FWIW, Nostoc, including the N. pruniforme species is a known producer of microcystin, an algal toxin. So guides that are encouraging folks to pick up Mare’s eggs could be contaminating their customers hands with a liver toxin. Seems like a bad idea to me….
Back out on the high seas! The waves and infinite variation are mesmerizing, the ocean is so vast. And rainbows have been plentiful. The rainbow and American Flag can still go together!
They do critical work. But scientists in those offices are already losing their jobs. It’s a bad situation, not good for salmon, orcas, or coastal communities.
Many of the jobs being terminated won’t be replaced by private firms - no profit in them. If the work does go to contracting, it will be far more expensive. But also national standards and collective expertise lag in the private sector. Capitalism’s strength is competition, not collaboration.
Seems like the question should be whether a function of these agencies is “in the public interest?”.
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It’s time for the rest of the world to start taking about boycotting the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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I don’t have an opinion on your question but the content of your slide interests me. I have data suggesting wildfires along rivers use their low elev channels to draw in fresh air to support the fire. Not sure if that’s new or not, respond if interested
I know this sounds so nerdy, but I can’t stress enough how carefully protected this information is, think gold standard of data protection. If an employee so much as just confirms someone did their taxes they face fines and jail time. Now the richest man is raiding it for God knows what reasons.
Zez Vaz hit the nail on the head. Awesome!
Accuweather was behind attempts years ago to eliminate NWS. No way privatization helps weather forecasting, b/c much of it isn’t profitable. There would be no consistent modeling or methods across the country and some areas would be left uncovered. Funding would be from skyrocketing fees.
- Measure flows in rivers and streams to provide data for water managers
- collect and disseminate water quality data without bias
- provide science across boundaries and with common protocols and QA so the data are reliable and freely accessible
- work with farmers to facilitate sustainability
These firings of probationary employees for “performance” are so bogus they have to be illegal. Most probationary employees I know of are getting stellar reviews and bringing great skills to their agencies. A class-action suit is due! What groups can represent them in lawsuits?
Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
Ours got used in spurts. Projects come and go. But that means we had 20+ yr old Isco’s with old or missing parts. A package like this would be a great way to rejuvenate that gear
Hell, I want them and I’m retired now! Maybe after my agency goes down in flames I can hire the techs and we can pick up the pieces. For 3x the cost of the agency.
I think that’s actually his motivation here.
not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.
can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
“The real fork in the road is not between survival and extinction, but between repeating the patterns of the past & embracing a richer vision of progress—one that acknowledges multiple paths & possibilities, and rejects the notion that our fate must rest solely in the hands of tech billionaires.”
“In this simplistic binary, the future of humanity can only follow two starkly divergent paths: one notionally leading to nearly limitless prosperity on Earth and beyond, the other leading nowhere besides the collapse of our global civilization and ultimately human extinction.”
America is the country where I was trained to do science, and I’m proud of all that we’ve accomplished.
I’m not going to let one man, who is trying to dismantle so many of our scientific institutions, claim our flag. It doesn’t belong to him. It belongs to us. 🇺🇸
That was going to be my point too. The modeling works and is well informed. That should be part of the wake-up call.
Nice to see something good today!
I’m with you, tired of the Dems fundraising. They need to actually do something rather than running for the next election already. That’s too late.
This is epic
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