Andy Potter
@slimoakheart.bsky.social
📜 Deep in archives, records, digital transformation & policy | And🏔️ deep in the Berkshire Hills with a 🐕 Golden Retriever & a 🚣♂️ kayak
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” — Richard Feynman
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” — Richard Feynman
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
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EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
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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...
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April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries.
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today!
action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
And the beat goes on
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
And the beat goes on
Don’t mess with archivists
Don't mess with archivists. We keep receipts.
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".
jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland
In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...
jyllands-posten.dk
March 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Don’t mess with archivists
New York call your senators
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
New York call your senators
Now have word with Schumer
Thank you @warren.senate.gov
I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
March 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now have word with Schumer
Managing to be as bad as Andrew Johnson
FRIGGIN' WILD: In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that the Appointments Clause of the US constitution conflicts with Trump's "inherent authority" ...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate
The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Managing to be as bad as Andrew Johnson
A code made more relevant by current events
The Archivist's Code:
"The archivist has a moral obligation to society to preserve evidence on how things actually happened and to take every measure for the physical preservation of valuable records."
catalog.archives.gov/id/3493260
"The archivist has a moral obligation to society to preserve evidence on how things actually happened and to take every measure for the physical preservation of valuable records."
catalog.archives.gov/id/3493260
![The Archivist's Code
The archivist has a moral obligation to society to preserve evidence on
how things actually happened and to take every measure for the physical preservation of valuable records. On the other hand, he has an obligation not to commit funds to the housing and care of records that have no significant or lasting value.
The archivist must realize that in selecting records for retention or disposal he acts as the agent of the future in determining its heritage from the past. Therefore, insofar as his intellectual attainments, experience, and judgment permit, he must be ever conscious of the future's needs, making his
decisions impartially without taint of ideological, political, or personal bias.
The archivist must be watchful in protecting the integrity of records in his custody. He must guard them against defacement, alteration, or theft, he must protect them against physical damage by fire or excessive
exposure to light, damp, and dryness; and he must take care to see that their evidentiary value is not impaired in the normal course of rehabilitation, arrangement, and use.
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March 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A code made more relevant by current events
This doesn’t sound good
BREAKING—RFK Jr’s FDA suddenly cancels meeting to update next season’s flu vaccines, with zero explanations. Any delays will jeopardize next year’s vaccine supply chain. God help us all.
February 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This doesn’t sound good
Hugely important
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hugely important
“Powerless”
Rep. Nick Begich (R-Alaska) told constituents that there was nothing he could do to stop DOGE layoffs affecting people in his state. Says said he found out about budget cuts impacting Alaska "on Twitter" and "had no idea these things were going on" in advance.
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Freshman Congressman tells constituent he is powerless to stop Musk's budget cuts
At an open house in Fairbanks on Monday, Alaskan Congressman Nick Begich (R) told constituents that there was nothing he could do to stop agency budget cuts being implemented by the Department of Gove...
popular.info
February 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Powerless”
Be sure to email it in.
Dear manager, this week I:
1) Woke up
2) Decided what type of man I will be
3) Walked a total of 1,000 miles, split into two segments of 500
4) Fell down at your door
5) Da da da (da da da), da da da (da da da), da da dum diddy dum diddy dum diddy da da da
1) Woke up
2) Decided what type of man I will be
3) Walked a total of 1,000 miles, split into two segments of 500
4) Fell down at your door
5) Da da da (da da da), da da da (da da da), da da dum diddy dum diddy dum diddy da da da
Dear manager, this week:
1. I have run
2. have crawled
3. I have scaled these city walls
only to be with you
4. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
5. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
1. I have run
2. have crawled
3. I have scaled these city walls
only to be with you
4. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
5. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
February 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Be sure to email it in.
Absolutely! And, I will say, as a participant in local government we really need to get younger.
This!
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Absolutely! And, I will say, as a participant in local government we really need to get younger.
Came up this evening. I remember this from my youth and it is relevant.
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open.spotify.com/track/5U1Uqr...
(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Remastered 2006
Heaven 17 · Penthouse And Pavement · Song · 1981
open.spotify.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Came up this evening. I remember this from my youth and it is relevant.
open.spotify.com/track/5U1Uqr...
open.spotify.com/track/5U1Uqr...
This
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This
Reposted by Andy Potter
This is an unsolicited PSA to support and promote your local library. They are such a special public good in more ways than are immediately obvious.
Also a great bonus for researchers: if you can, find a way to partner with library professionals in your research ❤️
Also a great bonus for researchers: if you can, find a way to partner with library professionals in your research ❤️
January 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is an unsolicited PSA to support and promote your local library. They are such a special public good in more ways than are immediately obvious.
Also a great bonus for researchers: if you can, find a way to partner with library professionals in your research ❤️
Also a great bonus for researchers: if you can, find a way to partner with library professionals in your research ❤️
That’s 4,000+ veterans, families, and researchers relying on access to service records for benefits, history, and recognition. Records matter. Access matters.
#Veterans #RecordsMatter #Archives #AccessToInformation
#Veterans #RecordsMatter #Archives #AccessToInformation
The National Archives' National Personnel Records Center at St. Louis receives and processes over 4,000 requests for veterans' records per day.
catalog.archives.gov/id/184341469
catalog.archives.gov/id/184341469
February 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That’s 4,000+ veterans, families, and researchers relying on access to service records for benefits, history, and recognition. Records matter. Access matters.
#Veterans #RecordsMatter #Archives #AccessToInformation
#Veterans #RecordsMatter #Archives #AccessToInformation
This
It seems like they are calling "Ctrl F" "AI" here.
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information.
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
February 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This
February 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by Andy Potter
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.