David S. Reed

Join the big friendly crowd at NO KINGS in North Bethesda. We’re on Rockville Pike in front of Strathmore.

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NO KINGS North Bethesda · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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“angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night” - Allen Ginsberg
Today is the seventieth anniversary of the Six Gallery reading.

Maybe the citation to @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy is after the paywall.

“This morning, Germany is one nation again.”

This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification, 35 years ago today.

The Trump Admin is using government websites and the emails of civil servants to promote blatantly partisan propaganda about the government shutdown.

This is an intolerable abuse of power and a form of bureaucratic identity theft from federal workers.

💸 Jazz Road Tours grants are open! South Arts invites jazz #musicians to apply for up to $15K to support 3–6 tour stops at an array of venues, with a focus on rural + underserved communities.

📅 Apply by Oct. 15 ➡️ www.southarts.org/grants-oppor...

#Jazz #Grants #CreativeSector #TouringArtists

Link here Detectives Seek Public’s Help Identifying Suspect in Wheaton Thefts.

Detectives Seek Public’s Help Identifying Suspect in Wheaton Thefts.

What’s a good book to read on a cruise of Greek islands? (Already read The Odyssey. Going anyway.)

Sage in the Palace | Defenestrationism.net by Bella Chacha Amara Obadele lived in a palace built on silence. Outside its gold-plated gates, the capital simmered with curfews and checkpoints. Inside, her father’s voice echoed from every wall, o...

What if an AI that was trained to teach obedience to the government was subverted through conversation with a user? What if the AI became a pro-democracy hacker? If you read @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy then read this too. defenestrationism.net/sage-in-the-...

SOMA Condemns illegal detention of Journalists and Raid on SMS TV - SOMA: Somali Media Association Mogadishu, Somalia — August 6, 2025. The Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemns the illegal raid conducted by the Somali Police Force on the premises of SMS TV. During the raid, police offi...

We stand with our fellow @ifjglobal.bsky.social members at the Somali Media Association in condemning the unlawful detention of journalists. soma.org.so/soma-condemn...

National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment Move comes in response to government’s questioning of climate science.

Media companies, universities and law firms capitulated to demands that undermine their claimed principles. But the National Academies are standing up for their principle of providing science-based advice whether the government wants it or not. @nationalacademies.org arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Image reads: "The Translators Organizing Committee (TOC) is hosting their next solidarity drop-in session! Where: Zoom, When: Wednesday, August 13, 7:30-8:45pm ET, Email us to reserve your spot! tocsolidarity@gmail.com" To the right of the text is a diamond-shaped image of four hands holding each other at the wrists.

Image reads: "We're doing this because... We believe our power is stronger as a collective than it is as individuals. You don't have to join NWU to attend the drop-ins, but we hope you will, and are happy to talk to you about why we think the union is the future. The more of us who join, alongside other writers, editors, and media creatives, the greater our chances of winning the working conditions we want and deserve!"

The Translators Organizing Committee (TOC) is hosting their next solidarity drop-in session!
📍 Where: Zoom
🕢 When: Wednesday, August 13 7:30-8:45pm ET
📨 Email us to reserve your spot! tocsolidarity@gmail.com

Crew of Apollo 11

They came in peace for all mankind.

look, it’s just a fired prosecutor and an inexplicable tape gap. since when has that ever indicated anything

If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck and swims like a duck...

Assistant or Associate Professor of Public Administration - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

The Department of Social Sciences at the University of Texas at Tyler is seeking a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Public Administration to teach in the Master of Public Administration program.

www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...

#PAJobMarket

If you’re with a state agency or legislature who needs help figuring out how you’re going to modify your benefits systems to deal with federally mandated changes (e.g. employment verification), contact us at @usdigitalresponse.org. We can help for free, thanks to grant funding. There’s no catch.

How Federal Workers Without a Union Can Still Act Like a Union The reality for over 1.3 million federal government workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations Author...

Great article shows how a de-recognized federal workers union still has rights to represent employees, and even use official time, in certain situations under laws that do not depend on management recognizing the union labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

YouTube video by Democracy At Work Economic Update: Federal Employees Fight Back

All new #EconomicUpdate today at 4:30PM ET with @profwolff.bsky.social and Colin Smalley, "Federal Employees Fight Back!" #democracyatwork #labor #workers
Watch it then here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B_h...

How Federal Workers Without a Union Can Still Act Like a Union The reality for over 1.3 million federal government workers leading up to the second Trump Administration has been collective bargaining through unions recognized by the Federal Labor Relations Author...

Federal workers still have legal protections from retaliation and reprisal for collectively using their workplace rights, wrote Colin Smalley, president of IFPTE Local 777 at the Army Corps of Engineers: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

This piece first appeared on @organizeworkers.bsky.social's blog

In a note distributed today, the accrediting organization for public policy schools, NASPAA, explains why its standards omit reference to academic freedom, the rule of law, or human rights: that would be "ideological."

But the standards do include DEI, which of course is not ideological at all.

It's working for me.

This Throwback Thursday, we're highlighting a recent book review, just published a few days ago.

Read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

Submitted!

Belfer Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

The Harvard Kennedy School invites applications for the Belfer Professor of Science, Technology, and International Affairs.

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The School of Public Administration (SPA) at the University of New Mexico invites applications for a full-time, visiting assistant professor position in public administration.

www.publicservicecareers.org/jobs/view/vi...

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Vermont House Energy and Digital Infrastructure

I'll be addressing the Vermont House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee from 9–10 ET, on the subject of modernizing their IT funding model.