@boulder
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Yosemite National Park employees who recently were fired by the Trump administration worry cuts will affect the experience of visitors and the welfare of wildlife that thrive in the popular vacation destination located in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Yosemite is home to giant sequoia trees and a haven for myriad wildlife species.

@julesbl
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
The shock and dismay of March 2020 are now five years behind us. Back then, COVID-19 was suddenly everywhere and nowhere, an invisible but deadly element, a new pathogen with delayed symptoms and sometimes no symptoms at all. We were all in danger and dangerous to others, a new kind of confusion. COVID-19 left us with an awareness of our own mortality—we were not invulnerable, not individually, not collectively.

@tiamat271
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Literally called Stand Up for Science, the March 7 rally brought together researchers, doctors, teachers and more to promote science and protest federal employee firings and proposed funding cuts by the Trump administration. Protesters from different fields and career stages convened on the National Mall, holding signs calling for federal support for research and celebrating science’s power for good.

@pallaske
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
RIP...

In 2005, Dmitry Markov (Russian journalist and photographer) was invited to photograph at an orphanage, and as a result of this trip, he became interested in volunteering. This passion led to a move from the Moscow region to Porkhov. At the time, Markov was a drug addict. Since 2007, having overcome his addiction, Dmitry started working in the Pskov public organization "Rostok" with orphans.

@LiamEgan
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Executives of The Campbell’s Co. lowered sales guidance for the fiscal year after a disappointing performance in the company’s Snacks segment and a companywide organic net sales decline in the second quarter ended Jan. 26.

Net earnings of $173 million, or 58¢ per share on the common stock, were down 15% from $203 million, or 68¢ per share, in the previous year’s second quarter.

@atthenius
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70.

Turner died peacefully Wednesday, according to a statement from his congressional office. No cause of death was provided.

“Throughout his career, he was known for his bipartisan leadership, dedication to his constituents, and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of all Houstonians,” the office said.

@primonatura
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after killing at least one person, damaging dozens of homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of residents.

The roughly 1,800-hectare (4,500-acre) fire has been burning for days in Ofunato, a city on the east coast of Japan’s main island that is about 300 miles northeast of Tokyo.

@Nazani
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Republican senators told tech billionaire Elon Musk at a closed-door meeting that his aggressive moves to shrink the federal government will need a vote on Capitol Hill, sending a clear message that he needs to respect Congress’s power of the purse.

Musk met with Republican senators at a luncheon to give them an overview of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team’s work to root out waste, fraud and abuse across an array of federal programs.

@annmlipton
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Business has made a Faustian bargain with Donald Trump and Elon Musk, his henchman at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. The promises of deregulation and tax cuts are oh so appealing. In reality, business leaders have let some extremely rapacious foxes into the hen house in ways they may come to regret.

Let’s put aside the negative economic effects of trade wars, immigrant round-ups and geopolitical strife, and focus only on Doge.

@dogfox
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
You can always count on the Philadelphia Eagles to stand on business! After their second Super Bowl win, the NFL team make it clear they have no plans to follow tradition and accept President Donald J. Trump’s invitation to the White House.

@tommythorn
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Because even though electric motors can pack a punch, people paying big money for super- and hypercars are increasingly disinterested in those cars being electrified. So much so that Maserati has canceled the all-electric version of the MC20.

@xankarn
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

They are among a number of photos unrelated to DEI that have been mistakenly flagged, including those from an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California, seemingly because an engineer in the image had the last name "Gay."

@collectifission
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Employees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) were informed on Thursday morning that new rules forbid them from accessing “general news” websites, including those that have been at the forefront of the reporting on Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort.

@stephaniepixie
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals.

Most people don’t know IRIS, as the program is called, but it is the scientific engine of the agency that protects human health and the environment. Its scientists assess the toxicity of chemicals, estimating the amount of each that triggers cancer and other health effects.

@MamaBearCathy
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
THE FREEDOM OF Information Act is a vital tool to expose how the U.S. government operates, and it’s especially critical when it comes to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Musk and DOGE have slashed staffing and spending at vital federal agencies with startling secrecy and speed.

FOIA works best when requests are as specific as possible.

@skykiss
#PostOfTheWeek (season 2):
The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert.