That’s what I’m thinking

Incredible morning spotting 12 endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off Herring Cove Beach , Cape Cod, with my UMass Dartmouth biology students!

What is this about? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

"Why has the public gutting of science not caused an immediate political backlash? The authors of the culling have correctly recognized that the public has no idea how science works and has no connection to scientists who aren’t on television" 🧪⚒️

Was wondering if there are any billionaires who would like to quickly step up and fund an experiment of the science, education, and health system we really want. Plenty of top talent in the U.S. ready to go. As a model for scaling up when we’re out of this mess.

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

USAID, NOAA …

The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed. A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

Yep

Imagine - just imagine - having literally HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of dollars AND the power to influence through a communication device in the hands of half the world’s population.

🚨 🚀🌍 Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ 🧵⤵️

About 1000 years ago, Taino people spent quite a lot of effort carving symbols of life (as spirals) and coqui frogs into this amazing rock at la Piedra Escrita, next to a gorgeous swimming hole in the mountains of Puerto Rico.

With the incoming administration, there's going to be a lot of bullshit and misinformation about offshore wind floating around. Here is a well-documented summary of the best scientific information on the subject: oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/u...

Cool tree roots and cool kid on a walk in New Hampshire.