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Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
July 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
They make sure we have clean water.
They protect us from financial fraud.
They provide healthcare to our communities.
They make our government actually work for people.
Do not forget this.
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
July 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They're building concentration camps with money they stole from medicare.
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No reason
This is the oath of office each senator takes at the start of his or her term:
July 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No reason
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Columbia folding to Trump did not protect Columbia. It just emboldened Trump.
June 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Columbia folding to Trump did not protect Columbia. It just emboldened Trump.
Read this! Cullen Murphy presents an interesting discussion of privatization in America and how it's potentially leading to a new system of feudalism. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Feudalism Is Our Future
We may already be entering a new dark age.
www.theatlantic.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Read this! Cullen Murphy presents an interesting discussion of privatization in America and how it's potentially leading to a new system of feudalism. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
![The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreicwqv4vszkknu4dvsdfhmrzzmtscjx5eg64gykfmrgynrnhup6sai@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
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The new administration has vowed to reduce wasteful government spending, so I made this guide to help people understand how that works.
May 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The new administration has vowed to reduce wasteful government spending, so I made this guide to help people understand how that works.
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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.
4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.
Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com
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Old North Church
250 years of standing guard.
250 years of standing guard.
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Old North Church
250 years of standing guard.
250 years of standing guard.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
Heartened to see the crowds in Hartford despite the less then ideal weather. Hands off our universities, libraries, museums, and archives! #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Heartened to see the crowds in Hartford despite the less then ideal weather. Hands off our universities, libraries, museums, and archives! #HandsOff
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The 2024 NEH budget: $207M.
One F-35 jet: ~$100M.
The cost of two jets exceeds the entire NEH budget.
One F-35 jet: ~$100M.
The cost of two jets exceeds the entire NEH budget.
April 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 2024 NEH budget: $207M.
One F-35 jet: ~$100M.
The cost of two jets exceeds the entire NEH budget.
One F-35 jet: ~$100M.
The cost of two jets exceeds the entire NEH budget.
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This is the Hands Off! map for Saturday. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend over 1,000 events in all 50 states. We hope to see you in the streets in two days to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is the Hands Off! map for Saturday. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend over 1,000 events in all 50 states. We hope to see you in the streets in two days to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
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Today's Headlines
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's Headlines
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Statement from National Humanities Alliance, on saving the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...
NHA Statement on Threats to the NEH – National Humanities Alliance
nhalliance.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Statement from National Humanities Alliance, on saving the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): nhalliance.org/nha-statemen...
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Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State
www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
Action Alert: NEH Targeted by DOGE - Federation of State Humanities Councils
Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State On Monday, March 31, the Federation of State Humanities Councils learned that DOGE (Department of … Rea...
www.statehumanities.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Save Our Humanities Councils: DOGE Cuts to NEH will Damage Cultural Organizations in Every State
www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
www.statehumanities.org/action-alert...
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Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for running our letter! I am also incredibly proud of my amazing colleagues and comrades, who make times like these bearable. Keep loving, keep fighting.
lithub.com/silence-is-c...
lithub.com/silence-is-c...
Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism
We write this in the wake of the illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Badar Khan Suri, Alireza Doroudi, and other foreign students and teaching faculty at American universities. We wi…
lithub.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for running our letter! I am also incredibly proud of my amazing colleagues and comrades, who make times like these bearable. Keep loving, keep fighting.
lithub.com/silence-is-c...
lithub.com/silence-is-c...
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The tragic irony of nearly 2000 scientists, members of the National Academies, coming together to write a letter condemning the attacks on science: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
And then today: Mass cuts to federal health www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
And then today: Mass cuts to federal health www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...
docs.google.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The tragic irony of nearly 2000 scientists, members of the National Academies, coming together to write a letter condemning the attacks on science: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
And then today: Mass cuts to federal health www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/s...
And then today: Mass cuts to federal health www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
April 5 - Hands Off! National Day of Action. Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
April 5 - Hands Off! National Day of Action. Find an event near you: handsoff2025.com