Kate Boylan
@k8boylan.bsky.social
mama. librarian (and digital archivist). ally. advocate.
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Also, this should be a top story, but please be aware re: USPS.
Map shows where mail delivery will be slower after April changes
Americans who ship and receive mail through USPS will be able to visually see estimates starting April 1.
www.newsweek.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also, this should be a top story, but please be aware re: USPS.
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Tuned back into Senator Booker’s filibuster & am genuinely moved to tears—not by the words he’s saying, really—but by the sight of a leader willing to *do something*
I don’t care that it’s performative—We need more people willing to perform principals & virtue—We need examples for others to follow
I don’t care that it’s performative—We need more people willing to perform principals & virtue—We need examples for others to follow
April 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tuned back into Senator Booker’s filibuster & am genuinely moved to tears—not by the words he’s saying, really—but by the sight of a leader willing to *do something*
I don’t care that it’s performative—We need more people willing to perform principals & virtue—We need examples for others to follow
I don’t care that it’s performative—We need more people willing to perform principals & virtue—We need examples for others to follow
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
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NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.”
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite?
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director.
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
February 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director.
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words
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Since I don't want to fall into the trap of presenting media criticism without solutions, let me offer one key idea.
Your voice and attention are resources.
As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like
Your voice and attention are resources.
As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like
February 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Since I don't want to fall into the trap of presenting media criticism without solutions, let me offer one key idea.
Your voice and attention are resources.
As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like
Your voice and attention are resources.
As much as you use them to address media you don't like, perhaps consider making a concerted effort to amplify and support media you do like
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Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
February 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Don't let Trump flood your zone. Stay focused. Keep your eye on what this corrupt regime is really doing — looting the government to line their own pockets with massive tax cuts and the ability to steer more federal contracts their way.
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🚨House Republicans released their budget blueprint🚨
What you need to know:
- Pg 35 cuts Medicaid
- Pg 37 increases federal debt by $4 Trillion
They’re cutting benefits for kids, families & seniors to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
What you need to know:
- Pg 35 cuts Medicaid
- Pg 37 increases federal debt by $4 Trillion
They’re cutting benefits for kids, families & seniors to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🚨House Republicans released their budget blueprint🚨
What you need to know:
- Pg 35 cuts Medicaid
- Pg 37 increases federal debt by $4 Trillion
They’re cutting benefits for kids, families & seniors to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
What you need to know:
- Pg 35 cuts Medicaid
- Pg 37 increases federal debt by $4 Trillion
They’re cutting benefits for kids, families & seniors to pay for billionaire tax cuts.
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The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
February 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The top health care companies in America spent 95% of their profits to make their CEOs & stockholders obscenely rich.
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
How many Americans would be alive today if those companies spent $2.6 trillion on disease prevention and primary care, instead of stock buybacks and dividends?
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Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
February 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Conservative billionaires are funding a coordinated effort to dismantle public education to pay for private school vouchers that largely benefit wealthy families and enable corporations to avoid their fair share in taxes.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
Now they have a friend in the White House.
What the heck, MA.
The Trump administration is now allowed to proceed with the federal employee buyout program after a federal judge denied a request to halt the program entirely. Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., a U.S. District Court judge in the District of Massachusetts, did not rule on the program’s legality.
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What the heck, MA.
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Google was among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online maps have not yet followed Donald Trump's executive order.
Here's How All Online Maps Are Handling the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Name Change
Google is among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online maps have not yet followed Donald Trump's executive order.
wrd.cm
February 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Google was among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online maps have not yet followed Donald Trump's executive order.
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screams in humanities
NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.
February 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
screams in humanities
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The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...
youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...
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NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own…
propub.li
February 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: The removal of the DOJ’s Jan. 6 database signals the Trump administration’s intention to not only spare his supporters any further consequences for their role in the riot, but to erase the event from the record.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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Tragically useful
Excited to introduce Thoughtcrime Checker! This simple text editor highlights any words on the Trump administration's "banned" list. Remove these words from your NSF/NIH grants and see if you can avoid the Thought Police!
brad7280.github.io/thoughtcrime...
@theo.io @xkcd.com @byscottdance.com
brad7280.github.io/thoughtcrime...
@theo.io @xkcd.com @byscottdance.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Tragically useful
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I’m old enough to remember when a person who dumped a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park and tried to make it look like a bike accident might have trouble getting confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary.
February 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’m old enough to remember when a person who dumped a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park and tried to make it look like a bike accident might have trouble getting confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary.
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NEW: Chaos is consuming USAID as the State department moves to send overseas staffers home.
Already, some USAID employees’ email and systems access have been abruptly cut off, making it harder to get official information about what might happen next.
Already, some USAID employees’ email and systems access have been abruptly cut off, making it harder to get official information about what might happen next.
Chaos Consumes USAID as State Department Moves to Send Overseas Staffers Home
The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts.
wrd.cm
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
NEW: Chaos is consuming USAID as the State department moves to send overseas staffers home.
Already, some USAID employees’ email and systems access have been abruptly cut off, making it harder to get official information about what might happen next.
Already, some USAID employees’ email and systems access have been abruptly cut off, making it harder to get official information about what might happen next.
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This is our new Attorney General. It will be up to the pro-democracy legal community to fight harder than ever.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Picks Election Denier Pam Bondi As Attorney General
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is our new Attorney General. It will be up to the pro-democracy legal community to fight harder than ever.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...