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NEW: Judge Richard Leon says he's "inclined" to grant a restraining order blocking DOGE's efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services. (IMLS). The independent agency's entire 75-person staff was placed on leave last month. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

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AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels. The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people

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The Golden Toilet Guy now lecturing the plebes about whether their kids need toys.

submitted 13 hours ago • 562 comments

Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)

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A couple weeks ago, I wrote that the MAHA movement does not want to eliminate chronic illness- it wants to eliminate the chronically ill. Since then, RFK Jr’s actions and statements have only reinforced my belief that his HHS will target disabled and sick ppl. www.thegauntlet.news/p/rfk-jrs-ma...

submitted 2 days ago • 73 comments

I think it's important we call out Nazi tactics wherever they are and whomever they are targeting. Right now, they're being used against immigrants and trans people. If we don't nip it now, it'll be someone else next.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

This is outrageous.

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My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine. This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs. We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.

submitted 1 day ago • 145 comments

Dear god let this man cook.

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Breaking News: The Mellon Foundation announced $15 million to support state humanities councils after federal aid cancellations left some in danger of collapse. The endowment provides crucial support to museums, historical sites, cultural festivals and community projects.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

A well-oiled machine 🫠

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all right, let’s go through this nonsense. first of all, this is just a police state. that’s what he’s describing. I don’t have anything clever to say. he wants cops to control your life, and aggressively and with “high impact”.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

Here it comes.

submitted 2 days ago • 192 comments

BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

submitted 2 days ago • 541 comments

Peak Canada

submitted 2 days ago • 195 comments

Trump’s elimination of IMLS will reduce library services in Illinois. Small towns/suburbs and rural areas will likely be harmed the most.

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A reminder that one of the most iconic photos of the twentieth century is a portrait of a federal worker—Ella Watson, then employed cleaning federal offices in Washington DC—and was taken by Gordon Parks, who was also working for the federal government in the FSA's photography division

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I have confirmed twice that these materials were on a 10 year loan and were scheduled to be returned now. This has nothing to do with Trump. I’m sorry that Rev. Brown perceived it that way. We need to stay on alert, but not prematurely sound the alarm.

submitted 3 days ago • 66 comments

From my State Librarian: "[we] received a notice [yesterday] from IMLS for a partial 2025 Grants to States award" My dept thinks they will get the full amount allotted to them for 2025. Did all the states got these notices, or just the 20 which sued? Graphic @marc-fischer.bsky.social #SaveIMLS

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A major update yesterday that I admit to having missed (was getting work done and having in-person meetings and not spending as much time online): the ACLU amended its complaint in front of Judge Boasberg and, in a filing today, is seeking the RETURN of everyone deported under the Alien Enemies Act.

submitted 5 days ago • 64 comments

Think of all these batshit Project 2025 executive orders not as laws or decrees - but as TESTS. They are all tests. And we must make sure they all fail.

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

In February 2020, active news readers were aware of the coming pandemic but not the mass public. I’m getting the same sense of dread about how the trade wars are gonna hit the U.S. economy over the next few months unless Trump figures out an artful way to capitulate.

submitted 6 days ago • 93 comments

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

submitted 7 days ago • 209 comments

Uh, no thanks

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Chicago! On May 22nd, 6:30 to 8:30 pm I'll be part of a discussion organized by @prisonculture.bsky.social at Walls Turned Sideways: "Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism." Also participating are Lewis Raven Wallace, and K Rochelle R-Drennan. Come! whyzines2025.eventbrite.com

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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

submitted 7 days ago • 522 comments

Everything I do for a living is based on this. The things you find yourself pursuing as distractions from the things you think you're supposed to be pursuing might actually be your destiny.

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Out the Archives: 1st National Black Lesbian Conference held in 2001 Out the Archives is a recurring feature diving into the Windy City Times collection, offering a look back at the rich history of LGBTQ+ Chicago. In this edition, we look back at the May 2001 issue of BLACKlines, which included…

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The government did this in the 80s and 90s to track people with HIV. The lists were given to businesses and more by the departments of health to discriminate against people even suspected of having it so they couldn’t work or get housing

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

As a person who has studied history, an autism registry is a five alarm fire.

submitted 9 days ago • 1249 comments

John Cage - A Dip in the Lake: Ten Quicksteps, Sixty-two Waltzes, and Fifty-six Marches for Chicago and Vicinity (1978)

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Happy #Easter Weekend! 🤣

submitted 11 days ago • 427 comments

Beyond the fact that I love this photo, I think about this concept ALL OF THE TIME. As an archivist, I am really conscious of the fact that it's likely we'll have a more robust understanding of the 18 and 19th centuries than of the 21st century. Why? PAPER. bsky.app/profile/doro...

submitted 10 days ago • 42 comments

DHL will stop shipping any item worth more than $800 to USA - starting tomorrow until further notice - thanks to Trump over-regulation of trade. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Yes. 1) If you are sick it is your own fault 2) you are a burden to society This was the messaging during the ACA/Obamacare battle. While I was in cancer treatment and disabled, confused and sick. It often made me think it would be better if I hadn’t survived. Plug your ears to the lies

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

How hard am I pushing preorders for my debut novel? Six months out and I’ve got Chicago’s most famous hot dog shack shilling for me. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

This cannot be emphasized enough.

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Closely related to my constant professional battle of "what if you looked at digital collections/humanities as a thing we want people to use, not just as a series of technical development steps"

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

They have purged so many career diplomats because they don't see historical knowledge, protocol, relationships, or emotional literacy as valuable. Just sheer toxic American bro arrogance from a confederacy of jerks

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now

submitted 13 days ago • 160 comments

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

submitted 13 days ago • 1177 comments

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

submitted 13 days ago • 8492 comments

These kinds of guys are panicking like crazy because they're losing the argument and with it their paychecks.

submitted 13 days ago • 104 comments

If it was worthless they wouldn't have stolen it, and this should be obvious to everyone.

submitted 13 days ago • 15 comments