Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.”

“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’”

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Small flower blossoms in a sieve

A glass jar of flower blossom tea in a refrigerator

A daffodil in a jewelry box with a bell and a card that reads “thank you”.

I belatedly realized I can post photos on Bluesky. Did some witchy stuff for the equinox yesterday. Happy spring y’all.

Someone please create a platform that makes event planning as simple as Facebook does so I can leave them and still have friends in real life.

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In a day, like most lately, full of horrific news, this is my news to me good news for Feb 27. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries.

Remember tomorrow we don’t buy from anyone except small businesses!

Can you spare a minute to help Abbegail Hoye? Protect the Porkies, Protect Lake Superior— Stop the Copperwood Mine!

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US senator for NC Thom Tillis says no one should be “Belly Aching” about the illegal actions of the executive branch. #politics#50501#thomtillis#bellyaching#democracy#altgov#vote

How to email him:
www.tillis.senate.gov/email-me

The list of his office locations:

Will you join us, North Carolina?
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Sign the pledge to stand strong against immigration raids and the racial profiling of our friends & neighbors. Targeting and deporting hard-working essential workers who have been struggling for a path to legalization for decades is just wrong. ufw.org/immigrationr... #WeFeedYou

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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

If you have to make laws to hurt a group of people just to prove your morals and faith, then you have no morals or faith.

Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

If you are arrested by ICE, say that you wish to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer.

You also have the right to record your interaction with immigration agents as long as you do not interfere.

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So far the documents from the investigations into climate disinformation seem to be online still, but if they're taken down (as the first ones were), we've got them available for you at Drilled:
1st round: drilled.media/documents/5e...
2024: drilled.media/documents/82...

Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the move has sent fear and confusion throughout the agency.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the Trump administration's restrictions have spread fear and confusion throughout the agency.

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At every point in our history, immigrants have helped us tackle our greatest challenges.

Immigrants should be celebrated, not demonized.

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DEI Truth Yesterday the Trump administration began closing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility offices across government agencies. They also demanded snitches - saying that if anyone knew of “coded

This organization is sending anonymous emails to spam the DEI reporting inbox. Consider signing up. #ekō #DEI

12 stories of optimism this year (01.01.24-31.12.24) - Conservation Optimism Here is the perfect antidote to Monday blues: a round-up of what went right in the conservation world in 2022!

Doomscrolling has its limits... we need to celebrate successes as well and work to replicate them. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries conservationoptimism.org/12-stories-o...