Not so marvelous news.

~95,000 scientists have left the federal government since the Trump regime took over.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/climate/kate-marvel-nasa-resign.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.4Lwb.Ls2T5tdxd_QE

Kate Marvel, Prominent Climate Scientist, Resigns From NASA

Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

The New York Times
@davidho as if there have been any marvelous news today.

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do they all come to europe??

you are welcome!

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I would hope some went to the south and east.

@davidho I hope all non US citizen scientists leave the US and we can get their contribution to science in some other country

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Iran has more women doing STEM subjects at university than the USA, as a proportion of their population.

@davidho an important point in there somewhere that morale for the people remaining at the affected departments is in the shitter.

NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman is an unhelpful twerp.

@davidho That sounds worrying, to be honest. Losing that many scientists isn’t just about numbers — it’s expertise, experience, and years of work. The real question is where they’re going next and how this will affect things in the long run
@davidho OK, so NASA losing another prominent climate scientist is obviously bad. On the plus side, though, I learned today that there's an actual human being moving through the world attached to the name Doctor Marvel, whose photo actually includes a lightning bolt t-shirt. Come to Canada, Dr. Marvel! Please?
@davidho not so bad news either IMHO... We need them to save themselves from barbary. Fortunately a lot of them do.

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https://www.jalopnik.com/trump-to-oil-execs-give-me-1-billion-and-you-can-wrec-1851467438/

https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/

Koch Network's wildest dreams coming true, as the planet fries & democracy dies.

https://theconversation.com/trumps-second-term-is-reshaping-us-science-with-unprecedented-cuts-and-destabilizing-policy-changes-271079

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-jeopardize-global-climate-action/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan-for-trump-presidency-has-far-reaching-threats-to-science/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00780-2

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/climate-change-transparency-project/2025-09-30/disappearing-data-part-ii-distorted

https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-vought-ncar-climate-change-project-2025

https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/public-health-under-threat/project-2025

https://reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025/12/02/new-mapping-project-reveals-surge-in-lng-expansion/

Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein

https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

https://globalextremism.org/reports/mapping-the-far-right-the-movements-conferences-illuminate-its-growing-transnational-networks/

https://www.desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial/

https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/video/2025/12/how-trump-implemented-much-of-project-2025-in-his-first-year

Trump To Oil Execs: Give Me $1 Billion And You Can Wreck The Environment - Jalopnik

Donald Trump told some of America’s top oil executives that he is willing to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental policies and stop new ones from being enacted on his first day of presidency, if the oil companies agree to raise $1 billion to return Trump to the White House. The Washington Post spoke to people with knowledge of the meeting on the condition of anonymity for this news.

Jalopnik

@davidho Unfortunately, that's not a surprise. It was all part of the plan. They've spelled it out before.

The disheartening part was that people still voted for it. And now they are beginning to pay for it.

It will haunt us for a long time to come.

@davidho which... is not how one gets moon bases built.

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Generational damage on the scale of Europe’s loss from fascism

Still, it is refreshingly clear to see that, in the current capitalist system, hard warped/won liberties are being protected with similar means as we have been used by failed communist states and other dictatorial regimes. Spoiler alert, it is not about capitalism nor communisme, it is about democracy @davidho
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Any idea of how many are left?