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@elleanope.bsky.social
Sporadic social media user, professional aunty, and full time chaos goblin. Sometimes a scientist.
Using this space as my personal archive for 2025.
Using this space as my personal archive for 2025.
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"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
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That there is a decision tree to eliminate DEIA terms from NSF documents is WILDDDDDD.
February 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
That there is a decision tree to eliminate DEIA terms from NSF documents is WILDDDDDD.
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If we lose NOAA we lose much of our ability to track and predict severe weather phenomena in enough time to organize evacuations and make plans to shelter in place.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
NEW: Sources tell WIRED that NOAA* employees were ordered to give a Musk engineer (Nikhil Rajpal) editor access to all NOAA's Google sites by EOD.
*monitors oceans/atmosphere & forecasts long-term effects of climate change.
By @timmarchman.bsky.social & @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
*monitors oceans/atmosphere & forecasts long-term effects of climate change.
By @timmarchman.bsky.social & @hudsongiles.bsky.social:
This DOGE Engineer Has Access to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sources tell WIRED that NOAA employees were ordered to give an engineer from Elon Musk's DOGE task force access to all NOAA Google sites by the end of business Wednesday.
www.wired.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If we lose NOAA we lose much of our ability to track and predict severe weather phenomena in enough time to organize evacuations and make plans to shelter in place.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
Entire communities will be left vulnerable to increasingly devastating storms and people WILL die.
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“The US was considered a world leader in public health. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being shattered & broken. If anything is forbidden now, it is that medical & science journals, whose duty is to stand for integrity and equity, should bow to political or ideological censorship.”
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“The US was considered a world leader in public health. With one repressive stroke that reputation risks being shattered & broken. If anything is forbidden now, it is that medical & science journals, whose duty is to stand for integrity and equity, should bow to political or ideological censorship.”
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‘Endorsement of ethnic cleansing’
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
‘Endorsement of ethnic cleansing’
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
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Louisiana Senator John Kennedy on unelected billionaire Elon Musk trampling the 🇺🇸 government: “To my friends who are upset, call somebody who cares. You better get used to this. It’s USAID today, it’s going to be the Department of Education tomorrow.”
🔁 @thetnholler.bsky.social
🔁 @thetnholler.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy on unelected billionaire Elon Musk trampling the 🇺🇸 government: “To my friends who are upset, call somebody who cares. You better get used to this. It’s USAID today, it’s going to be the Department of Education tomorrow.”
🔁 @thetnholler.bsky.social
🔁 @thetnholler.bsky.social
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The NSF Advance program page right now. You’ll be hard pressed to find a woman scientist in the United States who hasn’t somehow been touched by the Advance program. It has been the backbone of increasing women in American STEM. 🧪
February 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The NSF Advance program page right now. You’ll be hard pressed to find a woman scientist in the United States who hasn’t somehow been touched by the Advance program. It has been the backbone of increasing women in American STEM. 🧪
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It has been 1000 days since Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on May 11, 2022.
Despite efforts for justice, no one has been held accountable aje.io/56v4aj
Despite efforts for justice, no one has been held accountable aje.io/56v4aj
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It has been 1000 days since Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on May 11, 2022.
Despite efforts for justice, no one has been held accountable aje.io/56v4aj
Despite efforts for justice, no one has been held accountable aje.io/56v4aj
For the people and agencies who’ve decided to follow illegal and unconstitutional orders, imma need yall to either see yourselves out or wake up. You either support fascism or you don’t. And right now you’re in the 1st category. Don’t be a bootlicker.
February 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
For the people and agencies who’ve decided to follow illegal and unconstitutional orders, imma need yall to either see yourselves out or wake up. You either support fascism or you don’t. And right now you’re in the 1st category. Don’t be a bootlicker.
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The revolution will be reply-alled
An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
February 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The revolution will be reply-alled
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More Info at: californiasalmon.org/employment
#SaveCaliforniaSalmon #WaterProtector #EnvironmentalJustice #SCSFellowship
February 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Apply Now! Up to $2,000 for youth-led projects focused on water protection, TEK, and environmental justice!
Submit Proposals to: info@californiasalmon.org
Due: February 17th
More Info at: californiasalmon.org/employment
#SaveCaliforniaSalmon #WaterProtector #EnvironmentalJustice #SCSFellowship
Submit Proposals to: info@californiasalmon.org
Due: February 17th
More Info at: californiasalmon.org/employment
#SaveCaliforniaSalmon #WaterProtector #EnvironmentalJustice #SCSFellowship
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*this is illegal*
FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
*this is illegal*
FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
FYI 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
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President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
January 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question —nothing.
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Fight back against Trump's dangerous policies:
Find your reps here: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Contact Governor Newsom here:
gov.ca.gov/contact/
(916) 445-2841
Subscribe to SCS News and alerts at: tinyurl.com/subscribe-scs
Together, we can protect California’s water,
salmon, and communities!
Find your reps here: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Contact Governor Newsom here:
gov.ca.gov/contact/
(916) 445-2841
Subscribe to SCS News and alerts at: tinyurl.com/subscribe-scs
Together, we can protect California’s water,
salmon, and communities!
January 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Fight back against Trump's dangerous policies:
Find your reps here: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Contact Governor Newsom here:
gov.ca.gov/contact/
(916) 445-2841
Subscribe to SCS News and alerts at: tinyurl.com/subscribe-scs
Together, we can protect California’s water,
salmon, and communities!
Find your reps here: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
Contact Governor Newsom here:
gov.ca.gov/contact/
(916) 445-2841
Subscribe to SCS News and alerts at: tinyurl.com/subscribe-scs
Together, we can protect California’s water,
salmon, and communities!
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Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.
January 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Apparently all the PhD researchers holding prestigious NSF-funded research fellowships are having their salaries withheld until some unspecified time when the leadership figures out how to eliminate any grant funding that doesn’t align with the president’s political ideology.
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Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has just sent a memo directing staff to eliminate any rule, document, or policy from the past 4 years that "relate in any way" to climate change & greenhouse gas.
Transportation is the biggest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the US.
Transportation is the biggest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the US.
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has just sent a memo directing staff to eliminate any rule, document, or policy from the past 4 years that "relate in any way" to climate change & greenhouse gas.
Transportation is the biggest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the US.
Transportation is the biggest greenhouse gas emitting sector in the US.
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The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
January 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
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Our government last invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to justify the racist internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
We refuse to repeat history.
We refuse to repeat history.
Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants
The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.
theintercept.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Our government last invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to justify the racist internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
We refuse to repeat history.
We refuse to repeat history.
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Risky land conversion i.e. exploiting the land for profit and climate change will literally be the death of us.
January 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Risky land conversion i.e. exploiting the land for profit and climate change will literally be the death of us.
Im seeing a lot of posts about people prepping to live abroad at moments notice and noise canceling headphones. I wish I could tune out and outrun fascism but I don’t think that’s how that works lol
January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Im seeing a lot of posts about people prepping to live abroad at moments notice and noise canceling headphones. I wish I could tune out and outrun fascism but I don’t think that’s how that works lol
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Israel ban of UNRWA is as illegal as their occupation. They have no right to decide what agencies operate in Gaza. This is genocide. #israel #gaza #palestine #UNRWA #genocide #humanrights #aid news.un.org/en/story/202...
Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA already taking effect
Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Terr...
news.un.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Israel ban of UNRWA is as illegal as their occupation. They have no right to decide what agencies operate in Gaza. This is genocide. #israel #gaza #palestine #UNRWA #genocide #humanrights #aid news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Apparently, DEI is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. Also if you didn’t know, it is a deity and can make anything happen in the entire world and universe.
www.vox.com/politics/240...
www.vox.com/politics/240...
No, DEI isn’t making airplanes fall apart
Republicans have launched an ill-informed campaign to blame diversity policies for aircraft safety issues.
www.vox.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Apparently, DEI is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. Also if you didn’t know, it is a deity and can make anything happen in the entire world and universe.
www.vox.com/politics/240...
www.vox.com/politics/240...