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Hundreds of employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
have signed an open letter,
directed to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy,
criticizing proposed cuts to the agency
and condemning recent policies that could potentially harm the U.S.
The letter, titled
“The Voyager Declaration”
in honor of two spacecraft that were launched by NASA in the 1970s
(that continue to zoom beyond the boundaries of t…

Hundreds of NASA Employees Write Open Letter Blasting Trump Over “Rapid and Wasteful Changes” to Agency
Trump’s cuts will “leave the American people without the unique public good that NASA provides,” NASA workers wrote.

Court filing: Elon Musk says he talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither he nor Meta signed a letter of intent (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/12494c21-e477-49c1-a2d7-683c12c281ea

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“Under this definition of antisemitism, which absurdly conflates criticism of a nation-state, Israel, and a political ideology, Zionism, with the ancient evil of Jew-hatred, it is impossible with any honesty to teach about topics such as the history of the creation of Israel, and the ongoing Palestinian Nakba”

“Reuters published a story just a few days ago, 1 of many warnings: ‘In May, every living former director of NWS signed on to an open letter w/ a warning that, if continued, Trump’s cuts to fed weather forecasting would create needless loss of life. Despite bipartisan congressional pushback for a restoration in staffing & funding to NWS, sharp budget cuts remain on pace in projections for the 2026 budget for NOAA, the parent organization of NWS.”

Texas Officials Blame Agency Gutted by Trump for Results of Deadly Storm
Experts warned for months about cuts to NWS and NOAA

Columbia’s new policies intended to stop and punish any on-campus criticism of the Gaza genocide
by characterizing it as “antisemitism”
have made it impossible for Rashid Khalidi to teach his planned fall course.
See his explanation here, which ends with:
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning
into a shadow of its former self,
an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls,…