@larrythelibrarian.bsky.social
Medical librarian (ex hum/soc sci). mystery novel & sci-fi fan. Sometimes (mostly) ex-drummer. Onetime medieval historian. Liker of GIS & OSINT stuff. Believer that West Philly is the Best Philly.
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Wonder where said phone is gonna be made…
CNBC - A company owned by President Trump announces it own branded Trump Mobile cell phone service and will sell a "T1" smartphone, featuring gold-colored metal case etched with an American flag. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/trump-mobile-phone-plan.html
June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Wonder where said phone is gonna be made…
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Happy ANTIFA Day to those who celebrate.
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Happy ANTIFA Day to those who celebrate.
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ONN won a Webby today for best comedy video show. I am extremely biased, but this might be our finest work yet.
Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid
April 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ONN won a Webby today for best comedy video show. I am extremely biased, but this might be our finest work yet.
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whither those "constitutional conservatives"?
March 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
whither those "constitutional conservatives"?
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Rümeysa's legal team is coordinating a fundraiser for her and her family to help them deal with this crisis, including medical costs since ICE has kept Rümeysa from accessing all her medications. Please donate if you're able:
Justice for Rumeysa Ozturk
Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,
chuffed.org
March 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rümeysa's legal team is coordinating a fundraiser for her and her family to help them deal with this crisis, including medical costs since ICE has kept Rümeysa from accessing all her medications. Please donate if you're able:
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I've resigned from the jury for the duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards in response to Columbia's capitulation to Trump.
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker resigns from duPont-Columbia journalism awards over school’s concessions to Trump - Poynter
Julie Cohen, co-director of ‘RGB,’ resigned from the duPont-Columbia Awards committee, saying, ‘In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up.’
www.poynter.org
March 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've resigned from the jury for the duPont-Columbia Journalism Awards in response to Columbia's capitulation to Trump.
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
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Far-right Rev. Calvin Robinson also said the phrase "my heart goes out to you" while performing a Nazi salute at an anti-abortion conference this year.
Father Calvin Robinson finished his remarks at the National Pro-Life Summit by throwing an Elon Musk salute, much to the delight of the crowd.
March 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Far-right Rev. Calvin Robinson also said the phrase "my heart goes out to you" while performing a Nazi salute at an anti-abortion conference this year.
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theres more than enough evidence to stop calling this “anti-dei” and start calling it resegregation
1/ The Trump Administration is seeking to force foreign companies worldwide to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes within their firms if they want to do business with the US government. It's an aggressive expansion of its anti-DEI crusade. ⬇️
March 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
theres more than enough evidence to stop calling this “anti-dei” and start calling it resegregation
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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Trump is already destroying our country. It’s sickening to witness the fascist praising @schumer.senate.gov for giving him more power.
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trump is already destroying our country. It’s sickening to witness the fascist praising @schumer.senate.gov for giving him more power.
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For no particular reason certainly not one named Chuck Schumer and the his punk ass Senate colleagues I am again sharing this academic work showing that accommodation pushes politics to the right www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For no particular reason certainly not one named Chuck Schumer and the his punk ass Senate colleagues I am again sharing this academic work showing that accommodation pushes politics to the right www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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it is grimly hilarious that, given the immense, decades-long fetishization of "leadership" and "leadership skills" in business-oriented academia and politics, even unto the formation of leadership institutes, there should turn out to be no leaders in any positions of power
March 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
it is grimly hilarious that, given the immense, decades-long fetishization of "leadership" and "leadership skills" in business-oriented academia and politics, even unto the formation of leadership institutes, there should turn out to be no leaders in any positions of power
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Here's our (@knightcolumbia.org) statement condemning the Trump administration's effort to subjugate universities to official power.
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
Knight Institute Condemns Trump Administration’s Effort to “Subjugate Universities to Official Power”
knightcolumbia.org
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here's our (@knightcolumbia.org) statement condemning the Trump administration's effort to subjugate universities to official power.
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...
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too woke, must destroy
Meet Gracie Himes, age 20.
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines.
On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
March 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
too woke, must destroy
We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
March 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Nice.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Nice.
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Yikes, this doesn't bode well for the future. Based on this new post from Trump, peaceful protest is now a crime in America. Are we heading toward another Kent State massacre incident—where the US government turns on its own people for speaking out?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yikes, this doesn't bode well for the future. Based on this new post from Trump, peaceful protest is now a crime in America. Are we heading toward another Kent State massacre incident—where the US government turns on its own people for speaking out?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_St...
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Update: Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who recently hinted at plans to manipulate GDP stats, has also now officially killed the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee.
Committee members were notified today that committee purpose has been "fulfilled," & comm terminated effective Feb. 28, 2025
Committee members were notified today that committee purpose has been "fulfilled," & comm terminated effective Feb. 28, 2025
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Update: Commerce Secretary Lutnick, who recently hinted at plans to manipulate GDP stats, has also now officially killed the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee.
Committee members were notified today that committee purpose has been "fulfilled," & comm terminated effective Feb. 28, 2025
Committee members were notified today that committee purpose has been "fulfilled," & comm terminated effective Feb. 28, 2025
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The bloodbath at NOAA apparently included meteorologists with the National Weather Service; scientists inside what’s simply known as NOAA Research, or the office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) more formally; technicians that keep up the country’s weather instrumentation;
NOAA returns/produces so much more money to the American economy than it costs, no stories about any of this should allow them the absolutely bullshit "savings" framing
We Are All Less Safe Today, as NOAA Gets Hit With Mass Firings
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The bloodbath at NOAA apparently included meteorologists with the National Weather Service; scientists inside what’s simply known as NOAA Research, or the office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) more formally; technicians that keep up the country’s weather instrumentation;
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Pretty much sums it up
March 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pretty much sums it up
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"Well, it’s day 40, and inflation saw its largest increase in over a year. Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government “waste”." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump can’t fulfil his promise to fix the economy, so he’s blaming workers instead
Forget about inflation. Now it’s all about cutting ‘waste’ in the form of jobs and our already paltry social safety net
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Well, it’s day 40, and inflation saw its largest increase in over a year. Blink and you might have missed that Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely abandoned their concerns about inflation to focus on government “waste”." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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David Niven's birthday, is it? Time once more for The Greatest Picture Ever Taken, then.
March 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
David Niven's birthday, is it? Time once more for The Greatest Picture Ever Taken, then.