@lauramandre.bsky.social
Candace Walsh is right—I never liked this painting but I love how she wrote about it: www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast.... @longreads.com @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
The Light Within, by Candace Walsh
The Light Within I said goodbye to a lot when I left Santa Fe, but I am not pining for sage, chamisa, piñon, and blue corn. I stayed too long. The angel I miss. I don’t miss the guilt. Her...
www.ekphrastic.net
December 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Candace Walsh is right—I never liked this painting but I love how she wrote about it: www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast.... @longreads.com @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social
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This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
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After Raskin issued a harsh takedown of Musk, triggering a Twitter fight between the two, Raskin pressed further, asking Musk a simple question: As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules?
Jamie Raskin’s Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Shows Dems Are Waking Up
As Raskin rips into Musk’s lawlessness, a shrewd legal observer explains why he believes the Dem opposition is awakening—and what determined resistance might be able to accomplish.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
After Raskin issued a harsh takedown of Musk, triggering a Twitter fight between the two, Raskin pressed further, asking Musk a simple question: As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules?
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Breaking: Flights carrying migrants to Guantanamo Bay have begun
U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay
The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Breaking: Flights carrying migrants to Guantanamo Bay have begun
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"Europeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americans now entering the second Trump era.... stay united, safeguard your civic institutions and never, never give up." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up
With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Europeans who witnessed democracy crumble before their eyes have some words of advice for Americans now entering the second Trump era.... stay united, safeguard your civic institutions and never, never give up." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Wake up, @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
A racist billionaire has taken o er the us government and I am begging the opposition party to take radical action apnews.com/article/trum...
USAID staffers told to stay out of Washington headquarters after Musk said Trump agreed to close it
Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agre...
apnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wake up, @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Someone wake up @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social their “good friends” in the gop are at it
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Someone wake up @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social their “good friends” in the gop are at it
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The vast majority of the country has no idea the Musk stuff is going on, and as long as there are no elected leaders of the opposition party out there creating friction for tv cameras, the hostile takeover of the country will advance rapidly.
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The vast majority of the country has no idea the Musk stuff is going on, and as long as there are no elected leaders of the opposition party out there creating friction for tv cameras, the hostile takeover of the country will advance rapidly.
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Missed this amid the fire hose of news: The Trump admin is now putting Education Department employees on administrative leave for simply attending a diversity training offered by the agency. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Missed this amid the fire hose of news: The Trump admin is now putting Education Department employees on administrative leave for simply attending a diversity training offered by the agency. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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“You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,” the scientist said.
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
“You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,” the scientist said.
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American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications
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Breaking news: Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling her cousin — now Trump’s pick to lead HHS — a “predator” whose victims have ranged from family members to the parents of sick children.
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter
In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump’s HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy’s ethics and views on vaccines.
wapo.st
January 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Breaking news: Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned senators about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling her cousin — now Trump’s pick to lead HHS — a “predator” whose victims have ranged from family members to the parents of sick children.
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Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany
Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany
Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link
Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on…
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany
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I really urge people not just to read the reporting on the executive orders, but to read the executive orders themselves.
His executive order also calls on government agencies to identify PRIVATE sector companies, nonprofits or universities to be investigated for DEI practices. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I really urge people not just to read the reporting on the executive orders, but to read the executive orders themselves.
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Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today would have marked 52 years of Roe as the law of the land. But Donald Trump packed the Supreme Court with anti-abortion extremists to get it overturned.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.
This week, he cut off access to reproductiverights.gov.
We must keep fighting for women’s rights.