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they/she. Frequently reading. Always queer, vegan, and learning.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost
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🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
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" They see a book on a shelf and assume the author is doing just fine, secure, paid, successful. They don’t see the unpaid hours, the exhaustion, the reality that most authors earn less than minimum wage for years of work."
Published Doesn’t Mean Paid.
I want to talk about money.
(Ugh, I know. How crass.)
Specifically, how much money authors make, or more accurately, don’t.
I signed my publishing deal in 2023. My advance was £2,500. That’s it.
I was paid £1,250 on signing, which, spread over 18 months (writing
kristie-de-garis.ghost.io
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
" They see a book on a shelf and assume the author is doing just fine, secure, paid, successful. They don’t see the unpaid hours, the exhaustion, the reality that most authors earn less than minimum wage for years of work."
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Israel consulted with the US before launching massive air attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight, says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt aje.io/5uls9d
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Israel consulted with the US before launching massive air attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight, says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt aje.io/5uls9d
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EPA is terminating more than two dozen protections against air and water pollution. It would overturn limits on soot from smokestacks that have been linked to respiratory problems in humans and premature deaths as well as restrictions on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin.
March 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
EPA is terminating more than two dozen protections against air and water pollution. It would overturn limits on soot from smokestacks that have been linked to respiratory problems in humans and premature deaths as well as restrictions on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin.
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"In short, no one in power needs to worry: The university’s subversive mission to empower the public with knowledge and to encourage our students to think for themselves has been suspended indefinitely."
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations
“[T]he University of North Texas administration recently censored the content of more than two hundred academic courses, including by mandating the...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"In short, no one in power needs to worry: The university’s subversive mission to empower the public with knowledge and to encourage our students to think for themselves has been suspended indefinitely."
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If you want to keep those cherished bookstores, cafes, or third places, keep boycotting Amazon, Starbucks, Big Tech, and Big Box corporations.
March 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If you want to keep those cherished bookstores, cafes, or third places, keep boycotting Amazon, Starbucks, Big Tech, and Big Box corporations.
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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oh hey the third Danielle Cain book launches on Kickstarter tomorrow and it'll have all kinds of print and audio ways of getting into the series if you haven't read the first two
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
Coming soon: The Immortal Choir Holds Every Voice
A queer anarchist punk fantasy novella by Margaret Killjoy
www.kickstarter.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
oh hey the third Danielle Cain book launches on Kickstarter tomorrow and it'll have all kinds of print and audio ways of getting into the series if you haven't read the first two
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
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Thought I wouldn’t need to post this because it would make the rounds but I’m not seeing it in the TL so here’s a #GiftLink from the only coverage I’ve seen that Joy Ann Reid has been fired by MSNBC www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thought I wouldn’t need to post this because it would make the rounds but I’m not seeing it in the TL so here’s a #GiftLink from the only coverage I’ve seen that Joy Ann Reid has been fired by MSNBC www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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NEW: The Trump admin is considering destroying 160 million COVID tests, worth half a billion dollars.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NEW: The Trump admin is considering destroying 160 million COVID tests, worth half a billion dollars.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
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Figure out what organizing means to you and do it. If you’re not sure how to think about that question, here’s a book to start with, not because it has all the answers but because it will help you think about your answers: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...
Let This Radicalize You
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February 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Figure out what organizing means to you and do it. If you’re not sure how to think about that question, here’s a book to start with, not because it has all the answers but because it will help you think about your answers: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-l...
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Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
February 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible.
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Hey 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
I just saw a thread where someone live posted their department’s plans for responding to the current political situation and I just want to remind everyone that putting information out there publicly can endanger plans/could be used against your department in legal proceedings
I just saw a thread where someone live posted their department’s plans for responding to the current political situation and I just want to remind everyone that putting information out there publicly can endanger plans/could be used against your department in legal proceedings
February 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hey 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
I just saw a thread where someone live posted their department’s plans for responding to the current political situation and I just want to remind everyone that putting information out there publicly can endanger plans/could be used against your department in legal proceedings
I just saw a thread where someone live posted their department’s plans for responding to the current political situation and I just want to remind everyone that putting information out there publicly can endanger plans/could be used against your department in legal proceedings
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#BHM2025 The life of Rosa Parks offers crucial lessons for young people about a life of activism that is dangerous for guardians of the status quo.
See YA book about her life & work with orgs in Montgomery & Detroit. (Limited free copies for K-12 teachers ⬇️.)
www.zinnedproject.org/news/young-r...
See YA book about her life & work with orgs in Montgomery & Detroit. (Limited free copies for K-12 teachers ⬇️.)
www.zinnedproject.org/news/young-r...
Free Copies of the Young Readers Edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Thanks to a donation, the Zinn Education Project is offering sets of five copies of the book to middle and high school teachers with a plan for using and promoting the young readers' edition of The Re...
www.zinnedproject.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#BHM2025 The life of Rosa Parks offers crucial lessons for young people about a life of activism that is dangerous for guardians of the status quo.
See YA book about her life & work with orgs in Montgomery & Detroit. (Limited free copies for K-12 teachers ⬇️.)
www.zinnedproject.org/news/young-r...
See YA book about her life & work with orgs in Montgomery & Detroit. (Limited free copies for K-12 teachers ⬇️.)
www.zinnedproject.org/news/young-r...
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They removed the T and then they removed the Q and what letter are they coming for next?
UPDATE: The National Park Service have now removed “queer” and the “Q+” from the web page for stonewall, along with any mentions of transgender people.
February 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
They removed the T and then they removed the Q and what letter are they coming for next?
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With the NIH cuts, there’s no longer any excuse for any professor, in any discipline, to not address the moment in their classes. You don’t even have to be “political” if that’s how you roll; this changes everything. You need only observe reality. 1/
February 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
With the NIH cuts, there’s no longer any excuse for any professor, in any discipline, to not address the moment in their classes. You don’t even have to be “political” if that’s how you roll; this changes everything. You need only observe reality. 1/
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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Goodmorning, how are ya - not great? Me neither! So much to say and yell but I’ll start here. Hugs to my trans family, everything is so scary right now. 💜💜💜💜 #queerartist #trans #enby
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Goodmorning, how are ya - not great? Me neither! So much to say and yell but I’ll start here. Hugs to my trans family, everything is so scary right now. 💜💜💜💜 #queerartist #trans #enby