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Tag: public safety
Decimation of NOAA is a threat to public safety.
I oppose the dismantling of NOAA and any privatization of public data.
People who oppose public safety & human health are never right.
This is an example of Kaiser Family Foundation and MedPage Today conforming to manufacture consent, by introducing the topic this way in a PR piece that is of course outrageous clickbait material.
Elon Musk has sued Tesla customers who complain, and also journalists who criticize.
And he’s won the suits for lots of money.
Another “Manifest Destiny” – in space.
Universe, Discovered weekly newsletter from Dave Eicher, editor-in-chief of Astronomy wrote about the Trump administration’s declaration of pursuit of “manifest destiny into the stars”, saying “Manifest Destiny” of course refers to the 19th-Century American movement that fueled the expansion of the United States across the continent to seize territory, displace Native Americans, cook up a war […]
The right-wing chopping at the American weather service.
The right-wing chopping at the American weather service.
Government Executive – DOGE enters NOAA, accesses IT systems and removes the top HR official – The Musk-led team is rooting out DEI and, some lawmakers fear, may have an eye toward grander aims at the agency. February 5, 2025 02:55 PM ET Eric Katz
My letter to reps:
There is no profit motive for maintaining public safety, that’s why the weather service has to be a community government effort. The Elon Musk people should stay the hell away from my weather service. I don’t trust things already. If I can’t trust the weather information, then where are we? Nobody can plan for anything or trust anything if NOAA is corrupted.
Please feel free to copy or repurpose the contents of my letter for your own letters to reps.
Legislation against municipal mask bans introduced by President pro tempore of the Massachusetts Senate.
Massachusetts state Senator Will Brownsberger, Democrat from Boston, introduced a bill that would prohibit municipalities and boards of health from enacting mask bans that include banning “protective or medical use” of wearing masks in public.
Net neutrality rules struck down by activist federal court that maybe doesn’t like the fact that presidents change at intervals???
The federal court wants to decide on this, and decided it doesn’t like “vacillations” that happen at the FCC because of… democratic elections.
Tis the season people lie to friends & family about testing positive.
Tis the season people lie to friends & family about testing positive.
Why are people in the dark on urgent matters? It often comes down to elite panic.
One explanation for this is typically if there’s a danger that people in charge are inadequately informing the public about, it’s likely a case of elite panic…
JD Vance laid out the Trump anti-vax plan to Joe Rogan.
There’s a perfectly good program for vaccine adverse events which has a lower bar than the normal courts, and has functioned well for a long time. And even Republicans in Congress have suggested moving covid vaccines to that program. But it seems like MAGA doesn’t want that now that RFK Jr. is on board.
Trump admin’s grotesque folly set an extremely low bar for looking good on the pandemic.
More Trump will make more of the worst Democrats look not so bad because the comparison is a low set bar.
Republican state legislators in PA float punitive control of local governments forcing favour to fossil fuel.
Republican lawmakers want to punish municipalities attempting to protect local residents and public safety, and impede their compensation for environmental destruction by gas drillers. Saturday, October 12, 2024 Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And […]
The memory holing of the misuse of Arlington Cemetery.
Getting this reminder after the memory holing of this event is additionally jarring.
Covid contrarian school board member spent thousands of taxpayer money to put a clear glass window in a middle school bathroom.
Parent blasts windows cut into South Western gender-inclusive bathrooms at middle school – Harrison Jones – Hanover Evening Sun – Published 5:26 p.m. ET Oct. 2, 2024 Updated 2:42 p.m. ET Oct. 4, 2024 The school board claims that the preteens can’t be seen on the toilets from outside the bathroom, but the article contains […]
