Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."

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The Reluctant Womb: Life Before Roe v. Wade—A Novel The Reluctant Womb: Life Before Roe v. Wade—A Novel [Blair, Pamela] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Reluctant Womb: Life Before Roe v. Wade—A Novel

a.co/d/2czI1g1 Book by my friend and colleague, Pamela Blair, now out on Amazon!

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A friend of mine, Pamela Blair, is publishing a book that I'm excited to share with my Bluesky friends: The Reluctant Womb is about unwanted pregnancy before Roe v. Wade. If you would like more information, please go to her website, Pamelablair.net.

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Pamela Blair, PhD, author of novel about abortion pre Roe v. Wade Pamela Blair Ph.D., psychologist and author of the her novel, The Reluctant Womb, which explores unwanted pregnancies before Roe v. Wade.

If you would like more information about why Pam Blair wrote the book, please go to her website, Pamelablair.net. Sign up to be notified when the book launches at the bottom of “The Reluctant Womb” menu.

The Funniest Part of Alison Bechdel’s Work The author is willing to let her main character be both her double and the butt of her joke.

Alison Bechdel, for decades, has been willing to let her main character be both her double and the butt of her joke, @emmasarappo.bsky.social writes.

Bingo!

Trump Administration Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They’re Jewish “Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.

Less than 100 days in, Trump 2.0 is making lists.

Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc running fewer women than last election | CBC News The Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Québécois are running fewer women and gender diverse candidates this election compared to 2021, according to data from Equal Voice — a non-partisan organization de...

Canada's federal election is imminent:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Problem getting your Social Security payment? Send in a complaint California Attorney General Rob Bonta wants residents to report disruptions they faced when accessing their benefits. If you've had an issue, Berkeleyside also wants to know.

Problem getting your Social Security payment? Send in a complaint www.berkeleyside.org/2025/04/17/p...

Click now to add your name!

The MAGA regime wants to cut all scientific research focused on women’s health and other crucial health topics, and has instructed government health agencies to block grants that include the word “women,” “trans,” or “female.” It's horrifying and we won't stand for it. app.sosha.ai/s/YhHv5New

Can I Still Teach My Yale Course on Racism? Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors who wish to teach their students the truth about the country’s past.

Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors who wish to teach their students the truth about the country’s past, Phillip Atiba Solomon writes.

Staggering institutional betrayal from two branches of the federal government.

Powerful institutional courage from the judiciary.

When congress shifts form team betrayal to team courage, our democracy will be saved.

Keep letting congress hear you.

www.institutionalcourage.org/the-call-to-...

WA schools superintendent resists Trump’s DEI order Washington joins a group of Democratic-led cities and states pushing back on threats to cut K-12 school funding over DEI.

Courage in Washington State:

“This is the latest attack against the rights of states to have civil rights frameworks that exceed the federal minimum standards,” Reykdal wrote.

Every act of courage matters.

www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

Brown University president speaks about Trump funding freeze at faculty town hall Faculty, alums and students are calling on Brown to resist any demands the Trump administration makes on funding.

Is your alma mater targeted or likely to be targeted by Trump?

If so, I hope you call or email the president of your school and urge courage. Capitulation will not protect the school.

Alum voices can make a big difference. Your courage matters!

www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

A handful of college presidents emerge as leaders of burgeoning resistance movement against Trump - The Boston Globe Faculty members, students, and prominent alumni have been calling on leading institutions to take a stronger stand. Now there are signs that some college leaders are starting to step up.

After capitulation, the tyrant owns the sycophant.

When university presidents bend the knee they are failing to protect their own universities - and all of us too. Duh!

But courage is rising. Thank you presidents of Mount Holyoke, Princeton, Brown, Wesleyan.

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Trump & His Sycophants Insist Economic Meltdown Was All ‘The Art of the Deal’ Fox News claims Trump got "everyone in the world to come to the table." Maybe, but it's the same way a child screaming and shitting their diaper would get everyone in the room to try and calm them dow...

Jezebel called our essay in The Hill "scathing."

""DARVO is “the strategy Trump and his team have been using for years to distort reality,” they wrote in a scathing Thursday op ed"

Our essay in @thehill.com
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KILL THE CUTS!
Students rallied on the UC Berkeley campus today, joining a nationwide “Kill the Cuts” day of action.
Catch the full story tonight at 6 — on the radio at 94.1 FM and streaming live at kpfa.org.
#KPFA #ucberkeley #resistance #california #Activism #killthecuts

My wife and I are suffering ‘lesbian bed death’. Is there any way back? It’s 13 years since we had sex. My libido has come roaring back – but she’s not interested

My wife and I are suffering ‘lesbian bed death’. Is there any way back?

Hahahaha! Love this!
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Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh Dismissing Haugh, who headed the US Cyber Command, puts the country at risk at a time of ‘unprecedented cyber threats’, congressional Democrats say Top congressional Democrats on Thursday protested against the reported firing of Gen Tim Haugh as director of the National Security Agency (NSA), with one lawmaker saying the decision “makes all of us less safe”. The Washington Post reported late Thursday that Haugh and his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, had been dismissed from their roles. Haugh also headed US Cyber Command, which coordinates the Pentagon’s cybersecurity operations. The Post report cited two current US officials and one former US official who requested anonymity. Continue reading...

Democrats decry reported dismissal of NSA director Tim Haugh

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them

Ten principal investigators who were fired from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as part of the massive reduction in force at federal agencies on Tuesday are back at work, at least for now, Science has learned.

Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release Hard-hitting internal investigation found roots of scandal lay in racist immigration legislation At least £22,000 was spent by the Home Office on hiring lawyers in a failed attempt to prevent the release of a hard-hitting internal report that found that the roots of the Windrush scandal lay in 30 years of racist immigration legislation, officials have acknowledged this week. The government spent three years attempting to bury a report written by a Home Office commissioned historian, which described how “the British empire depended on a racist ideology in order to function” and noted that immigration laws in the postwar period were designed to reduce the UK’s non-white population. Continue reading...

Home Office spent £22,000 on failed attempt to stop Windrush report release

Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.