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"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
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October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...
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Happy Publication Day to Susana M. Morris!
Her biography on Ms. Butler, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, officially releases today!
Congrats!
#octaviabutler #parableofthesower
Her biography on Ms. Butler, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, officially releases today!
Congrats!
#octaviabutler #parableofthesower
August 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Happy Publication Day to Susana M. Morris!
Her biography on Ms. Butler, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, officially releases today!
Congrats!
#octaviabutler #parableofthesower
Her biography on Ms. Butler, Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler, officially releases today!
Congrats!
#octaviabutler #parableofthesower
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They are going to burn up billions in taxpayer funded equipment because they don’t want Americans to have access to scientific proof
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
n.pr
August 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
They are going to burn up billions in taxpayer funded equipment because they don’t want Americans to have access to scientific proof
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Cool cool cool.
Moving on to the rewriting history move from the authoritarian regime playbook.
Moving on to the rewriting history move from the authoritarian regime playbook.
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cool cool cool.
Moving on to the rewriting history move from the authoritarian regime playbook.
Moving on to the rewriting history move from the authoritarian regime playbook.
Going for “longest period of time with no actual bingo” this year! Still need recos for PNW Nature, Humor, Found Family, and Disability 😬 #BookBingoNW2025
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Going for “longest period of time with no actual bingo” this year! Still need recos for PNW Nature, Humor, Found Family, and Disability 😬 #BookBingoNW2025
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For once, a very good headline, and of course @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social is not wrong here
www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/i...
www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/i...
Acclaimed Colorado sci-fi author: Future stupider than I imagined
Paonia writer Paolo Bacigalupi reflects on 10 years since the publication of his climate thriller “The Water Knife.”
www.cpr.org
July 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For once, a very good headline, and of course @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social is not wrong here
www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/i...
www.cpr.org/2025/07/12/i...
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Hot take. The government isn’t subsidizing university budgets. Universities are lending subsidized expertise to research and development that contributes to the public good. It’s called partnership.
A study finds, US based academic research institutes account for 50% of new medical drugs in the last 4 years. 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
#science #savescience #stat
www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/u...
#science #savescience #stat
We set out to quantify U.S. academic contributions to medicines. The results stunned even us
From 2020 to 2024, universities contributed patents underpinning 50% of FDA-approved drugs. 87% of those academic breakthroughs came from American institutions.
www.statnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Hot take. The government isn’t subsidizing university budgets. Universities are lending subsidized expertise to research and development that contributes to the public good. It’s called partnership.
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The full board for #BookBingoNW2025 is here, with King County Library System (KCLS) joining us and Seattle Arts & Lectures! Get your board at any of our locations or our websites.
If this is your first summer playing, @kuow.org has great tips from Book Bingo pros: www.kuow.org/stories/on-y...
If this is your first summer playing, @kuow.org has great tips from Book Bingo pros: www.kuow.org/stories/on-y...
On your mark, get set, read! Seattle Public Library's Book Bingo is back and bigger than ever
The moment Seattle's bookworms have been training (reading) for is upon us: Book Bingo kicks off today. But there's a lot more competition in the field this year. That's because adult Book Bingo has e...
www.kuow.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The full board for #BookBingoNW2025 is here, with King County Library System (KCLS) joining us and Seattle Arts & Lectures! Get your board at any of our locations or our websites.
If this is your first summer playing, @kuow.org has great tips from Book Bingo pros: www.kuow.org/stories/on-y...
If this is your first summer playing, @kuow.org has great tips from Book Bingo pros: www.kuow.org/stories/on-y...
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The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election
Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The election has just been called for April 28.
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP:
travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...
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Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious
This is exactly why Canadians are fed up with US media.
A segment on Canadians cancelling Vermont vacations. Mentions tariffs but not (1) who started the trade war or (2) that the US is constantly threatening to ANNEX our country!
This isn’t MAGA. It’s not FOX. It’s a random NBC affiliate.
A segment on Canadians cancelling Vermont vacations. Mentions tariffs but not (1) who started the trade war or (2) that the US is constantly threatening to ANNEX our country!
This isn’t MAGA. It’s not FOX. It’s a random NBC affiliate.
'Canadians are canceling their vacations': Vermont inns share tariff concerns
YouTube video by MyNBC5-WPTZ
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious
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If you care about literacy rates AND YOU SHOULD BECAUSE IT REALLY MATTERS, then you cannot cut school librarians.
School libraries staffed by certified school librarians improve reading capacity. Every bit of research we have proves this. It's a settled question.
www.kpbs.org/news/educati...
School libraries staffed by certified school librarians improve reading capacity. Every bit of research we have proves this. It's a settled question.
www.kpbs.org/news/educati...
Grossmont Union High School District board votes to cut all librarian positions
The teachers union plans to protest the planned cuts at schools on Monday.
www.kpbs.org
March 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you care about literacy rates AND YOU SHOULD BECAUSE IT REALLY MATTERS, then you cannot cut school librarians.
School libraries staffed by certified school librarians improve reading capacity. Every bit of research we have proves this. It's a settled question.
www.kpbs.org/news/educati...
School libraries staffed by certified school librarians improve reading capacity. Every bit of research we have proves this. It's a settled question.
www.kpbs.org/news/educati...
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Marco Rubio will be in Quebec City 🇨🇦 Wednesday-Friday (March 12-14). Given the 🇺🇸 egg shortage, please place however many dozen eggs you can afford in a very hot place until March 11th and then hand-deliver them to the USA Secretary of State. Let the Trade War and threat of annexation yolk be on him.
March 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Marco Rubio will be in Quebec City 🇨🇦 Wednesday-Friday (March 12-14). Given the 🇺🇸 egg shortage, please place however many dozen eggs you can afford in a very hot place until March 11th and then hand-deliver them to the USA Secretary of State. Let the Trade War and threat of annexation yolk be on him.
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“Everyone should be able to find something on the shelf that reflects their experience, their identity and their beliefs — and we’re seeing that attacked as a concept.”
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/05/t...
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/05/t...
Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.
Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.
www.texastribune.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Everyone should be able to find something on the shelf that reflects their experience, their identity and their beliefs — and we’re seeing that attacked as a concept.”
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/05/t...
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.texastribune.org/2025/03/05/t...
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Wow, there truly is an app for everything now! 🇨🇦
Maple Scan
Scan any product and find out if it truly supports Canadian businesses. Maple Scan makes it easy.
maplescan.ca
March 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Wow, there truly is an app for everything now! 🇨🇦
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Don’t be fooled by proponents of for-profit health care. It leads to higher costs and decreased care.
For-profit clinics are incentivized to prioritize people who are wealthier and healthy, less expensive to treat, and provide larger profit-margins. #Opinion
For-profit clinics are incentivized to prioritize people who are wealthier and healthy, less expensive to treat, and provide larger profit-margins. #Opinion
Ontario election: Don’t be fooled by proponents of for-profit health care. It leads to higher costs and decreased care
For-profit care, even when publicly funded, leads to higher costs and worse patient outcomes, writes Dr. Danyaal Raza.
www.thestar.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Don’t be fooled by proponents of for-profit health care. It leads to higher costs and decreased care.
For-profit clinics are incentivized to prioritize people who are wealthier and healthy, less expensive to treat, and provide larger profit-margins. #Opinion
For-profit clinics are incentivized to prioritize people who are wealthier and healthy, less expensive to treat, and provide larger profit-margins. #Opinion
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Turns out that trying to fight book bans with retail activism is as effective as trying to treat depression with retail therapy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Turns out that trying to fight book bans with retail activism is as effective as trying to treat depression with retail therapy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Lake County library leaders expect to see more challenged books
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, according to the American Library Association. Challenges lead to censorship.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
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If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you are experiencing rage and despair about what is happening in America and the world right now because of the Trump-Vance-Musk regime, you are hardly alone. But a groundswell of opposition is growing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reasons-for-optimism
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Texas is just one state. Maternal health experts are concerned similar, horrific outcomes are happening in all states where abortion is banned.
www.jezebel.com/sepsis-and-m...
www.jezebel.com/sepsis-and-m...
Sepsis and Maternal Mortality Rates Surged in Texas After Abortion Ban
Texas is just one state. Maternal health experts are concerned similar, horrific outcomes are happening in all states where abortion is banned.
www.jezebel.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Texas is just one state. Maternal health experts are concerned similar, horrific outcomes are happening in all states where abortion is banned.
www.jezebel.com/sepsis-and-m...
www.jezebel.com/sepsis-and-m...
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Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
pen.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
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A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Port: It's not just about kids, and it's not just libraries
Legislation under consideration in Bismarck wouldn't just restrict access to books in schools and libraries. The language of the bill also applies to private book stores.
www.inforum.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
This place needs more #cancon. Have a Canadian folk song about the Abitibi Dam music.apple.com/us/album/the...
The Blackfly Song by Wade Hemsworth on Apple Music
Song · 1955 · Duration 2:59
music.apple.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This place needs more #cancon. Have a Canadian folk song about the Abitibi Dam music.apple.com/us/album/the...
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Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
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Multi-level barrage of US book bans is "unprecedented," says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is "unprecedented," says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes "but this has never all happened at once," says PEN America's Jonathan Friedman. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #bannedbooks #notahoax