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This was "a nightmare scenario," said a firefighter with the Joshua Tree National Park, who also spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
During the last government shutdown six years ago, the revelation that vandals appeared to have chopped down a few of the Dr. Seuss-esque trees grabbed national headlines.
In this instance, the firefighter estimates more than a thousand trees were torched.
Brendan Cummings, conservation director for the Center…

"NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists"
'"This is like a stick in the spokes of merit review,” says one staffer who requested anonymity because of fear of retaliation. “It devalues discussion of the merits of each proposal.”'
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-pares-down-grant-review-process-reducing-influence-outside-scientists
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Found in the archives - re-posting for no particular reason at all. . .
#Shitpooooost #Shipost #Shitposting

One of my daughters spent 5 years in gymnastics and I cringe every time I hear a story like this, grateful that we dodged this bullet.
https://apnews.com/article/nassar-gardner-safesport-usa-gymnastics-olympics-abuse-b370cec…

AP sources: Internal dysfunction kept abuse watchdog from closing case against gymnastics coach
Young gymnasts were sounding warnings about a coach as far back as 2017. That's the same year the U.S. Center for SafeSport was created in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal. People familiar with the case involving Sean Gardner told The Associated Press he had agreed to a permanent ban from coaching early this year but the center never closed the deal. The people spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation by SafeSport and said Gardner's case got tangled in office pol…

Die Faxköppe und "das Internet ist kein rechtsfreier Raum" ist so hart verbunden, das kriegt man auch nach Jahrzehnten nicht auseinander. (Vorsicht: level of indirection hier)
Gleichzeitig versagt der Staat bei der einfachsten Durchsetzung von Gesetzen. Daran ändert dann auch die Vorratsdatenspeicherung nichts. Die haben schon so viele ungenutzte Privilegien, es ist sichtbar, dass die Forderung nach der VDS nur eine Ablenkung vom mangelnden Gesetzesvollzug ist.