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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

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Info behavior question: let’s say you want to look at a list of all #oscar nominees/categories that will be at the ceremony tonight. Do you look at the Oscars official website first? Or do you go to another site that has the same information? If the latter, which and why?

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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Pittsburgh, PA: Library Services Manager – Rare Books & Special Collections, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Apply by Feb. 27! #rarebooks #libraryjobs #specialcollections www.carnegielibrary.org/careers-at-c...

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Kennedy or Hegseth

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Did you know that Gov. Hochul's proposed budget includes a $10 million cut to library construction aid? At a time when we need libraries more than ever? If you're in New York State, take a moment to let your reps know NO CUTS TO LIBRARIES. oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...

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Pope Francis has named Tucson’s Bishop Edward Weisenburger (64) as the new Archbishop of Detroit; Weisenburger has been an outspoken advocate of migrants’ rights and an avid supporter of Pope Francis. This is a great appointment for the US Church!

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Masha Gessen on the rather short window of refusal … and its own unique rationalities. (gift so everyone can read it)

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SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd

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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now

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Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea? Shall we be towed by him to the infernal world?

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My re-posts: the world is ending The posts I write: that dog has a fluffy tail

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I know that all these institutions know how to push back because when Obama directed them to enforce pre-existing Title IX law, universities said no. They flat out refused until there was a working group and specific guidelines. And even then, they still refused.

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What if a Saturday night massacre-style purge had no political repercussions whatsoever. Would that be good or

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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

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the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”

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Thanks to those who pointed me to the right info! I called 425-313-8100 and spoke to a person (!!) who thanked me for my feedback and forwarded me to the place where she said they are logging those calls. I spoke to another actual person who loggedme; script in next post for other shy folks.

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I understand it’s society’s fault, but maybe the Botox to the face that’s everywhere could be adjusted to let people’s eyebrows move just a little bit, to help with the nonverbal cues that eyebrows can provide

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🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo rescinding the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source:

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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors

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This red-breasted nuthatch was very busy foraging among the spruce cones. He paused for just a second before heading off to another bunch of cones, and I think he has a spruce seed in his beak! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

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Have I told you that a group of indexers volunteered their time and energy to index the monstrosity that is Project 2025? This is NOT made with AI, but only professional indexers. Please bookmark and boost! Share it with journalists! indexersguidetoproject2025.com

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"I wouldn’t be able to find a commercial reason for founding DeepSeek even if you ask me to,” said founder Liang Wenfeng: www.wired.com/story/deepse...

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Learn how to make a 3 Armed St Brigid's Cross with Straw- youtu.be/DMYYaaV2-Sw #LáFhéileBríde #BrigidsDay #Crafting

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Not really the main issue but you do wonder which one gets fired first and when. Part of his personal brand is firing people

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Public Domain 1929 Party at the Internet Archive in San Francisco on Wednesday night. Please come! Great works are going Open, celebrate with a remix film contest winners and period drinks and party. www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-...

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If there’s one thing that’s true about social media platforms, it’s that they always maintain their level of greatest popularity once it’s achieved, and the children always grow up to embrace the platforms their parents and/or older siblings enjoy (this is two things)

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“Is there a new drug in the UK that we don’t have yet” was my first reaction to learning about this movie (Better Man, 2024) www.imdb.com/title/tt1426...

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From West Side Story (1961), Tony (Richard Beymer) has Riff (Russ Tamblyn) in a wrestling hold I call the “double entendre.” The two later appeared together in Twin Peaks.

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Just for my personal pride

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