Sarah Friedman, PhD

Maybe some sort of bryozoan?

The Trump administration is recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at NOAA.

Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.

NOAA to cut staff by 20%

At Least 880 Workers Were Fired at US Weather Agency Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.

At least 880 NOAA employees were fired today with hundreds more expected as soon as Friday. Right as there's:

🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa
🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South
🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.

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I agree and we still have so much to lose. The system is always rigged against us little guys.

Hope you’re hanging in there. Was thinking about you this week. Happy to chat and compare notes between our centers.

And the repercussions of these layoffs will eventually be felt by the public. Most agencies are already understaffed as it is.

We are not allowed to strike, but there are protests (outside of work hours) across the country. We are trying to get the word out.

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

They’re looting NOAA now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...