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petersuber

Update. "Global Science in Danger"
blog.scielo.org/en/2025/03/26/

"Recently, the government of the United States of America (USA) has frightened the scientific community…by censoring terms used in scientific communications and funding proposals…The idea that this is just relevant to American scientists or scientists from elsewhere working in America is not correct; with researchers the world over being affected. In the Netherlands, for instance, some researchers monitoring the state of forests…have received email messages, ostensibly from the #USGS (United States Geological Survey) and labelled “High Priority”. A list of questions was attached with the request to respond with answers within a week of receiving the email. The USGS indicated that sending these messages had been ordered by the United States Office of Management and Budget (#OMB)."

SciELO in Perspective · Global Science in Danger | SciELO in PerspectiveThe current American government is curtailing science in several ways. Certain terms are censored in scientific reports and publications, communications and collaborations between scientists are limited or even proscribed, and funding is withdrawn. The implications for scientific research in the US are vast, but the long arm of the American government has undesired effects on the global science community as well, particularly on the numerous ways scientists elsewhere collaborate with their American colleagues. The preeminence of American science seems truly being shattered.
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Takedowns
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USGS (bot)

Episode 13 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of Kīlauea within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park started at 2:36 a.m. HST on March 11, and ended by 3:13 p.m. HST that afternoon, after less than 13 hours of continuous eruptive activity. At the same time that fountaining ceased at the vents, summit deflation changed to inflation and tremor decreased. #usgs usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/new

USGSPhoto & Video Chronology — March 11, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 13Episode 13 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of Kīlauea within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park started at 2:36 a.m. HST on March 11, and ended by 3:13 p.m. HST that afternoon, after less than 13 hours of continuous eruptive activity. At the same time that fountaining ceased at the vents, summit deflation changed to inflation and tremor decreased.
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Weird Socks

From somebody inside:
"#USGS SW Regional all hands meeting (yesterday). Probationary employees terminated: 290 total, 30 in SW. Deferred resignations: 287 total, 49 in the SW. They will all be put on admin leave March 8 and be paid thru Sept. They (#DOGE) cannot track our IP addresses. But exempt workers were told not to work outside business hours, that includes checking your email."
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