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ksclarke
@kevinclarke.info
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My primary social is https://code4lib.social/@ksclarke, but I'm trying out BlueSky for its politics, gamedev, blender, and other side interests.

I'll be more of a consumer on here, for a while at least, so it probably doesn't make much sense to follow me.
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on her legacy and love for chimpanzees.
Opinion: Jane Goodall helped humans understand their place in the world
Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on her legacy and love for chimpanzees.
n.pr
October 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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marcofoster.bsky.social
Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”
October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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corybooker.com
Senate Republican Logic

op: therapy.with.cj via IG
October 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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antifapatriot.bsky.social
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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johnconstablera.bsky.social
Good Day!
Forest Sunrise by Albert Bierstadt late 1800s
Oil on Canvas
May 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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susanaramirez.bsky.social
Proud to be part of the UC

At a special meeting today, the Academic Council unanimously endorsed The Defense of the University, a statement reaffirming UC’s public mission amid growing national threats to higher education. #HigherEd #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom
Screenshot of text document on UC Academic Senate letterhead: Academic Council Statement: The Defense of the University April 8, 2025 Higher education is under direct and sustained attack. Deliberate and systemic shifts in the federal government’s approach to higher education—which include defunding crucial research, intervening in academic affairs, and policing expression—will have profound downstream consequences, threatening the integrity of knowledge production and the public role of universities in a democratic society. The mission of the University of California is thus existentially at risk. Unity will be critical in the weeks, months, and years ahead, as the University of California fights to preserve its capacity to prepare the next generation of the workforce. These graduates will be leading health care providers, educators, authors, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Given the opportunity, they will conduct the research leading to breakthroughs in science and technology, new treatments for disease, new forms of creative expression, and new insights about the world we inhabit. Let us remember that our university played a foundational role in the development of the Internet, satellite communications, nuclear energy, biotechnology, agronomy, and many other domains that have substantially improved our collective well-being. If our research and teaching mission is compromised, what future discoveries will be lost, and at what cost to the public health and welfare of all Californians? The Academic Senate is one of the pillars of shared governance of the University of California, along with the Regents and the administration. Policies and practices of shared governance have served the institution well during previous crises, and we will have even greater need of them as we move forward. The urgency and complexity of the problems we confront necessitate collaborative efforts. We need to stand, speak, and work together—informed by our shared, fundamental principles—i… 2/2 screenshots of letter from UC Academic Senate. We thus call on the Regents, President, and Chancellors of the University of California to expend every effort, commit necessary resources, and use all legal measures to defend our ability to conduct consequential, transformative research and provide high-quality teaching and mentoring. We call on our leaders to ensure the safety and privacy of students, faculty, and staff. And we further call on our leaders to protect academic freedom and faculty control of the curriculum—proactively and publicly. While current events may seem shockingly unprecedented, there are historical parallels. From these we learn that the future is contingent upon how we respond now. We must come together as a community to strengthen our ability to fulfill our institutional mission and uphold our commitment to the state of California. These collective efforts extend to working together with colleagues at other universities to envision and implement plans for preserving higher education’s ability to contribute to the common good. Let the future historical record show that we rose to the challenge of defending the University of California, and we did so in ways that did not betray its core values. The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge. Fiat Lux. University of California Systemwide Academic Senate Council, 2024-2025
April 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Founder of Signal 👀 🔥
March 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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sidewalkpirate.bsky.social
Folks, I'm gonna leave this here. They want to name an airport after 45 and a few good people had the sense to put this petition together.
Because if we are renaming airports, it should be after a person who deserves it. And who is more deserving than Dolly Parton?
❤️
www.change.org/p/rename-nas...
Sign the Petition
Rename Nashville International Airport to Dolly Parton International Airport
www.change.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
The US invasion of Iraq began on this day 22 years ago.

In the years since, the United States spent roughly $10 trillion on the so-called "war on terror."

Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds in climate, health care, housing, and education?
March 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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skittlesmom.bsky.social
Lake Superior, Kewanaw Peninsula taken by my son.
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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dearlstephens.bsky.social
-The Question: How the hell did we get here?
-The Answer: Citizens United.
February 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.
February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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damienmarieathope.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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sarahtaber.bsky.social
New video on egg prices!

How much do high egg prices really come from bird flu, and how much of it is just price gouging?

www.instagram.com/p/DF8FmyAtiUu/
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February 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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mementomorty.bsky.social
Libraries are great for the books, sure, but it's also nice to have a quiet and safe space to sit and think- a place where no one is trying to sell you anything.
February 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
kevinclarke.info
Glad to see Dems are pushing back on the Republicans' partisan power grabs in NC.

ncnewsline.com/2025/02/08/g...
NC governor sues to block law limiting his court appointment power • NC Newsline
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein sued Friday to block part of a Republican-led law that limits who he can appoint to vacancies on state courts.
ncnewsline.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots.

A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections (II)
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
kevinclarke.info
"There's probably a couple of kinks in that slinky," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Trump's Gaza plans.

The whole Trump presidency so far:
A picture of a horribly mangled slinky.
February 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
January 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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publiccitizen.bsky.social
15 years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations were people.

Ever since, dark money and corporate interference has defined our elections.

Overturn Citizens United. Give elections back to voters.
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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annaleen.bsky.social
We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn
Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.
Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.
wapo.st
January 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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publiccitizen.bsky.social
No one should be denied a credit card or a loan because the American health care system is broken.

The CFPB’s decision to block medical debt from credit reports is a win for families who have been screwed over by greedy insurance companies.

Next up, Medicare for All??
January 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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ditzkoff.bsky.social
live your life in such a way that this is how willie nelson reacts to seeing you
December 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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bsky.app
Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
altmetric.com Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM