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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory. In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities. "The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥

#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Dr. Nathaniel Patterson, who performed the autopsy on Sonya Massey, testified she could have survived if someone on the scene had controlled her bleeding quickly. trib.al/EYCH3EZ
Family pained by trial testimony that first aid could have prevented Sonya Massey's death in cop shooting
A pathologist in Sean Grayson's murder trial said a bullet the ex-cop fired missed Massey's brain but struck her carotid artery — and she might have survived if someone had stopped her bleeding.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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willbunch.bsky.social
This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting

The names of the dead and wounded

Jose Andres Bordones-Molina

Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting
The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.
www.inquirer.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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propublica.org
The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants it sent to El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to Homeland Security data.

(Published May)
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
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The Onion: Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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nicolefcarr.bsky.social
I want you to read one of my 2022 investigations again + understand that the response you’re seeing from your children’s school boards-the harassment + firing of teachers, administrators & staff-is tied to a network of folks who have been in this game for years: www.propublica.org/article/geor...
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...
www.propublica.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I've said it before but people in the future are going to have a better understanding of the 17th-19th centuries than the 20th-21st centuries. Why? PAPER [the most durable technology invented by humans]
September 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
Their waists and hands were tied together, forcing them to bend down and lick water to drink. The unscreened bathrooms contained only a single sheet to cover their lower bodies. Sunlight barely penetrated through a fist-sized hole, and they were only allowed access to the small yard for two hours. Detained by US immigration authorities for eight days, the workers and their families expressed shock, describing human rights violations and absurdities they could not have imagined as ordinary Koreans living in 2025.
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You'll follow Christ for fishes, and then for gold betray
The Pitman's Grievance
YouTube video by The House Band - Topic
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August 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Wounds lie deep and scars remain, and folks remember yet
Hopeless Road
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August 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Illinois stands up for the hard-won advances made for workers.

The Pullman Strikes. The Haymarket Affair. It has been the people of this state who have led the charge for progress, not just for Illinois, but for the nation.

We are ready to do it again — whatever it takes.
August 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
I’ve gotten some negative feedback about the language I used about Columbia. Although I accept people choosing their own tone, I decline to accept tone critiques from people who wish to follow decorum obediently into a ditch. Columbia’s leadership is contemptible Vichy scum.
July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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jnovkov.bsky.social
If you haven't been paying attention, Ron Wyden (D OR) has been taking no prisoners on this.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jul 23
NEWS --> Sen Ron Wyden writes to Pam Bondi, urging DOJ to probe $1.5 billion in Epstein financial transactions that banks flagged for Treasury Dept. He lays out roadmap for DOJ to examine money flow related to sex trafficking. Challenges Bondi in new way.

Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/1982...
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
Ron Wyden has some ideas for Pam Bondi to pursue—if, that is, she’s genuinely interested in getting to the bottom of the Epstein scandal.
newrepublic.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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profsavage.bsky.social
Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada

www.readthemaple.com/uber-drivers...

#canlab #Uber
Uber Drivers Have Unionized For The First Time In Canada
UFCW Local 1518 in British Columbia has announced that 500 drivers in Greater Victoria unionized.
www.readthemaple.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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nytimes.com
In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Few answers have emerged, and the U.S. has not claimed responsibility. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.
They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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mrccmm.bsky.social
Explore the Hidden World of Killer Fungi at Exeter Library through vibrant images showcasing the ground-breaking work of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. Exhibition open until 27 June 2025 and available to view online here: thefungalthreat.com/take-part-an...
Decorative: A range of fungal hyphae and yeast with cell wall, immune antigen and organelle dyes
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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andrewrumbach.bsky.social
Interesting national level study of redlining and cumulatibe environmental burden: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Historical Redlining and Cumulative Environmental Impacts across the United States
Environmental regulation of single pollutants likely underprotects communities disproportionately burdened by multiple, overlapping environmental hazards. We investigate whether historically redlined ...
pubs.acs.org
March 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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zoandbehold.bsky.social
These kind of votes are born out of trans representation in government.

Rep. Howell & I have built solid relationships with Republicans and those relationships change hearts, minds, and (eventually) votes.

It is painful, grueling work. But it makes a difference.
zoandbehold.bsky.social Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · Mar 6
Two BIG wins in Motnana!

We killed two anti-trans bills today (a drag ban & a bill requiring CPS to remove trans kids from parents).

I'm so grateful for Montana Democrats, who have stood unwavering in their support of trans rights. And grateful to all the Republicans who said enough is enough.
March 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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propublica.org
When cities clear homeless encampments, workers often take people’s belongings — including important documents, survival gear and irreplaceable mementos.

Over and over, people across the U.S. told ProPublica they were devastated by such losses: https://propub.li/3WScD3g
A notecard with the prompt, "What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you?" The handwritten statement below says, "My momma’s ashes were displayed on my table in my tent. I came back one day — and EVERYTHING was gone, including her ashes. They were clearly labled 'In loving memory — my mom, my best friend…' and her name. Her ashes were all that I had left of her. No one stored my stuff. I called tons of places and NO ONE knew anything. It is very difficult for me still, everyday. No warning, no remorse, nothing."
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The whistle's blowing long, it's blowing shorter...
Wreck of the Carl D Bradley
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February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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marthawells.com
I got my author’s copies of the new revised edition of Wheel of the Infinite, which will be available in trade paperback from @tordotcom.bsky.social on November 19. #booksky
Tabby cat curled up next the paperback.
October 18, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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sonial77.bsky.social
"Before she retired in 2020, she granted asylum to only a single person during her final 12 years on the bench—and that decision involved a case that was returned to her by the appeals board after she’d initially denied the claim."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Justice Is Beside the Point in America’s Immigration Courts
The system for deciding asylum cases is failing, and not only because it’s overwhelmed. Something drastic will have to be done to fix a process that’s flawed at its very core.
www.bloomberg.com
September 9, 2024 at 3:56 PM