Happy Brett Saw Condorsiversary, to all who celebrate! 🪶

An enormous school of sockeye salmon is moving slowly upstream in a shallow river. They are a deep red color of their spawning phase. A large brown bear is sitting in the middle of it all with his head and shoulders visible above the water surface, and he appears to be smiling with his mouth open. A small area of clear blue water surrounds the bear where the salmon are avoiding him. Identified as male bear 856 at Katmai National Park.

Fat bear 856 at Katmai National Park. He didn't win Fat Bear Week, but doesn't care. Abundant salmon runs create healthy ecosystems and very fat & happy bears!
#mammals #WorldAnimalDay

In this difficult moment for our US federal paleo colleagues, let’s take a moment to shout out the amazing work they do to make our science possible! Share or comment below with your thank-you message and any photos of your visits. Let’s make sure they know we appreciate and support them!

Biometrician – Makah Tribe The Makah Tribe is hiring for the position of Biometrician The Biometrician will be housed in Makah Fisheries Management in the Fisheries Management Division under the Director of Fisheries. The Biometrician shall be responsible for analyzing data to determine population dynamics, survival rates, site use, harvest limits, effects of changing environment, and other important biological information to promote the sound management of fisheries and the environment by the Makah Tribe.

The Makah Tribe is hiring for the position of Biometrician

Lummi reclaims traditional name for TiLeqw-iLhch at Haida Point A day of ceremony, food and gifts celebrated the reclaiming of Indigenous place names in the San Juan Islands.

With a salmon feast and celebration, Lummi Nation marked a reclaiming of traditional place names in the San Juan Islands.
“You cannot tell the history of these islands without telling the history of our ancestors," said Tony Hillaire, Lummi chairman.

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Learn these Spanish questions, Cómo te llama? What is your name. Quál es tu cumpleaños? What is your birthday? So, when someone is snatched we have info to help identify them n hopefully find out where they were taken. #iceout #california

Front view of a surprised-looking cat with short, sandy hair and green eyes and front paws tucked in.

I noticed that Amazon now has an AI thing that says “Ask Rufus”. Well I just want you to know this is Rufus. I don’t really recommend asking him anything unless you want to hear about how hungry he is or if there’s a crow on the light pole or if his roommate left a stinker in the box.
#cat

TIME TO ACT! Call your senators!

Pure yellow columbine flower with numerous exserted stamens

Nine years ago today 🌿

Aquilegia chrysantha, our Golden Columbine, blooms in rocky gullies with ephemeral water flows #nativeplants

We’re not waste. We are not “the bureaucracy”. We're real people living and working alongside you to make our communities safer and healthier places to live. Say hello to our colleague Abby. She is fired but fighting and she is a patriot
@firedbutfighting.bsky.social

#FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots

Image of a white splattered background. At the top is a crown with a red X slashed on it. Below are the words NEXT DAY OF ACTION: JUNE 14th. The 50501 logo is at the bottom.

Stay tuned.

#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #ImpeachTrump

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

At RFK Jr’s direction, HHS plans to cut the National Suicide Hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

Seattle SLAYS
@seattleindivisible.bsky.social @westseattleindivisible.com @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”

Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”

Good morning friends! Hope you can take some time to unplug and recharge this weekend.

Mood:

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Mark Twain

What - and I cannot stress this enough - THE FUCK???

Senate Democrats’ Choice: Block the Republican Spending Bill or Dissolve Congress The House’s continuing resolution would effectively hand over spending decisions to Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Urgent action🔥🔥🔥

Tell your Senators HELL NO to the #ContinuingResolution

The CR rubberstamps the slashing of #foreignaid, #science and #federalworkforce, and handover of Congressional powers to #DOGE

Follow the 🧵for Senators leaning Yes

@altusaid.altgov.info @altnps.bsky.social

NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...

18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...

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We don’t deserve to be hated. The false accusations that we are lazy make the accusers look ignorant of what we are actually doing in our jobs, working for the American people. Do you want to fire the staff protecting you from floods and fires? Have fun with that.
#FederalEmployees

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science 48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Disappointed to not see @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social, that represents 9,000 members, many of whom are directly affected by what's happening. I'd like to see ESA sign.

It's all being done on purpose. The degenerate theofascist regime wants to cause a massive economic depression so the rich elites can then swoop in and buy up failed businesses and properties at bargain basement prices.

Those at the top want it. They're tired of workers expecting to be paid, get time off, and health care. "Why should women get maternity leave?"

Feds - read & heed. I know you may be very angry and disgruntled right now, especially if you were caught in the crosshairs of this administration’s shit show, but our country needs all of us to hold the line. Our oath doesn’t end just because our employment might. #resist #altgov #strongertogether

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

Since February 26, an additional 1,322 adults (from 14,482 to 15,804) and 141 infants (from 1,541 to 1,682) have died as a consequence of a single frozen USAID program.

Rubio had decreed that certain critical programs – such as aid to Ukraine and Syria and costs related to the PEPFAR program to combat HIV in Africa – would continue to be funded. Several times, USAID managers prepared packages of these payments and got the agency’s interim leaders to sign off on them with support from the White House. But each time, using their new gatekeeping powers and clearly acting on orders from Musk or one of his lieutenants, Farritor and Kliger would veto the payments – a process that required them to manually check boxes in the payment system one at a time, the same tedious way you probably pay your bills online. Meanwhile, AIDS clinics shuttered and staff found themselves stranded in unstable countries such as the Congo. A pregnant woman in an undisclosed country has sued the Trump administration because she was denied a medevac helicopter. In another case, I was told, an employee in southern Africa who needed chemotherapy was also denied a chopper because no one would authorize the money.

According to a WaPo article Luke Farritor is manually blocking @altusaid.bsky.social HIV/AIDS care funds in violation of court orders. Paused/stopped HIV treatment means more babies born with HIV, more infections, and more deaths. Let him know your thoughts.

ax28@cdc.gov
Luke.Farritor@hhs.gov