katester
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i'll let you know if or when i figure it out
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On Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm EST, join PEN America and the @txfreedomread.bsky.social for a free workshop on digital and physical safety skills for organizers. Sign-up here: pen.org/event/so-you...
April 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm EST, join PEN America and the @txfreedomread.bsky.social for a free workshop on digital and physical safety skills for organizers. Sign-up here: pen.org/event/so-you...
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The Trump administration on Monday placed the staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, on administrative leave.
Trump Administration Moves to Shutter Library Agency
The staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, were put on leave.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump administration on Monday placed the staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, on administrative leave.
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If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
vote.wisdems.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
THIS IS NOT OKAY.
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
THIS IS NOT OKAY.
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For my non-librarian followers, I can't overstate the value of the Institute of Museum & Library Services, a tiny federal agency that punches way above its weight and supports many services we take for granted.
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For my non-librarian followers, I can't overstate the value of the Institute of Museum & Library Services, a tiny federal agency that punches way above its weight and supports many services we take for granted.
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
March 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
Love the Shop Canadian option on the SDM website. I'm still just one of them "damn immigrants" here but so very proud.
March 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Love the Shop Canadian option on the SDM website. I'm still just one of them "damn immigrants" here but so very proud.
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It is incredible to think that Canadians will wake up tomorrow at war with America. It may only be a trade war, but ...
a goose with its wings outstretched stands in front of a pool
ALT: a goose with its wings outstretched stands in front of a pool
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It is incredible to think that Canadians will wake up tomorrow at war with America. It may only be a trade war, but ...
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accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times
March 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times
Lyric that resonated today: "I need a designated driver to my date with the Devil"
February 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Lyric that resonated today: "I need a designated driver to my date with the Devil"
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Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
As someone who crosses the border often for personal and professional reasons, I'm VERY concerned about how all of these shenanigans will impact travel. As of last week, negligible. We'll see how this week goes.
Do any of you fear that Trump will close the borders & not let Americans out? Maybe under martial law?
It's one of my fears & I can't tell if it's a rational one or not.
At that point, wouldn't international tourism end & tank our economy?
I just don't want to be trapped here if things get worse.
It's one of my fears & I can't tell if it's a rational one or not.
At that point, wouldn't international tourism end & tank our economy?
I just don't want to be trapped here if things get worse.
February 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
As someone who crosses the border often for personal and professional reasons, I'm VERY concerned about how all of these shenanigans will impact travel. As of last week, negligible. We'll see how this week goes.
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CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
CBC's Fifth Estate has traced a wide web of anti-LGBT hate working to censor or close down libraries in Canada to a right-wing U.S. movement
Brilliant!
🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.”
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Brilliant!
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In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
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the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
February 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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I am so, so happy to see all the people who are responding to say this helped them feel a little more hopeful today. I am so grateful to see even more people encouraging one another.
Thank you all. Apologies in advance if you followed expecting more heat. I was just posting to encourage my friends
Thank you all. Apologies in advance if you followed expecting more heat. I was just posting to encourage my friends
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
January 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I am so, so happy to see all the people who are responding to say this helped them feel a little more hopeful today. I am so grateful to see even more people encouraging one another.
Thank you all. Apologies in advance if you followed expecting more heat. I was just posting to encourage my friends
Thank you all. Apologies in advance if you followed expecting more heat. I was just posting to encourage my friends
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Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...