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Librarian all things Irish Keanu Star Trek
Tragically Hip CKR OFMD Con O’Neill way too many beads and GovDocs
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“Bove stated that D.O.J. would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such order.” This story is just a blockbuster in every way - exposing Bove & others to both contempt and a suite of bar ethics charges. Hope to add more as time permits, but the whistleblower a hero.
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I really hope at some point the rightwing victimhood thing rings hollow because we’re at the point now where they have the Supreme Court, 99.9% of billionaires, the house, the senate, the presidency, and they’re going “you know who is oppressing us now? The deaf”
🔊 PSA for nondisabled people 🔊

It's time to step the FUCK up if you wanna be an ally.

ASL interpretation is being targeted by right wing cry baby douchebags.

Shut this shit down when you see it. SPEAK UP. This barrage of ASL hate is heavier than usual.
January 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Master doc of mutual aid groups helping people and animals on the ground in LA. Please share docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The odd thing about this is the new electric mail trucks are made by a military contractor (Oshkosh Corporation) at a new assembly plant in South Carolina staffed by ~1,000 new workers.

So killing it just means taking away military contractor jobs from a red state.
Exclusive: Donald Trump's transition team is considering canceling the United States Postal Service's contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, as part of a broader suite of executive orders targeting electric vehicles, according to three sources familiar with the plans reut.rs/3BsRaqd
Exclusive: Trump may cancel US Postal Service electric mail truck contract, sources say
Donald Trump's transition team is considering canceling the United States Postal Service's contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, as part of a broader suite of executive orders targeting electric vehicles, according to three sources familiar with the plans.
reut.rs
December 7, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Facepalm
Let's run a poll on national rent control. Just like for fun
November 24, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Manhattan DA returns 30 antiquities to Mexico collectively valued at nearly $500,000.

The pieces were seized pursuant to multiple ongoing investigations into looting and trafficking networks targeting South and Central American cultural heritage.

manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-an...
November 23, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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The FBI says it is aware of racist text messages being sent to African American and Black communities around the country, and that recipients "have now expanded to high school students, as well as both the Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities." www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
FBI Statement Regarding Offensive Text Messages | Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to African American and Black communities around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities...
www.fbi.gov
November 15, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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The measles vaccine has saved 94 million lives over the past 50 years, and it plus vaccines against 13 other pathogens have cut infant mortality by 40 percent and saved 154 million lives.
154 MILLION LIVES 🧪
Anti-vaxxer RFKJ is a menace to global health www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
See How Many Lives Vaccines Have Saved around the World
Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:19 PM
The Census celebrates the Boston Tea party

www.census.gov/library/stor...
December 14, 2023 at 7:06 PM