Remember scientists aren’t giving up. After the Trump administration redirected Climate.gov and dismissed many of the federal employees who maintained it, former staff members launched a new independent website called Climate.us to help keep trusted climate information available to the public.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

“Reevaluating every research grant w/ a political lens each time a new party is in power could end America’s scientific progress and leadership.” China now leads R&D investment. The EU courts US scientists w/ promises of stability that is lacking here. The threat is real. 🧪 archive.today/5T64n

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UFO seen over Moscow this morning. 🤣🇺🇦

“Donald Trump's administration has quietly redirected $352m in federal funds toward the president's ballroom project…The law stipulates the money may only be spent on Secret Service personnel, training facilities, technology and related costs, not construction.” www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

U.S. officials say the real MOU is the friends they made along the way. www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/p...

"Global shipping can't run on narratives. It has to run on reality. And, unfortunately, the reality is still quite uncertain," Ian Ralby says. https://to.pbs.org/3QHV5ap

“While federal judges have stymied Vought’s attempts to starve the CFPB of funding and fire nearly all of its staff, his ability to cancel settlements and overrule the bureau’s enforcement arm has gone largely unchecked because the agency’s director has wide latitude over that domain.”

“By dismantling such a system, we push the United States back yet again into a rear seat in global scientific leadership.” Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

Researchers gave three commercial AI models an exercise typically used to train human military strategists. Each system played the leader of a nuclear-armed country in a standoff. Across 21 simulations, the models chose to use nuclear weapons in all but one game. Read more from Hiranya Peiris.

"Freedom is not a slogan; it is a sacred trust paid for by heroes." Thank you for your service. 🙏 #MemorialDay2026 🇺🇸

"We must avoid the 'Babel syndrome,' the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance."

The Intel chair hasn’t read the treaty. If he had, he’d know there’s only been one time NATO was required to help the U.S. and that was after 9/11. And they did.

In 2025, Trump canceled funding for a pilot project studying the hantavirus, which has been confirmed to be behind an ongoing outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship. The NIH cut funding, saying that its research “has been deemed unsafe for Americans & not a good use of taxpayer funding."

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

The Atlantic: The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth /Knowing how a virus spreads is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong. by Joseph Allen @theatlantic.com hantavirus Andes bit.ly/42POwFn

To add insult to injury, the water grab came at a time when nearby drought-stricken residents were warned to restrict their personal water consumption.

What is the life of a man- a father of two- worth? Xi Zheng was biking to work as he typically did, when a driver driving a large pickup truck killed him. Zheng’s two kids are now left without their dad. The driver received a ticket. We have to do better.

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

The only Data center I'm down with.

Pulling troops out of Europe? Not a smart move…I know, because I was involved the last time we did it. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/the-last-t...

⚡ Peru has opened an investigation into allegations that its citizens were lured to Russia with promises of civilian jobs but were instead sent to fight in the war against Ukraine.

The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region. www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/p...

Queen Camilla had attended an event at NY Library and was seen talking to SJP For all SATC fans — yes, that is the same library where Carrie had her (failed) wedding with Mr Big

Ukraine is attacking crude oil. Russia is attacking sunflower oil.

The Trump White House intervened directly in a criminal probe directing the destruction of evidence so as to prevent the Tates from being charged with serious felonies. The action was unprecedented.

Dozens of US military veterans were arrested at the Capitol today during a protest against the Iran War. Photos via @frankthorp.bsky.social

As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” Adam Serwer writes. theatln.tc/bXd5oFwm

Someone knew. $760 million bet that oil would crash placed 20 minutes before it did. This wasn’t a fluke. It happened three times in six weeks. The feds are investigating. The question isn’t whether someone had inside knowledge of U.S. war decisions. It’s who.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Undocumented immigrants contribute $97 billion yearly in federal, state, and local taxes. They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022. Bessent is galactically stupid. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/b...

The only reason to announce a total victory before reaching a signed deal is to manipulate the markets for profit taking.

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Trump’s EPA & Lee Zeldin rolled back health limits on toxic soot pollution that causes cancer, miscarriages, birth defects because they said it cost too much to comply. False. EPA’s documents show >90% of power plants akready met the safer limit with already installed pollution control equipment.

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Maine lawmakers pass nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers By Joanna Slater Legislators in Maine on Tuesday passed the nation’s first statewide ban on large data centers, part of a growing backlash to the energy-intensive facilities that fuel the rise of artificial intelligence. Gift

LA28 set aside tickets for LA and Oklahoma City residents, but some say they faced exorbitant prices and high fees

Asking again if an intelligent civilisation would use ancient decomposed liquid forests that require transporting around the planet for just-in-time delivery or everyone freezes and starves as its apex commodity www.ft.com/content/4dbf...

“Americans shouldn’t tolerate in Congress what any other workplace would fire you for,…” Push to Expel Swalwell Could Touch Off Chain Reaction of House Removal Votes www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

Or put differently, punish those NATO members who sought to uphold international law.

The US is blowing its entire inventory of latest-generation deep strike cruise missiles on a war of choice against an adversary it barely considered important enough to mention 6 months ago.

”Dumping the Army chief of staff in the middle of a war, without explanation, is a reckless move even by Hegseth’s standards,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

If you ever meet an Air Force PJ, buy them a drink. They’re some of the bravest MFs you’ll ever meet. They’ve been at this all day trying to find the WSO, despite taking fire every time they go out. “These Things We Do, That Others May Live”

There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.

Greg Jaffe Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt on the byline with a source on background saying the dismissal was tied to refusal to comply with Hegseth’s directive to remove the 2 black and 2 female officers from the promotion list to one star general www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

Italy has refused permission for US military aircraft to land at a Sicilian air base en route to the Middle East, reports Corriere della Sera. The exact number of aircraft involved and the specific timing of Rome's refusal remain undisclosed. roma.corriere.it/notizie/poli...

The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. www.politico.eu/article/euro...