James R Jacobs
@freegovinfo.bsky.social
Advocate for free government information, librarian, Web archivist, "cheerful data booster," and sea kayaker to boot!!
Announcing CODE's New White Paper and Health Data Hub mailchi.mp/3eadee15ce04...
Health Data Roundtable Followup: CODE’s new white paper + online hub
mailchi.mp
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Announcing CODE's New White Paper and Health Data Hub mailchi.mp/3eadee15ce04...
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California Digital Library (CDL) Shares Details About the Upgraded Version of the Online Archive of #California (#OAC) (via @caldiglib.bsky.social) cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2025... #libraries #archives #history
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
California Digital Library (CDL) Shares Details About the Upgraded Version of the Online Archive of #California (#OAC) (via @caldiglib.bsky.social) cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2025... #libraries #archives #history
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The Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark. It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
It’s time to name and shame: Let us know 2025’s worst transparency offenders with a Foilies nomination!
Brought to you by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and MuckRock, the Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark.
www.muckrock.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Foilies “honor” the institutions and individuals most determined to keep the public in the dark. It’s that magical time of year again: Foilies submissions are open. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
Thanks @apduorg.bsky.social for HT on "A Day in the Life with Federal Government Data" apdu.org?p=5814113
A Day in the Life with Federal Government Data – Association of Public Data Users
urldefense.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thanks @apduorg.bsky.social for HT on "A Day in the Life with Federal Government Data" apdu.org?p=5814113
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Wondering when you'll get your #BLS data?? The Friends of BLS have posted an FAQ about the impact of the shutdown on #BLSdata: www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
#econsky @aaronsojourner.org @betseystevenson.bsky.social @justinwolfers.bsky.social @jasonfurman.bsky.social @jedkolko.bsky.social
#econsky @aaronsojourner.org @betseystevenson.bsky.social @justinwolfers.bsky.social @jasonfurman.bsky.social @jedkolko.bsky.social
2025 Government Shutdown FAQs on BLS Data — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Friends of BLS The 2025 Government Shutdown and BLS Data: Questions & Answers How will the government shutdown, which may be over by the time you read this, affect BLS data? F...
www.friendsofbls.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wondering when you'll get your #BLS data?? The Friends of BLS have posted an FAQ about the impact of the shutdown on #BLSdata: www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
#econsky @aaronsojourner.org @betseystevenson.bsky.social @justinwolfers.bsky.social @jasonfurman.bsky.social @jedkolko.bsky.social
#econsky @aaronsojourner.org @betseystevenson.bsky.social @justinwolfers.bsky.social @jasonfurman.bsky.social @jedkolko.bsky.social
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Record profits are unpaid wages.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Record profits are unpaid wages.
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Bumping this great article again now that Judge Boasberg is reopening his contempt investigation into the El Salvadoran flights.
NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night.
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bumping this great article again now that Judge Boasberg is reopening his contempt investigation into the El Salvadoran flights.
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Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Democratic lawmakers urge troops to disobey illegal orders | CNN Politics
Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging servicemembers and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by ...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by President Donald Trump’s administration.
@caltrainalerts.bsky.social @caltrain.com so what happened to the 515 northbound train?! The last 2 days it’s just disappeared. No notice or anything. Still listed on the Caltrain schedule. What gives?!!
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
@caltrainalerts.bsky.social @caltrain.com so what happened to the 515 northbound train?! The last 2 days it’s just disappeared. No notice or anything. Still listed on the Caltrain schedule. What gives?!!
@caltrain.com so what happened to the 515 northbound train?! The last 2 days it’s just disappeared. No notice or anything. Still listed on the Caltrain schedule.
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@caltrain.com so what happened to the 515 northbound train?! The last 2 days it’s just disappeared. No notice or anything. Still listed on the Caltrain schedule.
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Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.
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Lol. The tantrums have begun, Trump is insisting that Republicans only lost because he wasn’t on the ballot.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lol. The tantrums have begun, Trump is insisting that Republicans only lost because he wasn’t on the ballot.
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It was the what-the-fuck of times, it was the what-in-the-actual-fuck of times.
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It was the what-the-fuck of times, it was the what-in-the-actual-fuck of times.
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Federal agencies are posting banners on their websites accusing Democrats and the “Radical Left” for the government shutdown, using language that is partisan, disparaging, and contemptuous.
Learn more in our most recent Highlights from the Change Log: envirodatagov.org/federal-agen...
Learn more in our most recent Highlights from the Change Log: envirodatagov.org/federal-agen...
Federal Agencies Post Incendiary Banners About the Government Shutdown – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative
This post is part of the EDGI Website Governance Team’s “Highlights from the Change Log” blog series. The purpose of this series is to highlight interesting changes we have observed in the content of,...
envirodatagov.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Federal agencies are posting banners on their websites accusing Democrats and the “Radical Left” for the government shutdown, using language that is partisan, disparaging, and contemptuous.
Learn more in our most recent Highlights from the Change Log: envirodatagov.org/federal-agen...
Learn more in our most recent Highlights from the Change Log: envirodatagov.org/federal-agen...
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.
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I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
what a fucking thing, man
that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime
Should have guessed it: "Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable." oversight.gov is where many reports and audits are collected for Inspectors General across the exec branch. It takes some digging in wayback to access reports. web.archive.org/web/20250000...
Website Unavailable
oversight.gov
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Should have guessed it: "Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable." oversight.gov is where many reports and audits are collected for Inspectors General across the exec branch. It takes some digging in wayback to access reports. web.archive.org/web/20250000...
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Hi! The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it's also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items.
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
OSINT At Home #26: Top 5 Wayback Machine Hacks to Recover Pages, Prove Edits & Search TV News
YouTube video by Bendobrown
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hi! The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it's also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items.
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...
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What happens to democracy when government records vanish?
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What happens to democracy when government records vanish?
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm
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The California Local Government Documents Collection of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social (hosted by Internet Archive) is digitizing 10,000+ publications from cities, counties, & regional agencies across California.
Explore the collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/igsc...
Explore the collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/igsc...
August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The California Local Government Documents Collection of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social (hosted by Internet Archive) is digitizing 10,000+ publications from cities, counties, & regional agencies across California.
Explore the collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/igsc...
Explore the collection ⤵️
archive.org/details/igsc...