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Federal museum and library grants abruptly terminated The Institute for Museum and Library Services ends grants used to train librarians and fund innovations.

"It's really hard to make heads or tails of this. These are meaningful programs to Americans." ALA President Cindy Hohl
Many Institute for Museum and Library Services grants are funded by reimbursement, so many institutions are on the hook for money already spent.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Little bit of spring breaking. @barryfab5.bsky.social

The Road to Freedom: Early African American Quilting The strong tradition of African American quilting has existed ever since the dawn of America. Quilts from this period are bound into horrific acts of slavery, a reminder of the terrors that shaped the...

Quilting served as a quiet form of resistance. Denied the use of bright colors, enslaved women used scraps of fabric to stitch patterns into their bedding and clothing, preserving native African textile traditions. 145 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

Such pure and absolute bullshit.

Time to hold them all in contempt.

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Rep John Larson - Connecticut:

Video of Femen demonstration in Paris women standing with green hats and black mustache black pants and no shirt with each chest painted with French flag, or the American flag, or the European Union flag all painted flags had a swastika painted in the center of them and the words Facist Epidemic. Demonstrators chanting “for a feminist Europe not facism”and other expressions to convey their unwillingness to allow facism. This took place on International Women’s Day.

Activist group Femen participated in a bold demonstration to denounce "the rise of fascism in Europe and in the world". The protest targeted multiple prominent political figures specifically US Pres. Trump, Russian Pres. Putin, & Prime Minister of Italy Meloni (explicit)👉🏽 youtube.com/shorts/EsBa9...

Nerdlets with their nerdtificates. 😍

Well said!

Quick drive to Olympia this evening. Left a couple of messages for leaders, mostly asking, “Where ARE you?!” Some sweet time with my brilliant and loving preschoolers this morning helped start my nervous system off at a solid baseline but I still ended up ready to punch some N*zis. Ugh.

Trump and Elon are destroying the Social Security Administration, and without staff & offices, there will be people who can’t get their benefits—period.

I put together a fact sheet about what Elon's decimation of Social Security will mean for YOU.

Please share it far and wide.

At Oscars, 'No Other Land' co-directors call for national rights for Palestinians The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Oscar-winning documentary, made by a team of Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers, follows the displacement of rural Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Jesus H Christ. Zelensky 💔. What a nightmare.

Trump, Vance, Musk— go to hell. Die. And then go.

YouTube video by Macklemore MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)

Well. I didn’t think Macklemore would end up on my Revolution Playlist, but here we are. youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...

Oh, Jazzy.

This man has killed so many people. So many children.

Dulce Sloan.

Musk is developing a payment app in partnership with Visa. Additionally, his staff has connected external hard drives to CFPB systems, raising serious concerns about unauthorized access to trade secrets from enforcement actions involving companies that compete with his future ventures.

We want to warn of a conflict of interest involving Elon Musk. Musk has gained access to the agency’s computer systems, raising concerns about how his pending business ventures and their competitors may now be regulated.

The CFPB was dismantled over the weekend, with all activities suspended, its funding reduced to zero, and its headquarters temporarily closed—removing a crucial layer of oversight for consumer-facing financial companies. Staff members ordered to cease all ‘supervision and examination activities.

Live Cuban music in Puerto Vallarta 😘

#Pitillal

Mexico food tour. Finally got out of the hotel zone to taste a little reality. #querico

The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

Out of office.

Sunshine morning.

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).