Iterative Librarian
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Iteration is my best frenemy--it's all part of the process.
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Trump's Big Ugly Law is raising costs and hurting working families across Florida and the entire country. Take a look:
August 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump's Big Ugly Law is raising costs and hurting working families across Florida and the entire country. Take a look:
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Lies on top of lies.
On Social Security’s 90th birthday, Trump brags about “protecting” it — while plotting to slash benefits and raise the retirement age.
Classic billionaire playbook: squeeze working people, shower the rich.
On Social Security’s 90th birthday, Trump brags about “protecting” it — while plotting to slash benefits and raise the retirement age.
Classic billionaire playbook: squeeze working people, shower the rich.
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Lies on top of lies.
On Social Security’s 90th birthday, Trump brags about “protecting” it — while plotting to slash benefits and raise the retirement age.
Classic billionaire playbook: squeeze working people, shower the rich.
On Social Security’s 90th birthday, Trump brags about “protecting” it — while plotting to slash benefits and raise the retirement age.
Classic billionaire playbook: squeeze working people, shower the rich.
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90 years ago, the Social Security Act was signed into law, creating a safety net that has lifted millions of Americans out of poverty and allowed them to pursue the American dream.
Today, Trump continues to attack these earned benefits. I’ll keep fighting to protect these lifeline programs.
Today, Trump continues to attack these earned benefits. I’ll keep fighting to protect these lifeline programs.
August 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
90 years ago, the Social Security Act was signed into law, creating a safety net that has lifted millions of Americans out of poverty and allowed them to pursue the American dream.
Today, Trump continues to attack these earned benefits. I’ll keep fighting to protect these lifeline programs.
Today, Trump continues to attack these earned benefits. I’ll keep fighting to protect these lifeline programs.
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Being unhoused is not a crime. Clearing encampments and locking people up will do nothing to solve the real problem of homelessness.
My Housing Not Handcuffs Act would stop these actions on federal land. Congress must pass it. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
My Housing Not Handcuffs Act would stop these actions on federal land. Congress must pass it. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C.’s homeless begin to see the effects of Trump’s crackdown
As the Trump administration begins to clear encampments, many homeless individuals told The Post they had few options for places to go.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Being unhoused is not a crime. Clearing encampments and locking people up will do nothing to solve the real problem of homelessness.
My Housing Not Handcuffs Act would stop these actions on federal land. Congress must pass it. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
My Housing Not Handcuffs Act would stop these actions on federal land. Congress must pass it. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump’s Treasury Secretary has admitted that the GOP tax law has “a backdoor to privatizing Social Security.”
Republicans are still scheming to steal away our hard-earned & hard-won Social Security. Democrats are fighting to protect & enhance the benefits Americans have relied upon for 90 years.
Republicans are still scheming to steal away our hard-earned & hard-won Social Security. Democrats are fighting to protect & enhance the benefits Americans have relied upon for 90 years.
August 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Trump’s Treasury Secretary has admitted that the GOP tax law has “a backdoor to privatizing Social Security.”
Republicans are still scheming to steal away our hard-earned & hard-won Social Security. Democrats are fighting to protect & enhance the benefits Americans have relied upon for 90 years.
Republicans are still scheming to steal away our hard-earned & hard-won Social Security. Democrats are fighting to protect & enhance the benefits Americans have relied upon for 90 years.
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Flagstaff knows the stakes: Trump’s regime is snatching people off the streets, attacking universities and the free press, ripping away health care from millions of Americans, and Eli Crane is cheering it on.
We won’t back down.
We won’t back down.
August 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Flagstaff knows the stakes: Trump’s regime is snatching people off the streets, attacking universities and the free press, ripping away health care from millions of Americans, and Eli Crane is cheering it on.
We won’t back down.
We won’t back down.
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As Trump increasingly acts like a dictator, our solidarity is more important than ever.
We need to link arms and stand up for facts, for free press, for our neighbors, and for democracy.
Listen to more of my conversation with Rick Steves anywhere you get your podcasts!
We need to link arms and stand up for facts, for free press, for our neighbors, and for democracy.
Listen to more of my conversation with Rick Steves anywhere you get your podcasts!
August 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As Trump increasingly acts like a dictator, our solidarity is more important than ever.
We need to link arms and stand up for facts, for free press, for our neighbors, and for democracy.
Listen to more of my conversation with Rick Steves anywhere you get your podcasts!
We need to link arms and stand up for facts, for free press, for our neighbors, and for democracy.
Listen to more of my conversation with Rick Steves anywhere you get your podcasts!
Nothing is exempt.
San Francisco indie band Deerhoof has severed ties with Spotify, the group announced Monday, citing CEO Daniel Ek’s substantial investments in military AI technology. “We don’t want our music killing people,” the band’s statement reads.
SF Band Ditches Spotify Over CEO’s $700M Military AI Investment
Deerhoof will remove its entire catalog from the ‘data-mining scam masquerading as a ‘music company.’’
www.kqed.org
July 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Nothing is exempt.
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Given how the U.S. tore up the Iran Nuclear Deal, which was the best way to actually prevent nuclear weaponization, this war is not really about Iran's nuclear program at all; it's about Washington using Israel to weaken the strongest regional power opposing U.S. hegemony.
June 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Given how the U.S. tore up the Iran Nuclear Deal, which was the best way to actually prevent nuclear weaponization, this war is not really about Iran's nuclear program at all; it's about Washington using Israel to weaken the strongest regional power opposing U.S. hegemony.
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Meanwhile, as the world is distracted by the U.S./Israeli war on Iran, the U.S-backed slaughter of civilians in Gaza continues.
June 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meanwhile, as the world is distracted by the U.S./Israeli war on Iran, the U.S-backed slaughter of civilians in Gaza continues.
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From the 1950s through the 1970s, the U.S. played a major role in the development of Iran’s nuclear program, providing Iran with technical assistance and supplying the country with nuclear reactors, complete with enriched uranium and plutonium with fissile isotopes.
June 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From the 1950s through the 1970s, the U.S. played a major role in the development of Iran’s nuclear program, providing Iran with technical assistance and supplying the country with nuclear reactors, complete with enriched uranium and plutonium with fissile isotopes.
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An short interview I did for a Singapore news network this morning on the U.S. bombing of Iran:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBq...
Was Trump's two-week deadline for US action on Iran a ruse?
YouTube video by CNA
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
An short interview I did for a Singapore news network this morning on the U.S. bombing of Iran:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBq...
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The World Council of Churches has issued a powerful statement condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia, Israel's siege and war on Gaza, and Israel's occupation and apartheid.
www.oikoumene.org/resources/do...?
www.oikoumene.org/resources/do...?
Statement on Palestine and Israel: A Call to End Apartheid, Occupation, and Impunity in Palestine and Israel
Statement on Palestine and Israel by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.
www.oikoumene.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The World Council of Churches has issued a powerful statement condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia, Israel's siege and war on Gaza, and Israel's occupation and apartheid.
www.oikoumene.org/resources/do...?
www.oikoumene.org/resources/do...?
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My interview for a Bay Area television station following yesterday's ceasefire announcement.
www.ktvu.com/video/1663664
www.ktvu.com/video/1663664
Expert on Middle East politics weighs in on conflict and ceasefire
KTVU's Heather Holmes and Jana Katsuyama take an in-depth look at the developing situation between the U.S., Iran, and Israel with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle East Politics at USF.
www.ktvu.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My interview for a Bay Area television station following yesterday's ceasefire announcement.
www.ktvu.com/video/1663664
www.ktvu.com/video/1663664
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🎙️On today's show, @neginowl.bsky.social and @szunes.bsky.social breakdown the bombs and the blowback of the US's attacks on Iran with host @saragabler.bsky.social. They unpack harmful media narratives and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony.
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...
The Ongoing Violence of US Empire - WORT-FM 89.9
Stephen Zunes and Negin Owliaei unpack harmful media narratives following the attack on Iran and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony.
www.wortfm.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎙️On today's show, @neginowl.bsky.social and @szunes.bsky.social breakdown the bombs and the blowback of the US's attacks on Iran with host @saragabler.bsky.social. They unpack harmful media narratives and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony.
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...
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This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism
June 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This book is riveting and so, so infuriating. It follows 5 families in Atlanta who are struggling to remain housed and paints deeply compassionate portraits of each unit. It reads almost like a novel but is outstanding journalism
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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🚨 Our latest analysis reveals the scale of fossil fuel influence at UN climate talks.
At COP29 alone, 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists gained access to negotiations, and 23% of official negotiators chose not to disclose their affiliations.
Read more ➡️ anticorru.pt/3cy
At COP29 alone, 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists gained access to negotiations, and 23% of official negotiators chose not to disclose their affiliations.
Read more ➡️ anticorru.pt/3cy
June 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 Our latest analysis reveals the scale of fossil fuel influence at UN climate talks.
At COP29 alone, 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists gained access to negotiations, and 23% of official negotiators chose not to disclose their affiliations.
Read more ➡️ anticorru.pt/3cy
At COP29 alone, 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists gained access to negotiations, and 23% of official negotiators chose not to disclose their affiliations.
Read more ➡️ anticorru.pt/3cy
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NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE.
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash
Masked and unidentified ICE agents lurking near schools sparked fear, confusion, and a car crash in Latino-heavy New York suburbs.
theintercept.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
NEW: 12 masked armed men try to enter a homeless shelter without saying who they are. ICE agents park outside an elementary school, sparking fear and a car accident. Local police respond to a call about a possible assault, only to find ICE.
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
Inside one day on LI:
theintercept.com/2025/06/13/i...
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some important tesla news you may have missed on a very busy news day www.cnbc.com/2025/06/13/s... swedish pension fund ap7 blacklists tesla & has sold entire stake
Swedish pension fund AP7 blacklists Tesla, has sold entire stake
"AP7 has decided to blacklist Tesla due to verified violations of labor rights in the United States," the pension fund said in a statement.
www.cnbc.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
some important tesla news you may have missed on a very busy news day www.cnbc.com/2025/06/13/s... swedish pension fund ap7 blacklists tesla & has sold entire stake
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Kristi Noem is seen as a "delicate, beautiful, tiny woman" while leading DHS, yet Rep. McIver was arrested for protesting it, and Sen. Padilla was tackled for even questioning it.
It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem
The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?
www.motherjones.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Kristi Noem is seen as a "delicate, beautiful, tiny woman" while leading DHS, yet Rep. McIver was arrested for protesting it, and Sen. Padilla was tackled for even questioning it.
It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.
"...we have watched the world avert its gaze as tens of thousands of lives were erased in real time—each an echo, an unfinished conversation, a dream severed mid-sentence."
‘Do Not Reconcile’: From ArabLit Quarterly’s GRIEF
“May what we mourn propel us toward our collective liberation.”
arablit.org
May 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"...we have watched the world avert its gaze as tens of thousands of lives were erased in real time—each an echo, an unfinished conversation, a dream severed mid-sentence."
Grief is "a place where community is defined". Support ArabLit.
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It’s PUBLICATION DAY for ArabLit Quarterly Spring 2025: GRIEF
Starting today, you can find the Spring 2025 GRIEF issue in our online store (arablit.org/shop/), on Gumroad, Amazon, and in select bookshops worldwide.
arablit.org
April 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Grief is "a place where community is defined". Support ArabLit.
arablit.org/2025/04/30/i...
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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...