The science and research fields are alarmed by President Donald Trump's anti-science policies.  The White House would argue that it is pushing for  gold-standard science . What is that? The administration released their  MAHA Report , injecting politics into science. And in a “Gold Standard Science” executive order last week, President Donald Trump outlined a new level of oversight over what counts as quality evidence and what does not, putting “a senior appointee designated by the agency head” in charge of overseeing “alleged violations.” Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said in a briefing that the goal of the executive order is to “rebuild the American people’s confidence in the national science enterprise … the status quo of our research enterprise has brought diminishing returns, wasted resources and public distrust.” A petition led by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science with more than 5,000 signatories says th...

 It was cloudy, but the walk to Tivoli Gardens was only about 15 minutes away, so braving the blustery cold, off we went. Cost $20 each if you do not ride anything. We were met by my Blue-bar Pigeon and his friends.  He then flew a bit into a tree, so we followed him there. We had not seen much of cherry trees in Japan, but saw a lot in Copenhagen. There, of course, were other flowers. Brussel sprouts and leeks.  See that black bird hiding in one of these photos? And more birds. As we walked back to the hotel we saw this restaurant. Ordered a pork ramen with some local beer.  Excellent!!! To Tivoli and back took 6029 steps. We leave tomorrow for Amsterdam, and the next day board the Tauck riverboat for a tulip cruise to Budapest, Hungarian, run by Viktor Orbán, good friend of Donald Trump. This is one of those days when I had an earlier posting only a few hours ago, am sending this second one now, and won't do this again for another 20 hours or so because of travel. ...