Marcia Smith
@freecow.bsky.social
I love science, studying mindfulness and meditation, hiking, reading and watching movies & documentaries. I also love raibows, beautiful sunsets and unicorns 🦄
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Fun fact: If you were half as reckless, irresponsible and prejudiced in your words, deeds and actions as the President of the United States, you'd probably get fired from your job.
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Fun fact: If you were half as reckless, irresponsible and prejudiced in your words, deeds and actions as the President of the United States, you'd probably get fired from your job.
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Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner.
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump’s tariffs loom and even his supporters in Texas are nervous
Trump has vowed punishing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, which are Texas’ biggest international trading partners.
www.texastribune.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mexico is Texas' largest trading partner.
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
Trump's 25% tariffs aren't just going to raise prices - they're going to put Texans out of business.
Many Texas truck operators, warehousing companies, car dealers, and more won't survive this tax hike.
www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t...
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This 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 normal 👏🏼
Leavitt: "The president will be implementing tomorrow 25 percent tariffs on Mexico, 25 percent on Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on China."
January 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This 👏🏼 is 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 normal 👏🏼
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25% tariff on Mexico
25% tariff on Canada
10% tariff on China “for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced & allowed to distribute into our country that has killed tens of millions of Americans.”
Ok, Jan.
But he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who sold $183 million worth of hard drugs in 2 years.
25% tariff on Canada
10% tariff on China “for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced & allowed to distribute into our country that has killed tens of millions of Americans.”
Ok, Jan.
But he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who sold $183 million worth of hard drugs in 2 years.
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
25% tariff on Mexico
25% tariff on Canada
10% tariff on China “for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced & allowed to distribute into our country that has killed tens of millions of Americans.”
Ok, Jan.
But he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who sold $183 million worth of hard drugs in 2 years.
25% tariff on Canada
10% tariff on China “for the illegal fentanyl they have sourced & allowed to distribute into our country that has killed tens of millions of Americans.”
Ok, Jan.
But he pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who sold $183 million worth of hard drugs in 2 years.
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🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
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LOL -- from a source with knowledge, EPA employees received a follow-up email this morning regarding the absurd OPM deferred resignation offer. It assured them that the "Fork in the Road offer is valid, lawful, and will be honored by EPA."
That assurance came down from, uh, OPM.
That assurance came down from, uh, OPM.
January 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
LOL -- from a source with knowledge, EPA employees received a follow-up email this morning regarding the absurd OPM deferred resignation offer. It assured them that the "Fork in the Road offer is valid, lawful, and will be honored by EPA."
That assurance came down from, uh, OPM.
That assurance came down from, uh, OPM.
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@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
https://recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/JobBoard/07f12c2c-f20e-42f2-b442-dbab6fe420be[…]Detail?opportunityId=59e4cf60-ecc1-46e2-8763-e54db17643d7
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@science.org is looking for its next 6-month science writing intern! Details here: recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/...
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New observations suggest an asteroid, roughly 130 to 300 feet wide, has a slightly more than 1% chance to strike Earth in 2032. That's roughly the size of the Tunguska impactor -- it would be regionally devastating, like an A-bomb. But again, 1% chance.
Gird yourself for crazy coverage.
Gird yourself for crazy coverage.
NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid – Planetary Defense
blogs.nasa.gov
January 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
New observations suggest an asteroid, roughly 130 to 300 feet wide, has a slightly more than 1% chance to strike Earth in 2032. That's roughly the size of the Tunguska impactor -- it would be regionally devastating, like an A-bomb. But again, 1% chance.
Gird yourself for crazy coverage.
Gird yourself for crazy coverage.
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The USAID-led Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNet) is "currently unavailable." This is the preeminent global early warning tool for acute food insecurity and has traditionally had bipartisan support in Congress.
static.fews.net
static.fews.net
The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.
static.fews.net
January 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The USAID-led Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNet) is "currently unavailable." This is the preeminent global early warning tool for acute food insecurity and has traditionally had bipartisan support in Congress.
static.fews.net
static.fews.net
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One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
Earthquake warning system among projects threatened by NSF funding freeze
Small nonprofit that helps manage network could soon run out of money
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One impact of the NSF freeze: They fund the small nonprofit, EarthScope, that manages seismic and GPS stations used worldwide to detect and warn of earthquakes and navigate autonomous vehicles.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
EarthScope can maybe make payroll this week. A prolonged freeze could see stations fail.
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Last year, a paper in Science argued that there is a detectable ~2-hour-long period of slow slip before large earthquakes.
In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes!
But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise.
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In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes!
But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise.
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Join us for a debate via zoom: Are Large Earthquakes Preceded by Observable Slow Slip?
Tuesday, Feb 18, at 8:00 am PT (San Francisco) / 11:00 am ET (New York) / 4:00 pm GMT (London) / 5:00 pm CET (Paris)
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tuesday, Feb 18, at 8:00 am PT (San Francisco) / 11:00 am ET (New York) / 4:00 pm GMT (London) / 5:00 pm CET (Paris)
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Last year, a paper in Science argued that there is a detectable ~2-hour-long period of slow slip before large earthquakes.
In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes!
But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise.
1/
In short: we might be able to provide short-term warnings before large earthquakes!
But our analysis of the paper, published on our Substack, showed otherwise.
1/
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Until recently, NASA frequently touted its Here To Observe program, which brought undergrads from underrepresented groups up close to NASA science missions.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
DEI order grounds NASA program to link undergraduates with mission scientists
Program gave students from underrepresented groups a taste of space science
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Until recently, NASA frequently touted its Here To Observe program, which brought undergrads from underrepresented groups up close to NASA science missions.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
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Another extremely effective and impactful program preparing the next generation for scientific careers is undermined, to the detriment of the students and America’s future.
“All of the students who became involved with H2O last fall continued into the spring semester and remained STEM majors.”
“All of the students who became involved with H2O last fall continued into the spring semester and remained STEM majors.”
Until recently, NASA frequently touted its Here To Observe program, which brought undergrads from underrepresented groups up close to NASA science missions.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
Now the program is falling apart, with contracts ended prematurely and uncertainty if it will continue in any form.
DEI order grounds NASA program to link undergraduates with mission scientists
Program gave students from underrepresented groups a taste of space science
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Another extremely effective and impactful program preparing the next generation for scientific careers is undermined, to the detriment of the students and America’s future.
“All of the students who became involved with H2O last fall continued into the spring semester and remained STEM majors.”
“All of the students who became involved with H2O last fall continued into the spring semester and remained STEM majors.”
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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Recipients of CDC funding have started receiving some, uh, interesting letters. I’m told that some (health departments, university medical centers, etc) have asked for clarification or pushed back, since contracts may require 30 days or more for changes to be made. But, well, here we are.
January 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Recipients of CDC funding have started receiving some, uh, interesting letters. I’m told that some (health departments, university medical centers, etc) have asked for clarification or pushed back, since contracts may require 30 days or more for changes to be made. But, well, here we are.
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From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.
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💵 WATCH: “This is a farce. Corruption. A public school heist.”
@charlesuffelman.bsky.social handed out voucher scam dollars with @GovBillLee’s face on them to Tennessee legislators & lobbyists as they pushed through a private school voucher scam worth BILLIONS yesterday.
@charlesuffelman.bsky.social handed out voucher scam dollars with @GovBillLee’s face on them to Tennessee legislators & lobbyists as they pushed through a private school voucher scam worth BILLIONS yesterday.
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
💵 WATCH: “This is a farce. Corruption. A public school heist.”
@charlesuffelman.bsky.social handed out voucher scam dollars with @GovBillLee’s face on them to Tennessee legislators & lobbyists as they pushed through a private school voucher scam worth BILLIONS yesterday.
@charlesuffelman.bsky.social handed out voucher scam dollars with @GovBillLee’s face on them to Tennessee legislators & lobbyists as they pushed through a private school voucher scam worth BILLIONS yesterday.
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I had a great conversation during a panel hosted by the Nashville Alumnae Chapter, where we discussed key issues affecting the Black community. This event was about bridging generational gaps and strengthening community connections.
January 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I had a great conversation during a panel hosted by the Nashville Alumnae Chapter, where we discussed key issues affecting the Black community. This event was about bridging generational gaps and strengthening community connections.
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Chuck Todd makes it official and announces that he's leaving NBC News after nearly two decades at the network.
"We can’t tolerate propagandists. But it doesn’t mean sticking your head in the sand either; if you ignore reality, you’ll miss the biggest story."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"We can’t tolerate propagandists. But it doesn’t mean sticking your head in the sand either; if you ignore reality, you’ll miss the biggest story."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Chuck Todd officially announces departure from NBC News after 17 years
Todd's role at the network diminished significantly after he was replaced as Meet the Press host in 2023.
www.independent.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Chuck Todd makes it official and announces that he's leaving NBC News after nearly two decades at the network.
"We can’t tolerate propagandists. But it doesn’t mean sticking your head in the sand either; if you ignore reality, you’ll miss the biggest story."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"We can’t tolerate propagandists. But it doesn’t mean sticking your head in the sand either; if you ignore reality, you’ll miss the biggest story."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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This is advice every dem politician should take to heart.
Don’t sell against the competition.
Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better
It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you
Don’t sell against the competition.
Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better
It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you
I found that the best way to build a business is to build a relationship with your customers ask how they are doing, how are the kids , how did their dad’s surgery go, show interest in them and mean it because they know what they want
January 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is advice every dem politician should take to heart.
Don’t sell against the competition.
Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better
It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you
Don’t sell against the competition.
Sell what you are doing to reduce people’s stress and make their life better
It’s not about what’s wrong with the competition. It’s about what is right with you