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It’s always better to know. Current health science librarian. Formerly practicing psychiatrist. Trained sex educator. Lifelong brujita. Fully present until I’m not.
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Not content with purchasing the presidency, Elon Musk now wants to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well. His PAC just pumped $1M into supporting anti-choice right-wing extremist Brad Schimel. Wisconsin — don't become Musk's latest acquisition! Vote @crawfordforwi.bsky.social.

IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees | Migrants | Immigrants | Asylum seekers www.ifla.org/news/ifla-gu...

This is literally the worst flu season in 15 years.

Thanks @everylibrary.bsky.social for getting the word out!

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s response: “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We’ll see you in court.”

"When you change the definition of obscenity to meet prurient partisan interests–the amount of time that these legislators talk about genitals and sexual acts is itself deeply disturbing–you then give those same legislators the opportunity to pass more and more restrictive, paternalistic bills." 📚

A dark money group backed by Elon Musk has reportedly began buying TV ad time in Wisconsin, with $670,000 purchase on Monday for ads expected to support conservative state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/18/e...

If you are interested or want to plan a data rescue event, get in touch with us. While our work has been asynchronous out of necessity, we'd love to hear about other efforts and get you hooked up with others in the community who might have suggestions for activities. #DataRescue

HOW do people have so much energy to argue about Israel and Palestine on ALA Connect all day, and WHY aren’t they channeling that energy towards yelling at their Congress reps about DOGE?

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The Washpost, which is bleeding millions of dollars and shrinking its staff, accepted -- and then rejected -- a $115,000 ad that criticized Elon Musk. Anyway, here's the ad that the Post's business side didn't want its readers to see ⤵️ thehill.com/media/514849...

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Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

Happy Pink Halloween! The world is terrible, but we still have candy, so we should have some.

Mitch is a big part of how we got here. He did it for personal power and money. He doesn't have the option of rehabilitating his image because something personally affected him and he is reaching the end of his years.

MEANWHILE

Bernie Sanders: "They will use the enormous media operations they own to deflect attention away from the impact of their policies while they entertain us to death."

Library folks probably know this division because they maintain ERIC. This is bad.

Anti-Racism Racism Allyship Bias DEI Diversity Diverse Confirmation Bias Equity Equitableness Feminism Gender Gender Identity Inclusion Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity Injustice Intersectionality Prejudice Privilege Racial Identity Sexuality Stereotypes Pronouns Transgender Equality

Gay men. Straight women. Now is the appointed hour. They are distracted. They are slightly drunk. They are feeling nostalgic about (checks notes) mayonnaise for some reason. Go to the place agreed. Enact the ritual. Wrest the control they have so clumsily squandered. Abracadabra amoroonana.

I would buy a console and learn to game if this existed.

This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.

When someone says “why isn’t anyone DOING anything,” it sometimes seems to me that they’re looking for a superheroic action that saves the day rather than the kind of steady, human-scale work that actually is happening and could use your help if you have some time

we have moved rapidly from “this loser never would’ve made it through the background check for a security clearance” to “this guy’s laptop is a crime scene”

Oh look at this! @harvardlil.bsky.social just released their archive of data.gov today. Thanks for your work! #datarescue lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...

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...

It’s library instruction season in my corner of academia. What do I tell the public health students that rely on government resources to complete their research projects? It’s dark out here.

"An administrative coup refers to the illegal overthrow of a government achieved primarily without overt violence, relying instead on claiming powers, intimidation, bullying, extortion, and threats to media, thereby seizing all powers." open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...

Going to keep sharing, and keep screaming, copy your data! #MedSky 🧪

🚨BREAKING: Musk is trying to shut down USAID as the agency was investigating its oversight of a public-private partnership involving equipment from Musk's company. Various USAID webpages mentioning Musk's company are now not accessible on its website.

Folks, they are SO CLOSE to hitting their stretch goal of $900 to print a second batch! Help them out????

This goes against the Hippocratic oath and the basic principles of medical ethics. ICE is harm. Do no harm.

NY state Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to hospitals reminding them that state law prohibits them from denying gender-affirming care to transgender minors. She also let them know a federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from freezing their federal funding for now.

A couple of reminders learned from workplace harm experiences (& the research data): 1. Bullies only back down when you don't. 2. If one person calls out the bully, others get the courage to do the same. 3. Despite bully manipulation tactics, there are, in fact, more non-bullies than bullies.

The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive. Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!

Begging my senators to be as absolutely unhinged about America as Bill Penzey is 🫡

@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community. More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.

To answer the number one comment here, the Internet Archive is OF COURSE mirrored and backed up in numerous places, including outside the USA, so even if jack-booted troopers were to kick in its San Francisco door it could be relaunched somewhere else.

✨PLEASE SHARE! CDC GUIDELINE ARCHIVES✨ ▶️STI GUIDELINES buff.ly/4jReLT4 buff.ly/3EmjR9B ▶️Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptives buff.ly/3PZzQNf buff.ly/4aKMEko ▶️VACCINE VIS buff.ly/4jJ1603 ▶️Others from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social LGBTQ CDCGuidelines.com #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟🧪