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Sheryl Crow: “My parents always said you are who you hang out with. There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla. Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”

Happy Love Data Week, everyone. Here is our love letter to you .... and public data. #LoveDataWeek #LoveData25 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Richard Gere, "We have a bully and a thug who is President of the United States"

Trials abandoned due to the stop-work order on USAID-funded research:

THIS is how you do it: 250,000 people in Munich, Germany, demonstrate against Putin's puppets, the Musk-endorsed AfD.

This is how the world views the US. Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."

I shouldn’t laugh at this but I somehow needed to.

ACLU sues on behalf of librarian fired in Arkansas after opposing book censorship efforts. Patty Hector lost her job after being targeted by a campaign urging restriction of books with race and LGBTQ+ themes. #SHERO #LGBTQ+ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”

Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

#librarySky #medSky #academicSky #scienceSky #archiveSky archive as much as you can on @waybackmachine.bsky.social

Jesus Christ would have nodded in agreement at her message.

The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

🕯️ | The British Library is among 135 libraries around the country lighting up tonight in a show of solidarity with Spellow Community Hub & Library. The venue reopens tomorrow following a refurbishment after being torched in racist riots. liverpoolexpress.co.uk/more-than-13... #ShareTheLight

OK sports fans, so this is my last bulletin for my position at @losangelestimes.bsky.social. I resigned yesterday in protest of the paper's and owner's cozying up to Trump. Here's my explanation on my substack, where I hope you will follow me going forward. harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just...

Happy Thursday!

As Janey Godley has her funeral, here is her roasting Michelle Mone. 😂

Hi everyone, I'm really enjoying all you write. To introduce myself, I have a degree in archaeology - the main benefit of which is the licence to punch nazis. Haven't used it yet - not my style at all - but nice to know it's there.

Ian Hislop for PM.....

It feels like a good time to re-read Aaron Sorkin’s letter to his daughter from when Trump won in 2016: "Here’s what we’ll do…we'll fucking fight.... I will not hand you a country shaped by hateful and stupid men."

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Ludwig starring David Mitchell is beyond brilliant. Gentle, incredible pathos, captivating drama with wonderful sympathetic characters.