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@LizNeeley's parting thought for Week 39: It all matters. It all helps. Every part. Every step. Every time. (2/2)

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@LizNeeley's parting thought for Week 39: As @prisonculture.bsky.social says, “I believe in strugglers and I believe in coworkers and I believe in solidarity. I believe we need more people all the time in all of our work, in all of our movements.” (1/2)

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And as this thread by @melbuer.bsky.social says: "Protests aren’t effective warnings for the powerful if you aren’t backing it up with more organizing outside of it." Read the full thread for all the other work that needs doing.

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The #NoKings protests took place this past weekend.

There are very good reasons some of us cannot or should not demonstrate. All the more reason for the rest of us to keep showing up:
- safety in numbers
- joy in community
- to coordinate and work in formation are falling away

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The judicial branch has run out of funding.

When our courts start reducing services, sending staff home, and not paying those who are required to keep showing up… what will that mean for this essential branch of the government?

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Between one quarter and one third of CDC employees have been removed from work, according to their union. And experts warn us to keep bracing for more.

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Fifteen governors have launched the Governors Public Health Alliance to strengthen their emergency preparedness and bolster their ability to rapidly and reliably respond to emerging health threats.

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Brown, USC, Penn, and UVA joined MIT in rejecting the promise of preferential funding in exchange for academic freedom (i.e., the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.) Since we published the newsletter, so did University of Arizona. bit.ly/3KYIJYd

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@LizNeeley's parting thought for Week 37 (cont): No matter how carefully we pick our fights, or how necessary they are, sometimes the door will hit us in the face. When it does, I hope we can heave ourselves up, hold on to each other, and be willing to keep trying."

@LizNeeley's parting thought for Week 37: "Sometimes we have to force the issue, ratchet up the pressure, and hold our ground no matter what. I believe this compact is one of those times. ...but the right thing, the simple thing, is not the same as the easy thing." (1/2)

Four NIH directors who had been on administrative leave since April were officially fired.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Nine universities face a very public choice about the so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” - essentially a loyalty oath being demanded by the administration. Read it for yourself: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

The government has been shut down since last Wednesday (nine days & counting).

The specifics of who is furloughed and which work continues vary quite a lot by agency. How it's affecting agencies & services:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...