Blinded By Science

Planetary Geoscientist

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I know I need a laugh right now, how about you?

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Protesters gather at RI State House to denounce Trump immigration policy

Over a thousand protestors from around Rhode Island gathered at the South Lawn of the State House Sunday afternoon in Providence to protest the Trump administration's execution action on immigration.Several groups had put out calls for people to gather at

BROWN DEEPS REPRESENT!!!

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Rhode Island has a stop and identify statute

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The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf on people being detained at U.S. airports with valid visas to enter the country. If you are financially able, please donate to the ACLU to help support these Muslim refugees.

https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu?ms=web_horiz_nav_hp

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Will do

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How to Protest Safely and Legally

Hitting the streets to make your voice heard is a fundamental right in the United States, and it’s part of our country’s lifeblood. Whether you’re headed out in support or dissent, you should know what you’re getting into before you go. Even if you think the event is purely peaceful, someone else, another protest group, or the police may all have different ideas. Here are some tips to prepare before you go out to have your voice heard.

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Always Know How to Deal with the Police by Keeping These Cards in Your Wallet

When you're dealing with the police, it's important to know your rights so you don't do anything that could cause you unwanted trouble. It may be hard to remember every detail in the event it happens, however, so we've created some handy printable cards you can stick in your wallet to make sure you're always prepared.

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Your Cheatsheet for Talking to the Police

Our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have released a handy "Tips for Talking to the Police" cheatsheet intended to help you understand your rights, specifically in regards to searching your digital stuff.

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21 Things To Know About Your Right To Protest And How To Do It Safely

From what to bring to how to interact with the police.

Preparing to attend the rally against Trump’s anti-immigration order tomorrow in front of the RI statehouse from 1-3 with my Iranian colleagues, who are now trapped in the country while trying to earn their PHDs in Geoscience. This is getting absurd.

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Love People, Not Pleasure

What do fame, wealth and lots of sex bring? Exactly the opposite of what you think.

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Note to other scientists...

With this sudden influx of threats to our freedom of speech and research, I am finding it difficult to figure out how to balance my responsibilities as a researcher with my responsibilities as an active citizen, and I’m sure other scientists are too. Just remember that it’s ok to save yourself before saving the rest of the world. Take care of yourselves, you’ll need it.

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This will likely be taken down, so get it while it's hot!

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Date being announced soon

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GUYS https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer/status/824054953404669953 http://www.scientistsmarchonwashington.com/ THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS IN OPEN REBELLION

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YES

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Is this for real?

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It absolutely is, yes. @NASAClimate on twitter is also continuing to tweet climate facts in defiance of the gag order. 

https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer/status/824070855206600710 

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/upload/ClimateChange_01-05_DigitalPrelim.pdf

Grab this, hold onto it. Distribute again if it is taken down.

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https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/824075818519396353

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https://twitter.com/AltNatParkSer/status/824081620240056321

@AltNatParkSer confirms it is being run by active NPS rangers. 

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CHAOTIC GOOD RANGERS

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HOLY SHIIIIIIIIT

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*running in circles screaming*

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When this all started happening I followed this scientist, and he immediately followed me back. And all I could think was “LET’S DO THIS.”

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YES

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A required read from Michael Oman-Reagan.

This is all true. This all happened in Canada, and its very likely it will happen in the USA under Trump and be worse than Harper’s crackdown on Science ever was.

Links cited in this twitter essay:

The Big Chill: “Scientists Can’t Do the Job They Were Hired to Do”

More than 1000 Jobs Lost, Climate Program Hit Hard in Coming Environment Canada Cuts

Leaked document says Canadian federal climate scientists being blocked from media contact

Harper Government Trashes Another Federal Science Library

Federal scientists closely monitored during polar conference

Science Silenced: US Scientist Caught in Canadian Muzzle Climate-change scientists feel ‘muzzled’ by Ottawa: Documents

The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment

http://ourrighttoknow.ca/

http://write2know.ca/

https://evidencefordemocracy.ca

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So important that we made a video on the topic: https://youtu.be/8e1XX-ngJcc

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This is pretty overwhelming - take some time, get through a few of these articles.

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I will be reading all of this tomorrow and will inquire about distributing these materials to my university colleagues. Thank you to whoever put this together, incredibly helpful.

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jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook

PythonDataScienceHandbook - Jupyter Notebooks for the Python Data Science Handbook

Time to start leaning