SeldomKate
@seldomkate.bsky.social
Reader & tea-drinker, among other talents.
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
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“You can’t just get these things online,” said Dr. Williams...Older material hasn’t been converted to a digital format, while many recent scientific & engineering journals and texts are behind a digital paywall and will be harder to access from outside the library.
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“You can’t just get these things online,” said Dr. Williams...Older material hasn’t been converted to a digital format, while many recent scientific & engineering journals and texts are behind a digital paywall and will be harder to access from outside the library.
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
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This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear:
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
This Jack Smith deposition makes one thing abundantly clear:
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
If Donald Trump wasn’t re-elected, he’d be spending the rest of his life in prison.
And he should be.
Does that look ~ tacky ~ to anyone else?
January 1, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Does that look ~ tacky ~ to anyone else?
Public infrastructure that our tax dollars paid for!
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
So much is being tossed aside... as if it has not value.
So much is being tossed aside... as if it has not value.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Public infrastructure that our tax dollars paid for!
January 20th is also a great day for an economic boycott: don’t spend any money you don’t have to. It’s a simple way to protest that allows everyone to participate.
“When’s the next nationwide protest?” You might be asking yourself.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
Here’s a big one that’s happening in less than a month!
Jan 20th. Free America Walkout. Women’s March, 50501, & More. Be There.
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
January 20th is also a great day for an economic boycott: don’t spend any money you don’t have to. It’s a simple way to protest that allows everyone to participate.
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"If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to wear a mask especially higher-quality masks. I was taking the subway yesterday, and I was wearing an N95 mask."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, new CDC data shows
Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.
www.npr.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"If you're using public transportation, if you're in the room with a lot of other people, if you're in a healthcare setting, it's really smart to wear a mask especially higher-quality masks. I was taking the subway yesterday, and I was wearing an N95 mask."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
How I’m entering 2026:
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
How I’m entering 2026:
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If one of your resolutions for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, now is the time to connect with your local organizers. 👇
Indivisible
Indivisible groups are where everyday people turn outrage into action and build lasting power on their home turf. Find yours today.
indivisible.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If one of your resolutions for 2026 is becoming more engaged in your community and doing more to save democracy, now is the time to connect with your local organizers. 👇
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Happy Solstice!
Each new day a little bit brighter, with a little more light.
Each new day a little bit brighter, with a little more light.
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
The regime has sharply reduced food inspections. Our food supply is at risk, as is our health and wellbeing. You should be very alarmed.
pscouncil.org/a/In_the_New...
pscouncil.org/a/In_the_New...
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The regime has sharply reduced food inspections. Our food supply is at risk, as is our health and wellbeing. You should be very alarmed.
pscouncil.org/a/In_the_New...
pscouncil.org/a/In_the_New...
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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1. They don’t need it. They just want it.
2. Even if they need it, who cares? It’s not theirs. End of story.
3. They better not try to take it or force its surrender.
4. Even threatening to take it should result in sanctions.
2. Even if they need it, who cares? It’s not theirs. End of story.
3. They better not try to take it or force its surrender.
4. Even threatening to take it should result in sanctions.
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
1. They don’t need it. They just want it.
2. Even if they need it, who cares? It’s not theirs. End of story.
3. They better not try to take it or force its surrender.
4. Even threatening to take it should result in sanctions.
2. Even if they need it, who cares? It’s not theirs. End of story.
3. They better not try to take it or force its surrender.
4. Even threatening to take it should result in sanctions.
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Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.
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Toxic fumes can leak into the cabin and cockpit of nearly every jetliner flying today. Here’s some advice for readers who are concerned about fume events during flights.
I’m Worried About Toxic Fumes on My Upcoming Flight—What Can I Do?
Fumes can leak into the cabin and cockpit of nearly every jetliner. Here’s some advice for readers who are concerned about fume events during flights.
on.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
😳
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Not so fast. You do not get to offer up what was never yours. These lands are not your bargaining chips. Not for your donors. Not for your deals. Not for your ego. They belong to the living and the dead. To our children. Backing down does not absolve the theft impulse. You are despicable.
Mike Lee backs off change that advocates called a ‘green light’ to sell national parks • Utah News Dispatch
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is no longer proposing a change to federal legislation that drew criticism from conservation groups, his office said.
utahnewsdispatch.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not so fast. You do not get to offer up what was never yours. These lands are not your bargaining chips. Not for your donors. Not for your deals. Not for your ego. They belong to the living and the dead. To our children. Backing down does not absolve the theft impulse. You are despicable.
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This regime keeps dismantling public goods and public services that were established for our benefit and with our tax dollars.
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This regime keeps dismantling public goods and public services that were established for our benefit and with our tax dollars.
This regime keeps dismantling public goods and public services that were established for our benefit and with our tax dollars.
With their relatively tiny budgets compared to the costs of disasters, NCAR and federal agencies, like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, actually pay huge dividends for American society, in property and lives saved.
We're all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab
Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound."
grist.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This regime keeps dismantling public goods and public services that were established for our benefit and with our tax dollars.
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Scott Beardsley, you will quickly learn about the separation of powers between branches and what happens when one branch gives a middle finger to another that funds, regulates and allows their existence. Buckle up.
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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OK, so the warrior dividends come from a housing allowance supplement that was in the Big Beautiful Bill, it has nothing to do with tariffs. That housing allowance for off-base expenses has been seen as inadequate, which necessitated the increase.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now, it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
OK, so the warrior dividends come from a housing allowance supplement that was in the Big Beautiful Bill, it has nothing to do with tariffs. That housing allowance for off-base expenses has been seen as inadequate, which necessitated the increase.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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US government is going to extreme lengths to help Putin and hurt Ukraine.
Now threatening European states that if they use Russian assets to help Ukraine, they will have to pay it all back.
Trump is desperate to give Putin his money back.
Now threatening European states that if they use Russian assets to help Ukraine, they will have to pay it all back.
Trump is desperate to give Putin his money back.
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
US government is going to extreme lengths to help Putin and hurt Ukraine.
Now threatening European states that if they use Russian assets to help Ukraine, they will have to pay it all back.
Trump is desperate to give Putin his money back.
Now threatening European states that if they use Russian assets to help Ukraine, they will have to pay it all back.
Trump is desperate to give Putin his money back.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...