Mike E
@mbeisenberg.bsky.social
Official old guy:
Likes - music, libraries, information science, pickleball
Dislikes - mean people, politics
Likes - music, libraries, information science, pickleball
Dislikes - mean people, politics
ALERT! US 5th Circuit Ct Appeals dismissed free speech claims in ruling that library collection decisions are “government speech” not “free speech.” Far-reaching control issues/effects. Next step SCOTUS hopefully. For more listen to LLead episode 45
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/.../whatsali...
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/.../whatsali...
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
ALERT! US 5th Circuit Ct Appeals dismissed free speech claims in ruling that library collection decisions are “government speech” not “free speech.” Far-reaching control issues/effects. Next step SCOTUS hopefully. For more listen to LLead episode 45
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/.../whatsali...
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/.../whatsali...
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July 04, 2025
Just for Today: The principles my program has given me are sufficient to guide me through any situation. I will strive to confront conflict in a healthy way.
Copyright (c) NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
#JustForToday #NA #NarcoticsAnonymous #Recovery
Just for Today: The principles my program has given me are sufficient to guide me through any situation. I will strive to confront conflict in a healthy way.
Copyright (c) NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
#JustForToday #NA #NarcoticsAnonymous #Recovery
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
July 04, 2025
Just for Today: The principles my program has given me are sufficient to guide me through any situation. I will strive to confront conflict in a healthy way.
Copyright (c) NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
#JustForToday #NA #NarcoticsAnonymous #Recovery
Just for Today: The principles my program has given me are sufficient to guide me through any situation. I will strive to confront conflict in a healthy way.
Copyright (c) NA World Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved
#JustForToday #NA #NarcoticsAnonymous #Recovery
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Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
May 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Pres, Gagliardi, of the 🇺🇸 Federation of Musicians:
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
“We will not remain silent as 2 of our members Bruce Springsteen & Taylor Swift r singled out & personally attacked by the POTUS. S&S r not just brilliant musicians, they r role models & inspirations 2 millions of ppl in the US & across the🌍”
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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While these aims are clearly laid out in Project 2025, I'm astonished that (1) they have enough support from Republicans who must realize the long-term consequences of this pillage, and (2) industry has been so thoroughly cowed into silence as their pipeline of innovation and personnel is destroyed.
May 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
While these aims are clearly laid out in Project 2025, I'm astonished that (1) they have enough support from Republicans who must realize the long-term consequences of this pillage, and (2) industry has been so thoroughly cowed into silence as their pipeline of innovation and personnel is destroyed.
May 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Episode 41 (May 2025): IMLS The Little Agency That Could
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/05/01/i...
The LL Team is PISSED OFF. IMLS is axed! Please listen, react & share with everyone! Celebrate this outstanding agency, and then fight back!
Listen, react, share your outrage with everyone!
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/05/01/i...
The LL Team is PISSED OFF. IMLS is axed! Please listen, react & share with everyone! Celebrate this outstanding agency, and then fight back!
Listen, react, share your outrage with everyone!
May 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Episode 41 (May 2025): IMLS The Little Agency That Could
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/05/01/i...
The LL Team is PISSED OFF. IMLS is axed! Please listen, react & share with everyone! Celebrate this outstanding agency, and then fight back!
Listen, react, share your outrage with everyone!
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/05/01/i...
The LL Team is PISSED OFF. IMLS is axed! Please listen, react & share with everyone! Celebrate this outstanding agency, and then fight back!
Listen, react, share your outrage with everyone!
a terrific podcast on scientific discovery that ends with Carl sounding the alarm on the rapid destruction of American scientific research.
Thanks to the good folks at Radiolab for having me on their latest episode to talk about the current decimation of science. (I bring the bad news at about 35:00) radiolab.org/podcast/the-...
The Age of Aquaticus
For years, scientists thought nothing could live above 73℃/163℉. At that temperature, everything boiled to death. But scientists Tom Brock and Hudson Freeze weren’t convinced. What b...
radiolab.org
April 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a terrific podcast on scientific discovery that ends with Carl sounding the alarm on the rapid destruction of American scientific research.
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Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people
Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people
Latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated he wants to eliminate Fema
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Trump denies aid for Arkansas after storms that killed more than 40 people
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Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding
The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Cuts to the the Women’s Health Initiative “will lead to incalculable losses to scientific discovery and human health.” www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
Greetings all!
NA meetings for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers (aka secular)
secularna.org/new-meeting-...
Recorded speakers (with permission) - now posted on the website - secularna.org/recorded-spe...
NA meetings for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers (aka secular)
secularna.org/new-meeting-...
Recorded speakers (with permission) - now posted on the website - secularna.org/recorded-spe...
RECORDED SPEAKERS - Secular Meetings of Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
SPEAKER RECORDINGS by NA MEMBERS WHO ATTEND SECULAR MEETINGS Listen to stories of recovery from members who attend secular meetings of NA. Each share is approximately 20 minutes. […]
secularna.org
April 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Greetings all!
NA meetings for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers (aka secular)
secularna.org/new-meeting-...
Recorded speakers (with permission) - now posted on the website - secularna.org/recorded-spe...
NA meetings for agnostics, atheists, freethinkers (aka secular)
secularna.org/new-meeting-...
Recorded speakers (with permission) - now posted on the website - secularna.org/recorded-spe...
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April 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you seek recovery without an emphasis on a god or higher power, please check out www.secularna.org
#secular #secularrecovery #NA
#secular #secularrecovery #NA
Home Page - Secular Meetings of Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Narcotics Anonymous — SECULAR MEETINGS — ANNOUNCEMENT — new in-person NA secular meeting – NA Carolina Agnostics SUNDAY – Hilton Head, South Carolina 3:30-4:30pm, YANA Club, 107 Mathews […]
www.secularna.org
April 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you seek recovery without an emphasis on a god or higher power, please check out www.secularna.org
#secular #secularrecovery #NA
#secular #secularrecovery #NA
South Beach, Hutchinson Island
April 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
South Beach, Hutchinson Island
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Sharing this to help a government worker who is trying to maintain her job right now. She needs a car to keep her job and keep afloat.
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Please help and share:
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Please help and share:
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Help Christine Get A Car
Hello Friends and Supporters,
I hope this message finds you well. I am sharing a personal story with you and reaching out for your support during a challenging time in my life.
The past few months ha...
angelink.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sharing this to help a government worker who is trying to maintain her job right now. She needs a car to keep her job and keep afloat.
♥️
Please help and share:
angelink.com/fundraiser-p...
♥️
Please help and share:
angelink.com/fundraiser-p...
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Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
March 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
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Trump has signed an EO to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
📣 The ALA needs you to tell your Members of Congress how important libraries are to you. You can call, or use this form:
bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
The EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
#ForOurLibraries #booksky
📣 The ALA needs you to tell your Members of Congress how important libraries are to you. You can call, or use this form:
bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
The EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
#ForOurLibraries #booksky
Show Up For Our Libraries - Tell Your Story
Please share a story about how libraries have a positive impact in YOUR community. This might be a story about you or your family, or about other library users who have benefitted from the library&...
bit.ly
March 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump has signed an EO to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
📣 The ALA needs you to tell your Members of Congress how important libraries are to you. You can call, or use this form:
bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
The EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
#ForOurLibraries #booksky
📣 The ALA needs you to tell your Members of Congress how important libraries are to you. You can call, or use this form:
bit.ly/ALA-LibraryStoryIMLS
The EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
#ForOurLibraries #booksky
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Boycott is tomorrow Feb 28! ✊
Avoid unnecessary purchases, in-person or online, midnite Thurs to midnite Fri.
No Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy
Don't spend $ on fast food, major retailers, gas
Avoid using credit/debit cards
[Exceptions: essentials medicine, food or emergency supplies]
Read more👇 📰🧪
Avoid unnecessary purchases, in-person or online, midnite Thurs to midnite Fri.
No Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy
Don't spend $ on fast food, major retailers, gas
Avoid using credit/debit cards
[Exceptions: essentials medicine, food or emergency supplies]
Read more👇 📰🧪
What to know about the Feb. 28 "economic blackout"
The grassroots group behind the blackout says it is about "sending a clear message: we have the power."
www.axios.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Boycott is tomorrow Feb 28! ✊
Avoid unnecessary purchases, in-person or online, midnite Thurs to midnite Fri.
No Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy
Don't spend $ on fast food, major retailers, gas
Avoid using credit/debit cards
[Exceptions: essentials medicine, food or emergency supplies]
Read more👇 📰🧪
Avoid unnecessary purchases, in-person or online, midnite Thurs to midnite Fri.
No Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy
Don't spend $ on fast food, major retailers, gas
Avoid using credit/debit cards
[Exceptions: essentials medicine, food or emergency supplies]
Read more👇 📰🧪
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Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to.
#Resist
#Resist
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to.
#Resist
#Resist
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Big expectations for 2025: Syracuse 🍊 🥍 ranked No. 2 in preseason poll.
Syracuse men’s lacrosse ranked No. 2 in 2025 preseason poll
Syracuse is just behind defending champion Notre Dame in the Inside Lacrosse 2025 preseason poll.
www.syracuse.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Big expectations for 2025: Syracuse 🍊 🥍 ranked No. 2 in preseason poll.
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Through teaching and research, the iSchool is helping to power the state’s workforce and support Washington families. Learn more in our new State Impact Report: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/01...
State Impact Report: Information School bolsters Washington workforce
Informatics stretched to the limit: Demand for the Informatics program continues to soar. Support from the state and industry hasn't kept pace.• Read the...
ischool.uw.edu
January 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Through teaching and research, the iSchool is helping to power the state’s workforce and support Washington families. Learn more in our new State Impact Report: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/01...
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AI and archives...we need to fight against decontextualization, We need to think stories not keywords and topics.
January 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
AI and archives...we need to fight against decontextualization, We need to think stories not keywords and topics.
ENSHITTIFICATION?
Yes! There really is such a thing. the purposeful degradation of quality in information systems in order to maximize profits. And, it’s pervasive. It affects Google, Facebook, X, iPhone Android wifi email – almost every ICT tech
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/01/01/s...
Yes! There really is such a thing. the purposeful degradation of quality in information systems in order to maximize profits. And, it’s pervasive. It affects Google, Facebook, X, iPhone Android wifi email – almost every ICT tech
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/01/01/s...
January 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ENSHITTIFICATION?
Yes! There really is such a thing. the purposeful degradation of quality in information systems in order to maximize profits. And, it’s pervasive. It affects Google, Facebook, X, iPhone Android wifi email – almost every ICT tech
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/01/01/s...
Yes! There really is such a thing. the purposeful degradation of quality in information systems in order to maximize profits. And, it’s pervasive. It affects Google, Facebook, X, iPhone Android wifi email – almost every ICT tech
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/01/01/s...