Daniel Robinson
@quietflosthedan.bsky.social
Global affairs watcher. Fundraiser. Go go lover. DC native
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The US National Climate Assessment is a national treasure. The authors are volunteers, & it was a career highlight for me to have been the Lead Author of the NCA6 Climate Mitigation Chapter. The career public servants who led my chapter & the overall NCA6 are heroes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The US National Climate Assessment is a national treasure. The authors are volunteers, & it was a career highlight for me to have been the Lead Author of the NCA6 Climate Mitigation Chapter. The career public servants who led my chapter & the overall NCA6 are heroes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
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NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
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this is potentially a super nasty feedback mechanism because much of our petroleum industry is probably nonviable in a serious global depression, such as the one caused by our petroleum industry ceasing to be viable
WTI down 15% in two days, worst stretch since COVID and now testing $60/bbl. This is significantly below new well breakevens which are themselves rising thanks to tariff-driven inflation (especially pipe). Layoffs coming in size for rig crews.
April 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
this is potentially a super nasty feedback mechanism because much of our petroleum industry is probably nonviable in a serious global depression, such as the one caused by our petroleum industry ceasing to be viable
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🚨Judge Xinis orders the Trump administration to bring back Kilmar Abrego, the Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador, the one place it was outright illegal for the United States to deport him to.
Now the question of compliance comes up. How will the admin respond? How will Bukele respond?
Now the question of compliance comes up. How will the admin respond? How will Bukele respond?
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — A federal judge orders the US to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.
April 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🚨Judge Xinis orders the Trump administration to bring back Kilmar Abrego, the Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador, the one place it was outright illegal for the United States to deport him to.
Now the question of compliance comes up. How will the admin respond? How will Bukele respond?
Now the question of compliance comes up. How will the admin respond? How will Bukele respond?
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JUST IN - 👇👇👇
SNAP is at risk.
Congress is considering cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which helps nearly 42 million Americans put food on the table. Critics argue it's too costly, with spending at $100 billion in 2024.
By Tracy Roof @urichmond.bsky.social
#foodinsecurity #Congress #SNAP
Congress is considering cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program which helps nearly 42 million Americans put food on the table. Critics argue it's too costly, with spending at $100 billion in 2024.
By Tracy Roof @urichmond.bsky.social
#foodinsecurity #Congress #SNAP
April 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
JUST IN - 👇👇👇
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Today's HHS layoffs include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues. #medsky #healthpolicysky apnews.com/article/heal...
Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies
Employees across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people.
apnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today's HHS layoffs include researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and senior leaders, leaving the government without many of the key experts who have long guided U.S. decisions on medical research, drug approvals and other issues. #medsky #healthpolicysky apnews.com/article/heal...
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niosh is the national institute for occupational safety and health. they do the research and make recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury/illness
We're now told that vast majority of NIOSH's employees are now expected to be cut by Secy Kennedy's reorganization plan
HHS letter to one union today lists several teams where "all employees" expected to be impacted, ranging from NPPTL to WTCHP
tinalexander.github.io/main/notes/a...
HHS letter to one union today lists several teams where "all employees" expected to be impacted, ranging from NPPTL to WTCHP
tinalexander.github.io/main/notes/a...
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
niosh is the national institute for occupational safety and health. they do the research and make recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury/illness
Thankfully for D.C., we only have that one Albert Pike statue, but I wonder if they'll try to fortify it more so people won't take it down again like in 2020. Blustering blowhard never should have got one tbh
March 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thankfully for D.C., we only have that one Albert Pike statue, but I wonder if they'll try to fortify it more so people won't take it down again like in 2020. Blustering blowhard never should have got one tbh
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Republicans snuck a brutal blow to D.C. into their continuing resolution, attempting to defund our vital services midyear without warning. It would have a profoundly devastating, paralyzing impact on so many areas of life, especially public safety and education. It's a total shock and a nightmare.
The Continuing Resolution would require the District to immediately cut $1 billion from a local budget that is already balanced — forcing deep cuts to police, firefighters, trash collection, homelessness services, and schools. It hurts everyone's goal of a safer and stronger DC.
It's shaping up to be a *very bad week* for D.C. The draft congressional spending bill to avert a federal shutdown would force D.C. to trim $945 million from its current fiscal year budget, which would spark immediate cuts to programs and staff. From @murray.senate.gov:
March 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Republicans snuck a brutal blow to D.C. into their continuing resolution, attempting to defund our vital services midyear without warning. It would have a profoundly devastating, paralyzing impact on so many areas of life, especially public safety and education. It's a total shock and a nightmare.
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the loudest protests right now need to come from US citizens who are less vulnerable to ICE and DHS
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
the loudest protests right now need to come from US citizens who are less vulnerable to ICE and DHS
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I don't think there's ever been a clearer, cleaner case for D.C. statehood--I mean, besides, y'know, "democracy"--than the fact that the city has been forced by Republicans who don't live there to erase over its Black Lives Matter plaza. And it has no representatives to fight back.
March 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't think there's ever been a clearer, cleaner case for D.C. statehood--I mean, besides, y'know, "democracy"--than the fact that the city has been forced by Republicans who don't live there to erase over its Black Lives Matter plaza. And it has no representatives to fight back.
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Hint: it’s not okay when they do it to Palestinian green card holders, it’s not okay when they do it to German tourists, it’s not okay when they do it to Mexican people regardless of citizenship, it is not okay. Ever.
March 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hint: it’s not okay when they do it to Palestinian green card holders, it’s not okay when they do it to German tourists, it’s not okay when they do it to Mexican people regardless of citizenship, it is not okay. Ever.
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There's been lots of debate on the left over the last 8 years about whether Trumpism qualifies as fascism or not, and I've never seen a semantic debate so handily settled
This is straight-up fascist dictatorship activity. Not fascist-adjacent or “reminiscent of authoritarian regimes” or whatever euphemistic bullshit — fascism.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There's been lots of debate on the left over the last 8 years about whether Trumpism qualifies as fascism or not, and I've never seen a semantic debate so handily settled
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How many Democrats are going to stand up to this? What principles are left to sell out?
March 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
How many Democrats are going to stand up to this? What principles are left to sell out?
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There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
March 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There is a real, genuine 1st Amendment crisis in the United States right now.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
The government is openly retaliating against anyone with a viewpoint it doesn't like: Pro-Palestinian protesters, law schools teaching Black History, pro-immigration public service loan forgiveness seekers.
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Fifty-five years ago today, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons—which opened for signature on July 1, 1968—entered into force. Only four states have never been a party to it: India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan. North Korea acceded in 1985 and withdrew in 2003.
March 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fifty-five years ago today, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons—which opened for signature on July 1, 1968—entered into force. Only four states have never been a party to it: India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan. North Korea acceded in 1985 and withdrew in 2003.
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There is a whole other dimension to this, and I'll have that story for you tomorrow.
March 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There is a whole other dimension to this, and I'll have that story for you tomorrow.
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
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Folks nobody who is in full compliance with IAEA safeguards is going to be capable of building a nuclear weapon on a timeframe less than 18 or so months, and that assumes going full overt breakout the instant you have enough raw and isolated (eg not spent normal fuel rods) special rocks on hand
March 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Folks nobody who is in full compliance with IAEA safeguards is going to be capable of building a nuclear weapon on a timeframe less than 18 or so months, and that assumes going full overt breakout the instant you have enough raw and isolated (eg not spent normal fuel rods) special rocks on hand