Don Watkins
@linuxnerd.bsky.social
I am a writer, educator, lifelong learner,tech-nerd, Linux and macOS user, library fan, progressive, US Navy veteran, and grandfather. I blog at https://donwatkins.info and write for allthingsopen.org. Living in Western New York state.
'Beyond Crazy': FBI Summons State Election Officials to Secretive Meeting After Trump Threat to ‘Nationalize’ Midterms www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-sec...
'Beyond Crazy': FBI Summons State Election Officials to Secretive Meeting After Trump Threat to ‘Nationalize’ Midterms | Common Dreams
Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar, who received the invite, said that what the president is "trying to do is really disrupt the midterm election.”
www.commondreams.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
'Beyond Crazy': FBI Summons State Election Officials to Secretive Meeting After Trump Threat to ‘Nationalize’ Midterms www.commondreams.org/news/fbi-sec...
OH PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!!!
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BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Don Watkins
OH PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
OH PLEASE LET IT BE TRUE!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
BREAKING: Rumors are swirling in DC that Bill Clinton will spill the beans on EVERYTHING he knows about Epstein & tRumpstein, leading not only to impeachment, but prosecution!!
This might be why tRumpstein is suddenly so nice to the Clintons... 🥲
Reposted by Don Watkins
Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
New bill aims to allow California AG to sue oil companies for disaster costs
“We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag,” said the author of the measure.
www.fresnobee.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again.
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot.
Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
This is an 11 year old Dell all-in-one desktop running Linux Mint MATE at Blount Library in Franklinville NY. Libraries can save thousands of dollars by adopting Linux and open source software and provide options for patrons too. Learn more www.both.org?p=13384 | @wnylrc.bsky.social @cclsny.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This is an 11 year old Dell all-in-one desktop running Linux Mint MATE at Blount Library in Franklinville NY. Libraries can save thousands of dollars by adopting Linux and open source software and provide options for patrons too. Learn more www.both.org?p=13384 | @wnylrc.bsky.social @cclsny.org
‘You Have Lost All Legitimacy’: Portland Mayor Demands ICE Leave City After Tear Gassing Kids www.commondreams.org/news/portlan...
‘You Have Lost All Legitimacy’: Portland Mayor Demands ICE Leave City After Tear Gassing Kids | Common Dreams
Portland Mayor demands federal immigration officials leave after tear gas and flash bangs used on peaceful protesters. Outrage over excessive force.
www.commondreams.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
‘You Have Lost All Legitimacy’: Portland Mayor Demands ICE Leave City After Tear Gassing Kids www.commondreams.org/news/portlan...
Reposted by Don Watkins
A peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday broke into chaos as federal agents deployed tear gas on demonstrators—including families with young children.
Federal agents launch tear gas at nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Portland—including children
The city's mayor Keith Wilson said that it was a “peaceful daytime protest” that “posed no danger to federal forces.”
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday broke into chaos as federal agents deployed tear gas on demonstrators—including families with young children.
Reposted by Don Watkins
The NC Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library assoc. chapter in ALA. NCLA was for white librarians. When ALA moved to only allow one library assoc. chapter per state, NCLA admitted black members in 1954
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari...
#BlackHistoryMonth
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#BlackHistoryMonth
“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South
ABSTRACT. Sad fact: For the most of the twentieth century, the American Library Association (ala) chose to look past the issue of racially segregated public libraries in the South rather than confront...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The NC Negro Library Association (est. 1934) was the first black library assoc. chapter in ALA. NCLA was for white librarians. When ALA moved to only allow one library assoc. chapter per state, NCLA admitted black members in 1954
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari...
#BlackHistoryMonth
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari...
#BlackHistoryMonth
“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South url: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari... | @wnylrc.bsky.social @cclsny.org
“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South
ABSTRACT. Sad fact: For the most of the twentieth century, the American Library Association (ala) chose to look past the issue of racially segregated public libraries in the South rather than confront...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
“Any Ideas?”: The American Library Association and the Desegregation of Public Libraries in the American South url: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/librari... | @wnylrc.bsky.social @cclsny.org
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
www.opb.org/article/2026...
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Federal officers use crowd control munitions as demonstrators protest outside Portland ICE building
Thousands of protesters turned out for a mostly peaceful demonstration Saturday in Portland to speak out against increased immigration enforcement. By the end of the day, scores of nonviolent proteste...
www.opb.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
www.opb.org/article/2026...
www.opb.org/article/2026...
Reposted by Don Watkins
Maureen Dowd Shreds MELANIA in Brutal Movie Review www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd Shreds MELANIA in Brutal Movie Review
"The riddle of the Slovenian Sphinx has been solved," begins columnist Maureen Dowd's brutal review of the first lady's vanity project, "MELANIA."
www.mediaite.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Maureen Dowd Shreds MELANIA in Brutal Movie Review www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
