Josh Stone
@libraryjosh.bsky.social
Librarian. Jaguars fan. Orioles fan.
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I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be.
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
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Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
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Anyone see a problem here? Speaking as a teacher with a master’s degree, I’m insulted.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I can only hope that the reason "librarian" is not on this list is b/c they are afraid of us. As they should be.
Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
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Solidarity with everyone who does the professional work on this list. An injury to one is an injury to all and we will fight for you ✊
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The Department of Education, led by the wife of a former head of the WWE, has declared nursing to no longer be a professional degree.
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The Department of Education, led by the wife of a former head of the WWE, has declared nursing to no longer be a professional degree.
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
It’s a war on so called women dominated professions
It’s also devastating for the disability community
We need nurses
They’re an invaluable part of the care team
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"By now, the gutting of the federal workforce is one of the most widely reported stories of Trump’s new term. But it’s also the least understood.
After the inauguration, the second Trump administration didn’t waste any time carrying out Project 2025’s fever dream..."
After the inauguration, the second Trump administration didn’t waste any time carrying out Project 2025’s fever dream..."
This crude reimagining of the role that government workers play in American life is devastating for those who rely on federal services, and it is catastrophic for those who built their careers providing these services, writes @sashaabramsky.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
https://bit.ly/47NuKh1
The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce
Systems built up over the last 120 years are being either eliminated or corroded at warp speed, with the implicit blessing of the US Supreme Court.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"By now, the gutting of the federal workforce is one of the most widely reported stories of Trump’s new term. But it’s also the least understood.
After the inauguration, the second Trump administration didn’t waste any time carrying out Project 2025’s fever dream..."
After the inauguration, the second Trump administration didn’t waste any time carrying out Project 2025’s fever dream..."
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A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
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Reminder: Two years ago, I wrote about a Baltimore County dad who spent 18 years in prison based on 'shaken baby syndrome' evidence that is now seriously in question. Story: thedailyrecord.com/2023/04/02/2...
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reminder: Two years ago, I wrote about a Baltimore County dad who spent 18 years in prison based on 'shaken baby syndrome' evidence that is now seriously in question. Story: thedailyrecord.com/2023/04/02/2...
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mike Johnson -- who is, yes, theoretically a lawyer -- has not had a chance to look at the American Constitution because he's been very busy lately, folks, he just can't see everything, gosh, how is he supposed to know if it's wrong that the president called for the execution of congress members?
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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"As someone who is definitely NOT antisemitic, I strongly believe all the Jews should be sent to their own country on the other side of the world."
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"As someone who is definitely NOT antisemitic, I strongly believe all the Jews should be sent to their own country on the other side of the world."
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Come to FTP's open house on Dec 4 to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: [For The People] Cohort Open House. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join us to learn more about our 2026 library board cohort and ask questions from past participants - you can apply for the cohort now (applications close December 18).
us02web.zoom.us
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Come to FTP's open house on Dec 4 to learn more: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Get on your library board, folks. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Get on your library board, folks. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Pretty grim to go back and read this. The media liked Trump and helped him win the election.
Can’t think why it turned out how it did with the media reporting honestly.
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
12 misleading or lacking-in-context claims from Harris’ DNC speech
They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pretty grim to go back and read this. The media liked Trump and helped him win the election.
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i don’t think it is appreciated enough how much roberts has right-wing legal theoried himself into being a dumbass
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
i don’t think it is appreciated enough how much roberts has right-wing legal theoried himself into being a dumbass
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Trump Guns, from the man who just called for the execution of elected legislators.
this morning's Fox & Friends featured commercials for Trump Watches *and* Trump-branded handguns. a level of presidential grifting that was unfathomable a decade ago.
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump Guns, from the man who just called for the execution of elected legislators.
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The answer to this question is yes
"Are the Jacksonville Jaguars good or bad?" is like Schrodinger's cat, which is simultaneously alive and dead.
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The answer to this question is yes
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i’m sure someone else has already put this together but fucking wild he called for members of congress to be hanged the same day the coast guard said a noose is no longer a hate symbol
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
i’m sure someone else has already put this together but fucking wild he called for members of congress to be hanged the same day the coast guard said a noose is no longer a hate symbol
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
But don’t call them Nazis, right? 🙃
Things are going great.
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol. The policy similarly downgrades the classification of nooses and the Confederate flag.
Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as “potentially divisive”
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
But don’t call them Nazis, right? 🙃
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im fucking crying dawg
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
im fucking crying dawg
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[for context] www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m... [gift link]
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
[for context] www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/m... [gift link]
Baltimore’s own making the news!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Baltimore’s own making the news!!
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The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
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Nonprofit attorneys said the 10-day turnaround Trump’s foundation got on its tax-exempt status application is “virtually unheard of.”
Trump’s library foundation got special treatment from the IRS during the government shutdown
Nonprofit attorneys said the 10-day turnaround Trump’s foundation got on its tax-exempt status application is “virtually unheard of.”
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nonprofit attorneys said the 10-day turnaround Trump’s foundation got on its tax-exempt status application is “virtually unheard of.”
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"One school district in North Carolina appears to be feeling the impact of the recent ICE raids in Charlotte."
"A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17."
"A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17."
More Than 30,000 Students in One North Carolina School District Skipped Class on Monday amid ICE Raids
More than 30,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County reportedly did not attend school on Monday, Nov. 17. This comes as ICE conducted raids in Charlotte, N.C., over the weekend, arresting more th...
people.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"One school district in North Carolina appears to be feeling the impact of the recent ICE raids in Charlotte."
"A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17."
"A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17."