Federation of American Scientists
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science policy | nuclear weapons | clean energy | STEM education | artificial intelligence | data privacy | much much more
We were asked to name and describe one state or local policy that should be tried across the country.
Our Director of State and Local Initiatives Kate Burns answered: get rid of minimum parking requirements for new construction.
Our Director of State and Local Initiatives Kate Burns answered: get rid of minimum parking requirements for new construction.
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We were asked to name and describe one state or local policy that should be tried across the country.
Our Director of State and Local Initiatives Kate Burns answered: get rid of minimum parking requirements for new construction.
Our Director of State and Local Initiatives Kate Burns answered: get rid of minimum parking requirements for new construction.
Thanks to Leah Walker, Glenn Parham, Jacob Heim, Michael Horowitz, Helen Toner, Isaac Harris, and Hamza Chaudhry for sharing their expertise.
And shoutout to our dream team: @yblim.bsky.social, @jonatomic.bsky.social, @technolliegist.bsky.social t.bsky.social & Gil Ruiz for making it all happen. 🙌
And shoutout to our dream team: @yblim.bsky.social, @jonatomic.bsky.social, @technolliegist.bsky.social t.bsky.social & Gil Ruiz for making it all happen. 🙌
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thanks to Leah Walker, Glenn Parham, Jacob Heim, Michael Horowitz, Helen Toner, Isaac Harris, and Hamza Chaudhry for sharing their expertise.
And shoutout to our dream team: @yblim.bsky.social, @jonatomic.bsky.social, @technolliegist.bsky.social t.bsky.social & Gil Ruiz for making it all happen. 🙌
And shoutout to our dream team: @yblim.bsky.social, @jonatomic.bsky.social, @technolliegist.bsky.social t.bsky.social & Gil Ruiz for making it all happen. 🙌
Another one in the books with @futureoflife.org for our series on AI and its convergence with global risks.
Sen. Mark Kelly, @morelle.house.gov, and Kathy Hicks kicked off our AI x Military Integration event, setting the stage for a day of dynamic and edifying conversations.
Sen. Mark Kelly, @morelle.house.gov, and Kathy Hicks kicked off our AI x Military Integration event, setting the stage for a day of dynamic and edifying conversations.
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Another one in the books with @futureoflife.org for our series on AI and its convergence with global risks.
Sen. Mark Kelly, @morelle.house.gov, and Kathy Hicks kicked off our AI x Military Integration event, setting the stage for a day of dynamic and edifying conversations.
Sen. Mark Kelly, @morelle.house.gov, and Kathy Hicks kicked off our AI x Military Integration event, setting the stage for a day of dynamic and edifying conversations.
"The fixes are as apparent as the problems are abhorrent: any organ contractor who has abused the public trust, either through harming patients and misleading families, or misusing its tax status and taxpayer dollars must be immediately replaced, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The fixes are as apparent as the problems are abhorrent: any organ contractor who has abused the public trust, either through harming patients and misleading families, or misusing its tax status and taxpayer dollars must be immediately replaced, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
"IRS 990s show OPOs have transferred more than half a billion dollars to ‘related organizations’ where uses of taxpayer funds get pushed even further into the shadows."
![The details are chilling: a patient who had been declared deceased “reanimated”, and “[a]ccording to information obtained by the Committee”, New Jersey Sharing Network’s CEO told “staff on site that they should proceed with recovery… Several whistleblowers have alleged that documentation regarding this case has been deleted or otherwise manipulated.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zcroihrwudj4jaduccu5sxga/bafkreiakjqaicwzso5rlnjvhrrf2ddvwdkrbywe5tqbynx2wgs6nbxd64q@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"IRS 990s show OPOs have transferred more than half a billion dollars to ‘related organizations’ where uses of taxpayer funds get pushed even further into the shadows."
"The line between organ donation and organ harvesting is consent. No family would consent to a loved one being wheeled into an OR to have their organs removed, when they could survive their injuries. Yet this is what is happening across the country."
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The line between organ donation and organ harvesting is consent. No family would consent to a loved one being wheeled into an OR to have their organs removed, when they could survive their injuries. Yet this is what is happening across the country."
"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within OPOs is the problem."
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within OPOs is the problem."
"Americans are generous people, overwhelmingly supportive of the selfless act of organ donation. But as explosive whistleblower accounts and investigative reporting have laid bare, many OPOs are abusing this sacred trust."
![To sit next to a loved one through surgeries and hospitalizations, and to hold their hand through the final days of organ failure is to know the true cost of the organ waiting list. Harms fall [...] to our most vulnerable patients and families – Americans who are in ICUs because of a tragic accident, overdose, or other event that means that they are approached by organ procurement organizations, OPOs, and asked to say yes to organ donation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zcroihrwudj4jaduccu5sxga/bafkreibhvt526rmedxpndeg6c3yzgw4uoh7dj6jld3fdgergeof72qachu@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Americans are generous people, overwhelmingly supportive of the selfless act of organ donation. But as explosive whistleblower accounts and investigative reporting have laid bare, many OPOs are abusing this sacred trust."
"I am testifying today in honor of my father, Commander Donald Erickson of the United States Navy.
My father died of organ failure, the result of his military service in Vietnam. Chemical exposure claimed three of his organs forty years after the war ended. I was one of his caretakers."
My father died of organ failure, the result of his military service in Vietnam. Chemical exposure claimed three of his organs forty years after the war ended. I was one of his caretakers."
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"I am testifying today in honor of my father, Commander Donald Erickson of the United States Navy.
My father died of organ failure, the result of his military service in Vietnam. Chemical exposure claimed three of his organs forty years after the war ended. I was one of his caretakers."
My father died of organ failure, the result of his military service in Vietnam. Chemical exposure claimed three of his organs forty years after the war ended. I was one of his caretakers."
"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within taxpayer-funded organ procurement organizations is the problem."
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"We are in the midst of a national organ harvesting crisis, and corruption within taxpayer-funded organ procurement organizations is the problem."
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
FAS Senior Fellow Jennifer Erickson just testified before Congress to hold corrupt OPOs accountable. Here's (just some of) what she told them 🧵👇
Register for the AI x Military Integration reception on November 19th, in partnership with @futureoflife.org, to learn more about AI military integration and connect with experts across fields who are working on this issue.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Register for the AI x Military Integration reception on November 19th, in partnership with @futureoflife.org, to learn more about AI military integration and connect with experts across fields who are working on this issue.
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
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With the impending expiration of New START, it is vital to prevent arms control progress from backsliding.
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
With the impending expiration of New START, it is vital to prevent arms control progress from backsliding.
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
If on-site inspections are impossible, then "Cooperative Technical Means" can fill that gap.
✍️ @mattkorda.bsky.social + Igor Morić
🔗 fas.org/publication/inspections-without-inspectors/
Calling AI policy wonks: help us build the Source Code of a fair and trustworthy future.
We're looking for your policy proposals that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
fas.org/accelerator/...
We're looking for your policy proposals that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
fas.org/accelerator/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Calling AI policy wonks: help us build the Source Code of a fair and trustworthy future.
We're looking for your policy proposals that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
fas.org/accelerator/...
We're looking for your policy proposals that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
fas.org/accelerator/...
Our team is honored to have received a $500k grant to analyze the capabilities of emerging and disruptive technologies to track and trail mobile nuclear launch platforms, with our friends at @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and @basicint.bsky.social
Learn more ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Learn more ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our team is honored to have received a $500k grant to analyze the capabilities of emerging and disruptive technologies to track and trail mobile nuclear launch platforms, with our friends at @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and @basicint.bsky.social
Learn more ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Learn more ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
The good news: the vast majority of the 100,000s of datasets produced by the federal government are still alive, and have so far escaped mutilation or termination.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The good news: the vast majority of the 100,000s of datasets produced by the federal government are still alive, and have so far escaped mutilation or termination.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
The bad news: all federal datasets are currently at risk of death by a thousand cuts.
Want to learn about how AI is being integrated into military decision-making and connect with experts working on this issue?
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Want to learn about how AI is being integrated into military decision-making and connect with experts working on this issue?
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
Register for our reception on November 19th, in partnership with the @futureoflife.org
🔗 luma.com/2zkutj53
Nuclear Information Project Senior Research Associates + Nuclear Notebook co-authors @mknight.bsky.social and @elianajjohns.bsky.social break down the President's interesting post about a return to nuclear testing line by line.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nuclear Information Project Senior Research Associates + Nuclear Notebook co-authors @mknight.bsky.social and @elianajjohns.bsky.social break down the President's interesting post about a return to nuclear testing line by line.
📍 www.instagram.com/reel/DQegwky...
📍 www.instagram.com/reel/DQegwky...
Extreme weather events are rewriting the rules. So state health officials are rewriting their playbooks.
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Extreme weather events are rewriting the rules. So state health officials are rewriting their playbooks.
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
In town for #APHA2025? Join FAS and STAT Network in discussion with state public health officials to learn how they're addressing compounding challenges.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/protecting...
🧛♀️ Is the chill you've felt lately due to missing federal datasets?
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🧛♀️ Is the chill you've felt lately due to missing federal datasets?
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
That is, federal data you have previously used that has disappeared.
We invite you to nominate a dearly departed federal dataset, data element, or tool that has been terminated.
🔗⤵️
FAS is proud to be part of a broad, bipartisan coalition that supports the #FixOurForestsAct and looks forward to continuing to work with partners and decision-makers to support a comprehensive and effective federal wildfire ecosystem.
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
FAS is proud to be part of a broad, bipartisan coalition that supports the #FixOurForestsAct and looks forward to continuing to work with partners and decision-makers to support a comprehensive and effective federal wildfire ecosystem.
AI-powered nukes might not be coming next week, but "we don’t know where they’ll be in five years time … and it’s worth being prudent about that fact," @technolliegist.bsky.social tells @wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
AI-powered nukes might not be coming next week, but "we don’t know where they’ll be in five years time … and it’s worth being prudent about that fact," @technolliegist.bsky.social tells @wired.com
To build a fair and trustworthy future, we’re looking for your policy ideas that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
To build a fair and trustworthy future, we’re looking for your policy ideas that identify specific fairness harms associated with AI and propose actionable policy solutions at the federal, state, and local levels.
🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
Protecting Americans from extreme heat will require a multiplicity of leadership across state and local government, plus the capacity to connect hundreds of diverse organizations and experts around a shared solution set.
We're stepping up.
We're stepping up.
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Protecting Americans from extreme heat will require a multiplicity of leadership across state and local government, plus the capacity to connect hundreds of diverse organizations and experts around a shared solution set.
We're stepping up.
We're stepping up.
The officials we work with shared that heat management activities continued successfully in most places throughout the summer despite disruptions to federal funding and programs. They emphasized three specific developments that helped enable that continuity
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The officials we work with shared that heat management activities continued successfully in most places throughout the summer despite disruptions to federal funding and programs. They emphasized three specific developments that helped enable that continuity