Lauren Gasior
@laurengasior.dftba.social
geology grad student | rocks, climate, and astrobiology | utah | 💚 🌎🌋🪐
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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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I love LOVE this because it shows hope. It shows that solutions work.
🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
🧵👇
🔗 airqualitystripes.info
📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8...
🧵👇
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I love LOVE this because it shows hope. It shows that solutions work.
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The EPA move follows news the administration wants to scrap the satellites that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
September 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The EPA move follows news the administration wants to scrap the satellites that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
If you can't measure it and don't know where it's coming from, it becomes very difficult to reduce or eliminate it (or hold anybody accountable for damages).
Gift link.
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The heart and brain of EPA - its research office - has been dismantled. Policy now outranks evidence. Hundreds of scientists silenced while industry lobbyists cheer.
And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.
Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1
zurl.co/32CuE
And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.
Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1
zurl.co/32CuE
Win for chemical industry as EPA shutters scientific research office
Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on Office of Research and Development assessments.
arstechnica.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The heart and brain of EPA - its research office - has been dismantled. Policy now outranks evidence. Hundreds of scientists silenced while industry lobbyists cheer.
And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.
Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1
zurl.co/32CuE
And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.
Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1
zurl.co/32CuE
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In a democracy, government employees can voice respectful dissent to their leadership. But today, EPA leadership retaliated against its own employees for expressing disagreement w/ the admin’s actions & policy directions. Punishing gov't employees for this expression is an alarming development. 🧵
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In a democracy, government employees can voice respectful dissent to their leadership. But today, EPA leadership retaliated against its own employees for expressing disagreement w/ the admin’s actions & policy directions. Punishing gov't employees for this expression is an alarming development. 🧵
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🔥🔥>400 brave EPA signatories & 3,500+ Supporters have voiced support for preserving the EPA’s mission to protect health and the environment.
We need everyone in this fight. Take action:
Read the EPA Declaration of Dissent here ➡️zurl.co/l3zMU
Sign your support here ➡️zurl.co/Ygcq7
We need everyone in this fight. Take action:
Read the EPA Declaration of Dissent here ➡️zurl.co/l3zMU
Sign your support here ➡️zurl.co/Ygcq7
Support EPA Staff Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their
Administrator Lee Zeldin.
zurl.co
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🔥🔥>400 brave EPA signatories & 3,500+ Supporters have voiced support for preserving the EPA’s mission to protect health and the environment.
We need everyone in this fight. Take action:
Read the EPA Declaration of Dissent here ➡️zurl.co/l3zMU
Sign your support here ➡️zurl.co/Ygcq7
We need everyone in this fight. Take action:
Read the EPA Declaration of Dissent here ➡️zurl.co/l3zMU
Sign your support here ➡️zurl.co/Ygcq7
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Since Cassidy is saying this publicly, public health advocates can ramp up the pressure. I will call my PA senators & tell them they should support Cassidy in saying the panel must be fully staffed by people with direct relevant expertise in vaccines, epidemiology and immunology “as required by law”
“Cassidy’s comments — including that the panel’s upcoming meeting be canceled until it is “fully staffed with more robust and balanced representation” — represent the harshest condemnation of Kennedy’s actions by the senator, who ultimately cast the key vote that secured Kennedy’s confirmation.”
Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC's vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr.
A key GOP senator is calling for the CDC's vaccine meeting to be postponed after RFK Jr. shook up the panel.
www.statnews.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Since Cassidy is saying this publicly, public health advocates can ramp up the pressure. I will call my PA senators & tell them they should support Cassidy in saying the panel must be fully staffed by people with direct relevant expertise in vaccines, epidemiology and immunology “as required by law”
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Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated.
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
June 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated.
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars.
I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)
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Upset abt RFK Jr. firing the Vaccine Advisory panel? Here’s what you can do.
Public comment for the June 25-27 ACIP meeting opened today & closes 6/20. Let’s flood the public comments. Find talking points & sample comment below. @standupforscience.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
Public comment for the June 25-27 ACIP meeting opened today & closes 6/20. Let’s flood the public comments. Find talking points & sample comment below. @standupforscience.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
Tell the CDC: We Need Broad Access to Vaccines and Science-Based Expert Advisory Committees
Public comment to CDC ACIP vaccine committee opens today, 6/9, and closes 6/20 at 11:59pm EDT
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Upset abt RFK Jr. firing the Vaccine Advisory panel? Here’s what you can do.
Public comment for the June 25-27 ACIP meeting opened today & closes 6/20. Let’s flood the public comments. Find talking points & sample comment below. @standupforscience.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
Public comment for the June 25-27 ACIP meeting opened today & closes 6/20. Let’s flood the public comments. Find talking points & sample comment below. @standupforscience.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/precauti...
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The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget
https://go.nature.com/4kWVNdu
https://go.nature.com/4kWVNdu
Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big?
Nature - Major US science funder could lose more than half its budget — and researchers are reeling.
go.nature.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget
https://go.nature.com/4kWVNdu
https://go.nature.com/4kWVNdu
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The FDA’s Vinay Prasad, formerly of @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social thinks this is a good thing.
June 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The FDA’s Vinay Prasad, formerly of @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social thinks this is a good thing.
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Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
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BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
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Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
May 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
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200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live
wclivestream.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
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We're suing the Trump administration over its politically-motivated termination of research grants that has already harmed scientists and our communities.
Political ideology shouldn't dictate public health.
Political ideology shouldn't dictate public health.
‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts | ACLU
www.aclu.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We're suing the Trump administration over its politically-motivated termination of research grants that has already harmed scientists and our communities.
Political ideology shouldn't dictate public health.
Political ideology shouldn't dictate public health.
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🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
actionnetwork.org
May 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham.
It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda.
We’ve launched an open letter.
SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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As of yesterday using publicly available data via Grant Watch grant-watch.us/nih-data.html:
05/24/2025 word cloud depicting 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
05/24/2025 word cloud depicting 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As of yesterday using publicly available data via Grant Watch grant-watch.us/nih-data.html:
05/24/2025 word cloud depicting 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
05/24/2025 word cloud depicting 165 unique words or phrases, flagged 10904 times, within 2118 terminated NIH grants.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@altnih4science.bsky.social
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International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation.
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation.
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
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Universities are on the front lines of a coordinated political attack—especially in red states, where Trump’s agenda aligns with aggressive state-level efforts to reshape higher education.
This isn’t a partisan issue.
We need everyone in this fight.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn’t a partisan issue.
We need everyone in this fight.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘From all sides’: universities in red states face attacks from DC and at home
As universities begin to push back on Trump’s policies, those in Republican-led states face multiple threats
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Universities are on the front lines of a coordinated political attack—especially in red states, where Trump’s agenda aligns with aggressive state-level efforts to reshape higher education.
This isn’t a partisan issue.
We need everyone in this fight.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This isn’t a partisan issue.
We need everyone in this fight.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“At least three dozen Republicans have asked their colleagues to keep at least some tax credits to protect jobs in their districts and reduce electricity prices. But a nearly equal number of conservative House members are pushing publicly to kill the climate law altogether.”
A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“At least three dozen Republicans have asked their colleagues to keep at least some tax credits to protect jobs in their districts and reduce electricity prices. But a nearly equal number of conservative House members are pushing publicly to kill the climate law altogether.”
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“The political environment in Russia made it hard to do science because everything was unpredictable. […] That type of uncertainty is incompatible with science, which requires the ability to plan what type of experiments and research you will do a year into the future.”
Beautiful piece of science writing from an immigrant scientist who moved to the US to escape persecution as a dissident in Russia, only to end up in ICE detention. Gorgeous images too!
🎁🔗 #AbolishICE
🎁🔗 #AbolishICE
Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“The political environment in Russia made it hard to do science because everything was unpredictable. […] That type of uncertainty is incompatible with science, which requires the ability to plan what type of experiments and research you will do a year into the future.”
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For the first time in nearly 30 years, the EPA under Trump failed to release the U.S.’s annual greenhouse gas emissions report.
So a nonprofit did it instead.
Facts don’t disappear just because the government refuses to print them.
Read their findings below ⬇️
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
So a nonprofit did it instead.
Facts don’t disappear just because the government refuses to print them.
Read their findings below ⬇️
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
The EPA didn't release its annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions report, but we got the data. Here's what we found
The Environmental Defense Fund published the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks after filing a Freedom of Information Act request last month.
www.cbsnews.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the EPA under Trump failed to release the U.S.’s annual greenhouse gas emissions report.
So a nonprofit did it instead.
Facts don’t disappear just because the government refuses to print them.
Read their findings below ⬇️
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
So a nonprofit did it instead.
Facts don’t disappear just because the government refuses to print them.
Read their findings below ⬇️
www.cbsnews.com/news/greenho...
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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Someone explain to me why it's illegal to give an old lady a bottle of water as she's waiting on line for hours in the sun to vote, but it's totally cool for an ultra-billionaire to bribe voters with million dollar checks in Wisconsin.
March 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Someone explain to me why it's illegal to give an old lady a bottle of water as she's waiting on line for hours in the sun to vote, but it's totally cool for an ultra-billionaire to bribe voters with million dollar checks in Wisconsin.