NJ yoder
@naomiyoder.bsky.social
please check out the report about the loss of EPA grants this year. compilation and analysis by esteemed colleagues @christophercane.bsky.social , @ericnost.bsky.social and @manuelsalgado.bsky.social; moral support by yours truly. thanks to all who made this analysis happen!
In a new report, EDGI shows the costs of terminating EPA’s environmental justice grants. Economically, cutting these grants removes over $6 billion in benefits, including 65,000 jobs.
Read to learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...
Read to learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...
The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
The Cost of Cuts to EPA’s Environmental Justice Grants highlights the benefits of environmental justice grants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
envirodatagov.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
please check out the report about the loss of EPA grants this year. compilation and analysis by esteemed colleagues @christophercane.bsky.social , @ericnost.bsky.social and @manuelsalgado.bsky.social; moral support by yours truly. thanks to all who made this analysis happen!
@altnoaa.bsky.social wondering if you’d be up for a little collab? Not sure how you message on here but lmk if you’re open to it
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
@altnoaa.bsky.social wondering if you’d be up for a little collab? Not sure how you message on here but lmk if you’re open to it
Data nerds against facism! ✊✊✊
For the data nerds out there, here's a chart of the largest coordinated protests in U.S. history from my 2018 book HOW TO READ A PROTEST
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Data nerds against facism! ✊✊✊
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For the data nerds out there, here's a chart of the largest coordinated protests in U.S. history from my 2018 book HOW TO READ A PROTEST
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
April 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
For the data nerds out there, here's a chart of the largest coordinated protests in U.S. history from my 2018 book HOW TO READ A PROTEST
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
Today's "Hands Off" protests, in 1000+ locations around the country, rank as one of the very largest decentralized days of protests EVER.
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“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
JFC they want to close Mauna Loa observatory??? 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
New list of (34) NOAA lease terminations and dates. While these would all be enormous losses, please note the inclusion of:
Mauna Loa Observatory in Hilo with PTD of 8/31/2025 🧪
[Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02)]
Mauna Loa Observatory in Hilo with PTD of 8/31/2025 🧪
[Rep. Jill Tokuda (HI-02)]
Committee Leaders Huffman, Lofgren, Dexter, and Amo Demand Information on NOAA Lease Terminations | The House Committee on Natural Resources
House Committee on Natural Resources - Democrats
democrats-naturalresources.house.gov
March 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
JFC they want to close Mauna Loa observatory??? 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
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Grimly fascinating read. Sadists R Us leading the US federal govt.
“The 5 bullets email was the administration’s declaration of psychological warfare: Petty on its face and lacking sufficient instructions, its one and only purpose was to scare the shit out of workers already living in peril.”
Move fast and break people
For Elon Musk's government, the psychological warfare is the point.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Grimly fascinating read. Sadists R Us leading the US federal govt.
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“Efforts by Trump officials to control the publication have stalled the release of three studies about bird flu for weeks, as the virus continues spreading through wild birds, poultry farms and cows around the country.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
Trump officials exerting unprecedented control over CDC scientific journal
"The MMWR has lost its autonomy," one health official told CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“Efforts by Trump officials to control the publication have stalled the release of three studies about bird flu for weeks, as the virus continues spreading through wild birds, poultry farms and cows around the country.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
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NEWS --> Dems fear a Defense Department IG review of Elon Musk's flouting of security protocol as a big recipient of Pentagon contracts is now dead under Trump. DOD launched the probe in 2024, but then Trump fired DOD's IG, so what happened to that probe?
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEWS --> Dems fear a Defense Department IG review of Elon Musk's flouting of security protocol as a big recipient of Pentagon contracts is now dead under Trump. DOD launched the probe in 2024, but then Trump fired DOD's IG, so what happened to that probe?
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
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Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
February 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
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As Trump points to fentanyl to justify huge tariffs on allies, former ICE official tells me his demand for high deportation quotas will redirect resources away from targeting fentanyl and toward apprehending migrants who aren't serious criminals:
newrepublic.com/article/1907...
newrepublic.com/article/1907...
February 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As Trump points to fentanyl to justify huge tariffs on allies, former ICE official tells me his demand for high deportation quotas will redirect resources away from targeting fentanyl and toward apprehending migrants who aren't serious criminals:
newrepublic.com/article/1907...
newrepublic.com/article/1907...
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Here's what current Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to say about USAID in the past.
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here's what current Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to say about USAID in the past.
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Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day abcnews.go.com/US/federal-e...
Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day
Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day abcnews.go.com/US/federal-e...
Resistance artwork by @lightbulbnerd.bsky.social . Saving data one bit at a time 🛟
February 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Resistance artwork by @lightbulbnerd.bsky.social . Saving data one bit at a time 🛟
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Since I was laid off from Vox a few weeks ago, I no longer cover public health for that outlet -- but I sure do stay in touch with my many sources at the CDC and in public health more broadly
The overwhelming msg they're getting this week is that this admin simply has no idea how anything works
The overwhelming msg they're getting this week is that this admin simply has no idea how anything works
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Since I was laid off from Vox a few weeks ago, I no longer cover public health for that outlet -- but I sure do stay in touch with my many sources at the CDC and in public health more broadly
The overwhelming msg they're getting this week is that this admin simply has no idea how anything works
The overwhelming msg they're getting this week is that this admin simply has no idea how anything works
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LNG isn’t just warming our planet—it’s devastating communities. In a new episode of Healthy Climate America, Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni joins host @lisapatel.bsky.social to unpack LNG’s inequitable impacts, dispel industry myths, and share advocacy strategies.
🎧 bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
🎧 bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
January 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
LNG isn’t just warming our planet—it’s devastating communities. In a new episode of Healthy Climate America, Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni joins host @lisapatel.bsky.social to unpack LNG’s inequitable impacts, dispel industry myths, and share advocacy strategies.
🎧 bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica
🎧 bit.ly/HealthyClimateAmerica