Brutkey

David Ho
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David Ho
@davidho@mastodon.world

Wtf is wrong with these people?

Btw, California sends more to the federal government than it gets back.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-wants-ucla-to-pay-1-billion-to-restore-its-research-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.pZgx.nb_QjCHNAsB3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

David Ho
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Whether microorganisms thrive or simply survive in the air, they’re living there. Direct air capture at scale will suck in billions of them every minute. What are the ecosystem implications of killing so many microorganisms?

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/can-microorganisms-thrive-in-earths-atmosphere-or-do-they-simply-survive-there

David Ho
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Gross

https://wapo.st/4fwiqnq

David Ho
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The EPA will stop updating a popular database that helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the lead scientist criticized Trump, because he’s a fucking child. The scientist has left the EPA and will continue the work at Stanford University.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/climate/epa-database-useeio-greenhouse-gases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.iXQu.LgFRUlOyZLzz

David Ho
@davidho@mastodon.world

The EPA will stop updating a popular database that helps companies calculate their greenhouse gas emissions after the lead scientist criticized Trump, because he’s a fucking child. The scientist has left the EPA and will continue the work at Stanford University.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/climate/epa-database-useeio-greenhouse-gases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.iXQu.LgFRUlOyZLzz

David Ho
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The worst people in the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/europe/usaid-contraceptives-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU8._o7s.7CY-4sEPj9NE

David Ho
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Trying to take a bike on the train in Ireland is not easy. πŸ˜“πŸ˜“

David Ho
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Trump raises taxes on Americans bigly.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/business/economy/trump-tariffs-trade-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU8.mTNl.D5zus3kjMEsF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

David Ho
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β€œA judge in Charleston, S.C., dismissed on Wednesday the city’s lawsuit against oil and gas companies over their role in climate change, ruling that the case raised questions that were far beyond the bounds of state laws.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/climate/charleston-climate-lawsuit-oil-companies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cU8.bGhi.I5k51VGWadUP&smid=url-share

David Ho
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It’s mind boggling how many additional people this administration is killing.

β€œI have been in this business for over 50 years on the front lines of public health…And I can say unequivocally that this was the most dangerous public health decision I have ever seen made by a government body.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/federal-mrna-funding-cut-is-most-dangerous-public-health-decision-ever-expert-says