Public Land Sales Blocked From Inclusion in Trump’s Tax Bill A Senate proposal to sell millions of acres of public land to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax cuts and spending has been blocked by the Senate’s rule keeper.

‘NOT FOR SALE’
It turns out that not many Americans wanted to see our country’s public land sold — with polls showing 75-80% opposed — even 65% of Republicans

Late Monday, that proposal got the axe 🪓
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Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board’s role in policing violations.

My god, Trump admin has altered Hatch Act rules so that it is OK for federal employees to display campaign paraphenalia on the job -- but ONLY for the current President/VP, not for any challengers.

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That’s not true of all consulting companies and I think the transition of former feds to consulting is going to force change — and as a former fed to consultant, I can see it happening already.

I have no words right now. This is crushing.

I agree with you AND it’s a little harsh towards consulting companies. Also, the people who work in consulting is shifting and the responsibility we feel is not what you say.

Holy shit no. 😔

STATEMENT: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum abdicates, formally hands over power to DOGE - Center for Western Priorities DENVER—In a late-night secretarial order, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced he was giving up oversight of the Interior department and handing full control of the department’s organization and s...

This just in…

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Well. That’s terrible.

It’s like “you need to recovery this species” and I’m like, “Ok, how?” And the plans are like,”🤷‍♀️”

As someone who has worked with endangered species my whole career, I have recently been involved with a project that is attempting to use recovery plans to identify overlapping conservation actions for forest management and I’m APPALLED at the lack of specific actions identified in recovery plans…

The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread

As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance.

In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites."

But this is unequivocal fact.

What are some “real time tools” to monitor visibility that you suggest?

We used things like multi criteria decision analysis when we have multi-objective problems or Bayesian decision networks to evaluate tradeoffs of a decision — there’s a whole theory of how people SHOULD make decisions vs how they ACTUALLY make decisions. Fascinating stuff 🙃

TIMELINE ABREGO GARCIA GANG ALLEGATIONS - SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION. 2011-2019: Entry and Early Life: Kilmar Abrego Garcia flees El Salvador to the US at age 16, after M-18 gang members extort his family and threaten to kill him and rape his sisters if they didn’t keep paying. He moves in with his US citizen brother in Maryland and lives there without trouble for years. March 28, 2019: PGPD Arrest. Kilmar is arrested for loitering outside Home Depot while looking for day labor. A Prince Georges County PD detective grills him about whether he’s a gang member. He denies any involvement. Four hours later, he is transferred to ICE custody, without PGPD charging him for any offense. April 2019: ICE Allegations: At a bond hearing, ICE claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. They submit one piece of evidence: a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” (GFIS) filled out by the PGPD detective that claims Kilmar is part of MS-13. The GFIS says (1) he was wearing Chicago Bulls gear, and (2) a “confidential informant” allegedly claimed that Kilmar was a ranking member of the “Westerns” clique, which is in Long Island, a place he has never lived in.

Summer 2019: Investigation: Kilmar’s lawyers reach out to PGPD to investigate these claims. They find out that (1) the police did not even file an incident report about his arrest, and (2) the detective that filled out the GFIS has been suspended for an unknown reason. August 2019: IJ Decision: At his final bond hearing, ICE declines to offer any evidence of gang membership other than what’s in the GFIS. The IJ denies bond, finding that the GFIS is sufficient proof of membership at this time, despite noting its obvious flaws. Kilmar appeals this decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. October 2019: Withholding Win: The immigration judge rules that Kilmar is ineligible for asylum because he filed the application too late. But the judge does grant “withholding of removal,” finding that it was “more likely than not” that he would be subject to persecution if deported to El Salvador. A removal order is issued, but with a restriction that the one country he cannot be deported to is El Salvador.

December 2019: BIA Decision: Kilmar appeals the bond decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals. The appeals board declines to find “clear error” in the immigration judge’s decision to rely on the GFIS document. However, he is released anyway because he had won withholding of removal. 2019-2025: Normal Life: Kilmar lives a normal life in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife, their biological son, and his two stepchildren. With his work permit, he gets a job as a sheet metal worker, joins a union, and raises his family in a DC suburb. He doesn’t get into any trouble with the law. March 2025: Sent to CECOT: On March 12, 2025, ICE comes to Kilmar’s home and arrests him in front of his children. Three days later he’s transferred to Texas, where, thanks to an “administrative error,” he is put on a plane to El Salvador and sent to CECOT

Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.

As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!

Just applied for mine in March and haven’t heard back yet. I’ve been a sub for a loooooong time. Happy to help, if I can!

Like… any decisions. But more specific to your examples: like how to operate a wind facility such that it minimizes bat mortality and maximizes power generation. Or what management alternatives can we use given our limited resources to maximize survival of a federally protected species.

Have you cover decision science? I work as a decision analyst for conservation decision making. It’s a fascinating field.

Yep. I like it too. I like seeing it in applications and I liked using it when I was applying. And anyone who doesn’t like it sounds like a huge grump — ECRs are trying and doing their best. Give them some credit.

More in No, Other People:

New poll:

“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”

• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree

“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”

• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory

Weather & climate office hour 04/14/2025: Dismantling of NOAA, NASA, & climate research accelerates - YouTube The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...

On Mon 4/14 @ 4pm PT, I will have a special live session to discuss the rapidly unfolding, chaotic, & apparently intensifying actual & proposed cuts to NOAA & NASA that threaten to decimate weather & climate science & prediction in the U.S. See you then. youtube.com/live/mbt...

My 10 year old sister and I got Social Security payments after my father died from exposure to Agent Orange. It helped my widowed mom when the family lost his income. He paid into it his whole life. They even took it from his check while he was serving in Vietnam. Jeanine can go fuck herself.

This made me lol. These humans are amazing.

The thing re: de-extinction I worry about most is undermining the public’s sense extinctions are serious, terrible, and to be avoided (“why save it now when we can de-extinct it later if we want?”) while in fact ALSO not meaningfully bringing extinct species back (it’s not really a dire wolf).

I’m so sick of these people.

I will never understand how people spend half a years salary on a car…

I quit road riding for this reason… In a better world, this wouldn’t be a problem - as you’ve said.

And…Why not just stop at the 4-way stop and let them pass? If someone’s being an asshole, just let them.

It’s like space. They feel like if you can’t see it, you can destroy it. It breaks my heart knowing how much garbage is up there orbiting us every day.

1. Another Friday afternoon massacre of sorts:

NIH just rescinded its Scientific Integrity Policy.

h/t @lizborkowski.bsky.social

Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.

Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United

This is bad: Immediate Measures to Inc American Mineral Prod

Within 10 days the Sec of Int shall identify and provide..a list of all Fed lands known to hold mineral deposits and reserves.The Sec..shall prioritize mineral production and mining related purposes as the primary land uses in these areas