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Recovering Lit Prof. Early Modern. Tragedies. Global Higher Ed, curriculum, online, & ISD consultant. Fighting for agnostic & secular education, arts, & humanities. Nerd. Bibliophile. Education matters.

FIGHT Anti-intellectualism. FIGHT Bullies.
We need to start using a different metric and set of descriptors than “Death of Democracy,” “fascism,” “authoritarianism,”or “Freedom.”

We need a Doomsday Clock thermometer/ countdown visual for the Boiling Frog of Freedom we are experiencing.
September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"OAR is, however, the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism. The preponderance of its climate-change research should be disbanded." - P. 676

"Ensure Appointees Agree with Administration Aims." - P. 677
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"...mission emphasis on prediction and management seems designed around the fatal conceit of planning for the unplannable." - P. 675
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
6 NOAA OFFICES:
-National Weather Service (NWS)
-National Ocean Service (NOS)
-Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR)
-National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS)
-National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
-Office of Marine & Aviation Operations & NOAA Corps

P. 664-5
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Perhaps you don't understand just how bad this is.

The FAA & airlines depend on accurate weather forecasting. Do you want pilots to fly (& LAND) NOT knowing the weather forecast?

During hurricane season, who do you think tracks storms & PUTS OUT ALERTS?

#ItWasInProject2025 - Pages 664-677
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
STOP THE FEDERAL RIF BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

This has gone on long enough!

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February 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This has to stop!

@resist.bot

Text SIGN PNBLKP to 50409 to send the letter to your elected officials!
February 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So when is the class action hostile work environment employee suit kick off call? Asking for 2.3 million friends.
February 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When I went to Chicago in high school I went to the Chicago Museum of Art and was transfixed by Francisco de Zurbarán’s “The Crucifixion.” I’m not a religious person but every time I go to Chicago I now stop in to go sit and experience that stunning painting.
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