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The first amendment is under direct attack.
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The first amendment is under direct attack.
An angry thread in which I explore allegations from the NYP and Trump's EPA that climate funds under Biden were being funneled into organizations "created out of thin air for the purpose of receiving these funds".
Spoiler - every accusation is a confession:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18980...
Spoiler - every accusation is a confession:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18980...
Thread by @electricfutures on Thread Reader App
@electricfutures: The EPA press release echoes NY Post, which on Wednesday published one of the most pathetically under-researched articles I've ever seen. It reads like a @DataRepublican post, allegi...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
An angry thread in which I explore allegations from the NYP and Trump's EPA that climate funds under Biden were being funneled into organizations "created out of thin air for the purpose of receiving these funds".
Spoiler - every accusation is a confession:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18980...
Spoiler - every accusation is a confession:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/18980...
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From my DMs, check out this official press release from EPA.
It reads like it was written by an angry teenager. The pettiness of the Administration is filtering down. I am embarrassed about where we are.
To all the career EPA civil servants, you deserve better.
It reads like it was written by an angry teenager. The pettiness of the Administration is filtering down. I am embarrassed about where we are.
To all the career EPA civil servants, you deserve better.
EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars
www.epa.gov
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
From my DMs, check out this official press release from EPA.
It reads like it was written by an angry teenager. The pettiness of the Administration is filtering down. I am embarrassed about where we are.
To all the career EPA civil servants, you deserve better.
It reads like it was written by an angry teenager. The pettiness of the Administration is filtering down. I am embarrassed about where we are.
To all the career EPA civil servants, you deserve better.
The DOGE website currently lists $30B of cuts consisting of $15.2B to contracts, $14.5B to grants, & $470M to leases.
After fixing accounting errors, this amounts to $4B/year of contracts and $170M/year of lease cancellations. If we assume similar term for grants, total is roughly $8B/year?
After fixing accounting errors, this amounts to $4B/year of contracts and $170M/year of lease cancellations. If we assume similar term for grants, total is roughly $8B/year?
March 6, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The DOGE website currently lists $30B of cuts consisting of $15.2B to contracts, $14.5B to grants, & $470M to leases.
After fixing accounting errors, this amounts to $4B/year of contracts and $170M/year of lease cancellations. If we assume similar term for grants, total is roughly $8B/year?
After fixing accounting errors, this amounts to $4B/year of contracts and $170M/year of lease cancellations. If we assume similar term for grants, total is roughly $8B/year?
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🚨Elon Musk and his team’s purge of the federal workforce is already hurting America’s parks and public lands, while oil and gas industry loyalists shift remaining government resources to prioritize corporate profits. www.americanprogress.org/article/amer...
America’s Park and Forest Rangers Are Being Fired, and Oil and Gas Bosses Are Now in Charge
Early impacts of Elon Musk and his team’s purge of the federal workforce are already hitting America’s parks and public lands, while oil and gas industry loyalists shift remaining government resources...
www.americanprogress.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨Elon Musk and his team’s purge of the federal workforce is already hurting America’s parks and public lands, while oil and gas industry loyalists shift remaining government resources to prioritize corporate profits. www.americanprogress.org/article/amer...
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New EO to promote timber production on FS and BLM-with FWS implications related to the Endangered Species Act and NEPA..
(b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.
(b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New EO to promote timber production on FS and BLM-with FWS implications related to the Endangered Species Act and NEPA..
(b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.
(b) Within 60 days…the FWS…shall complete a strategy on USFS and BLM forest management projects under section 7 of the ESA to improve the speed of approving forestry projects.
Today, DOGE bragged about canceling what appears to be a program monitoring endangered fish populations in the Colorado Basin.
They call it "consulting"; in reality it's scientific research that costs a whopping $500k/year and protects an ecosystem supporting a multibillion dollar fishing industry.
They call it "consulting"; in reality it's scientific research that costs a whopping $500k/year and protects an ecosystem supporting a multibillion dollar fishing industry.
March 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today, DOGE bragged about canceling what appears to be a program monitoring endangered fish populations in the Colorado Basin.
They call it "consulting"; in reality it's scientific research that costs a whopping $500k/year and protects an ecosystem supporting a multibillion dollar fishing industry.
They call it "consulting"; in reality it's scientific research that costs a whopping $500k/year and protects an ecosystem supporting a multibillion dollar fishing industry.
I guess I owe an update here. Thanks for the shoutout @thetnholler.bsky.social!
Since my original posts, as NYT notes, DOGE has adjusted the "savings" amount for all 5 biggest line items down to nearly 0. At the same time, they've increased the "total estimated savings" by $10B.
archive.ph/fCO84
Since my original posts, as NYT notes, DOGE has adjusted the "savings" amount for all 5 biggest line items down to nearly 0. At the same time, they've increased the "total estimated savings" by $10B.
archive.ph/fCO84
March 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I guess I owe an update here. Thanks for the shoutout @thetnholler.bsky.social!
Since my original posts, as NYT notes, DOGE has adjusted the "savings" amount for all 5 biggest line items down to nearly 0. At the same time, they've increased the "total estimated savings" by $10B.
archive.ph/fCO84
Since my original posts, as NYT notes, DOGE has adjusted the "savings" amount for all 5 biggest line items down to nearly 0. At the same time, they've increased the "total estimated savings" by $10B.
archive.ph/fCO84
The thread is long so I just want to highlight this tl;dr:
Here's the story that's coming together: a federal government agency is funneling tens of millions of dollars into microtargeted fearmongering propaganda, lining the pockets of Republican political operatives who helped Trump get elected & Trump-friendly media companies (Fox News, X) in the process.
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The thread is long so I just want to highlight this tl;dr:
A thread on Kristi Noem's "multimillion-dollar ad campaign" aimed at... telling undocumented immigrants to deport themselves?
If it wasn't clear from the launch video (which could have been a Trump campaign TV spot) and the sheer absurdity of the concept, this is a giant grift. I dug deeper today:
If it wasn't clear from the launch video (which could have been a Trump campaign TV spot) and the sheer absurdity of the concept, this is a giant grift. I dug deeper today:
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A thread on Kristi Noem's "multimillion-dollar ad campaign" aimed at... telling undocumented immigrants to deport themselves?
If it wasn't clear from the launch video (which could have been a Trump campaign TV spot) and the sheer absurdity of the concept, this is a giant grift. I dug deeper today:
If it wasn't clear from the launch video (which could have been a Trump campaign TV spot) and the sheer absurdity of the concept, this is a giant grift. I dug deeper today:
Hello world! 👋
Thought I'd give this a try at the recommendation of people worried I might be censored on Twitter.
I'm an engineer with broad interests in tech, brains, conservation, climate, economics, education, and truth - how to find and preserve it in a world increasingly dominated by noise.
Thought I'd give this a try at the recommendation of people worried I might be censored on Twitter.
I'm an engineer with broad interests in tech, brains, conservation, climate, economics, education, and truth - how to find and preserve it in a world increasingly dominated by noise.
February 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hello world! 👋
Thought I'd give this a try at the recommendation of people worried I might be censored on Twitter.
I'm an engineer with broad interests in tech, brains, conservation, climate, economics, education, and truth - how to find and preserve it in a world increasingly dominated by noise.
Thought I'd give this a try at the recommendation of people worried I might be censored on Twitter.
I'm an engineer with broad interests in tech, brains, conservation, climate, economics, education, and truth - how to find and preserve it in a world increasingly dominated by noise.