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Animal communication & bats are my love. Conservation and teaching scientists my passion. These are my personal views.

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Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency’s record

Trump puts two NOAA officials on leave days before confirming Neil Jacobs, whom they investigated for altering hurricane forecasts to match Trump’s false Alabama claims.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

26.07.2025 14:20 👍 12 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
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White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. Amid federal layoffs, Caitlin Cross-Barnet struggled with panic attacks and suicidal thoughts. One morning, her husband found her wavering on top of their fire escape.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

23.07.2025 02:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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These Programs Have Monitored Our Waters For Decades. Trump Could Destroy Them. - Bay Nature “Long-term monitoring isn’t sexy,” says one source. But this data is how we know what is happening to the planet.

Interesting article on the importance of long term time series

baynature.org/2025/07/17/t...

17.07.2025 21:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

15.06.2025 18:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes definitely seeing this

22.05.2025 14:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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E&E News: Backlog of unsigned contracts paralyzes NOAA An agency official said “everything has ground to a halt,” waiting for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to review more than 200 agreements.

“A growing backlog of hundreds of unsigned NOAA contracts has slowed agency operations to a crawl — so much so that even Sen. Ted Cruz, a staunch ally of the Trump administration, has raised concerns about the gridlock.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

22.05.2025 11:14 👍 750 🔁 241 💬 43 📌 13
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NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

10.05.2025 12:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Super chuffed to be part of this crew! 😎🐋🦑🧪

01.05.2025 12:20 👍 20 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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What Donald Trump has destroyed in his first 100 days won’t be easy to rebuild Mistakes were made. And made. And made again.

"I have never seen a government get so many things wrong, in so many different ways. It was like an Obamacare website every 18 hours. It was like the soft opening of Jurassic Park." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

30.04.2025 17:14 👍 182 🔁 37 💬 8 📌 2
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“They’re Just Letting It Burn”: Inside the Political Arson of NOAA What happens when you fire the firefighters, torch the science lab, and hand the keys to the arsonist? You get the Trump administration’s plan for NOAA.

The Trump admin is torching NOAA. Habitat Conservation? Zeroed out. International Fisheries? Gutted. Climate research centers? Going dark. And now they’re reclassifying staff under Schedule F, turning civil servants into political pawns. #NOAA #DOGE
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24.04.2025 16:47 👍 36 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0

Let’s recap: Over the last two months, hundreds of probationary NOAA employees were fired, then un-fired and immediately placed on administrative leave, then fired again. This is not a way to build a sustainable workforce, nor maintain morale within the existing one. The cruelty is the point.

16.04.2025 15:16 👍 58 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 2
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Anti-Trump protests hit cities worldwide – in pictures Thousands of ‘Hands Off’ protesters – in the US and across major European cities – took to the streets Saturday in a show of defiance

www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...

06.04.2025 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is what I needed!

15.03.2025 20:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Everything Donald Trump says about an energy emergency is a lie."

Thank you @markey.senate.gov for calling out the real emergency: the climate crisis.

"And yet, Trump is dismantling programs that reduce energy prices, lower heating bills, keep our air and water clean, and create jobs."

28.02.2025 19:52 👍 145 🔁 57 💬 2 📌 7
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NOAA cuts come to Narragansett Bay and Woods Hole facilities - TPR: The Public's Radio Multiple employees for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration working in the agency’s Woods Hole and Narragansett Bay facilities had their positions eliminated by the agency on Thursday, ...

thepublicsradio.org/environment/...

03.03.2025 22:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

02.03.2025 16:27 👍 44248 🔁 12083 💬 644 📌 400
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The Day We Chose Ignorance: NOAA, Science, and the Price of Stupidity By David John Ruck

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28.02.2025 22:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Such a cutie!

01.02.2025 11:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sure feels like it should

31.01.2025 19:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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30.01.2025 23:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Searching for healthy reefs in Martinique. Sadly hard to come by.

30.01.2025 00:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0