Katie McCaskey

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Media & PR 🧪 Federation of American Scientists (fas.org) - views here all mine ❤️ emerging tech/innovation, active transportation, built/natural environment

poster reads "bureaucracy as social hope: an argument for renewing the administrative state" from the Federation of American Scientists
ICE agents open fire on van driver who allegedly tried to run them over on Christmas Eve Two people injured during law enforcement operation in Glen Burnie, Maryland; multiple investigations launched
reading and review streak started on June 7, 2020 through December 22, 2025 (2,025 days)
lengthy and accurate description of US President Donald Trump
The Fix Our Forests Act (S. 1462) bill provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
Greene’s bill is the latest illustration of a deeply worrying trend. Research can certainly involve risk. But understanding and managing that risk in a controlled setting is far better than being unprepared in the face of real-world catastrophe. If we don’t study pathogens, we can’t prevent pandemics. And if we don’t study weather modification or related strategies like geoengineering (i.e., the suite of techniques that seek to influence natural systems), we are giving up the possibility of tools that could help us forestall climate disasters. When it comes to weather modification and geoengineering, we need to understand what’s possible, what’s dangerous and how technologies might be governed.
Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
“What’s baffling is the claim that pending military operations are not so sensitive after all, while the facts of a widely reported deportation that has already occurred cannot be disclosed,” said Steven Aftergood, who spent decades on government secrecy issues at the Federation of American Scientists. “It’s hard to take secrecy seriously as an instrument of national security when it is being manipulated so obviously for self-serving political ends.”
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Valentine's Day card reading: "to:, from: you're more precious and rare than any critical mineral that could be used in an EV"
Federation of American Scientists