A bluejay from the icy time a couple weeks ago
#birds

Scoop @STAT: Some #NIH outside advisors are being removed

A branch chief at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences told staff last week that “nobody knows why” people were removed and “nobody knows who did it.”

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/nih-outside-scientific-advisers-being-removed/

#health #healthcare #healthpolicy #medicine #research #science

Cats kiss on bed #foot #cats #kiss #tongue #CatsOfMastodon

Smart.

This is very alarming. https://www.comicsands.com/jasmine-mooney-detained-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

In these busy times where we're throwing out curses like it's beads at mardi gras, I remind you that store bought demons are just fine for your standard curse. It's not what I'd use for fancy, seal-invoking, god-punishing curses, but for your average "I hope your cybertruck implodes with you in it" curses....store bought demons are fine.

Always remember, if they can disappear immigrants, they can disappear anyone.

Judge Not Going To Let Trump Disappear Immigrants To Get Tortured In Foreign Prisons, For Now
https://www.wonkette.com/p/judge-not-going-to-let-trump-disappear

#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

The fact that this gang of criminals is using public rather than officially designated tools to communicate tells you they are executing against this government rather than on its behalf. It’s a hostile takeover. Respond accordingly.

I've noticed something that I think is worth pointing out: pretty much ALL of the pushback I have gotten on LinkedIn over the past few months over stories critical of this administration has come from men in IT. Many of whom no doubt idolize Musk, who in their minds can walk on water.

Conversely, the response almost universally I've seen from female non/male people in IT and security professionals on LinkedIn has been a great deal more appropriate, i.e. horror, disgust and revulsion for the way this administration is treating federal employees, veterans, the courts, judges, lawyers, journalists, and important, long-standing U.S. policy interests.

I guess what I'm saying is nobody should expect the men in IT to lead the resistance. So many of them are like this guy: angry, aggressive, and really excited about the good old US of A going back to the 80s. Like the 1880s.

Huh.

Our instance, like some others are banned in a few countries

Not because we spread mis-information but because we spread factual information

Says a lot more about them than us!

Tip: in case you lose your phone and so all your Signal chat histories, add a reporter or hostile nation state to your group chats for free backup and recovery.

Would anyone blame them if they said “hell no” to that?

Director of Oscar winning "No Other Land" attacked by settlers in West Bank and arrested by Israeli military. No reason for arrest given. #Palestine #WestBank

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/24/oscar-winning-palestinian-director-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-and-arrested?CMP=share_btn_url

No one is this sloppy just once. We should assume these clowns have compromised significant portions of our natsec system by now.

I cannot stress this enough - so many of the people in the Trump WH, including Trump himself would NEVER pass even the most rudimentary background checks. They have access to intel only because the Senate Republicans confirmed their incompetencies. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/

A reporter was added to a White House principals committee Signal group. No, that shouldn't happen, and government entities discussing classified information shouldn't be operating this way. Obviously.

"I have never seen a breach quite like this. It is not uncommon for national-security officials to communicate on Signal. But the app is used primarily for meeting planning and other logistical matters—not for detailed and highly confidential discussions of a pending military action. And, of course, I’ve never heard of an instance in which a journalist has been invited to such a discussion.

Conceivably, Waltz, by coordinating a national-security-related action over Signal, may have violated several provisions of the Espionage Act, which governs the handling of “national defense” information, according to several national-security lawyers interviewed by my colleague Shane Harris for this story."

The most bizarre part is Pete Hegseth texting "I will do all we can to enforce 100% OPSEC” 🤡 🤡 🤡

#natsec #military #NSC
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5IVJpB2t9BYyxpzU4sooa69M&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

I also keep checking this story to make sure Rudy G wasn't on the chat, bc adding a journalist by accident is totally the kind of thing he would do. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

🚨🚨 Just released a 37-page ruling from Chief Judge James #Boasberg, denying the #Trump administration request to vacate its TROs preventing the government from enforcing the #AlienEnemiesAct against #Venezuelans.

🚨No one subject to the #AEA can be deported without a hearing.🚨

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.53.0.pdf

#law #Constitution #immigration #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #CivilRights #DualState #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/french-university-scientific-asylum-american-talent-brain-drain

Yes, we know: #RSS isn't exactly cutting edge. 🙂

However, in a world of social media noise and click bait, promoting tried-and-true web services can be smart and innovative, too. 😎

So here's a collection of #DW feeds you can directly tap into via your favorite traditional #news aggregator:

https://corporate.dw.com/en/rss-feeds/a-68693346