Lori Steckervetz
@lsteckervetz.bsky.social
Student Success Librarian
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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April 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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One radical thing you can do right now to protect marginalized people is to figure out how to keep our businesses and our families alive. This crashing economy will effect us all. We WILL have to fight for each other. 🧵
April 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
One radical thing you can do right now to protect marginalized people is to figure out how to keep our businesses and our families alive. This crashing economy will effect us all. We WILL have to fight for each other. 🧵
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Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I know what you mean but this isn’t in fact an impossible position, and it shouldn’t be a difficult choice. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
April 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I know what you mean but this isn’t in fact an impossible position, and it shouldn’t be a difficult choice. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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Happy National Library Workers Day! You mean the world to us! Thank you for working, for volunteering, for helping, for your presence! We love you! 💛
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy National Library Workers Day! You mean the world to us! Thank you for working, for volunteering, for helping, for your presence! We love you! 💛
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"We don’t know how many Americans will die prematurely because public health is now being run by a man who rejects medical science, but it’s likely that the number will eventually run into the millions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex
Another front in the war on American greatness
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"We don’t know how many Americans will die prematurely because public health is now being run by a man who rejects medical science, but it’s likely that the number will eventually run into the millions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
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New in PN: How to steal a state supreme court seat with one weird trick
"Republicans succeeded in changing the rules not midgame but literally after they lost. Nothing will stop them from doing this again and again, making a mockery of elections and injecting confusion into results."
"Republicans succeeded in changing the rules not midgame but literally after they lost. Nothing will stop them from doing this again and again, making a mockery of elections and injecting confusion into results."
How to steal a state supreme court seat with one weird trick
North Carolina Republicans are closing in on a brazen heist.
www.publicnotice.co
April 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New in PN: How to steal a state supreme court seat with one weird trick
"Republicans succeeded in changing the rules not midgame but literally after they lost. Nothing will stop them from doing this again and again, making a mockery of elections and injecting confusion into results."
"Republicans succeeded in changing the rules not midgame but literally after they lost. Nothing will stop them from doing this again and again, making a mockery of elections and injecting confusion into results."
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Let’s be clear: Trump’s plan to fine migrants $998 a DAY and steal their property is NOT about border security. It’s about pushing fear-based rhetoric—and it’s giving fascism.
Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order
The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Let’s be clear: Trump’s plan to fine migrants $998 a DAY and steal their property is NOT about border security. It’s about pushing fear-based rhetoric—and it’s giving fascism.
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It's National Public Health Week, the saddest one in memory.
We have lost a generation of scientists and public servants, whose institutional memory and works in progress will be lost to our nation with their abrupt dismissals www.bmj.com/content/389/...
We have lost a generation of scientists and public servants, whose institutional memory and works in progress will be lost to our nation with their abrupt dismissals www.bmj.com/content/389/...
A sad week for public health in the US
The latest mass firings in critical US health services are short sighted, cruel, and ignorant, writes Esther Choo
This week is National Public Health Week in the United States and perhaps the saddes...
www.bmj.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's National Public Health Week, the saddest one in memory.
We have lost a generation of scientists and public servants, whose institutional memory and works in progress will be lost to our nation with their abrupt dismissals www.bmj.com/content/389/...
We have lost a generation of scientists and public servants, whose institutional memory and works in progress will be lost to our nation with their abrupt dismissals www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bondi on Boasberg: "Those inmates, those violent gang members, those violent alien enemies will remain in El Salvador. He cannot get them back, so his jurisdiction is over ... going forward, these terrorists better look out."
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Think about what kind of person you have to be to lie about sending someone to a torture prison for life based on nothing bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
Internet friends, I understand if you are green with envy at me for attending this great talk last night!
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
"Who's afraid of libraries?" was the rhetorical opener and I loved the point (among many) that libraries are where things are free. "a CVS looks really weird after you've been to the library."
A rainy Monday night. A rusty writer/speaker. A full house. An enthusiastic discussion.
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
I left with a bottle of brown.
Thank you, Durham Public Library, all the Tre-yonce fans, and #LibraryFest25.
“Who’s Afraid of the Library?”
April 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The library is the only place that Americans experience the fullness of what it means to remove goods from the market. It pings our consciousness. Hey we could love differently!
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This has been studied extensively: Regret rates for gender affirming care, including for children, are extremely low.
A core tactic of conspiracy theorists is to ignore existing bodies of research and demand further study until they get the result they want.
A core tactic of conspiracy theorists is to ignore existing bodies of research and demand further study until they get the result they want.
Trump administration slammed for directing NIH to study people’s ‘regret’ after transitioning
Trump slammed for directing NIH to study people's 'regret' after transitioning
The Trump administration has reportedly directed the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study trans people's "regret" over transitioning.
www.thepinknews.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This has been studied extensively: Regret rates for gender affirming care, including for children, are extremely low.
A core tactic of conspiracy theorists is to ignore existing bodies of research and demand further study until they get the result they want.
A core tactic of conspiracy theorists is to ignore existing bodies of research and demand further study until they get the result they want.
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To get a Real ID you must show your birth certificate so Real ID is enough
We don't need the Save Act
We don't need the Save Act
Let's talk about the so-called Save Act.
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a voter suppression bill. #HandsOffHerVote
Don't let the name fool you. This bill doesn't SAVE anything - this is 100% a voter suppression bill. #HandsOffHerVote
April 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To get a Real ID you must show your birth certificate so Real ID is enough
We don't need the Save Act
We don't need the Save Act
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If you think fascism is only going to go after the Important People Speaking Out, you're wrong. That doesn't happen until full power is secured.
That's why it's EXTREMELY important for Democrats and any opposition to Trump to be as publicly vocal and loud as possible.
That's why it's EXTREMELY important for Democrats and any opposition to Trump to be as publicly vocal and loud as possible.
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
LATEST: At least 45 student visas across the state have been revoked by the Trump administration, California universities report, as numbers grow. A lawsuit has been filed in a Los Angeles federal court against DHS and Kristi Noem www.latimes.com/california/s...
April 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you think fascism is only going to go after the Important People Speaking Out, you're wrong. That doesn't happen until full power is secured.
That's why it's EXTREMELY important for Democrats and any opposition to Trump to be as publicly vocal and loud as possible.
That's why it's EXTREMELY important for Democrats and any opposition to Trump to be as publicly vocal and loud as possible.
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the law, in its magnanimous wisdom, forbids protests outside the homes of justices while blessing deportations with legality if conducted fast and sloppily enough
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
the law, in its magnanimous wisdom, forbids protests outside the homes of justices while blessing deportations with legality if conducted fast and sloppily enough
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One of these students was thrown into a detention center where they've now been detained for 10 days. Beyond unconscionable.
Major update:
At least 50 ASU students have had their visas revoked in recent weeks. Some of them were due to graduate next month.
Country-wide, an attorney I spoke with estimated 1,000 student visa revocations.
For @azluminaria.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/04/07/a...
At least 50 ASU students have had their visas revoked in recent weeks. Some of them were due to graduate next month.
Country-wide, an attorney I spoke with estimated 1,000 student visa revocations.
For @azluminaria.bsky.social
azluminaria.org/2025/04/07/a...
At least 50 ASU students have now had visas revoked, lawyer says - AZ Luminaria
The number of international students at Arizona State University who have had their visas revoked is now at least 50, according to an attorney representing the students. Last week, Arizona Luminaria r...
azluminaria.org
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
One of these students was thrown into a detention center where they've now been detained for 10 days. Beyond unconscionable.
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This is probably the most sinister thing to come out of this whole mess so far imo, because Lutnick (almost accidentally) makes the vision here crystal clear — using a combination of automation and precarious, immiserated American labor to mass produce products that profit tech oligarchs.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is probably the most sinister thing to come out of this whole mess so far imo, because Lutnick (almost accidentally) makes the vision here crystal clear — using a combination of automation and precarious, immiserated American labor to mass produce products that profit tech oligarchs.
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Most people in the United States who have never faced housing insecurity have no idea how easy it is to evict someone in this country.
Before the pandemic, every US state evicted more people annually than all of mainland Europe COMBINED.
Many states don't even allow counterclaims in evictions.
Before the pandemic, every US state evicted more people annually than all of mainland Europe COMBINED.
Many states don't even allow counterclaims in evictions.
April 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Most people in the United States who have never faced housing insecurity have no idea how easy it is to evict someone in this country.
Before the pandemic, every US state evicted more people annually than all of mainland Europe COMBINED.
Many states don't even allow counterclaims in evictions.
Before the pandemic, every US state evicted more people annually than all of mainland Europe COMBINED.
Many states don't even allow counterclaims in evictions.
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