Eric Geller

"The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme. It could cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis."

CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN

What exactly does he think the U.S. should do, and which agency does he think should do it?

David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta

House Homeland Chair Mark Green at Vanderbilt Modern Conflict Summit, when asked about reduction of CISA disinfo work, vaguely suggests there’s something the U.S. should do about foreign disinfo but doubles down on need for CISA to downsize those efforts: https://t.co/fCgwFqB8xG

Missed this a few days ago, but the parent org of the cyber threat information sharing group for state and local governments says it will temporarily pay to keep running the group after it lost federal funding: https://t.co/R0D1KDYUjz https://t.co/lBsrpmH2Ba

"Some [FBI officials] are also worried about the risks of having armed agents make unannounced visits to interrogate immigrant families, a community already on edge about the Trump administration’s goals to deport millions of immigrants." https://t.co/mWVzK26kfr

👀 China reportedly acknowledged to outgoing Biden officials in December that it was responsible for the Volt Typhoon critical infrastructure intrusions, linking them to "increasing U.S. policy support for Taiwan." https://t.co/p63ALABrzR https://t.co/2SMpuRiJMD

Adam Christopher's last Star Wars book was great, so I can't wait for his new Vader novel, which sounds fascinating. And of course, this Doug Chiang slipcase collection is a must-buy. https://t.co/NzB6PUsoF2 https://t.co/R1jOhWyE2m

I did not expect this.

Maggie Miller @magmill95

Scoop for Pros: The US is set to sign on to the Pall Mall Process code of conduct on the governance of spyware use, after days of uncertainty whether Washington would join the list of more than 20 nations already signed up: https://t.co/Kl8JEbEZpg

"[T]he Trump administration has slashed many of the programs it had pledged to preserve ... The cuts threaten to leave some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people without access to adequate supplies of food, clean water and medicine.'" https://t.co/ba2FyoD0ZD

"The Trump administration has cut funding and staffing at the program that oversees the federal government’s premier report on how global warming is affecting the country, raising concerns among scientists that the assessment is now in jeopardy." https://t.co/I0IdRxbJlS

"The 'both sides' approach here is false-equivalence, like that of treating an anti vax conspiracy theorist on a par with a scientist or medical doctor. One is illegitimate and dangerous, the other driven by verifiable empirical evidence." https://t.co/daOWW5krmP https://t.co/Cj6aViSqJI