Lisa M (she/her)

Lisa M (she/her)

@macrogirl.bsky.social

Retired 30 year educator with a deep love of science! Dreams of being a Park Ranger! Hiker, wannabe naturalist.

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Ridiculous.

Ted Hesson@tedhesson.bsky.social

The US aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Trump's stated refugee program cap, and is installing trailers on embassy property in Pretoria to support the effort www.reuters.com/world/us-aim...

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If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement… You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.

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Replying to @davelevitan.bsky.social

The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.

gravityisgone.com'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name ChangeNREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.

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A storm system will bring accumulating snow tonight through Thursday morning for portions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Travel impacts are expected, so stay ahead of the storm by visiting weather.gov for details in your neck of the woods.

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Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.

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Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.

nyti.msThe Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a JobForrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.

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We appreciate all the new follows - thank you for being here! Resistance Rangers formed after the Valentine’s Day Massacre, when hundreds of #NPS staff were fired without warning. We’ve been busy fighting back ever since, and are glad to join the #AltGov family: check out some of what we’ve done:

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May 2025: OMB tells USDA that SNAP is funded with a contingency plan through a shutdown Oct 2025: USDA withholds $6 Billion in available funds, blames Democrats for starving 42 Million Americans 🤔 Make it make sense 🤔

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US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers

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In short, we need more Archaeologists again. The First Lego League squads just keep rolling in. Spread the word among Archaeologists!

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social

I run @skypeascientist.bsky.social which matches scientists w/classrooms, libraries, etc for Q&As. We match First Lego League teams too. This tends to wipe out one category of scientist bc so many teams sign up for the same category (this year, archaeologists). We're almost out of archaeologists.

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Replying to @hypoautonomic.bsky.social

Resistance Rangers here, were a group of 1000+ off duty park rangers fighting the good fight. When we first started in February we tried to reach out to them, but they never got back to us. Follow us for how to get involved!

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“We have something that’s pure gold in terms of a robust research ecosystem that supports the lives and livelihood and wellbeing of not just people in Boulder and in Colorado, but people in the country and the world" — CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...

rmpbs.orgColorado scientists, lawmakers sound the alarm over proposed cuts to climate research | Rocky Mountain PBSColorado is the only state with multiple cooperative institutes. A leaked memo shows the White House wants to do away with them.

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The funny (crying funny not haha funny) thing about this is that my best friend is a toxicologist who studies air pollution and I’m an anthropologist who studies health and family/social systems . In 2025, Neither of us can do our jobs. The hits keep coming.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the EPA.

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Today’s #NoParksWithout: regional and national NPS staff who uphold our country’s legal and moral responsibilities to Tribal nations. We honor the stewards of this land since time immemorial. We demand that work to repair a long and violent history of broken promises not be derailed by callous cuts

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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

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We’re back again today to celebrate and FIGHT FOR ✊ our essential colleagues at regional and national programs threatened by a new round of mass firings Today: #NoParksWithout ✨youth and volunteers!✨ Comment if you’ve ever had an internship or volunteer experience that helped shape your career 💚

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It's impossible to overestimate how damaging this would be for everything from routine weather forecasting, to modeling and tracking hurricanes, to preparing for climate change. Every American will be worse off if this happens. For decades to come. (Gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/c...

nytimes.comWhite House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled (Gift Article)A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.

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Trump admin eyes major cuts to climate research at @NOAA. This would affect weather forecast accuracy in many ways -- the proposal would force the closure of all NOAA weather and climate labs & cooperative institutes. Via @nick_sobczyk www.axios.com/pro/energy-p...

axios.comTrump administration eyes big climate research cuts at NOAAThe proposal, if Congress enacts it, would squash some of the nation's premier climate change research programs.

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This is a 5 alarm fire. In normal time, the final budget would look nothing like the WH budget after Congress goes to work. BUT THIS IS NOT NORMAL TIMES! They want to implement this immediately for the fy25 spend plan! Congress is weak! Treat this as a death knell for NOAA and raise some hell.

James Dinneen@jamesdinneen.bsky.social

The Trump Administration aims to cut funding for NOAA by more than $1.6 billion relative to last year, according to an internal budget document obtained by New Scientist. The cuts would include the elimination of the agency’s office focused on climate and weather research. 🧪#NOAA