From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

Very important from @alisonmgill.bsky.social:

All federal employees need to understand the grievance process if you’re placed on administrative leave other otherwise targeted by the administration.

There is a limited window for you to act, so please read this great guidance about how to proceed.

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

I've compiled a list of every Democratic Congressional Representative and US Senator I could find on Bluesky. If you know of others that I haven't listed, please let me know so I can add them. I included must-follow activists, too.

Let's follow all & amplify their voices.

go.bsky.app/Bn879St

#ResistanceRoots
#Voices4Victory

What caused the Great Depression?

Most people would say the stock market crash of 1929. That was probably the No. 1 factor, but the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 made it worse. The act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods by almost 60%. /1