2024 GOP platform document, Ch. 9 🙄 2. Republicans Will Dismantle Censorship & Protect Free Speech We will ban the Federal Government from colluding with anyone to censor Lawful Speech, defund institutions engaged in censorship, and hold accountable all bureaucrats involved with illegal censoring.

I liked when we controlled the internet. Now it controls us.

You'd probably never guess the first person to predict climate change and when.

Remember back in the 80s or 90s when they banned lawn darts because one child was killed. Just something to think about.

Trump’s militarization of D.C. is escalating without any practical objective and no end point, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “That raises the scary prospect that it could just go on forever—or slide into martial law around the country.”

"Under discussion are plans to hold a public debate about climate science, write a line-by-line rebuttal of the National Climate Assessment and ready a counterattack against climate scientists critical of last month’s Energy Department report." 🤪

Sitting on my porch, enjoying a beer on a cool summer night in Delaware. What strikes me is that these kinds of nights were the norm growing up. How quickly the collective "anti-warming" folks have forgotten what summer used to be like. How do you forget comfort and enjoyable times like this?

That's not a binary star, I'm just drunk. Stop, look at the scene around you. How it is lit. Then be in awe of the photon, the illuminati of the universe.

This is insanely fucking stupid. Trump is going to destroy a major scientific satellite because he’s a traitor trying to destroy America. futurism.com/white-house-...

This is for real. 🙄

There are days, like today, where I long to have a conversation with my mom. It's been 11 years since she passed, and no matter how old you are, how confident or experienced in life, sometimes you need a trusted mom conversation.

Nothing says entitlement and ignorance as much as watching boomers treat service staff and their general behavior in public.

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

Walked into the hotel gym this morning, older dude putzing around on the machines (alpha complex vibes). Fox news was on the TV. I saw that, said 'fuck this shit' and turned it off. He promptly left. I feel good about that decision.

And f*ck this sh*tbag of a homosapien!!

I remember as a kid, the go to response for tragedy was I'll keep you in my prayers. Very seldom were there offers of help or intentional proactive action. It's always been a cop-out. Religion enables self-righteousness, ignorance and historically a lot of violence.

This aged well.

"America, you in danger girl!" So many people are going to suffer. So many heartless heathens cheering this on. History does repeat itself.

What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔 NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...

Well, some good news to distract me from the shit show that is America right now, I passed my PhD qualification exam!!! No more classes and onto research!!

Robert Kagan wrote this in the Atlantic BEFORE Trump bombed Iran tonight…

Day 4 of my 5 day PhD quals exam has me like...

Finally… I’ve been waiting for someone to cover this story. So sad. Climate[dot]gov has always been one of my favorite go-to resources to share.

This aged well...

Are the events in LA today going to turn into America's Reichstag fire?

More bad news for sea ice monitoring (key satellite observations for tracking for sea ice) "The Defense Department has informed National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) that they will reduce the priority of processing the SSMIS data, resulting in likely daily data gaps" nsidc.org/data/user-re...

This is one the most authentic, frustrating, and alarming inside looks at what pressure, cuts and "forced" retirement have done to a critical National Weather Service forecast office. Worth a read to illustrate what many of us have been saying www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

Atmosphere folks: easterly winds - comes from the east, heads west Ocean folks: westward current, comes from the east, heads west Paper: the westward current driven by the easterly winds Me: what direction again? has to draw picture

1/2 Today in Minneapolis, ICE/FBI raided a taco restaurant, yes, you read that correctly, a taco restaurant, dressed in full battle gear—long guns, body armor, the whole damn militarized show. Do they think they’re in a war zone? This is about instilling terror, rooted in racism. It won’t work.

This shit is getting scarier by the day. We're speeding towards a full authoritarian, surveillance society, that would make Orwell roll over in his grave. Project Esther is another master plan to oppress humanity. Summary Wiki article here for background: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...

Me trying to study for my PhD quals while the world burns around me.

So, what will it be by 2073, democracy or fascism? The movie shows the dystopian future that very well may be our reality as our global society hurls through time, accelerated by technology, unable to grab the wheel or hit the brakes. This is a wake-up call kind of film.

Watching the movie 2073 - and well, damn. It is a unique mix of fiction intertwined with documentary and summarizes quite effectively the global trend towards racism and authoritarianism using news coverage clips. Worth a watch, but depressing too. youtu.be/YDE97KrYDuU?...

We must rise! Everyday, Everywhere, All the time! #Resist #Pinks #MomSky

Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts tomorrow! Tune in to hear over 200+ US meteorologists and climate scientists share the importance of federally funded weather and climate research! wclivestream.com

Also, a nice list from Rutgers - here's to hoping more higher education institutions do some reading and get inspired so they can join the front lines with Harvard. libguides.rutgers.edu/c.php?g=3374...

Partially a bookmark for myself, but for folks looking to get more involved and want some learning materials, check out The Commons - Social Change Library. commonslibrary.org

Americans think nothing bad will ever happen to them when something new and horrible happens to them every single day in the form of executive orders, court rulings, and laws passed.

Climate change deniers are the flat earthers of a dying planet except their delusion isn’t harmless, it’s a death cult dragging everyone down with them. Blind and historically complicit. Future generations will view them the same way we view plague doctors who licked wounds.

Moving the propaganda / gaslighting tactics to the EPA now I see. This is infuriating, yet, no longer surprising and that's even scarier.

Dangerous. And absolutely bonkers. Call your senators and tell them to oppose the provision of HR 1 that would restrict the power of federal courts to enforce contempt citations. (202) 224-3121 open.substack.com/pub/divideda...

I think it would behoove many to revisit The Declaration of Independence, particularly the grievances against King George. We've been here before. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...