Gregory Randazzo

Trump administration's cuts to next generation weather satellite program could set back forecasting by a decade, experts warn. Note the lack of the lightning mapper on the new GeoXO constellation... www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/w...

Deliberate destruction of American power and prosperity by the Trump regime

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

Hey @rechelon.bsky.social why is anti realism particularly prevalent in certain neuroscience/physics adjacent spaces… there seems to be a connection to reactionary tendencies more broadly but it’s hard to parse. Related to RW religious revival? Ex: found via reddit analyticidealism.com/home.html

Imagine what’s happening in the camps.

We are dealing with a Western Christian supremacist movement willing to see millions die in the name of racial purity. This is William Wolfe. A year ago he was invited with fourteen other faith leaders to the WH. Today he is praising ICE for killing peaceful observers. This is Christian fascism.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Back then, wannabe dictators either declared dictatorship or staged a coup. Today wannabe dictators use “electoral autocracy” — they come to power via elections but then hollow out the electoral system through voter suppression, banning rivals from running for office, intimidation, & other tactics.

NEW: Woman shot dead by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as Renee Good, 37. According to her mom, Renee had 3 children and was not part of any ICE protest groups

There aren't a lot of resources for what people can do to prevent the destruction of NCAR, so I made this: #NCAR #climate #climatescience #weather #meteorology #activism #myresources

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Thanks everyone, it’s been fun being a scientist in the US. 👋

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Mass murderer. (gift link)

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

The Trump administration's attempts to cut the overhead rates of grants awarded to universities from NIH, NSF, DOE, DoD, etc. have gone largely unnoticed outside of academia, but this move is a crucial aspect of the assault on American research universities. @andrewdessler.com wrote about it. 🧪

🚨 BREAKING: “They tried to run over our people” - Cudahy Mayor Liz Live video from Atlantic & Brompton in Bell shows Cudahy Mayor and community members tear-gassed by what appears to be law enforcement, with unmarked law enforcement vehicle charging at crowd…

Noting that the Trump 1.0 decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is a major contributing failure to the crisis, the Nobel-prize winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War has released a statement—a good script for us all: peaceandhealthblog.com/2025/06/13/i...

Reasonable people can no longer deny that the United States has descended into autocracy. We are all slipping into a deep nightmare. What is the bottom? That depends on whether we unite against the whirlwinds of danger- or take solace from our fear in hedonism and fantasy.

Irish Times: What a surprise to learn this powerful wizard of the Dark Enlightenment is just another needy dork www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

ICE arrested 36 Chinese & Taiwanese immigrants after raiding an LA nightclub. That's them, ziptied on the sidewalk. Yo Asians—if you weren't already outraged and mobilizing on behalf of others, guess what? That "First they came for the..." poem has gotten up to us. www.latimes.com/california/s...

A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

From over 300k to less than 100k. A picture of smaller, reduced science.

Latest wildfire smoke forecast from weather.gc.ca/firework/fir... shows a significant Canadian smoke incursion into MN, WI, and MI on Fri, advancing into the E U.S. on Sat. The pink colors: AQI> 182 (Red, Unhealthy). Left image: 7 pm EDT Fri. Right: 7 pm Sat. The HRR Smoke model is similar.

Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane

Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/24/c... “The work continues, the data, the products, the science will continue because science is done by people not by buildings,” NASA GISS director Gavin Schmidt told CNN.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

We are nearing the end.

Allowing this kind of rhetoric to proliferate will certainly lead to atrocities. See Rwanda 1994

A decade after Obergefell v. Hodges, right-wing media figures are once again targeting same-sex marriage, laying ideological groundwork for a potential reversal of the landmark decision. 🧵

🔴⚠️🌋new very strong eruptive phase has started few hours ago at #Lewotobi volcano with a powerful explosion that caused an ash column up to 8000km in height with a plume possibly reaching 16km according to VAAC.⬇️Explosion & @eumetsat.int ash product by HIMAWARI-9 @volcaholic1.bsky.social

Compromising ballon launches at 17% of U.S. upper air sites will noticeably degrade ALL forecasts, from private companies and NWS. NO ONE benefits from this, except the Old Farmers Almanac, whose imaginary forecasts will look better compared to all the degraded ones.

Up-to-date NWS upper air network map

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Where do weather forecasts come from? #NOAA’s satellites, radar, and experts work behind the scenes to track storms, predict weather, and send out critical alerts. Without them, forecasting would be a lot less reliable, atmospheric scientist Kari Bowen @cires.colorado.edu explains:

Welcome to the Enemies List! I have an oped in the Austin-American Statesman today: www.statesman.com/story/opinio...

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My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...