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Science, Policy, and Other News that Caught My Eye
Or blew my mind the week of February 16-22, 2025
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Kathleen Rest
In My Nightmare, Civil Service Scientists and Others Walk Out En Masse
It’s hard enough to keep up with the daily chaos created by our Co-Presidents and their Muscovite wrecking balls.
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Kathleen Rest
Stories from Fired Federal Scientists
Critical work done on behalf of the public is being cut
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Andrew A Rosenberg
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A Brief Post for Presidents Day
Today is Presidents Day.
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Kathleen Rest
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Science, Policy, and Other News that Caught my Eye
Or blew my mind for the week of February 9-15, 2025.
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Kathleen Rest
Probationary Employees Fired En Masse
Forget the “Meritocracy” Pretense - This is No Way to Treat People
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Andrew A Rosenberg
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An Open Letter to Elon and His DOGE Boys
Dear Elon and your young DOGE acolytes,
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Kathleen Rest
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Trump Admin Slashes Indirect Cost Rates for Research
It’s emblematic of the DOGE approach – clueless and thoughtless
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Andrew A Rosenberg
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Another Rough Week
How we'll continue to be in this fight
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Kathleen Rest
The Muscovites Have Hacked the Government
Cyber Security? Not for Them!
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Andrew A Rosenberg
A tipline to protect the planet
Polluting industries have captured the federal government. We’re opening a secure tipline for employees to report the impacts.
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Breaking: DOGE Arrives at NOAA on Same Day that Neil Jacobs is Nominated as the Agency’s Head
SciLight has received reports that Elon Musk’s “DOGE” arrived at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this afternoon.
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Andrew A Rosenberg
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