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Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

For decades, right-wing groups have been fighting to access private voter roll information—data they see as critical in their long war to establish unproven claims of rampant voter fraud.

But today, it’s Trump’s Justice Department at the forefront of this mission.

Thank you for making it through this one. Your comments were extraordinarily helpful, and were passed on to many others!

Temu ACIP, having shed all scientific credibility, put children at greater risk of severe chronic disease and premature death in adulthood, and embarrassed themselves in front of the world, has just adjourned.

YouTube video by Council of UC Faculty Associations Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks

Fantastic video about how UC faculty and unions fought back against Trump's attacks with the help of the @aaup.org youtu.be/TMyDmBZ1bdc?...

The Joy of Borrowing How your local Library of Things can help you enjoy the holidays on a tight budget

How your local Library of Things can help you enjoy the holidays on a tight budget

Remember: Since the #CDC cannot be trusted to provide accurate information anymore, don't forget, there are other places you can still trust.
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It's impossible to understate the importance of what #RFKJr's cronies just did. Thousands will die because of this -- a slow, horrible death from liver failure, years from now -- because he stacked a key #CDC committee with antivax quacks […]

CDC Panel Drops Recommendation That All Babies Get Hep B Shot at Birth Panel adopts shared decision-making policy; dissenters say it endangers children, lacks evidence

In The News: #CDC Panel Drops Recommendation That All Babies Get Hep B Shot at Birth www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

Top Senate health leader calls CDC vaccine panel ‘totally discredited’ A top Senate health leader called a federal panel of vaccine advisers “totally discredited” just minutes ahead of its planned meeting.

Top Senate health leader calls CDC vaccine panel ‘totally discredited’ www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/c... via @statnews.com

#CDC #ACIP #vaccines #health #MedSky

Something I say sometimes is - find someone to help, and if you can't find someone, pick up some litter.

Community action becomes so much more important when it's clear that the larger government is completely broken.

There's always something you can do. Even if it's a small thing, it helps.

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

According to this Supreme Court:

❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot

✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps

✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones

The only consistency is white supremacy.

National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.

This move by the Trump administration is clearly an effort to prevent people from having easy access to African American history that they might not encounter elsewhere. Consider writing about this in a letter to the editor of a paper you read! defendresearch.org

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Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.

NEW: The Trump Justice Department failed to secure an indictment today against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Privacy concerns linger in reproductive health care despite HIPAA lawsuit’s dismissal The four lawsuits at the center of a Republican-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are now mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxt...

"Texas has also passed a law allowing people to seek at least $100,000 in damages if someone they impregnated or someone they’re related to received abortion pills by mail from another state. That law took effect Thursday, Dec. 4."
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison

And show what it looks like on babies who aren’t white.

New issue of Critcatenate now available, featuring news about critical #cataloging. cataloginglab.org/2025/11/30/c... #critcat

Metadata & cataloging librarians, please consider taking the surveys shared to help your colleagues! 📚

Absolutely disgusting government rn

An important day, and also a reminder of how essential history is. Do what you can to ensure our ability to understand and always have access to our shared past! #DefendResearch defendresearch.org

a funny aside: last year I visited Montgomery and saw the statue of Rosa Parks at the stop where she boarded the bus, and the man showing me around noted 'now that bus musta had about 50 seats yet about 100 people have told me they were on that bus when Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat' 😂

“This research is important for the conservation and Management of Sharks”: A proposed framework for ensuring that this is actually true Many scientists want their research to inform policy and help manage endangered species, but many common research practices hinder potential policy relevance. The results of our survey provide advice...

I am excited to share with you a new paper, probably my last of 2025. @drcatmac.bsky.social is a coauthor.

Our paper presents advice for early career shark scientists who want their work to be useful for conservation and management policy.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🦑🌍🦈

Our community of taxonomists and marine scientists has grown so much since the start of the Ocean Census. Thank you so much to all who contribute.

Opportunities in the Science Network: oceancensus.org/science-netw...

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Understanding Conspiracy Theories Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years, and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we ask three s...

Reading a great overview of the research on conspiracy thinking & this stands out to me today: "The literature strongly suggests that conspiracy theories must align with a person’s existing set of predispositions to be adopted." 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Home Sign the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government Censorship to publicly condemn and resist the censorship of academic research. Join over 4500+ signatories and share with your networks....

Incredibly proud and grateful for @everylibrary.bsky.social support of @defendresearch.bsky.social through it's public signing of the declaration at DefendResearch.org www.infodocket.com/2025/11/17/e...

#StandupForScience #DefendResearch #Resist #Censorship #AcademicFreedom

Lectures on Tap- U.S. Government Censorship and the Assault on Knowledge Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in SF bars.

#SanFrancisco folks, I'm giving a #LecturesOnTap talk on 12/9 about U.S. gov #censorship & the assault on knowledge. The latest misinformation about vaccines & autism from the CDC/RFK, Jr. shows how critical this topic is. Please spread the word! #DefendResearch

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So great to have @everylibrary.bsky.social sign and support the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Government #Censorship! defendresearch.org

Opinion | Secret Rules Now Govern What Can Be Taught in Florida I was told I had to change my course materials, but there was no law to back that up.

Scholars are fighting #censorship by the U.S. government and their own institutions--support them by taking action to #DefendResearch! Sign the Declaration, call elected officials, write letters to the editor! defendresearch.org #SciSky #Academia #ScholComm

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