It's hopeful to hear scientists be so direct in speaking out against the "gold standard" anti-science EO that would gut fundamental scientific integrity in the US. "The Executive Order 'Restoring Gold Standard Science' is Dangerous for America" agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... ⚒️🧪
As much as I hate it, the claim that it takes away Federal scientists First Amendment rights isn’t true. We aren’t allowed to publish outside of work (not a new policy), and everything we do publish under our official position is technically government, not personal, speech.
I'd say yes & no, based on my 23 years as a federal employee. Sure, we could not publish agency work in a private capacity. We could do outside writing based on our general professional expertise, as long as you got an ethics review to demonstrate no conflict of ethics, which I did routinely.
Also, to be honest, if that's your main reaction 🤷♂️
Lawyers think they know everything
These people are LITERALLY TRYING TO WIPE OUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
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