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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦<p>My column for the Hill Times on avian influenza is behind a pay wall, I fear. If you have a subscription, here’s the link. And if you have questions, ask away. (There was a lot of detail I couldn’t include in a 700 word oped.) <a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/13/we-need-agricultural-intelligence-to-protect-against-the-threat-of-avian-influenza/453626/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/13</span><span class="invisible">/we-need-agricultural-intelligence-to-protect-against-the-threat-of-avian-influenza/453626/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HPAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CFIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFIA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biosecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>
Dave Rahardja<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> HIRED BACK all employees fired by DOGE last week (about 6,000 of them) WITH BACK PAY.</p><p>All <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> did was cause <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, and pay 6,000 workers full wages to do nothing (except develop an ulcer) for a week.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/goodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodNews</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/agentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agentKrasnov</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/11/usda-status-update-probationary-employees" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usda.gov/about-usda/news/press</span><span class="invisible">-releases/2025/03/11/usda-status-update-probationary-employees</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UselessSusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UselessSusanCollins</span></a> not so useless! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicOutcry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOutcry</span></a> works!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfMaine</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> funding restored</p><p>by WABI News Desk<br>Published: Mar. 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM EDT</p><p> Maine (WABI) - "Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a> announced Wednesday that the University of Maine’s funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been restored.</p><p>"On Monday the University received notice that funding from the USDA was paused.</p><p>"According to UMS, the notice stated the pause was temporary while the USDA evaluated potential follow-up actions related to prospective Title VI (6) or Title IX (9) violations.</p><p>"Collins released at statement saying:</p><p>'This USDA funding is critically important not only to the University of Maine, but to our farmers and loggers, as well as to the many people who work in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquaculture</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forestry</span></a> industries. Now that funding has been restored, the work that the University does in partnership with the many people and communities who depend on these programs can continue.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/13/university-maines-usda-funding-restored/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wabi.tv/2025/03/13/university-</span><span class="invisible">maines-usda-funding-restored/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/District13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>District13</span></a></p>
Koen Hufkens, PhD<p>If someone needs to backup all USDA SNOTEL data (as climate adjacent) and therefore "reasons", here is gist using my {snotelr} <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rstats</span></a> package.</p><p><a href="https://gist.github.com/khufkens/b13b28068ddfd8a20d130abe2c95d49a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gist.github.com/khufkens/b13b2</span><span class="invisible">8068ddfd8a20d130abe2c95d49a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatedata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>USDA cuts target local food purchases for schools, food banks <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1947789/usda-cuts-target-local-food-purchases-for-schools-food-banks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1947789/u</span><span class="invisible">sda-cuts-target-local-food-purchases-for-schools-food-banks/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farms</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBank</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usda</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vermont</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/wcax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wcax</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.</p><p>Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/tribal-</span><span class="invisible">colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Native</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>College</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "USDA’s Purge of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges"<br><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/usda-climate-data-purge-harms-farmers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/050</span><span class="invisible">32025/usda-climate-data-purge-harms-farmers/</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration has deleted thousands of climate-related web pages from the U.S. Department of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a>’s (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a>) website, stripping <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> of critical resources as droughts, floods and shifting growing conditions intensify. Now, a coalition of environmental and farming groups is suing to get that information back, arguing that the purge is not just reckless but illegal."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>