Linda Shore
@lindashore.bsky.social
I am the retired CEO of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, former Senior Scientist and Director of the Teacher Institute at the Exploratorium, an astronomy educator, science museum consultant, lover of learning, and parent to greyhounds and cats.
AMEN
February 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
AMEN
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You never know which court orders the Trump administration chooses to obey. Glad they obeyed this one. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's order
Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive ...
apnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You never know which court orders the Trump administration chooses to obey. Glad they obeyed this one. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So when exactly are we going to stand up? Is it not time for a nationwide general strike? That is what has been shown to stop authoritarians in other countries....just sayin'. The longer we wait the worse it will get.
February 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
So when exactly are we going to stand up? Is it not time for a nationwide general strike? That is what has been shown to stop authoritarians in other countries....just sayin'. The longer we wait the worse it will get.
YES YES YES YES
February 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
YES YES YES YES
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The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661
The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF
It's fascism, plain and simple.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
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In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.
Exclusive: NTSB scrambled to retain employees after Trump’s federal worker resignation offer | CNN Politics
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal e...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the wake of the worst American air disaster in two decades, the understaffed and cash-strapped National Transportation Safety Board was scrambling to keep investigators from leaving after federal employees received an offer by the Trump administration to resign and be paid through September.
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Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
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Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
scim.ag
January 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: "Will Democrats in Congress throw themselves across the tracks of what is obviously both an illegal and unconstitutional power grab and also the most chaotically spiteful madness I think I've ever seen a federal office-holder undertake?"
January 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: "Will Democrats in Congress throw themselves across the tracks of what is obviously both an illegal and unconstitutional power grab and also the most chaotically spiteful madness I think I've ever seen a federal office-holder undertake?"
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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This.
by freezing all federal grants, trump is fundamentally transforming the relationship between the executive and congress. he is asserting dictatorial authority over federal spending, transforming congress's lawmaking powers into advisory authority. it is a constitutional crisis
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This.
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Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau gather to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports from Poland.
January 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau gather to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports from Poland.
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UPDATE!! www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-dei-...
Trump’s DEI Snitch Email Is Being Targeted by Spammers
Various NGOs reported seeing the address added to their email lists. But they don’t think it’s Orwellian. They think it’s a prank.
www.thebulwark.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
UPDATE!! www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-dei-...
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The U.S. President spends Holocaust Remembrance Day on the links.
I know this gets old, but imagine if Obama did it. Or Biden. Or a President Harris.
I know this gets old, but imagine if Obama did it. Or Biden. Or a President Harris.
January 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The U.S. President spends Holocaust Remembrance Day on the links.
I know this gets old, but imagine if Obama did it. Or Biden. Or a President Harris.
I know this gets old, but imagine if Obama did it. Or Biden. Or a President Harris.
Curious about Trump’s plans for science? ww2.aip.org/fyi/project-...
Project 2025 Outlines Possible Future for Science Agencies
Think tanks with Trump ties have put forth proposals to prioritize basic research, roll back climate science, and cut research ties with China.
ww2.aip.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Curious about Trump’s plans for science? ww2.aip.org/fyi/project-...
Trump's NSF pick reflects close links between agency and White House | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump's NSF pick reflects close links between agency and White House
Sethuraman Panchanathan would succeed France Córdova if confirmed by Senate
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Trump's NSF pick reflects close links between agency and White House | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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"We are writing to inform you that the Annual Awardee Meeting for the [NSF] Racial Equity and STEM Education Program has been canceled."
January 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"We are writing to inform you that the Annual Awardee Meeting for the [NSF] Racial Equity and STEM Education Program has been canceled."
In November 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a group to overthrow the German government. But this violent insurrection failed and is known as the 'Beer Hall Putsch. After Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, he pardoned 8000 involved in the coup attempt. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch)
On November 8–9, 1923, Hitler and the Nazi Party led an attempt to overthrow the German government. This attempted coup came to be called the Beer Hall Putsch.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/beer-hall-putsch-munich-putsch?fbclid=IwY2xjawIDX0NleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeMKdd-I7BhdmKjWLwHyIXWZjMfTPDdn2veFs6DXKey6Ux87rO-IWlx43w_aem_ejujjII3FrOGGtLFH8HE_w#:~:text=On%20November%208–9%2C%201923,as%20the%20Beer%20Hall%20Putsch
January 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In November 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a group to overthrow the German government. But this violent insurrection failed and is known as the 'Beer Hall Putsch. After Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, he pardoned 8000 involved in the coup attempt. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
