Bill Thompson
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Mountain person, does basic woodworking and molecular genetics. And bakes bread.
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Please let that be on purpose.
Canada giving Marco Rubio the tiniest red carpet they could find in a thrift shop somewhere.
March 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
The universities are next
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The universities are next
Friends,
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March 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The universities are next
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U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos | Science | AAAS
Destructive
Destructive
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
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March 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos | Science | AAAS
Destructive
Destructive
A New Arm of the Kremlin
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A New Arm of the Kremlin
As Trump’s gaslighting goes global
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March 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A New Arm of the Kremlin
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March 2, 2025
Anyone with any remaining doubts, please read this and tell me what it smells like.
Anyone with any remaining doubts, please read this and tell me what it smells like.
March 2, 2025
On February 28, the same day that President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
March 2, 2025
Anyone with any remaining doubts, please read this and tell me what it smells like.
Anyone with any remaining doubts, please read this and tell me what it smells like.
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🚨 this is a huge problem 🚨
More proof that this isn’t about individual choice -they are actively hindering the availability of safe and effective vaccines.
#immunosky #medsky 🧪
More proof that this isn’t about individual choice -they are actively hindering the availability of safe and effective vaccines.
#immunosky #medsky 🧪
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨 this is a huge problem 🚨
More proof that this isn’t about individual choice -they are actively hindering the availability of safe and effective vaccines.
#immunosky #medsky 🧪
More proof that this isn’t about individual choice -they are actively hindering the availability of safe and effective vaccines.
#immunosky #medsky 🧪
NIH to partially lift freeze on grant reviews, but obstacles remain
According to NPR, the frozen reviews have delayed 16,000 grant proposals competing for $1.5 billion."
According to NPR, the frozen reviews have delayed 16,000 grant proposals competing for $1.5 billion."
NIH to partially lift freeze on grant reviews, but obstacles remain
Pause on posting notices had led to scores of canceled meetings
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NIH to partially lift freeze on grant reviews, but obstacles remain
According to NPR, the frozen reviews have delayed 16,000 grant proposals competing for $1.5 billion."
According to NPR, the frozen reviews have delayed 16,000 grant proposals competing for $1.5 billion."
A child is dead from measles.
...and my guess is, at least partly from misinformation.
...and my guess is, at least partly from misinformation.
A child is dead from measles.
5 things on my mind and answers to your questions
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February 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A child is dead from measles.
...and my guess is, at least partly from misinformation.
...and my guess is, at least partly from misinformation.
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
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February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
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Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is worse
February 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is worse
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🌺 Stand Up for Science: Fri March 7, 2025 Washington DC
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Join the protests against new Administration policies !!
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Join the protests against new Administration policies !!
2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country
On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place
All details below & bravo!
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
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February 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🌺 Stand Up for Science: Fri March 7, 2025 Washington DC
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Join the protests against new Administration policies !!
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Join the protests against new Administration policies !!
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama.
Worth reading…
Worth reading…
February 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama.
Worth reading…
Worth reading…
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
If it's behind a pay wall, just take my word for it - it's truly horrific, both for the individuals and for US science.
If it's behind a pay wall, just take my word for it - it's truly horrific, both for the individuals and for US science.
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
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February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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If it's behind a pay wall, just take my word for it - it's truly horrific, both for the individuals and for US science.
If it's behind a pay wall, just take my word for it - it's truly horrific, both for the individuals and for US science.
Farm fertilizer could suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Well, maybe. Fingers crossed.
Well, maybe. Fingers crossed.
Farm fertilizer could suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
New material that could be spread on fields locks up CO2 in minerals
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February 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Well, maybe. Fingers crossed.
Well, maybe. Fingers crossed.
The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
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The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
Friends,
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February 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The conservative media is going bonkers trying to normalize Trump
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U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu
The decision brings U.S. poultry farmers a step closer to immunizing their flocks
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February 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Opinion | I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Trump disrupting US bird flu response as outbreak worsens
February 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump disrupting US bird flu response as outbreak worsens
February 7, 2025
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February 7, 2025
Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman...
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February 7, 2025
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It's the culmination of a 50 year effort, and it's happening fast.
It's the culmination of a 50 year effort, and it's happening fast.
Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes? (Gift Article)
There can be no appeasement. None.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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It's the culmination of a 50 year effort, and it's happening fast.
It's the culmination of a 50 year effort, and it's happening fast.
Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent. @mrmattsimon.bsky.social reports for @gristnews.bsky.social:
Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.
Rice plants are a big source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
February 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations