Amy T
@amytrost.bsky.social
Librarian, nature lover, science nerd
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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...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Trump: "They're gonna make DC a state and they're gonna make Puerto Rico a state. So now they pick up two states, four senators. They're gonna pick up electoral votes. It's gonna be a very, very bad situation. Now, if we do what I'm saying, they'll most likely never obtain power."
WTAF. See also www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
WTAF. See also www.pennlive.com/news/2025/11...
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Sorry I didn’t have a full report tonight on the Ninth Circuit, but …
A friend was in town tonight and I was able to take him to the one and only 17th Street High Heel Race.
Yet another reminder that DC is better than Donald Trump could ever fathom.
Yet another reminder that DC is better than Donald Trump could ever fathom.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Sorry I didn’t have a full report tonight on the Ninth Circuit, but …
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SCOOP --> Major new Bidenworld autopsy just dropped: 45 former Biden officials candidly assess their mistakes and failings in new Roosevelt Institute report. They lay out the beginnings of a Project 2029 agenda to reverse authoritarian tide.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
newrepublic.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
SCOOP --> Major new Bidenworld autopsy just dropped: 45 former Biden officials candidly assess their mistakes and failings in new Roosevelt Institute report. They lay out the beginnings of a Project 2029 agenda to reverse authoritarian tide.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
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Wow, this is dystopic. It's a PSA-type tutorial designed to help readers recognize who is shooting pepper balls in people faces at a peaceful protest and who is metering out a beatdown at the local Home Depot. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Make Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets
As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Wow, this is dystopic. It's a PSA-type tutorial designed to help readers recognize who is shooting pepper balls in people faces at a peaceful protest and who is metering out a beatdown at the local Home Depot. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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I finally cancelled today, loss of the metro section cinched it. Been dragging my feet b/c I'm irrationally attached to the Post--50 years ago I learned to read with its comics and kids sections.
The Baltimore Banner's new MoCo coverage will fill some of this void, but still.
The Baltimore Banner's new MoCo coverage will fill some of this void, but still.
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I finally cancelled today, loss of the metro section cinched it. Been dragging my feet b/c I'm irrationally attached to the Post--50 years ago I learned to read with its comics and kids sections.
The Baltimore Banner's new MoCo coverage will fill some of this void, but still.
The Baltimore Banner's new MoCo coverage will fill some of this void, but still.
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IG newberlinlibrary
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October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Interesting, the only group of people in America that trusts mass media is Democrats over 50. That's not a good demographic to have if you are trying to grow and make a comeback. news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Interesting, the only group of people in America that trusts mass media is Democrats over 50. That's not a good demographic to have if you are trying to grow and make a comeback. news.gallup.com/poll/695762/...
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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Great overview of the current situation and the impact on addressing health concerns and disparities.
Disappearing Federal Data: Implications for Addressing Health Disparities | KFF
This policy watch reviews recent changes in availability and timeliness of federal data based on a review of publicly available federal datasets that are commonly used to measure health and health…
www.kff.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Great overview of the current situation and the impact on addressing health concerns and disparities.
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Government workers on paid leave will officially lose their jobs tomorrow as the fiscal year comes to an end.
A looming shutdown next week could delay pay for remaining workers, with contractors not usually eligible for back pay.
A looming shutdown next week could delay pay for remaining workers, with contractors not usually eligible for back pay.
The full force of Trump’s federal job cuts is about to hit the D.C. region
Paychecks will end soon for thousands of workers who took offers of deferred resignation — and a possible shutdown looms, too.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Government workers on paid leave will officially lose their jobs tomorrow as the fiscal year comes to an end.
A looming shutdown next week could delay pay for remaining workers, with contractors not usually eligible for back pay.
A looming shutdown next week could delay pay for remaining workers, with contractors not usually eligible for back pay.
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WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
Sent me down a rabbit hole this AM. Now I need to learn how libraries can protect & safeguard these freedoms for our patrons.
As the UN General Assembly opens with flags, speeches, and talk of rights and democracy, a quiet coup unfolds — not in parliaments, but in the invisible infrastructure of the internet, writes Konstantinos Komaitis. Digital rights and free expression are under attack — who will defend them?
The Internet Coup Is Here. And the World Is Still Asleep | TechPolicy.Press
At UNGA 80, the world’s leaders have a chance to prove that they understand what is at stake, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sent me down a rabbit hole this AM. Now I need to learn how libraries can protect & safeguard these freedoms for our patrons.
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“.. They’re being extorted and bullied individually, but in private discourse, they’re really upset,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor who organized the event ..
@wsj.com
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September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“.. They’re being extorted and bullied individually, but in private discourse, they’re really upset,” said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor who organized the event ..
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
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Journalists and co-founders of Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA), M. Gessen and Anna Nemzer, joined human rights advocate Yaqiu Wang and PEN America’s Viktorya Vilk to talk about media erasure under authoritarian governments at #PENWorldVoices 2025. Read more: pen.org/what-oversea...
Propaganda, Isolation, Censorship, and Entertainment: What Overseas Press Know About the Authoritarian Playbook
Anna Nemzer, M. Gessen, and Yaqiu Wang discuss how media falls victim under authoritarianism, and what America should watch out for.
pen.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Journalists and co-founders of Russian Independent Media Archive (RIMA), M. Gessen and Anna Nemzer, joined human rights advocate Yaqiu Wang and PEN America’s Viktorya Vilk to talk about media erasure under authoritarian governments at #PENWorldVoices 2025. Read more: pen.org/what-oversea...
@vanhollen.senate.gov is one of a small number of senators with courage in standing up to both the Trump administration and our clueless caucus leadership. Respect the crab, Mr. Jeffries.
Following Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s criticism of Democratic leadership for refusing to endorse Zohran Mamdani, Hakeem Jeffries’ spokesman mocks: “Chris Van Who?”
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@vanhollen.senate.gov is one of a small number of senators with courage in standing up to both the Trump administration and our clueless caucus leadership. Respect the crab, Mr. Jeffries.
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
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Let me suggest that if I have tanks invade my city, that if the courts declare me a second-class citizen, that if masked men abduct my neighbors, and I go to you, my rep, and say “help me fight my persecutors,” and you say “shush, talk about healthcare subsidies,” you, too, are my persecutor
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let me suggest that if I have tanks invade my city, that if the courts declare me a second-class citizen, that if masked men abduct my neighbors, and I go to you, my rep, and say “help me fight my persecutors,” and you say “shush, talk about healthcare subsidies,” you, too, are my persecutor
Near Wild Heaven, but only if you listen to it in the context of its original album (after Low).
September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Near Wild Heaven, but only if you listen to it in the context of its original album (after Low).
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You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk”
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
August 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You can’t pack more joy into a 90-second clip than Coldplay’s 2020 “Tiny Desk”
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕
@npr.org #LetsGoLetsGoLetsGo 💕