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if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean

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"At present, no miracle has happened. The WIU Librarians will be gone in under a month, as our layoffs take effect May 14." Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library. It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good. savewiulibrarians.org/message.php

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From tiny turtles to soaring condors, care staff at the zoo work year-round to help native species in their wild habitats. Happy Earth Day!

submitted 6 days ago • 16 comments

Now we know who the inspiration for Voldemort was.

submitted 11 days ago • 1512 comments

This made my day. Powerful

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Howdy folks, As the most of the data and tools used by the office are currently no longer available, services provided by the Office of the Texas State Climatologist will be drastically impacted to discontinued due to the laps of federal funding for the NOAA Regional Climate Centers.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

On manuscript production in Ethiopia, where it's a living tradition. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:

submitted 13 days ago • 167 comments

This is art.

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This is like a VEEP outtake www.reddit.com/r/sports/s/W...

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For an ongoing reporting project: If you work at a university and your research is threatened by federal funding pauses, cuts, or investigations, please get in touch, my DMs are open and my Signal handle is in my bio.

submitted 19 days ago • 7 comments

I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.

submitted 18 days ago • 856 comments

@elienyc.bsky.social may have hit a nerve with the Roberts Court. I hope Kilmar Abrego García returns in good condition and the Court stops bending the knee, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Their name? George … George Glass

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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

submitted 19 days ago • 1937 comments

He’s not playing chess, he’s eating the checkers

submitted 19 days ago • 371 comments

What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs. That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result. #econsky

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💔

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This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

This is brilliant and on point. This is exactly it - the Democrats who will internalize these points and lead accordingly will emerge as the real leaders for the time we live in www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...

submitted 29 days ago • 40 comments

Small timeline cleanse

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I’ve read several articles today referring to RFK Jr. or Geier as vaccine “skeptics”. I again beg the media to STOP SPREADING MISINFORMATION. They are not skeptics. They are lying, grifting, unqualified frauds who are promoting a conspiracy. “Conspiracy theorists” would be much more accurate.

submitted 33 days ago • 82 comments

Local Indivisible member was abducted by ICE in Washington. If you're in the state, please elevate this thread to your electeds and ask for their help in getting his release.

submitted 33 days ago • 51 comments

We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵

submitted 33 days ago • 96 comments

a cage full of shaved men in bunks stacked up to the ceiling is the modern day death camp. they are invoking the cruelty, the sadism, the AESTHETICS of Nazism and turning it against young Latino men. it is disgusting and it offends me in my deepest self.

submitted 33 days ago • 416 comments