Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian ‘DOGE’ cuts earlier this year under Trump, with no reason given except for the need to cut a paltry amount of the government’s budget, experts warned repeatedly that the cuts would have deadly consequences during the storm season. And they have."

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/texas-officials-blame-agency-gutted#Trump#DOGE#Texas #cuts#FEMA#NOAA, #NWS
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"As the best and the brightest were being fired at the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by senseless and draconian ‘DOGE’ cuts earlier this year under Trump, with no reason given except for the need to cut a paltry amount of the government’s budget, experts warned repeatedly that the cuts would have deadly consequences during the storm season. And they have."

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/texas-officials-blame-agency-gutted#Trump#DOGE#Texas #cuts#FEMA#NOAA, #NWS
Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

2/2 'People are dying and more will die because of their recklessness, just like we saw during covid. And now millions won’t even have health insurance to deal with the consequences.'

#Trump#DOGE #cuts#FEMA#NOAA, #NWS#Texas #floods
Solarpunk Presents Podcast
@solarpunkpresents@climatejustice.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

7.8: Why Do These Cancelled Science Grants Matter?

In this episode, Christina talks to Dr Gabriel Filippelli - one of the first scientists to have a running project canceled by the Trump administration. This fascinating interview reveals just how important internationally these American grants can be, and Dr Filippelli passionately describes this unprecedented attack on science and education and what we all lose when the work that scientists do grinds to a halt or is extremely politically curtailed. It's important, he tells us, to support the institutions that you care about and are vital to the continued knowledge of how to survive our climate-changed future.

Dr Filippelli is the Chancellor’s Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University Indianapolis and the Executive Director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute. He works at the junction between biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and human health.

Dr Filippelli has also written the book Climate Change and Life: The Complex Co-evolution of Climate and Life on Earth, and Beyond, which explores Earth's ecological resilience to the great changes in climate that have occurred over the history of the Earth. He was also part of the driving force behind Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond, which details local efforts to reduce the risks and lessen the harmful impacts of climate change, as well as prepare for the unavoidable consequences of climate change.

https://youtu.be/8ub129iucIg

#solarpunk#podcast#SolarpunkPresentsPodcast#Season7#Episode #science#ResearchGrants#AmericanPolitics#USPolitics#DOGE#BioGeoChemistry#USAID#Academia#AcademicResearch#AcademicFunding @academicchatter#Resilience #ClimateChange#AirQuality
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

💀 Doge cuts to USAid blamed for 300,000 deaths — most of them children

“The world’s richest man taking from its poorest and getting thanked for it,” said Nichols, associate professor of global health at the university’s school of public health. “The optics are horrifying.”

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/usaid-doge-deaths-children-cuts-7nb83dfkp

#musk #doge #usaid
Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

BREAKING: Louisiana just opened the floodgates to algorithmic voter suppression.

They’re using “DOGE” (likely Elon’s synthetic AI tool, not the meme coin) to “clean” voter rolls. Translation? Purge poor, young, and minority voters using AI trained on #MAGA-coded data.

This isn’t innovation—it’s installation. And here’s what it leads to:
•Biased Purges: If #DOGE uses engagement, location, or digital history to “verify” voters, it will disproportionately flag marginalized groups as “suspicious.”