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Peace ☮️, Love 💕 and Librarianship 📚
Sad to see this. Sad for the family and friends. Just plain sad.
April 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is long but has good information and strategies Read it all as you have time but if you or those you love are in a marginalized group (and most of us are), read and act on “10. Be Prepared” first! www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
Letter to the American People
March 27, 2025 Many of you have reached out to the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security to ask what you can do in the face of what appears to be an authoritarian coup against t...
www.lemkininstitute.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Drooping, tattered and slightly green is how I’m feeling right now.
March 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Amazon Takedown next please!
#GetGoneAmazon
March 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Many library/museum programs, events & trainings would not exist except for IMLS grants. Chances are if you've visited small musems or a local historical archive an IMLS grant has been crucial to their success. Send a letter today action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 @everylibrary.bsky.social
Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...
action.everylibrary.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trying to wrap my head around why this is happening so I’ve been reading books on fascism. Matthew C. MacWilliams’ book, “On Fascism 12 Lessons from American History” is a short book that is taking me through points in history where “American values” were not always democratic. 1/
March 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Excerpt from "Fascism: A Warning" by Madeline Albright
March 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What Happens If Trump Defies Court Orders?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
ALA statement on White House assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services
An executive order issued by the Trump administration on Friday night, March 14, calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the nation’s only federal agency for America...
www.ala.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On Self-Respect: Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay from the Pages of Vogue www.vogue.com/article/joan...
On Self-Respect: Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay from the Pages of Vogue
www.vogue.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Four Midwest Libraries partner with GPO to preserve government information t.co/HtL4GLYRyi
https://www.gpo.gov/25news07
t.co
March 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interesting to read what news media outside the US think. Couldn’t agree more!
Trump's dangerous game: A modern tyrant's struggles - The Economic Times
Donald Trump exhibits traits of historical tyrants, using threats and lies in his political strategy. His unfeasible promises like lower taxes and reducing immigration disrupt the US's traditional pow...
m.economictimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“The department announced Tuesday evening that it laid off nearly 50% of its workforce through the RIF. Impacted employees will be placed on administrative leave beginning March 21.”

Dumb move.
Education Dept announces temporary office closures, citing ‘security reasons’
Education Dept announces temporary office closures, citing ‘security reasons’
The Education Department is closing its offices in the Washington, D.C. metro area later today, and broadening those closures beyond the region on Wednesday, citing unspecific “security reasons.” James Hairfield, the director of the Education Department’s Office of Security, Facilities, and Logistics, told staff in an email obtained by Federal News Network, that all its offices in the National Capital Region will be “closed for security reasons,” starting at 6 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday. “Employees must vacate the building by that time,” Hairfield wrote. According to the email, all department offices in the National Capital Region, as well as regional offices, will be closed to employees and contractor employees on March 12. The email states that employees with approved telework agreements may work from home on Wednesday. “Please take your laptop with you when departing the office on Tuesday, March 11th,” the email states. “Employees will not be permitted in any ED facility on Wednesday, March 12th, for any reason. All offices will reopen on Thursday, March 13th, at which time in-person presence will resume.” This is a developing story and will be updated The post Education Dept announces temporary office closures, citing ‘security reasons’ first appeared on Federal News Network.
federalnewsnetwork.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Free Mahmoud Khalil.
March 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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It's the separation of powers, stupid!
March 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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#TB cases are on the rise globally, increasing 4.6% from 2020 to 2023 and reversing decades of decline. Microbiologists explain why this ancient disease seems to be making a comeback: buff.ly/JXXcEO3
By Karen Dobos and Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Colorado State University
As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very much a modern-day scourge.
buff.ly
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Those who have been misled by the MGA right need to reconcile the lies they’ve been told with how other world leaders and governments are viewing the President’s actions and words.
French Senator criticizes Trump
YouTube video by Brut America
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March 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Trump: “I think Russia has been acting very well.”

Russia:
March 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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I was wondering if i could get some help sharing this around. I will keep spreading it elsewhere. Wondering if we could get MSM to mention it? #goals
March 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Government data represents a potential "Holy Grail" for #AI developers (like Elon Musk-owned xAI). It’s verified records of actual human behavior across entire populations over time. This data exists nowhere else with such breadth and authenticity. buff.ly/gLdaHtc
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Heres a little cheatsheet if you want to start a “Tariff Garden” 🍅 🥬 🥕🥑🍓🫐🧄🧅🫛 www.forbes.com/sites/kenrob...
With Trump Tariffs, Expect Food Inflation For These Fruits, Vegetables
As you try to digest the 25% tariffs against Mexico and Canada that President Trump announced today, consider this: 99% of U.S. imported tomatoes came from Mexico.
www.forbes.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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A team of public health pros, web devs, and coders has preserved a copy of the #CDC website as it existed on January 20, 2025: RestoredCDC.org

Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾

#AcademicSky 🧪
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@schiff.senate.gov
@padilla.senate.gov
@chu.house.gov

Pleading with you and all congress to NOT GO tonight! He wants the attention and fuel for the 🔥
March 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dear Bully, Please leave the Whitehouse immediately. Stopbullying.gov.
March 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM