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Meredith Farkas
@librarianmer.bsky.social
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😷 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 Community college librarian in Portland, OR. Solidarity, unions, slow librarianship, spoonie, autoimmune, still masking, disability justice. Blogging at Information Wants to be Free since 2004. Subscribe: http://meredithfarkas.substack.com .. more

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 8h
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 1d
I am counting the days until my kid is out of braces and I won't find tiny rubber bands that have been in his mouth all over my house, including in the dryer, on the kitchen table, and (just now) on the pillow I'm lying on on the couch right next to my head. WHYYYYYYYYY?????? 🤢

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Geneva 🇨🇦 @geneva1111.bsky.social · 1d
This is fabulous because it is all, actually this stupid.

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 2d
Our responsibility is to make sure the facts are gathered carefully and lawfully, and the integrity of the investigation process is protected.

If you have information about the January 8 shooting involving federal agents in Portland, leave us a voicemail on our DOJ Tip Line: 971-673-3900

#orpol

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Minnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you for telling us you neither serve nor protect. Thank you for saying the quiet part out loud. That was state murder in broad daylight, captured from multiple angles by multiple witnesses, and the people of Minneapolis have eyes.

You support murder.

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Ravin Boodram @rvbdrm.com · 2d
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2d
This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever.

www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 3d
Over the holiday season, my son discovered the absurd delights of the Hallmark Channel. While I thought he was mostly watching it ironically, I realized tonight how into Mistletoe Murders he actually is and I am SO THERE FOR IT!

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 3d
It was Barack Obama who first appointed Tom Homan as an associate director of ICE and even gave him an award. And as recently as June 2025, 75 Democrats in the House voted for a resolution to show “gratitude" to ICE. Are they still grateful now?
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-onl...
The Only “Domestic Terrorists” On Our Streets Are ICE Agents
Renee Nicole Good is only the latest victim of this gang of masked thugs. The whole agency has to go.
www.currentaffairs.org

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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas @salinas.house.gov · 3d
I am aware of a situation involving CBP agents shooting two people outside of Adventist Health Hospital in Portland this afternoon, and I am in communication with state and local officials. As details continue to emerge, I urge all Oregonians to remain calm and peaceful. [1/2]

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Cannonball Adderall @leupp.bsky.social · 3d
One of the victims in Portland *called 911 for help and reported the shooting himself*

No call for medical attention came from ICE.
US Border agents shoot, wound two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d
Another shooting by a border agent. This time in Portland. Two wounded. katu.com/news/local/i...
US Border agents shoot, wound two people in Portland, city officials say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday afternoon, according to the FBI, Portland police and city officials.Portland p
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OPB @opb.org · 3d
Breaking News Update: Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear their condition, police said in a release.
Federal agents shoot 2 people in East Portland
Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear their condition, police said in a release.
www.opb.org

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 3d
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d
Another image that sums up the protest.
A young Iranian woman lights a cigarette with a burning photo of Khamenei

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 3d
The scale of the protests in Iran are absolutely unbelievable. Hard to quantify, but I've seen some speculation that this uprising is more significant than the 2023 protests (themselves the largest challenge to the regime since it came into power in '79.)

(Video from @AmirMiresmaeili on Twitter)

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 3d
There are a ton of great-looking books coming in 2026, and I've rounded up the ones that I'm looking forward to the most, including space operas, interstellar art heists, unicorns, dinosaurs, and plenty more.

Here's the full list: www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fanta...
Rows of slanted book covers

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d
NOTAMS (warning to pilots) have been issued across Iran. Suggests something big might be happening.
Map showing NOTAMS

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you for this. I was incandescent with rage at the NYT for this piece, given that they have not only fueled trans hate, but essentially whitewashed it, making it seem fine for "liberals" to throw trans people under the bus too. Her blood is on your hands @nytimes.com.

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 3d
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says they've been informed by the FBI that US DOJ has said FBI will solely lead the investigation into Renee Nicole Good's killing by a federal officer. State investigators no longer have access to "case materials, scene evidence/investigative interviews"

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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 3d
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3d
The New York Times described a harrassment campaign that helped drive a young trans woman to suicide as "online criticisms."

Today on Assigned, @evanurquhart.bsky.social responds with contained fury to New York Times piece on the suicide of Lia Smith.

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NYT Chronicles a Death Their Moral Panic Caused — Assigned
The New York Times published a story covering the death of trans athlete, Lia Smith, but takes no responsibility for the ways their coverage of trans issues has fed the moral panic that caused it.
www.assignedmedia.org

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
The only way to get accommodations at my workplace is through an onerous, costly & privacy-violating process that requires documentation from one's doctor and takes months. I did it many years ago (migraines) and found it totally dehumanizing. Much easier to just take a sick day on in-service day.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 4d
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 4d
abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
No. The February all-day meeting is in-person only. The Fall and Spring meetings will be half-day and hybrid.

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
do I really push back on this (again)? To me, this feels like holding a meeting at a place only accessible by stairs when you know you have a worker in a wheelchair. Being immunocompromised is a disability. But the difference is, I COULD actually go, it would just be very dangerous for me. Help?

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
suggestions and I'll unfortunately be at a doctor's appointment during the meeting when the proposal will be discussed (the very meeting last year where I disclosed my illness to advocate for safety - sigh...) so I'm not sure what to do. Do I just tell her I can't attend the meeting or...

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
other is not faculty and may feel less able to self-advocate, so I've felt like it's my responsibility to advocate not just for myself but for others who may be medically vulnerable but do not disclose (which is why my boss met with me in the first place). But my boss totally ignored all of my...

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Meredith Farkas @librarianmer.bsky.social · 4d
Feb. meeting in flu season fully online. She just submitted a proposal for our in-service events and she's making the Fall and Spring ones hybrid (online/in-person) half-day events and the Feb. one will be a full-day fully online event. I'm not the only immunocompromised person at work and the...