Before the pandemic, I was invited as a distinguished scholar at a Chinese university. I furiously scrubbed any negative thing I said about China from all my devices before I went. I can teach y'all how before you visit the US. RE:

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Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China...

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To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreicsmhbfy6l56ghprimub76zuojqy6us3hd3j4jumb5etkl4wpgscm

One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible. [Home - NOAA Ocean Acidificatio...](

NOAA Ocean Acidification Program

Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program

NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.

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Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. [nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...](https://nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/ntn-gradient-maps/ ) https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreicrbaqmiaclul6rtvvqicgimvt3n2io5k5ppru4om4r3kjlu5hsku https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreiaze3as6dfmv2wpldj6dwx3q3efhxozzos6njxssrnrybpwrkub3a

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A colleague just had to convince her institution that the FAIR data principles are not DEI. [FAIR data - Wikipedia](

FAIR data - Wikipedia

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We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

It's amazing that all cities don't do this. [A million cars have disappeare...](https://www.fastcompany.com/91272434/a-million-cars-have-disappeared-what-nyc-is-like-after-one-month-of-congestion-pricing )

I usually don't look at Nextdoor but this message "Someone missing a goat?" intrigued me. 🐐 https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreigu2s7o5wjlmzbzqmcvxsr4mhlvlemho4nxjwfckbuo6lfgqkyshq