Sandy Ressler
@sressler.bsky.social
Computer Graphics guy, glTF, Khronos Group, NIST
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
(Published April)
(Published April)
u got a shader for
that 🤪
that 🤪
June 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
u got a shader for
that 🤪
that 🤪
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Media: If you cover events properly tomorrow, we’ll see his Army-themed birthday party for five minutes and the millions of us wanting him gone for the rest of the day.
#NoKings
#NoKings
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Media: If you cover events properly tomorrow, we’ll see his Army-themed birthday party for five minutes and the millions of us wanting him gone for the rest of the day.
#NoKings
#NoKings
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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, as the first director of CISA and an outspoken truth teller in the years since then, has done incredibly important work for the cybersecurity community and the country. Pretty much the definition of a “good faith actor.”
Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday declaring former CISA leader Chris Krebs a “significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority.” Krebs debunked baseless claims of 2020 election fraud, for which Trump fired him. cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-...
Trump signs order stripping Chris Krebs of security clearance
The executive order also eliminates security clearances for SentinelOne employees.
cyberscoop.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not sure who needs to hear this, but @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, as the first director of CISA and an outspoken truth teller in the years since then, has done incredibly important work for the cybersecurity community and the country. Pretty much the definition of a “good faith actor.”
Culture Warlords is a tour de force ..guess I need to get this!
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Culture Warlords is a tour de force ..guess I need to get this!
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99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
March 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
99.4% of new drugs approved by the FDA are the product of NIH funded research.
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
Remember this every time you see another headline on the NIH funding cuts.
It will directly impact YOU.
#ScienceNOTSilence
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"The country has invested in, and innovated through, this scientific public service for over a century, not for selling it to the highest bidder, but for the common good. Dismantling NOAA and the National Weather Service is a presidential grift that we must oppose."
The Theft, Harm, and Presidential Grift of Privatizing the National Weather Service
Our investment in National Weather Service is repaid many times over in economic benefit.
blog.ucs.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"The country has invested in, and innovated through, this scientific public service for over a century, not for selling it to the highest bidder, but for the common good. Dismantling NOAA and the National Weather Service is a presidential grift that we must oppose."
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
In a note to colleagues, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the paper after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the direction of the paper’s opinion section
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
DOGE == Keystone Cops
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
DOGE == Keystone Cops
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A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary:
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
www.404media.co
March 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary:
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
www.404media.co/archivists-r...
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18F staffers- who were summarily fired en masse overnight- issue statement expressing shock, bewilderment:
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
18F staffers- who were summarily fired en masse overnight- issue statement expressing shock, bewilderment:
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
"18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated."
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I can’t get over the fact that two separate people did Nazi salutes at CPAC and it’s so normalized at this point that it’s barely even notable on TV news. In any halfway normal era that shit would warrant wall-to-wall coverage.
February 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I can’t get over the fact that two separate people did Nazi salutes at CPAC and it’s so normalized at this point that it’s barely even notable on TV news. In any halfway normal era that shit would warrant wall-to-wall coverage.
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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Amen to that.
I think it would make a big difference in our health if we banned Pharma ads from America like the rest of the world does.
February 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Amen to that.
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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.
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The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling
Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.
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"We don't work for DOGE. We have always worked for you."
Yes!
Yes!
February 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"We don't work for DOGE. We have always worked for you."
Yes!
Yes!
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I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis.
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis.
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.