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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

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Trump tells the head of the Federal Election Commission that she's been fired, but she's refusing to leave office.

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Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.

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A physician member of the AMA—who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation—is sounding the alarm. “The current admin prohibited all communications of the CDC and other agencies with the public. Now, the public and physicians are left with no info on food recalls or disease outbreaks.“

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The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

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Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.

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So many good reads, folks. So many!

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All departments were affected, including offices that address HIV and AIDS, infectious disease and child health.

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Here's where to find your electeds. Maybe put those numbers in your speed dial. Call, email, write. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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This is gonna be WILD! So many books! 🤯🤯🤯

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10 ceph artists got together to bring you this card set in order to raise money for the building of CephRef.org All profits will be donated to complete CephRef, a website that compiles global cephalopod diversity, identification, and biology all in one place! 🧪🦑🐙🐡 Megmindlin.com/shop

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We tore it up on the SF/Afrofuturism webinar centering Octavia and Ray Bradbury. Here's the replay link... enjoy! www.youtube.com/live/5FyTfEn...

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I just want to be really clear about what’s happening here. A sitting member of Congress is claiming that one of the most qualified FEMA administrators in the agency’s 45 year history is unqualified for the position because she is a woman.

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This Teen Vogue article is the best reporting I’ve seen so far on the LA fires and the importance of history and prescience of Octavia Butler. www.teenvogue.com/story/la-fir...

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🪅We're thrilled to announce that we've received a three-year grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to hire our first Development Director!🪅 Link in comments.

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New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals

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This 💟

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Your Friday reminder that there are :checks fingers: TWELVE days left to submit your story for our second Unthemed 2025 issue! Submissions close Dec 31st--get em proofed and and get em IN 🔥 Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/

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BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now. The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country. The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.

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Paperback day!

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Parker Molloy is always worth reading, but this is especially on point

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There’s always someone who defends AI in my posts and if me shouting about its impacts on the environment don’t sway you, maybe Caltech will. www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...

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I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so: HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question. Go!

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If you value what we do, please subscribe. Subscriptions keep the lights on and we really didn't like it when they were flickering. Not pretty at all and a bit creepy with all the AI vermin running about pretending to be human. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ P.S. Gift subscriptions work too!

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Applications are now open for the Clarion West 2025 Six-Week Workshop! Apply now through February 15 for the virtual workshop. Instructors include @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social, @dianapho.bsky.social, and @marthawells.com. Learn more and apply now! Link in comments.

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Post food coma reminder that FIYAH submissions for our 2025 unthemed issues remain OPEN through December 31st! (If you received an email from us to the contrary, that was a typo--our bad!) Nudge a Black author you know who needs to quit dilly dallying and SUBMIT 🔥🔥🔥

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Heart shattering to learn an Israeli drone has targeted and assassinated Mahmoud Almadhoun, one of the founders and chefs behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen. What started as four pots and essential ingredients in Bait Lahia had grown into a remarkable effort to feed 3,000 people daily.

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Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵

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We have an opening in our program to host websites for low-income BIPOC writers. We can create a bare-bones site and teach you how to modify and update it. You just have to cover the domain renewal fee ($20 a year). If you think you qualify, please email us at [email protected].

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Anyone who is concerned about the way AI is exacerbating social and economic problems should be citing this report. Excellent work from @kevindeliban.bsky.social and @techtonicjustice.bsky.social

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What does it mean that a life can not only be animated by books but destroyed by them? That a self can be not only made by reading, but unmade by it? Dionne Brand returns to BTC to discuss Salvage: Readings from the Wreck Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/dion... @fsgbooks.bsky.social

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Really grateful to have had the honor of speaking with Cina Pelayo’s Clarion West class tonight about writing horror novellas. The students asked such insightful and probing questions. Felt really surreal (and wonderful) to be on the other side of the classroom tonight!

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I’ve donated a 12x18 metal print of “Mogshade” to the Clarion West fundraiser. You can find it under “beautiful nature photograph” www.indiegogo.com/projects/cla...

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Looking for feedback on a spec fic MS? Clarion West is holding a fundraiser right now that's offering feedback from various writers, including myself. I'll critique a novel partial or short MS up to 12,000 words, feedback via zoom and written comments. #writing www.indiegogo.com/projects/cla...

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Boosting for our friends at @clarionwest.bsky.social! Would you like to join an RPG session with award-winning science fiction writer, Annalee Newitz? Join a virtual consultation with award-winning writer Kij Johnson? Or have a manuscript critique with Justin C. Key? https://buff.ly/3YTy2JU

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"House Republicans have revived HR 9495, which would give Trump power to shut down nonprofits he doesn't like under the guise of fighting “terrorism.” 52 House Dems shamefully joined the GOP in voting for it last week. Every Dem should vote against this authoritarian power-grab."

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My old boss Rep. Lloyd Doggett is on with @chrislhayes.bsky.social right now talking about the effort to defeat HR 9495 that gets a vote Thursday morning. "We need calls to our colleagues...to ensure a united Democratic front against this." Keep calling!

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Flashback post.

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