Rebecca Yowler
@beccaminister.bsky.social
Queer minister, librarian, and figure skater. Pug lover, cat servant, craft maker, trouble causer.
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
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Celebrating the goodness of the world by honoring Dolly Parton (@realdollyparton.bsky.social ). Her support of biomedical research is greatly appreciated, from donations to support scientists to encouraging folks to get vaccinated. Let’s all #MakeDollySmile today! youtu.be/OU6lpOf7Wjc?...
Dolly Parton sings 'vaccine, vaccine' Jolene rewrite as she gets Covid-19 jab
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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May 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Celebrating the goodness of the world by honoring Dolly Parton (@realdollyparton.bsky.social ). Her support of biomedical research is greatly appreciated, from donations to support scientists to encouraging folks to get vaccinated. Let’s all #MakeDollySmile today! youtu.be/OU6lpOf7Wjc?...
The Economist really sums up the situation well.
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Economist really sums up the situation well.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
I just had a column published in the Journal of Library Administration~ doi.org/10.1080/0193...
Athletes Among Us
This article explores the intersection of librarianship and athleticism, focusing on the author’s personal experience as a figure skater and the broader context of adult athletes in the United Stat...
doi.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I just had a column published in the Journal of Library Administration~ doi.org/10.1080/0193...
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BE CAREFUL WHO IS IN YOUR GROUP CHATS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER DAY, I TEXTED "GONNA KILL HERAKLES AFTER 12 TRAGIC LABORS" AND INCLUDED NONE OTHER THAN HERAKLES. AN HONEST MISTAKE. I WILL KILL HERAKLES'S WIFE INSTEAD.
March 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
BE CAREFUL WHO IS IN YOUR GROUP CHATS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER DAY, I TEXTED "GONNA KILL HERAKLES AFTER 12 TRAGIC LABORS" AND INCLUDED NONE OTHER THAN HERAKLES. AN HONEST MISTAKE. I WILL KILL HERAKLES'S WIFE INSTEAD.
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Thwarted by their own big mouths… again
Judge REYES on a tear, telling DOJ she won't be "gaslit" by effort to say their ban on transgender people in the military isn't actually a "ban."
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
March 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thwarted by their own big mouths… again
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Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...
Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records
Federal agencies are required to "notify the Archivist of any actual, impending, or threatened unlawful removal, defacing, alteration, corruption, deletion, erasure, or other destruction of records in...
www.archives.gov
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Fellow feds - if you’re being directed to destroy records, report it to the National Archives Office of Records Management Oversight and Reporting. www.archives.gov/records-mgmt...
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*whispers* Nuremberg
“I work for the president. I need to do what the president tells me to do,” Dudek said, according to the recording obtained by ProPublica. “I’ve had to make some tough choices, choices I didn’t agree with, but the president wanted it and I did it.”
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump
In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”
propub.li
March 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
*whispers* Nuremberg
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Sure, this is bad for Johns Hopkins, bad for its employees, bad for America, bad for the world, but that's just the price we have to pay for the eugenics project of bored billionaires who long for the good old days of apartheid.
Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers
The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sure, this is bad for Johns Hopkins, bad for its employees, bad for America, bad for the world, but that's just the price we have to pay for the eugenics project of bored billionaires who long for the good old days of apartheid.
Meanwhile, there were all sorts of cries of "why didn't those terrible democrats clap for the cancer kid at the president's address"- apparently children with cancer only matter if they can make the orange menace look good. Noted.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents.
U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
nbcnews.to
March 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Meanwhile, there were all sorts of cries of "why didn't those terrible democrats clap for the cancer kid at the president's address"- apparently children with cancer only matter if they can make the orange menace look good. Noted.
The Honorable Ana Reyes is back at it today. So proud to know her.
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Reyes has kicked off a crucial hearing President Trump's effort to ban transgender people from serving in the military. She is beginning by pressing DOJ lawyer on the changes in military policy toward transgender people beginning in 2017.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Honorable Ana Reyes is back at it today. So proud to know her.
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I’m begging Democrats to stop talking about tax breaks for billionaires and the price of eggs! They are firing Air Traffic Controllers, stranding Americans in hostile countries, and getting ready to download our data from the IRS. No one is sitting around thinking “I’m worried about the deficit!”
February 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m begging Democrats to stop talking about tax breaks for billionaires and the price of eggs! They are firing Air Traffic Controllers, stranding Americans in hostile countries, and getting ready to download our data from the IRS. No one is sitting around thinking “I’m worried about the deficit!”
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
February 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
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The University of Minnesota has put out a very handy guide for finding government information as sites get scrubbed or go dark only to reappear with less information. Please use and share widely. This is an excellent resource.
libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...
libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...
Research Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Home
This guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides l...
libguides.umn.edu
February 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The University of Minnesota has put out a very handy guide for finding government information as sites get scrubbed or go dark only to reappear with less information. Please use and share widely. This is an excellent resource.
libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...
libguides.umn.edu/c.php?g=1449...
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Favorite sign so far
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Favorite sign so far
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While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.
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this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.
February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.
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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
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These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.
February 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.