@limaj25.bsky.social
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The U.S. DOGE Service uploaded a copy of Americans’ social security data to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people, a whistleblower in the agency alleged.
Social Security official says DOGE compromised Americans’ data
Chief Data Officer Charles Borges said sensitive data was uploaded to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The U.S. DOGE Service uploaded a copy of Americans’ social security data to a digital cloud, risking the security of critical personal information for more than 300 million people, a whistleblower in the agency alleged.
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“Female” and “woman” are now banned words in USA research grants.
“‘I guess a word that's not on here is “men,”and I guess a word that I don't see on here is “white,” so I guess we'll see what's going on with white men and what they need,’ Fielding-Miller said.”
“‘I guess a word that's not on here is “men,”and I guess a word that I don't see on here is “white,” so I guess we'll see what's going on with white men and what they need,’ Fielding-Miller said.”
Federal list of forbidden words may jeopardize research at UCSD
The banned words include: women, disability, bias, status, trauma, Black, Hispanic communities, as well as socioeconomic, ethnicity and systemic.
www.kpbs.org
June 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“Female” and “woman” are now banned words in USA research grants.
“‘I guess a word that's not on here is “men,”and I guess a word that I don't see on here is “white,” so I guess we'll see what's going on with white men and what they need,’ Fielding-Miller said.”
“‘I guess a word that's not on here is “men,”and I guess a word that I don't see on here is “white,” so I guess we'll see what's going on with white men and what they need,’ Fielding-Miller said.”
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Sad but true.
June 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sad but true.
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ALA has awarded $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grants to 16 libraries supporting New Americans—immigrants and refugees across the U.S. These grants will expand ESL classes, citizenship resources, bilingual outreach & more.
Learn more + see the full list of grantees:
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
Learn more + see the full list of grantees:
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
June 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ALA has awarded $10,000 Building Library Capacity Grants to 16 libraries supporting New Americans—immigrants and refugees across the U.S. These grants will expand ESL classes, citizenship resources, bilingual outreach & more.
Learn more + see the full list of grantees:
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
Learn more + see the full list of grantees:
www.ala.org/news/2025/06...
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This is an entirely valid concern. I have been eyeing all of my repositories and thinking about where the servers are physically located and where the organizations operating them are. I'm looking into some contingencies.
As a testament to the dire situation in the U.S., our university (Uni. Iceland) just sent an email on the risk of data (used or gathered by European institutions) stored in the United States being deleted, altered, or access to it restricted. #academia #waronscience #disinformation
May 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is an entirely valid concern. I have been eyeing all of my repositories and thinking about where the servers are physically located and where the organizations operating them are. I'm looking into some contingencies.
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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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BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
^
KEITH SONDERLING, Acting Director,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Case No. 25-1050 (RJL)
MEMORANDUM ORDER
May 1, 2025 [Dkt. #13]
This matter initially came before the Court on plaintiff American Library
Association's ("ALA") and plaintiff American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO's ("AFSCME") motion for a preliminary injunction ("PT"). See Pls.' PI Mot. [Dkt, #13]; Pls.' Mem. in Supp. of PI Mot. ("Pls.' PI Mem.") [Dkt. #13-11.
Plaintiffs sought a decision on the PI by May 4, 2025, as defendants intend to execute a
"mass termination of [Institute of Museum and Library Services] staff' on that day. Pls
PI Mot. at 1.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig5evcrfkwsw2usse2xvhf66zcug76ufhuzui3smou5ycmjh5hf4m@jpeg)
May 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, issues a TRO blocking the Trump administration from "dissolv[ing]" the Institute of Museum and Library Services, placing any more employees on administrative leave, or terminating any grants in the coming days.
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Nearly 70% of all food in grocery stores in the United States is ultraprocessed, meaning the foods contain additives used to add flavor and color, create texture, extend shelf life and keep ingredients from separating. cnn.it/4js0xHe
April 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Nearly 70% of all food in grocery stores in the United States is ultraprocessed, meaning the foods contain additives used to add flavor and color, create texture, extend shelf life and keep ingredients from separating. cnn.it/4js0xHe
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The economy will enter a recession in the second half of 2025, according to a majority of chief financial officers responding to the quarterly CNBC CFO Council Survey.
Recession is coming before end of 2025, generally 'pessimistic' corporate CFOs say: CNBC survey
The US economy will enter a recession in 2025, with Trump's tariffs leading top corporate CFOs to 'pessimism' and less spending, according to a CNBC survey.
www.cnbc.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The economy will enter a recession in the second half of 2025, according to a majority of chief financial officers responding to the quarterly CNBC CFO Council Survey.
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This Executive Order is just the latest in the ongoing fight for the right to read. The freedom to read and access information—and to do so in privacy through our libraries—are fundamental rights that are under ferocious attack. Take action TODAY: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding #UniteAgainstBookBans
March 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This Executive Order is just the latest in the ongoing fight for the right to read. The freedom to read and access information—and to do so in privacy through our libraries—are fundamental rights that are under ferocious attack. Take action TODAY: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding #UniteAgainstBookBans
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President Trump ordered federal employees to return to the office, repeatedly saying they couldn't be productive from home.
But Trump has signed executive orders and a memorandum from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, according to an NBC News tracker.
In other words, he's worked from home.
But Trump has signed executive orders and a memorandum from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, according to an NBC News tracker.
In other words, he's worked from home.
Federal workers cast Trump's many Mar-a-Lago trips as working from home
“It’s about who’s making the rules,” one federal worker said of the president ordering employees back to the office even as he’s spent nearly every weekend in Florida.
nbcnews.to
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
President Trump ordered federal employees to return to the office, repeatedly saying they couldn't be productive from home.
But Trump has signed executive orders and a memorandum from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, according to an NBC News tracker.
In other words, he's worked from home.
But Trump has signed executive orders and a memorandum from his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Palm Beach, according to an NBC News tracker.
In other words, he's worked from home.
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Our libraries are important places within our communities- making media, internet, classes, meeting spaces, and other programming available to all.
Surprise! The same people telling you to “just go buy the book” are the same people that fail to see the value our libraries bring to our communities.
Surprise! The same people telling you to “just go buy the book” are the same people that fail to see the value our libraries bring to our communities.
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...
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our libraries are important places within our communities- making media, internet, classes, meeting spaces, and other programming available to all.
Surprise! The same people telling you to “just go buy the book” are the same people that fail to see the value our libraries bring to our communities.
Surprise! The same people telling you to “just go buy the book” are the same people that fail to see the value our libraries bring to our communities.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
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ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions
There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: I’ll say this again: download all your SF-50s, performance evals, and your eOPF.
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
Now.
Print hard copies.
And make sure you file an informal grievance with your supervisor within 15 days of any adverse action. Here is a template: www.muellershewrote.com/p/informal-g...
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How long until the Library of Congress faces a purge? Should historians be getting what resources they can now? I'm imagining anything related to the civil rights movement, anti-fascism, and even public health could be gone soon.
February 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How long until the Library of Congress faces a purge? Should historians be getting what resources they can now? I'm imagining anything related to the civil rights movement, anti-fascism, and even public health could be gone soon.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emer...
sign.moveon.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...