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Trump and His Droids Go For The Jugular If the courts don't stop them, who will?

"The nation in four weeks has gone from a functioning democracy to an emerging totalitarian dictatorship to a full stop.

The dictatorship is indefinitely paused pending a resolution in the Supreme Court, which will take approximately 18 months unless expedited by SCOTUS."

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Stop Elon Musk Rally · Louisville Democrats On Saturday in Louisville, the Louisville Democratic Party will host a “Stop Elon Musk” rally featuring Congressman Morgan McGarvey, local community leaders and organizations and concerned Louisvillia...

www.mobilize.us/louisvillede...

Y’all, you need to follow Alt NPS!!

Dr. Hotez nails it!!!
In addition to his list, my worry is for the next generation of scientists who are in training now. We are going to be fucked for so long just because folks could not bring themselves to vote for the black lady 😡

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

Same, Olga, same!!

Trump White House suspends all civil rights enforcement. Remember this applies to race, sex discrimination, disabilities etc

👏👏 "In a letter to Trump, Blumenthal and the Senators stressed concerns about the negative impact the hiring freeze will have on the delivery of Veterans’ health care and benefits nationwide – if not quickly reversed."

MORE: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Readings for people working for the government A key reason I got involved in digital libraries years ago was the promise of reliable information empowering people to be more knowledgeable and responsible in their actions. One of the oldest dig…

Library Link of the Day: Readings for people working for the government

It is TERRIFYING!

Executive Order 14087 is repealed, which directed HHS to investigate how prescription drug costs could be lowered in ways similar to how the IRA capped insulin prices

Executive Order 14036 is also repealed, which formed the White House Competition Council that provided the initial drug cost plans

Executive Order 14020 is repealed, which established the White House Gender Policy Council whose goal was to make policy recommendations for issues related to women's health and sex based violence

Executive Order 14076 is repealed, the DOJ will no longer organize pro bono lawyers for women being charged with crimes related to seeking abortions

News The latest transcripts, proclamations, executive orders, and press releases from The White House.

This is TERRIFYING!

www.whitehouse.gov/news/

We Broke Society. This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things. The 2024 US presidential election broke a lot of people. And it broke a centuries-long social contract. No longer are we expected to be kind, or decent, or truthful. Kindness to our fellow humans is n...

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MAGA: We want all the immigrants deported & eggs to be cheaper! America first!

Trump: Actually, we’re gonna hire immigrants for all the tech jobs & it’s too hard to make groceries cheaper, but we are gonna take over Greenland & Canada to help Putin!

MAGA: Works for me!!!

(Fucking idiots).

We’re All Responsible for Protecting Public Libraries In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries.

We are all responsible for protecting libraries.

www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...

#WriterWednesday library-love moment.

if you have access to a local library … USE ITS RESOURCES!

visit! check out books, even if you end up returning them unread. sign up for programming! request new books!

libraries are some of the best community spots around and it’s so easy to support them & help them continue to get funding!

Ugh!! Of course, he fits right in with the new Nazi regime. I’m feeling sick to my stomach.

The new SecDef, a man with the Kreuzritter tattoo, a known right wing symbol. I’m so disgusted I could vomit.
(Photo from Süddeutsche Zeitung, SZ Plus, from 14 November 2024)

If the captain of the Titanic were alive, Trump would tap him to lead the Dept of Transportation.

Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.