Brooklyn Public Library ends passport services after State Department order • Brooklyn Paper Last fall, the U.S. Department of State sent cease-and-desist letters to hundreds of nonprofit libraries across the country, telling them they were no longer

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In response, Duke tasked Proskauer, a well-heeled national law firm known for its labor and employment practice, to conduct an “athletics unionization risk assessment.” In attempting to mitigate that risk, the firm focused on how ongoing issues in Duke’s athletics department could trigger labor unrest, treating athlete empowerment as a variable to be monitored, managed and, if necessary, contained.

It is so perfectly Duke that the response to the NLRB's invitation for college athletes to unionize was to immediately contract with the country's top union-busting law firm to conduct an “athletics unionization risk assessment.”

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this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying

Forgot about Bahrain.

But while we're at it, add another one to this list: "Board of Peace" member Cyprus.

Al-Jazeera is reporting that a UK base in Cyprus was just hit by a drone strike. The UK had just authorized the US to use it to strike Iranian targets.

Florida wants its own CIA. That could lead to unchecked domestic surveillance | Seth Stern, Lauren Harper and Bobby Block A bill to create a state intelligence operation would allow scrutiny based on ‘opinions’ – and could prompt other states to follow

“The bill’s language allows scrutiny based on ‘views’ and ‘opinions’, a standard that echoes some of the darkest chapters of American surveillance history.”

Sitting here listening to Radio Martí on shortwave radio and the US government is currently running AI-voiced programming to the island telling Cubans they will destroy their families if they try to migrate.

Area Man's Knee Making Weird Sound

Area Man's Knee Making Weird Sound https://theonion.com/area-mans-knee-making-weird-sound-1819574528/

"We are a nation commanded by the sort of people who would have stolen something off of a coworker’s desk before evacuating their World Trade Center office on 9/11."

Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Here's a story about his death www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

Barry Keoghan

Guy who stands on a Roomba to get around his house

AI is going to make it nearly impossible for anyone to afford a new PC, phone, or gaming console -- all in the name of a future that will never come to pass and a present that will just make a few dudes rich. This is unacceptable

tara shoe @tarashoe haha remember when you were a kid you'd hide inside the clothes racks at stores. can't do that as an adult. someone's stupid kid is in there 5:36 AM • 2015-12-05

Man, expectations are so low and I understand. People have been so beaten down politically that they think that nothing will be changed. But WE are the ones who have to push them to enact the policies they commit to. Nothing will 'just happen.'

you: damn, it turns out the billionaire cabal who ran a sex trafficking ring and a child breeding program was also instrumental in pushing bitcoin, the manosphere, the alt-right, and ai propaganda

guy with 14 emojis in display name: Relax. I believe this will be solved by voting in 2.7 years

Image showing Mayor Mamdani looking frustrated, with a text overlaid that reads “NYC Public Library Action Network” at the top, and in large bold letters text that reads “Mayor Mamdani did not honor his commitment to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to NYC public libraries in his preliminary budget” and then in smaller font below, there is text that reads “visit NYCPLAN.ORG for more information”

While a candidate, @mayor.nyc.gov pledged to commit 0.5% of the city’s budget to public libraries.

Unfortunately, Mayor Mamdani has broken this promise in his preliminary FY27 budget, released yesterday, where he allocated 0.39% to libraries.

This amount is well below the promised 0.5%

"you're gonna get in trouble for that"
"ok"

Library warming centers strained workers and left people without help for complex issues, staff say Library workers and volunteers say people in mental-health crises, struggling with substance-abuse issues, and requiring wound care are coming to the warming centers and they have no backup.

The Parker administration is failing so many of our most vulnerable neighbors while hanging our overworked, underpaid library workers out to dry www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

In June, PROMESA, the board signed into law by Obama that effectively controls everything in Puerto Rico, will hit its 10-yr anniversary.

Last year Trump effectively fired all but one board member so now there's no public meetings and it's just an empty vessel of creditors while blackouts continue.

Sly adult content, you say.

Criminalization got us into this mess. It’s not going to get us out.

Fondly remembering the months of weirdness/unhinged comments we got from Pritzker fiends on this app and others for simply (and accurately!) covering state police attacks on protesters outside Broadview. Godspeed to everyone in Minnesota facing the same from the Walz fan club

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

They also shouldn’t be murdering ‘gang members.’

Making his 1st NBA All-Star appearance... Norman Powell of the Heat.

Drafted as the 46th pick in 2015 out of UCLA, Powell is averaging 23.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG and 2.6 APG for the Heat this season.

they should invent a me that doesn't have a headache

The Border Patrol agent who shot Marimar Martinez and joked about putting seven bullet holes in her in text messages is a 23-year-veteran of Border Patrol.

Before Maine, Charles Exum was stationed at Alamogordo, New Mexico, where he won a nationwide police shooting contest.

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE

📍Minneapolis, Minnesota

there’s a secret drawer at the library where they keep all the bookmarks people forgot to take out. they’ve got some from celebrities, statesmen. some with porno on them

The 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators were treated far too lightly. Media and the public moved on too fast without grasping the seriousness of assassination. These are life and death issues, not just differences of opinion the USA is working out. The reactionary right is ready to kill.