Angela Kellett
@angelakellett.bsky.social
comms (& sometimes nukes) 🎙️
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In most years, the President's Management Agenda should make your eyes glaze over. But his year's PMA is eye-popping in ambition and subject.
@lorenraeds.bsky.social and @gabemenchaca.bsky.social break down the good, the bad, and the bizarre ⤵️
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@lorenraeds.bsky.social and @gabemenchaca.bsky.social break down the good, the bad, and the bizarre ⤵️
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Demystifying the New President’s Management Agenda
In a year when management issues like human capital, IT modernization, and improper payments have received greater attention from the public, examining this PMA tells us a lot about where the Administ...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In most years, the President's Management Agenda should make your eyes glaze over. But his year's PMA is eye-popping in ambition and subject.
@lorenraeds.bsky.social and @gabemenchaca.bsky.social break down the good, the bad, and the bizarre ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
@lorenraeds.bsky.social and @gabemenchaca.bsky.social break down the good, the bad, and the bizarre ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
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In 2020, @sgrodriques.bsky.social and @adammarblestone.bsky.social came to us with an idea: what if we invested in independent start-up-style labs to fill in critical research gaps that the current landscape doesn't address
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NSF TIP just unveiled an ambitious new "Tech Labs" program that would put big $ behind independent, goal-oriented, team-based research.
"Funding for Tech Labs beyond Phase 0 is expected to range from $10 million to $50 million per team per year."
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NSF TIP just unveiled an ambitious new "Tech Labs" program that would put big $ behind independent, goal-oriented, team-based research.
"Funding for Tech Labs beyond Phase 0 is expected to range from $10 million to $50 million per team per year."
sam.gov/opp/7332ade9...
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In 2020, @sgrodriques.bsky.social and @adammarblestone.bsky.social came to us with an idea: what if we invested in independent start-up-style labs to fill in critical research gaps that the current landscape doesn't address
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For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
Working at Cold War Los Alamos
A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
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December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
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Thank you to all those who donated on Giving Tuesday and throughout the past week. Our 80-year legacy of service through science and evidence-based policy would not be possible without you.
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thank you to all those who donated on Giving Tuesday and throughout the past week. Our 80-year legacy of service through science and evidence-based policy would not be possible without you.
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✍ 74 policy memos, 69 blog posts (nice), 17 reports, 49 other pubs
🤳 425 tweets, 230 linkedin posts, 140 instagram posts (including 45 videos)
👀 1,199,000 website views
The 2025 @scientistsorg.bsky.social Annual Report is now live✨
🤳 425 tweets, 230 linkedin posts, 140 instagram posts (including 45 videos)
👀 1,199,000 website views
The 2025 @scientistsorg.bsky.social Annual Report is now live✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
✍ 74 policy memos, 69 blog posts (nice), 17 reports, 49 other pubs
🤳 425 tweets, 230 linkedin posts, 140 instagram posts (including 45 videos)
👀 1,199,000 website views
The 2025 @scientistsorg.bsky.social Annual Report is now live✨
🤳 425 tweets, 230 linkedin posts, 140 instagram posts (including 45 videos)
👀 1,199,000 website views
The 2025 @scientistsorg.bsky.social Annual Report is now live✨
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"The fixes are as apparent as the problems are abhorrent: any organ contractor who has abused the public trust, either through harming patients and misleading families, or misusing its tax status and taxpayer dollars must be immediately replaced, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The fixes are as apparent as the problems are abhorrent: any organ contractor who has abused the public trust, either through harming patients and misleading families, or misusing its tax status and taxpayer dollars must be immediately replaced, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
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"IRS 990s show OPOs have transferred more than half a billion dollars to ‘related organizations’ where uses of taxpayer funds get pushed even further into the shadows."
![The details are chilling: a patient who had been declared deceased “reanimated”, and “[a]ccording to information obtained by the Committee”, New Jersey Sharing Network’s CEO told “staff on site that they should proceed with recovery… Several whistleblowers have alleged that documentation regarding this case has been deleted or otherwise manipulated.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zcroihrwudj4jaduccu5sxga/bafkreiakjqaicwzso5rlnjvhrrf2ddvwdkrbywe5tqbynx2wgs6nbxd64q@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"IRS 990s show OPOs have transferred more than half a billion dollars to ‘related organizations’ where uses of taxpayer funds get pushed even further into the shadows."
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"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within taxpayer-funded organ procurement organizations is the problem."
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within taxpayer-funded organ procurement organizations is the problem."
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
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roses are red
violets are blue
here is a poem
now build me a nuke
violets are blue
here is a poem
now build me a nuke
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
here is a poem
now build me a nuke
violets are blue
here is a poem
now build me a nuke
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Last week DOE unveiled a sweeping reorganization aimed at "unleashing American energy dominance."
When you look at the details, the reorg risks weakening the American innovation engine responsible for basic science and deployment.
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When you look at the details, the reorg risks weakening the American innovation engine responsible for basic science and deployment.
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New DOE Re-Organization Raises Uncertainty for American Science, Energy Innovation, and Affordability
Eight offices with mission-critical responsibilities have been dismantled as part of the restructuring, implementing much of the proposal outlined in Project 2025 and fundamentally reshaping the agenc...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Last week DOE unveiled a sweeping reorganization aimed at "unleashing American energy dominance."
When you look at the details, the reorg risks weakening the American innovation engine responsible for basic science and deployment.
fas.org/publication/...
When you look at the details, the reorg risks weakening the American innovation engine responsible for basic science and deployment.
fas.org/publication/...
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This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application, writes Jessica Blackband.
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Scanning the Horizon: Reflections on the Future of Wildfire Technology
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application, writes Jessica Blackband.
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We came out of the longest shutdown in history and we are all worse for it. Who won the shutdown fight? It doesn’t matter – Americans lost. And there is a chance we run it all back again in a few short months.
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Gil on the Hill: Who Won the Shutdown?
We came out of the longest shutdown in history and we are all worse for it. Who won the shutdown fight? It doesn’t matter – Americans lost. And there is a chance we run it all back again in a few shor...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We came out of the longest shutdown in history and we are all worse for it. Who won the shutdown fight? It doesn’t matter – Americans lost. And there is a chance we run it all back again in a few short months.
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I’m hiring a Senior Manager for AI Safety & Security Policy at FAS.
You’ll help turn technical insights about frontier AI risks into real policy outcomes—spotting windows for impact, shaping proposals decision-makers can use, and working directly with researchers + government.
You’ll help turn technical insights about frontier AI risks into real policy outcomes—spotting windows for impact, shaping proposals decision-makers can use, and working directly with researchers + government.
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m hiring a Senior Manager for AI Safety & Security Policy at FAS.
You’ll help turn technical insights about frontier AI risks into real policy outcomes—spotting windows for impact, shaping proposals decision-makers can use, and working directly with researchers + government.
You’ll help turn technical insights about frontier AI risks into real policy outcomes—spotting windows for impact, shaping proposals decision-makers can use, and working directly with researchers + government.
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Recent @sirenspod.bsky.social listeners on our episode on taxes will love this new piece from Merici Vinton and Thushan Amarasiriwardena on creating a product-driven government
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Tax Filing as Easy as Mobile Banking
Americans trade stocks instantly, but spend 13 hours on tax forms. They send cash by text, but wait weeks for IRS responses. The nation's revenue collector ranks dead last in citizen satisfaction. The...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Recent @sirenspod.bsky.social listeners on our episode on taxes will love this new piece from Merici Vinton and Thushan Amarasiriwardena on creating a product-driven government
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Promising examples of progress are emerging from the Boston metropolitan area that show the power of partnership between researchers, government officials, practitioners, and community-based organizations to tackle the extreme heat crisis.
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Collaborative Action in Massachusetts to Counter Extreme Heat
Promising examples of progress are emerging from the Boston metropolitan area that show the power of partnership between researchers, government officials, practitioners, and community-based organizat...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Promising examples of progress are emerging from the Boston metropolitan area that show the power of partnership between researchers, government officials, practitioners, and community-based organizations to tackle the extreme heat crisis.
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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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putting together a lil tutorial on how to use the greatest invention in human history: the creative commons
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
putting together a lil tutorial on how to use the greatest invention in human history: the creative commons
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I participated in The Naked Scientists' podcast primer on nuclear weapons, talking about different types of nuclear weapons. As I am not a scientist, I was in fact fully clothed while doing this.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
80 years of nuclear weapons
A blast from the past, present, and future...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I participated in The Naked Scientists' podcast primer on nuclear weapons, talking about different types of nuclear weapons. As I am not a scientist, I was in fact fully clothed while doing this.
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...
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The good news: the vast majority of the 100,000s of datasets produced by the federal government are still alive, and have so far escaped mutilation or termination.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The good news: the vast majority of the 100,000s of datasets produced by the federal government are still alive, and have so far escaped mutilation or termination.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
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Just your regular reminder that misinformed and confusing rants can have real consequences.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just your regular reminder that misinformed and confusing rants can have real consequences.
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Virginia voters will make their choice for governor and attorney general on Tuesday, and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also on the ballot. Here’s what else to know. nyti.ms/492Gjls
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Virginia voters will make their choice for governor and attorney general on Tuesday, and all 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also on the ballot. Here’s what else to know. nyti.ms/492Gjls
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Only 5% of public health officials feel “very prepared” to handle the escalating impacts of extreme weather. And 61% are without a lifeline: their preparations for extreme weather rely on federal funds that are now in flux.
Learn more⤵️
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Learn more⤵️
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Protecting the Health of Americans in the Face of Extreme Weather - Federation of American Scientists
A new report, "Protecting the Health of Americans in the Face of Extreme Weather: A Roadmap for Coordinated Action" was developed to support leaders at this moment of evolving challenges, needs and op...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Only 5% of public health officials feel “very prepared” to handle the escalating impacts of extreme weather. And 61% are without a lifeline: their preparations for extreme weather rely on federal funds that are now in flux.
Learn more⤵️
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Learn more⤵️
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Nuclear Information Project Senior Research Associates + Nuclear Notebook co-authors @mknight.bsky.social and @elianajjohns.bsky.social break down the President's interesting post about a return to nuclear testing line by line.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nuclear Information Project Senior Research Associates + Nuclear Notebook co-authors @mknight.bsky.social and @elianajjohns.bsky.social break down the President's interesting post about a return to nuclear testing line by line.
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Though it’s premature to breathe a sigh of relief – the future of federal data remains in jeopardy – we thought Halloween was an opportune time to ask, which federal datasets have left this mortal realm?
Here's what we found.
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Here's what we found.
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In Remembrance of Dearly Departed Federal Datasets
All federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts, weakened by the loss of staff and expertise, contracts, and scientific advisory committees.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Though it’s premature to breathe a sigh of relief – the future of federal data remains in jeopardy – we thought Halloween was an opportune time to ask, which federal datasets have left this mortal realm?
Here's what we found.
fas.org/publication/...
Here's what we found.
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Tens of thousands of people have tried to escape the Sudanese city of El Fasher since paramilitary fighters seized the city in Darfur from Sudan’s military more than a week ago. But only some people have made it to the nearest aid zone after surviving a massacre inside the city.
After Fleeing a Massacre, Survivors Encountered Still More Gunfire and Abductions
Thousands of people who witnessed atrocities have tried to escape El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region since paramilitary fighters seized that city in late October.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tens of thousands of people have tried to escape the Sudanese city of El Fasher since paramilitary fighters seized the city in Darfur from Sudan’s military more than a week ago. But only some people have made it to the nearest aid zone after surviving a massacre inside the city.