„Angry at the tech CEOs who have benefited from the scientific research that has enabled their technology empires, but have mounted no opposition to the cuts. People like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos are conspicuously silent. We should call them out,”
“A human lifetime is very limited in time and space, compared to the universe.” In a way, it is humbling, but it’s also a relief to know that there’s a larger structure of which we’re a part that is so grand. Our imperfections, our struggles, our travails, when you put them in perspective, they somehow don’t seem so traumatic.”
We’re all emotional animals. And when there’s a crisis—when there’s no time to study the situation for weeks—we have to decide **now**. We react through our understanding and experiences. So yes, that means we’re all idiots, vulnerable to corruption.
That’s why we created **scientific methods**: to overcome the unchangeable parts of our inner selves.
A person who can clearly see and admit they’re corrupted, selfish, and greedy? They can still create techniques to control themselves. When a person clearly sees that they **can’t change anything**, that’s the first step.
I think the most horrible things—what’s happened and what will happen—come from this sickness in our minds. **And it is unchangeable.**
Environment Scientist(Student), I like positivity news, fitness, Olympic lifting, Linux, Fediverse, art, music, books, science, universe, activism.
Science is not media. I try to avoid, and I am not interested in Media politics, Media religion, media marketing, media economics and trades of those medians.
(he,him,his)
As meditating- listening to myself (Krishnamurti).
Memento mori — “Remember that you must die.”
Memento amoris — “Remember love.”
We are concerned with observing the actual facts, the ‘what is’. To observe ‘what is’ very clearly and to see the full significance of those facts, we must look at it without our conditioning. That is where the difficulty is going to lie, because you have opinions, you have values, you approach them as a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, or what you will, with your nationality, with your peculiar idiosyncrasies, and these prevent you from observing, from looking. Observation is an art. It is not easily learnt. One has observed neither the sunset nor the stars, neither the trees nor the facts, outwardly or inwardly. So, if we are going to travel together – and I hope we will – we have to observe scientifically, ruthlessly and with great intelligence.
From Collected Works, Vol. 14 (krishnamurti)
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” — Albert Einstein
Email: jacob.urlich@tutanota.com
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Anne Ominous
in reply to Zack Labe • • •they're wrong, and this sucks.
SMFH. very sorry to hear this - because we'll all lose without you in that position.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Kia Kaha from Aotearoa/New Zealand. FWIW your posts are great - authoritative but easy to digest. Only bad people shoot the messenger, and I'm sad that your once great country is run by bad people.
Any #NGO need a good communicator?
rednikki
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Play Ball and Fight Fascists
in reply to Zack Labe • • •I'm so very sorry for this, and everything that is being done to our civil servants.
I know you know this, but that "justification" is just AI generated bullshit because they have no idea what NOAA actually does.
Eira Tansey
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Forest witch lady (La Donna) 💙💛💙💛
in reply to Zack Labe • • •I hope you land on your feet.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •If it's not coming from your superior but from some DOGE goon it quite possibly was unlawful and even if it was it still can be it was not in following the chain of command. Making the one responsible liable for damages.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Ken Butler has moved
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Dreaming of dad jazz.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •If you have good performance evaluations it's worth a shot.
Perspective
in reply to Zack Labe • • •nothing coming out of the Whitehouse makes sense any more.
Looking forward to hearing that they've finally rounded up the crazies and stopped them from hacking holes through the bottom of the ship.
Hopefully, that happens sooner rather than later ...
Claire Barnes
in reply to Zack Labe • • •oldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINE
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •DoNotPunchDown
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Wow. I'm so sorry. That's just horrible. I wish i had some answers for everyone.
I'm sorry to ask but was this due to that email telling all federal workers to list what they did last week? I think a judge just stopped that.
I'm so sorry
Marcus Jenkins
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Huskify has moved
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Words cannot capture the distress I feel for humanity.
Your situation is an indication of how very lost we are. The personal impact on you must be almost overwhelming.
I hope you make it past this very sad time and can continue to give us the information and tools we need to survive.
Mike Bloomfield
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Hi Zack,
This is NOT ok. It is deplorable and it weakens the USA. Ignorance is not strength.
Good luck in your future endeavors which I hope will include unselfishly helping others. Thank you for your past service.
Mike
Julescelt
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Been following for awhile and your informational graphics were always stellar. Hope you'll land somewhere great and keep informing the public about climate change.
I'm so sorry you lost your dream job.
VHG 🇪🇺🇩🇪
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Kat O’Brien
in reply to Zack Labe • • •My deepest sympathies.
So many of us are furious that they are dismantling services that help Americans and the world, and treating federal workers so callously.
JJ Blue
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •I am so sorry - I liked your graphs very much.
How about coming to Europe?
cc @daniel_huppmann @ccca
Thomas Lavergne
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Hi Zack. Well, they are very wrong and it sucks. Sorry that this happens to you and many others.
You have obviously been (still are) an inspiration for fact-based #climate information. I believe more people get their #seaice information from your SoMe posts than directly through #nsidc, #osisaf, and #c3s combined. That's how effective you have been, and why they are so wrong in their letter.
Let us know if there is something we can do to help.
Zack Labe
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •I'm very sorry to hear this. And you work definitely of public interest. Your social media accounts show this.
I'm not sure how much effect the letter will have. But it's better than remaining silent.
mastodon.green/@EOMasters/1140…
Knud Jahnke
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Hagen Domaška
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Nobody in still democratic countries can be surprised if it happens there, too. When autocratic take over started in Hungary, we didn't pay so much attention. Now, after Poland, Slovakia and the US, it should be clear to everyone: Oligarchism is on its goal straight. And it brings war, fascism, corruption and poverty with it.
John_Loader
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •this is so awful!
I’m seriously concerned that the Republican administration is going to succeed in hiding the truth, simply by doing things like this and getting rid of all of the information and data.
I have really appreciated seeing your updates here!
Jay
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Bloody hell.
Stay strong mate.
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Such is life with Leon "Space Karen" Musk & the Mango Mussolini.
Hang in there, Zack. ❤
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Dagnabbit, Pascaline ! 🙄
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Oh no!
You matter, you help people understand climate and more. Sadly, climate is not what the current government wants discussed. So, people are sacked for this & other reasons that contradict the current president's idea of how the world should be.
So much is being written on the current situation, but personal stories are the ones we need to keep us resisting and fighting.
You lost your dream job.
You may get it back, and in the mean time know people are working to turn the tide.
Alexander Diemand 💚
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Foxle
in reply to Zack Labe • • •Good luck to you from Germany. 👋
Colas Hennion
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •Purging Scientific Datasets to Fight “Wokeness” and “Waste”
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in reply to Zack Labe • • •SimonBornAt318ppm
in reply to Zack Labe • • •shit - absolutely gutted for you, your colleagues and for the future of us all
Scientific inquiry is, it would seem, now for the scrap heap in the land of neofascist theocracy