Renata Harrison
@renatskis.bsky.social
seasonal gov’t employee. Protect public lands and rehire civil servants
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Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public
Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.
www.kuow.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.
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“The Monday filing outlines where 2,050 positions would be eliminated; the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the main Interior office would be especially hard hit. Regional offices with the National Park Service are also targeted for significant cuts.”
Inside Trump's plan to eviscerate USGS and beyond - Center for Western Priorities
Forced by a federal judge to partially reveal plans for firing federal employees, the Trump administration on Monday said it plans to “imminently” terminate more than 2,000 employees at the Interior d...
westernpriorities.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“The Monday filing outlines where 2,050 positions would be eliminated; the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the main Interior office would be especially hard hit. Regional offices with the National Park Service are also targeted for significant cuts.”
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Aden Ng has published a deep dive video about AltNPS (& AltYello), the dangers of their money grabs, & how your personal data may be at risk.
With background info from @drsturg.bsky.social book, We Are #AltGov, & current watchdog @altwatcher.bsky.social adding context, this is quite informative.
With background info from @drsturg.bsky.social book, We Are #AltGov, & current watchdog @altwatcher.bsky.social adding context, this is quite informative.
The True Story of AltNPS
YouTube video by Aden Ng
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Aden Ng has published a deep dive video about AltNPS (& AltYello), the dangers of their money grabs, & how your personal data may be at risk.
With background info from @drsturg.bsky.social book, We Are #AltGov, & current watchdog @altwatcher.bsky.social adding context, this is quite informative.
With background info from @drsturg.bsky.social book, We Are #AltGov, & current watchdog @altwatcher.bsky.social adding context, this is quite informative.
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"I wanted to stay here." - an early-career stem-cell biologist who is now looking to leave the US for a career in Europe. Reporting by Rita Akensenfeld & @jennaahart.bsky.social, for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Meet the early career scientists planning to leave the United States
Decreased funding, reduced opportunities and growing uncertainty has made life tough for international postdocs living in the US.
www.nature.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"I wanted to stay here." - an early-career stem-cell biologist who is now looking to leave the US for a career in Europe. Reporting by Rita Akensenfeld & @jennaahart.bsky.social, for @nature.com 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jeff Mow, former superintendent of Glacier National Park & Coalition Executive Council member, shares how the Trump administration’s cuts are quietly eroding our parks from the inside.
Read his interview with @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/the...
Read his interview with @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The national parks are not OK - High Country News
Former national park supervisor explains why toilets may be clean this summer, the parks themselves are actually ‘hollowed out.’
www.hcn.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Jeff Mow, former superintendent of Glacier National Park & Coalition Executive Council member, shares how the Trump administration’s cuts are quietly eroding our parks from the inside.
Read his interview with @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/the...
Read his interview with @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/the...
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The Interior Secretary, whose signature is on the document authorizing the placement of QR codes at National Park Service sites, claims to know nothing about it. #nationalparks thenationalparksexperience.substack.com/p/interior-s...
Interior Secretary Burgum Says He's "Completely Unaware" of QR Code Signs at National Parks
Burgum doesn't remember his own order mandating these signs to be put up.
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Interior Secretary, whose signature is on the document authorizing the placement of QR codes at National Park Service sites, claims to know nothing about it. #nationalparks thenationalparksexperience.substack.com/p/interior-s...
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This is not normal
July 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is not normal
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Get your National Climate Assessment from archive -dot- org: web.archive.org/web/20250629...
The White House took down a website hosting the nation's top report on how climate change is affecting the United States.
The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Get your National Climate Assessment from archive -dot- org: web.archive.org/web/20250629...
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“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
Peter Thiel Shows Trump How To Sort Spreadsheet Of Americans By Ethnicity
WASHINGTON—Stressing that it would be simplest to troubleshoot now during the onboarding process for his company’s surveillance technology, Palantir founder Peter Thiel reportedly spent Tuesday morning showing President Donald Trump how to sort a spreadsheet of Americans by ethnicity. “So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from […]
theonion.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“So what’s neat is that you can just do command-shift-E and rank every single resident from whitest to least,” said the billionaire libertarian
theonion.com/peter-t...
theonion.com/peter-t...
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Our analysis found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion. Here’s how we did it.
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Our analysis found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion. Here’s how we did it.
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The National Park Service is already underfunded and understaffed. To put its budget on the chopping block as we continue to see a rise in visitors at parks across the county is reckless and thoughtless.
It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."
It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The National Park Service is already underfunded and understaffed. To put its budget on the chopping block as we continue to see a rise in visitors at parks across the county is reckless and thoughtless.
It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."
It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."
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I hope this dude files the defamation lawsuit of a lifetime against the troves of organizations, officials, and media that dragged his name through the dirt for the crime of speaking up against a slaughter
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
‘Justice Will Prevail,’ Mahmoud Khalil Says as He Goes Free on Bail
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I hope this dude files the defamation lawsuit of a lifetime against the troves of organizations, officials, and media that dragged his name through the dirt for the crime of speaking up against a slaughter
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
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Trump claims climate change is a “hoax.” Now, his administration is silencing government research that proves him wrong. Climate-monitoring spacecraft will be shut down, thousands of scientists have been dismissed, invaluable data eliminated. The assault has just begun www.eenews.net/articles/how...
How Trump’s assault on science is blinding America to climate change
Through budget cuts and layoffs, the administration has begun to cripple the government's ability to research global warming.
www.eenews.net
June 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump claims climate change is a “hoax.” Now, his administration is silencing government research that proves him wrong. Climate-monitoring spacecraft will be shut down, thousands of scientists have been dismissed, invaluable data eliminated. The assault has just begun www.eenews.net/articles/how...
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At least 12 DOGE staffers remain legal employees or advisers of the companies they worked at before DOGE.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
At least 12 DOGE staffers remain legal employees or advisers of the companies they worked at before DOGE.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
And at least nine continue to receive corporate benefits from their private-sector employers, including stock vesting plans.
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The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The cruelty in today's politics feels horribly corrosive. Bringing up that hard-working immigrant families — undocumented, yes, but not violent criminals — are being ripped apart based on immigration status doesn't bring compassion or even pause, but gleeful cheers.
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Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Saw this sticker on a car in Montana.
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This weekend, President Trump federalized 2,000 National Guard personnel to respond to protests against ICE in L.A.
Here’s a thread of Lawfare’s recent analysis of domestic deployments of the military:
Here’s a thread of Lawfare’s recent analysis of domestic deployments of the military:
June 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This weekend, President Trump federalized 2,000 National Guard personnel to respond to protests against ICE in L.A.
Here’s a thread of Lawfare’s recent analysis of domestic deployments of the military:
Here’s a thread of Lawfare’s recent analysis of domestic deployments of the military:
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Law enforcement injure at least 4 journalists covering protests in California amid federal crackdown cpj.org/2025/06/law-...
Law enforcement injure at least 4 journalists covering protests in California amid federal crackdown - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., June 9, 2025—Law enforcement in Los Angeles, California, shot non-lethal rounds that struck at least four reporters while they covered protests that began on Friday, June 6, and esca...
cpj.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Law enforcement injure at least 4 journalists covering protests in California amid federal crackdown cpj.org/2025/06/law-...
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“I was watching a movie when I got the email and it was very cold and kind of heartless.” In Montana, 80 Americorps service workers lose jobs last month. Program had an average $34 of return for every $1 invested, per study. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/05/29/f... #mtpol #mtnews
Federal cuts to AmeriCorps, service programs, ‘devastating’ to local communities • Daily Montanan
80 Montana AmeriCorps members lost their jobs last month leaving nonprofits, agencies short staffed
dailymontanan.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“I was watching a movie when I got the email and it was very cold and kind of heartless.” In Montana, 80 Americorps service workers lose jobs last month. Program had an average $34 of return for every $1 invested, per study. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/05/29/f... #mtpol #mtnews
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Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!
May 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!
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Elon's legacy ranges from gutting cancer research to setting in motion millions of deaths from starvation or disease.
I'll be pushing for Congress to hold Elon & DOGE accountable—for every act of corruption, every disastrous consequence, and every law they have broken.
I'll be pushing for Congress to hold Elon & DOGE accountable—for every act of corruption, every disastrous consequence, and every law they have broken.
May 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Elon's legacy ranges from gutting cancer research to setting in motion millions of deaths from starvation or disease.
I'll be pushing for Congress to hold Elon & DOGE accountable—for every act of corruption, every disastrous consequence, and every law they have broken.
I'll be pushing for Congress to hold Elon & DOGE accountable—for every act of corruption, every disastrous consequence, and every law they have broken.
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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Following DOGE cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and AmeriCorps, wilderness areas across Montana are facing serious staffing shortages. You can read about how these cuts are impacting the Bob, and how this may affect your summer recreating here: bit.ly/4dyNRN6
May 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Following DOGE cuts to the U.S. Forest Service and AmeriCorps, wilderness areas across Montana are facing serious staffing shortages. You can read about how these cuts are impacting the Bob, and how this may affect your summer recreating here: bit.ly/4dyNRN6