learning about weather and climate science! Let's #SaveAmericasForecasts together 💯
wclivestream.com/more/
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Weather and Climate Livestream has officially concluded, but our mission continues...
Thank you to everyone for tuning in and learning about weather and climate science! Let's #SaveAmericasForecasts together 💯
wclivestream.com/more/
Thank you to everyone for tuning in and learning about weather and climate science! Let's #SaveAmericasForecasts together 💯
wclivestream.com/more/
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As of 9.30p, nothing in the @nytimes.com - Looking forward to more updates on Biden's prostate, though 🧪
TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE PROPOSED NSF BUDGET CUTS NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM NSF ACTIVITIES. FOR INSTANCE, JOBS.
May 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
As of 9.30p, nothing in the @nytimes.com - Looking forward to more updates on Biden's prostate, though 🧪
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Hurricane Katrina taught us to prepare for the unimaginable in our new climate reality. As part of our series tied to the 20th anniversary of Katrina, we ask: Are we more prepared? We head into "Hurricane Season" on this week’s @bipisci.bsky.social 🧪 🔊
Listen here: buff.ly/RfWr428
Listen here: buff.ly/RfWr428
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hurricane Katrina taught us to prepare for the unimaginable in our new climate reality. As part of our series tied to the 20th anniversary of Katrina, we ask: Are we more prepared? We head into "Hurricane Season" on this week’s @bipisci.bsky.social 🧪 🔊
Listen here: buff.ly/RfWr428
Listen here: buff.ly/RfWr428
The National Science Foundation #NSF funds research that enriches and even saves lives #ScienceMatters 🧪🔭🪐
Thank you to the US National Science Foundation for funding such an important project!
May 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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#NASA funds research that no other agency can do. We work at the crossroads of #Earth and #Planetary science to search for life in the universe #Astrobiology 🧪🔭🪐
"An Arctic analogue for the future exploration of possible biosignatures on Enceladus" #astrobiology #planetaryscience 🔭🧪 @europlanetmedia.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An Arctic analogue for the future exploration of possible biosignatures on Enceladus
Methane-rich emissions to the seafloor along the Arctic mid-oceanic ridge hold strong astrobiological significance, as they may represent analogues of…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#NASA funds research that no other agency can do. We work at the crossroads of #Earth and #Planetary science to search for life in the universe #Astrobiology 🧪🔭🪐
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Serendipitous space beauty to start your weekend.
NASA's new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon's night side is facing us, but it's beautifully lit by Earthshine. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
NASA's new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon's night side is facing us, but it's beautifully lit by Earthshine. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
May 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Serendipitous space beauty to start your weekend.
NASA's new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon's night side is facing us, but it's beautifully lit by Earthshine. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
NASA's new PUNCH mission, designed to study the solar wind, just took this ethereal image of the Moon passing the (blocked out) Sun. The Moon's night side is facing us, but it's beautifully lit by Earthshine. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
Duh.
"The poll found that on a weekly basis more than 90% of people use weather forecasts, job market reports, food safety warnings & other info based on federal science. But only 10% of respondents are concerned that cuts to federal support for science might impact their access to such information." 🧪
May 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Duh.
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Happy #WorldTurtleDay!
Have you ever wondered how turtles breathe inside a rigid box? I made this illustration back when I was teaching Chordate Zoology. It's a subject I find fascinating. 🌿🐢
Have you ever wondered how turtles breathe inside a rigid box? I made this illustration back when I was teaching Chordate Zoology. It's a subject I find fascinating. 🌿🐢
May 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Happy #WorldTurtleDay!
Have you ever wondered how turtles breathe inside a rigid box? I made this illustration back when I was teaching Chordate Zoology. It's a subject I find fascinating. 🌿🐢
Have you ever wondered how turtles breathe inside a rigid box? I made this illustration back when I was teaching Chordate Zoology. It's a subject I find fascinating. 🌿🐢
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As someone who has relied on SNAP to put food in the fridge, I'm incredibly proud of the work we're doing at @dataforprogress.org to shine a light on how disastrously unpopular cutting nutrition assistance is
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As someone who has relied on SNAP to put food in the fridge, I'm incredibly proud of the work we're doing at @dataforprogress.org to shine a light on how disastrously unpopular cutting nutrition assistance is