Dan Cooley
@plant-doc.bsky.social
Plant pathologist,emeritus, at the UMass Stockbridge School of Agriculture, still working on sustainability issues. Ex-pat Vermonter, wife’s stable hand, sucker for good writing and music. And dogs.
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🚨BREAKING: Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have business before the tax agency he’d lead, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
If confirmed, Long would be able to do favors for the donors. www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
If confirmed, Long would be able to do favors for the donors. www.levernews.com/trump-irs-pi...
Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers
New documents show Billy Long’s $130,000 personal debt was suddenly paid off by donors at firms policed by the tax agency he’d lead.
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April 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Trump & Musk are betraying farmers by slashing funding that helps them increase efficiency & firing staff that helps them access resources.
I stand with Ryan and all the family farms in MA02 who work day and night to put food on the table for us.
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I stand with Ryan and all the family farms in MA02 who work day and night to put food on the table for us.
www.recorder.com/My-Turn-Voil...
My Turn: Slashing of farming, food support senseless
The following speech was delivered by Ryan Voiland at a farmers’ rally opposing cuts to USDA and other federal programs that are negatively impacting farms and agriculture in the region and around the...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trump & Musk are betraying farmers by slashing funding that helps them increase efficiency & firing staff that helps them access resources.
I stand with Ryan and all the family farms in MA02 who work day and night to put food on the table for us.
www.recorder.com/My-Turn-Voil...
I stand with Ryan and all the family farms in MA02 who work day and night to put food on the table for us.
www.recorder.com/My-Turn-Voil...
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if you think this is bad just wait until Trump tweets out the launch codes
March 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
if you think this is bad just wait until Trump tweets out the launch codes
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My life wouldn’t change 1 bit if Crypto/Bitcoin, etc just went away & no longer existed. I doubt most of yours would either. But the loss of services by NOAA, NWS, NIH, CDC, USDA, NPS, NFS, USFWS, etc have serious implications. That’s a hell of a priority difference right there.
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My life wouldn’t change 1 bit if Crypto/Bitcoin, etc just went away & no longer existed. I doubt most of yours would either. But the loss of services by NOAA, NWS, NIH, CDC, USDA, NPS, NFS, USFWS, etc have serious implications. That’s a hell of a priority difference right there.
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Mad River Glen is 3 miles away and probably easier for the Secret Service to secure. (You also have to be a good skier to handle it.) But they're free spirits there - the only skiing co-op in the country - and this is their sign today.
(photo @Kmoboston25O)
(photo @Kmoboston25O)
March 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mad River Glen is 3 miles away and probably easier for the Secret Service to secure. (You also have to be a good skier to handle it.) But they're free spirits there - the only skiing co-op in the country - and this is their sign today.
(photo @Kmoboston25O)
(photo @Kmoboston25O)
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I think Dems should not go to the Joint Session Congressional address next week. (Term of art for SOTUs given in first year of a term.) Just don't show up.
Convince me that I'm wrong.
Convince me that I'm wrong.
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I think Dems should not go to the Joint Session Congressional address next week. (Term of art for SOTUs given in first year of a term.) Just don't show up.
Convince me that I'm wrong.
Convince me that I'm wrong.
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
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Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
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February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
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Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
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SCOOP: Elon Musk's men at HUD are from an AI real estate firm and a mobile home operator. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator
Elon Musk's men at HUD come from the real estate sector. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
SCOOP: Elon Musk's men at HUD are from an AI real estate firm and a mobile home operator. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems. www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
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February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
February 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...