1. (of 10) @aaas.org @acs.org @agu.org @apsphysics.bsky.social @spectrum.ieee.org @ucs.org @science.org @cenmag.bsky.social We need coordinated leadership to confront the wanton destruction of the US scientific enterprise.

I hadn’t even considered the potential havoc that misuse of genAI for producing fake data might cause.

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This is Google maps now

Reducing NSF staff by up to 50% would be devastating for US leadership in science and engineering

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What I'm getting from this stream of nonsense is that Musk will probably use his control over the FAA to award Starlink a fat contract.

I can’t stomach it, but a friend who can tells me that Fox News isn’t reporting at all on Musk and DOGE accessing and reprogramming secure government servers.

NIH student training grants designed to increase participation and diversity have been disappeared. Lost opportunities for young talent and the country.

This administration is fast tracking the destruction of U.S. Science leadership
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Scoop: The Trump admin has quietly issued stop work orders on projects funded under contracts with the Energy Department that reference community benefit plans, an attempt to target a crucial part of Biden’s environmental justice legacy

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Whatever Trump may claim, renewable electricity does not make electricity systems unreliable. @nathanielbullard.com with the receipts.

SAIDI = system average interuption duration index, a measure of the average cumulative electricity service outage per customer (aka how much time the power is out)

Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

From a colleague on the grants freeze: “intentional or not, this was a test of the reaction, to sharpen knives for the next round. The resignation “offer” to federal workers may accomplish similar goals - cancel DEI programs, make science "non-woke", and politicize basic science agencies”
#buckleup

We need more moral leadership like this cep.org/blog/standin...

Hoping to see a robust congressional pushback
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The EO banning DEIA activities from inside the government and under any grant, contract, or other award from federal agencies. The belligerent and accusatory tone is vile, and the whole premise of illegality demonstrates ignorance about what DEIA programs do.

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Lots of groups doing the important work of preserving Federal resources on climate and equity. Here's the @ucsusa.bsky.social page preserving many of the important documents and resources on environmental justice and science. www.ucsusa.org/resources/sc...

Programmable catalysis has the potential to radically expand the realm of possibilities in chemical synthesis.

Attention to environmental scientists, 🧪 STOTEN, JHM, chemosphere index are on hold with clarivarate, due to editorial team misconduct www.5gh.net.cn/WuGH/2024/20...

I think we’d all be better off if the news media would stop reporting on Trump’s social media posts as if they were actual newsworthy policy statements. They’re primarily troll bombs, possibly even composed on the toilet.