Katie McCaskey
@katiemccaskey.bsky.social
Media & PR, Federation of American Scientists (fas.org) - views here all mine ❤️ emerging tech/innovation, active transportation, built/natural environment - DC Ward 7
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With the impending expiration of New START, it is vital to prevent arms control progress from backsliding.
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
With the impending expiration of New START, it is vital to prevent arms control progress from backsliding.
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
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One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.
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Climate change is the greatest driver of health for a child born today and the “Make America Healthy Again” report fails is big ways and small to direct the nations attention to the biggest upstream drivers that could make children healthier. Read my take with Grace Wickerson on why
PERSPECTIVE: By ignoring climate change as a threat multiplier, MAHA is missing the forest for the trees and will unnecessarily put the lives of millions of children at risk, argue @lisapatel.bsky.social of @docsforclimate.bsky.social and Grace Wickerson of @scientistsorg.bsky.social.
Perspective: On A Sweltering Planet, “Make America Healthy Again” Puts Children’s Health At Risk
The Trump administration is constantly enacting policies that slow clean energy deployment and expand fossil fuel infrastructure. These policies will only make the problem much worse, and a big reason...
www.thexylom.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Climate change is the greatest driver of health for a child born today and the “Make America Healthy Again” report fails is big ways and small to direct the nations attention to the biggest upstream drivers that could make children healthier. Read my take with Grace Wickerson on why
Digital State Capacity After the Age of DOGE
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Digital State Capacity After the Age of DOGE
What kind of digital state capacity does America need to build to ensure every American can access government services and benefits efficiently and effectively in the future?
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Digital State Capacity After the Age of DOGE
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he's already stimulating the local economy
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
he's already stimulating the local economy
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Want to learn about how AI is being integrated into military decision-making and connect with experts working on this issue?
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Want to learn about how AI is being integrated into military decision-making and connect with experts working on this issue?
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
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I originally invited conservation photographer @chasingbugs.com to write this for the @sejorg.bsky.social magazine, but I thought it deserved an even bigger audience, so I'm republishing in on @therevelator.org today: therevelator.org/write-about-...
Why Journalists Should Write About Insects • The Revelator
It’s time to craft a new insect narrative, one that transforms our perspective from fear to fascination.
therevelator.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I originally invited conservation photographer @chasingbugs.com to write this for the @sejorg.bsky.social magazine, but I thought it deserved an even bigger audience, so I'm republishing in on @therevelator.org today: therevelator.org/write-about-...
@lastweektonight.com Trump going 1992 & testing nukes?! Gotta speak to Hans bsky.app/profile/nuke... or Jon @jonatomic.bsky.social
1/n - Trump says something about nuclear weapons tests...It’s hard to know what he means. As usual, he’s unclear, all over the map, and wrong.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
October 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@lastweektonight.com Trump going 1992 & testing nukes?! Gotta speak to Hans bsky.app/profile/nuke... or Jon @jonatomic.bsky.social
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🧛♀️ Is the chill you've felt lately due to missing federal datasets?
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🧛♀️ Is the chill you've felt lately due to missing federal datasets?
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
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I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
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1/n - Trump says something about nuclear weapons tests...It’s hard to know what he means. As usual, he’s unclear, all over the map, and wrong.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
1/n - Trump says something about nuclear weapons tests...It’s hard to know what he means. As usual, he’s unclear, all over the map, and wrong.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country.
Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
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Extreme weather events are rewriting the rules. So state health officials are rewriting their playbooks.
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Extreme weather events are rewriting the rules. So state health officials are rewriting their playbooks.
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
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Am hearing rumors that @departmentofenergy.bsky.social plans to announce a new Manhattan Project for AI. This has been and remains a bad frame and a bad idea on a number of fronts, but just a word or two why the analogy of a Manhattan Project is historically accurate. 1/
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Am hearing rumors that @departmentofenergy.bsky.social plans to announce a new Manhattan Project for AI. This has been and remains a bad frame and a bad idea on a number of fronts, but just a word or two why the analogy of a Manhattan Project is historically accurate. 1/
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FAS is proud to be part of a broad, bipartisan coalition that supports the #FixOurForestsAct and looks forward to continuing to work with partners and decision-makers to support a comprehensive and effective federal wildfire ecosystem.
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
FAS is proud to be part of a broad, bipartisan coalition that supports the #FixOurForestsAct and looks forward to continuing to work with partners and decision-makers to support a comprehensive and effective federal wildfire ecosystem.
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Anthropic says its AI won't help you build a nuclear weapon. Will it work? And can a chatbot even help build a nuke?
Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?
Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Anthropic says its AI won't help you build a nuclear weapon. Will it work? And can a chatbot even help build a nuke?
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky" (a study) h/t @colesci.bsky.social
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky" (a study) h/t @colesci.bsky.social
"Experts and insiders warn that the tumult within OCED and the DOE more broadly is eroding the private sector’s trust in the federal government and its ability to drive energy innovation." www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
How Trump gutted the team meant to build America’s energy future
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations had over $25 billion to help companies scale novel low-carbon technologies. Trump is working to erase it.
www.canarymedia.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Experts and insiders warn that the tumult within OCED and the DOE more broadly is eroding the private sector’s trust in the federal government and its ability to drive energy innovation." www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
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👉SUMMER, WRAPPED
How everything went wrong this summer, even though for once it wasn’t the hottest on record (still third hottest, which, isn’t, you know, very inspiring to hear)
How everything went wrong this summer, even though for once it wasn’t the hottest on record (still third hottest, which, isn’t, you know, very inspiring to hear)
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
👉SUMMER, WRAPPED
How everything went wrong this summer, even though for once it wasn’t the hottest on record (still third hottest, which, isn’t, you know, very inspiring to hear)
How everything went wrong this summer, even though for once it wasn’t the hottest on record (still third hottest, which, isn’t, you know, very inspiring to hear)
insanity... what a loss
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
insanity... what a loss
hey DC, peak bird migration right now...over 2M last night! please keep extra exterior lights off to help them fly south! dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-DC
District of Columbia - BirdCast Migration Dashboard
Explore nightly migration data in your region
dashboard.birdcast.info
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
hey DC, peak bird migration right now...over 2M last night! please keep extra exterior lights off to help them fly south! dashboard.birdcast.info/region/US-DC
"Better, & more expansive, east-west transit [is] a moral imperative for residents who live east of the Anacostia River. They [...] face some of the greatest transit burdens in the city, & their relative exclusion from public investment is now, cynically, being used to justify another project"
A transit-first vision for RFK doesn’t end with Metrorail
The RFK campus can be a major asset in the District’s transportation network, if elected officials make the right investments.
ggwash.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Better, & more expansive, east-west transit [is] a moral imperative for residents who live east of the Anacostia River. They [...] face some of the greatest transit burdens in the city, & their relative exclusion from public investment is now, cynically, being used to justify another project"
absolutely loved this story
Charlotte Chopin, who is 102 years old, has taught yoga in the French village Léré since 1982. Here’s how she keeps moving.
A 102-Year-Old Yoga Teacher’s Simple Approach to Aging Well
For decades, Charlotte Chopin has been bending and stretching in Léré, a village in France. Here’s how she keeps moving.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
absolutely loved this story
"Ideas whose time has come" @scientistsorg.bsky.social CEO Daniel Correa talks about policy entrepreneurship during rapid tech transformation on the Accelerate Science Now podcast, here: tinyurl.com/55mzhhn9
October 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Ideas whose time has come" @scientistsorg.bsky.social CEO Daniel Correa talks about policy entrepreneurship during rapid tech transformation on the Accelerate Science Now podcast, here: tinyurl.com/55mzhhn9