Amy
@missoulamy.bsky.social
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The ruling temporarily blocks devastating actions that were already underway, including IMLS staff layoffs scheduled for May 4 and the mass cancellation of library grants.
It’s a step forward—but the fight is far from over. More to come soon.
It’s a step forward—but the fight is far from over. More to come soon.
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The ruling temporarily blocks devastating actions that were already underway, including IMLS staff layoffs scheduled for May 4 and the mass cancellation of library grants.
It’s a step forward—but the fight is far from over. More to come soon.
It’s a step forward—but the fight is far from over. More to come soon.
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🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
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US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
March 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
US added to the global human rights watchlist due to declining civil liberties.
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The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
March 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
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And it happens again!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
March 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And it happens again!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
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Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
March 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!
This is the power of representation.
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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For anyone having trouble with Pubmed, here’s some explanation and a few alternatives, in that order
bsky.app/profile/scoi...
bsky.app/profile/scoi...
Someone has apparently been fucking with the NIH’s nameservers
March 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For anyone having trouble with Pubmed, here’s some explanation and a few alternatives, in that order
bsky.app/profile/scoi...
bsky.app/profile/scoi...
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Someone has apparently been fucking with the NIH’s nameservers
March 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Someone has apparently been fucking with the NIH’s nameservers
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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
February 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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This is an impressive act of Resistance right in Trump’s face at the White House. Well done US Army Chorus.
February 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is an impressive act of Resistance right in Trump’s face at the White House. Well done US Army Chorus.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
February 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
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Just in case you need to hear this: stop beating yourself up over productivity and getting things done, the world is exhausting right now and everyone is feeling it.
February 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just in case you need to hear this: stop beating yourself up over productivity and getting things done, the world is exhausting right now and everyone is feeling it.
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Buy. Paper. Books.
(and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices)
New from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-261/
(and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices)
New from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-261/
February 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Buy. Paper. Books.
(and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices)
New from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-261/
(and download ownable ebooks onto your own devices)
New from me at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-261/
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
@altnps.bsky.social Any inside info on why is the Library of CONGRESS bending the knee in this manner? One business day for feedback on changing LOC subject headings is unheard of. More in comments.
I just learned that the Library of Congress is determining whether to change all references in its systems from "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America". The *very short* comment period ends today so if you have thoughts, now is the time to share them.
Send them here right now: listcomments@loc.gov
Send them here right now: listcomments@loc.gov
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
@altnps.bsky.social Any inside info on why is the Library of CONGRESS bending the knee in this manner? One business day for feedback on changing LOC subject headings is unheard of. More in comments.
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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
February 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.
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middle school kids at a military base have shown more resistance to the trump administration than senate democrats
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
middle school kids at a military base have shown more resistance to the trump administration than senate democrats
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An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:
I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know.
We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An important first-person account from someone inside OPM:
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via Kellie Meyer
The Pentagon has doubled the number of media “rotating out” from 4 to 8 to “make room for other outlets.”
OUT- NYT, WAPO, NBC, CNN POLITICO, THE HILL, THE WAR ZONE, NPR
IN: NY Post, Washington Examiner
TV, OAN, Newsmax, HuffPo, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, Breitbart
The Pentagon has doubled the number of media “rotating out” from 4 to 8 to “make room for other outlets.”
OUT- NYT, WAPO, NBC, CNN POLITICO, THE HILL, THE WAR ZONE, NPR
IN: NY Post, Washington Examiner
TV, OAN, Newsmax, HuffPo, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, Breitbart
February 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
via Kellie Meyer
The Pentagon has doubled the number of media “rotating out” from 4 to 8 to “make room for other outlets.”
OUT- NYT, WAPO, NBC, CNN POLITICO, THE HILL, THE WAR ZONE, NPR
IN: NY Post, Washington Examiner
TV, OAN, Newsmax, HuffPo, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, Breitbart
The Pentagon has doubled the number of media “rotating out” from 4 to 8 to “make room for other outlets.”
OUT- NYT, WAPO, NBC, CNN POLITICO, THE HILL, THE WAR ZONE, NPR
IN: NY Post, Washington Examiner
TV, OAN, Newsmax, HuffPo, The Free Press, The Daily Caller, Breitbart
In case this Friday night blindside at the Pentagon escaped your attention 🤮
February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In case this Friday night blindside at the Pentagon escaped your attention 🤮
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...