@caroling.bsky.social
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Your data. Potentially misused. Put at risk. Possibly illegally shared.
Speak up and speak out. Make our jobs easier to stand up in your defense by adding your voice to the chorus.
Go put a public comment in.
#data #civicduty
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Speak up and speak out. Make our jobs easier to stand up in your defense by adding your voice to the chorus.
Go put a public comment in.
#data #civicduty
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Your data. Potentially misused. Put at risk. Possibly illegally shared.
Speak up and speak out. Make our jobs easier to stand up in your defense by adding your voice to the chorus.
Go put a public comment in.
#data #civicduty
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Speak up and speak out. Make our jobs easier to stand up in your defense by adding your voice to the chorus.
Go put a public comment in.
#data #civicduty
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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It’s time to create real policy that creates real solutions for rural schools!
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It’s time to create real policy that creates real solutions for rural schools!
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If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
Heads up. There is a 30-day comment period on proposed regulations to weaken the Endangered Species Act. Details here, www.doi.gov/pressrelease...
Administration Revises Endangered Species Act Regulations to Strengthen Certainty, Reduce Burdens and Uphold the Law | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced four proposed rules to restore Endangered Species Act regulations to their proven 2019 and 2020 framework. The actions a...
www.doi.gov
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Heads up. There is a 30-day comment period on proposed regulations to weaken the Endangered Species Act. Details here, www.doi.gov/pressrelease...
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The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
Doug Burgum is charging Interior Department agencies a premium to subsume their employees
The Interior Department's consolidation efforts is coming with a cost to National Parks and other components of the agency.
www.govexec.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
The Bureau level staff across DOI in HR, IT, Communications & Contracts who were “consolidated” to the Department level back in May(!) continue to be in a bizarre limbo and the Bureaus are being bullied into funding staff & “fees” while having their resources taken away.
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The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.
The latest from our friends at @wired.com:
The latest from our friends at @wired.com:
New report indicates a growing public resistance to data centers
The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The facilities suck up land, water, and power—driving up prices for all—and many locals are fed up.
The latest from our friends at @wired.com:
The latest from our friends at @wired.com:
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Struck this morning by how the win wasn’t from the UC system itself pushing back—it was its worker power through *unions* and aligned groups like @aaup.org defending UC interests, even though admin itself wasn’t.
There’s some kind of lesson here
There’s some kind of lesson here
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"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
The New AAUP-MESA Report on Our Moment’s Campus Repression
BY DANIEL SEGAL It is the rare faculty member who today is unaware of the significant increase in attacks on speech rights and academic freedom protections on U.S. campuses over the past two years.…
wp.me
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"An important lesson we can draw from the new report is that our failure in higher education to defend, without giving any ground, pro-Palestinian speech has proven to be not just costly, but nothing less than an existential threat." Dan Segal on the AAUP-MESA Report. wp.me/p8xr4h-dit
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Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
WE WON!!!
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
The US District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction in AAUP et al v. Trump et al (the wall to wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of Title VI to reshape the University of California system.
Read the order here:
democracyforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every academic should join the @aaup.org national and their local AAUP chapter. If your uni doesn't have one, start one! Colorado academics, check out @aaupcsu.bsky.social! We're active, growing and looking to collaborate. Join the resistance on academia's front lines.
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ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY - Video On Demand - Gathr
With the dangerous SCOTUS decision upholding the ban on life-saving healthcare, Heightened Scrutiny is an urgent call to action against bigotry and injustice. HEIGHT...
gathr.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ahoy!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow!
check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space!
also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!
Deadline today for public comment to FERC on proposal to remove tribal objection requirement for new hydropower dams. www.grandcanyontrust.org/act/i-oppose...
Protect the Grand Canyon from Dams | Grand Canyon Trust
Oppose a new FERC rule aimed at allowing companies to get permits for dams on a tribe's lands over tribe's objection
www.grandcanyontrust.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Deadline today for public comment to FERC on proposal to remove tribal objection requirement for new hydropower dams. www.grandcanyontrust.org/act/i-oppose...
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Aw, heck yeah!
Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Aw, heck yeah!
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Join the Party fighting back: wfpus.org/JoinUs
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join the Party fighting back: wfpus.org/JoinUs
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I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think democrats should push for a thorough review of all Elon Musk govt contracts as part of their 2026-8 portfolio. Why are taxpayers financing the work of a racist near-trillionaire? Leaving that unexamined was one of the biggest failures of the last Dem majority.
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If you're a young person, find your people are try stuff. You don't know how it will turn out AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. Failure is a natural part of living. Not something to be scared of. Try shit. Don't sit back and throw stones at others who are trying shit.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you're a young person, find your people are try stuff. You don't know how it will turn out AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. Failure is a natural part of living. Not something to be scared of. Try shit. Don't sit back and throw stones at others who are trying shit.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Hope you can join us for three full days (June 2-4th, 2026) of great science in a beautiful setting!
October 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hope you can join us for three full days (June 2-4th, 2026) of great science in a beautiful setting!
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If Jason Miyares remains as Virginia Attorney General, we lose. Expect him to obstruct the Democratic governor and General Assembly we must elect on Tuesday. Expect him to enable Trump's whims. Please vote FOR Democrat Jay Jones and vote Miyares OUT.
#jayjones #Virginia #vote #freedom #democracy
#jayjones #Virginia #vote #freedom #democracy
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
If Jason Miyares remains as Virginia Attorney General, we lose. Expect him to obstruct the Democratic governor and General Assembly we must elect on Tuesday. Expect him to enable Trump's whims. Please vote FOR Democrat Jay Jones and vote Miyares OUT.
#jayjones #Virginia #vote #freedom #democracy
#jayjones #Virginia #vote #freedom #democracy
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Not enough people are talking about how Trump and the Republicans are trying to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority, and how Right-wing megadonor Lee Beaman is a Trump nominee for one of the vacant board seats. www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Not enough people are talking about how Trump and the Republicans are trying to privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority, and how Right-wing megadonor Lee Beaman is a Trump nominee for one of the vacant board seats. www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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Spread the word. The Trump Administration can use emergency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during a shutdown. The President and little Mike Johnson are lying to you. How do we know? 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Democratic states sue to force SNAP payments during government shutdown
The Agriculture Department has $5.5 billion in backup funds for food stamp benefits but says it can’t use them.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Spread the word. The Trump Administration can use emergency funds to pay for SNAP benefits during a shutdown. The President and little Mike Johnson are lying to you. How do we know? 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I’m not the kind of lawyer who is ever going to argue a case at SCOTUS or land the next big Warner Bros M&A deal, but I am very, very, very good at explaining how to navigate the punishing bureaucracy that tries to kill us.
I firmly believe, with every single atom of my being, that instead of amplifying unreliable information that discourages helping, our focus as 42 million Americans face hunger must be on providing factual information that enables people to help.
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www.patreon.com/posts/142285...
How To Help People Who Rely On SNAP While Minimizing Risk To Their Benefits | Matthew Cortland
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October 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m not the kind of lawyer who is ever going to argue a case at SCOTUS or land the next big Warner Bros M&A deal, but I am very, very, very good at explaining how to navigate the punishing bureaucracy that tries to kill us.