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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 4d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4d

Some Democrats are already doing this, but I think all of them should treat No Kings protests as mid-term mandatory attendance events, like the local fish fry or county fair. Push back on the sweaty Republican attempts to make them seem scary.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 5d

ANTIFA:

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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 5d

He found a way to combine misogyny, ableism, antisemitism, and anti-science into a big 💩 filled package of stupid. It’s an impressive achievement. 🏆

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 7d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 7d

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 10d

I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11d

Shared how the greater shutdown of NIH science has been underway since January on @msnbc.com today.

We need Congress to stand firm to protect science, democracy and the American people.

www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Furloughed NIH worker: Left office with 'pit' in my stomach about future of our country

On day three of the government shutdown, around 750,000 federal employees are furloughed as the White House threatens mass firings as early as today. Furloughed NIH Program Director Jenna Norton joins...

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Science and Freedom Alliance - SAFA @safa-science.bsky.social · 13d

"As a federal worker, I am here to tell you that every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown—shuttering programs that Americans rely on, damaging our economy, firing federal workers—all of this is already happening."

youtu.be/jw93RKKreqY?...

Jenna Norton, PhD - (NIH, Bethesda Declaration organizer, mom) *speaking in her personal capacity

YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition

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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 12d

europepmc.org ftw

Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 13d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 13d

dear university presidents and boards: it won’t

tobias from arrested development telling lindsey “but it might work for us”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13d

Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13d

My 11-year-old, looking over my shoulder as I'm reading the Tweet below:

"Seriously, mom. Who believes this sh*t?"

Tweet from The White House:

"The Democratic Party wants:
Open borders
'Transgender' for everybody
Men competing in women's sports
Crime and lawlessness in our streets
Cashless bail policies over the safety and security of our nation.
It's never America First."

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 14d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Shonna McBride @shonmcbride.bsky.social · 14d

So thankful for dedicated public servants. This level of effort should not be required to do their jobs.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14d

To pick up the spending pace, some employees cancelled holiday plans, worked overtime and filled in for staff laid off across the agency.

This year, “it’s like a pressure cooker that exploded. There was a willingness to work extra hard to move the science forward”, a staffer told me.

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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 15d

What happens when a miscarriage is treated like a crime?
That’s not a hypothetical anymore. It’s happening in the U.S. right now. 🧵 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When miscarriages become crimes

412 women faced criminal charges for pregnancy outcomes. This is what fetal personhood looks like.

www.motherjones.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 15d

URGENT! Today the pedal hits the metal. Democrats have to play hardball to protect public health, healthcare and science. Write to your Senators and Representatives and share this post! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Democrats to Stand Up for Public Health in the Budget

With negotiations on a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open past September 30th at a standstill, Defend Public Health believes that House and Senate Democrats MUST play ha...

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 15d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 15d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

www.jsonline.com

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 19d

And as for writing, don't get me started. Most often, the process of writing is not a laborious business of transcription, but a process of thinking itself. I'm not about to outsource my thinking to a machine.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 19d

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Congresswoman files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. We've been sounding the alarm for months, sending 3k+ quack-o-grams, and collecting 25k petition signatures calling on our reps to impeach & remove RFK Jr.

We’re closing in on him. Help us WIN the fight. 🦆 zurl.co/vkZQV

Poster-style graphic with bold text reading “TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES: THE QUACK RFK Jr. HAS TO GO!” A large photo of RFK Jr. is overlaid with a yellow biohazard sign, while a man’s shoe is about to kick him out. At the bottom, logos and text say “Stand Up For Science” and “Fuel the fight: standupforscience.net.”

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