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Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: "and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States."
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A large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” was placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
https://wapo.st/3J8Q46P
https://wapo.st/3J8Q46P
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A large ice sculpture of the word “Democracy” was placed on the National Mall on Wednesday morning in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded.
https://wapo.st/3J8Q46P
https://wapo.st/3J8Q46P
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
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Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
August 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
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Supreme Court says the president can’t abolish student debt, but he CAN abolish the Department of Education.
This isn’t hypocrisy. It’s end times fascism—a fatalistic politics willing torch the government and incinerate the future to maintain hierarchy and subvert democracy.
This isn’t hypocrisy. It’s end times fascism—a fatalistic politics willing torch the government and incinerate the future to maintain hierarchy and subvert democracy.
July 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Supreme Court says the president can’t abolish student debt, but he CAN abolish the Department of Education.
This isn’t hypocrisy. It’s end times fascism—a fatalistic politics willing torch the government and incinerate the future to maintain hierarchy and subvert democracy.
This isn’t hypocrisy. It’s end times fascism—a fatalistic politics willing torch the government and incinerate the future to maintain hierarchy and subvert democracy.
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👋 Aussie living in NYC here. We have had ranked choice voting in Australia for over 100 years.
Pro-tip: To maximize the power of your vote, rank FIVE candidates, not just one or two. This is the best way to block a candidate you don’t want to win and doesn’t harm your first choice.
Pro-tip: To maximize the power of your vote, rank FIVE candidates, not just one or two. This is the best way to block a candidate you don’t want to win and doesn’t harm your first choice.
June 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
👋 Aussie living in NYC here. We have had ranked choice voting in Australia for over 100 years.
Pro-tip: To maximize the power of your vote, rank FIVE candidates, not just one or two. This is the best way to block a candidate you don’t want to win and doesn’t harm your first choice.
Pro-tip: To maximize the power of your vote, rank FIVE candidates, not just one or two. This is the best way to block a candidate you don’t want to win and doesn’t harm your first choice.
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Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
June 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"
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Covid killed more people in the US than all US battle and non-combat related deaths in all of the US wars put together.
People want to forget, but we should be memorializing these losses as well.
People want to forget, but we should be memorializing these losses as well.
May 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Covid killed more people in the US than all US battle and non-combat related deaths in all of the US wars put together.
People want to forget, but we should be memorializing these losses as well.
People want to forget, but we should be memorializing these losses as well.
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5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
May 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
5 years since the start of the pandemic and it is frustrating that we still need to keep repeating: vaccines, masks, tests, and cleaning the air all play roles in reducing transmission.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
Wrongly claiming that any of these layers isn’t important is an anti-science stance.
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“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.” - Dr. Carla Hayden
This is a Dr. Hayden appreciation post.
This is a Dr. Hayden appreciation post.
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.” - Dr. Carla Hayden
This is a Dr. Hayden appreciation post.
This is a Dr. Hayden appreciation post.
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We can take the quotation marks off now, to be honest. This is the most accurate and honest way to describe the situation
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We can take the quotation marks off now, to be honest. This is the most accurate and honest way to describe the situation
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Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian.
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Librarian for the people
Under the leadership of Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, a revered institution is connecting Americans with their country through its treasures.
mag.uchicago.edu
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian.
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Teachers, librarians, book lovers, #BookSky! Join us Friday May 9th from 10AM-3PM for the Freedom Read-In, a free, all-day assembly of award-winning children's book authors reading from their own work to bring attention to and raise support for Freedom to Read bills that are active in 12 states...
May 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Teachers, librarians, book lovers, #BookSky! Join us Friday May 9th from 10AM-3PM for the Freedom Read-In, a free, all-day assembly of award-winning children's book authors reading from their own work to bring attention to and raise support for Freedom to Read bills that are active in 12 states...
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For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
Toulouse Welcomes U.S. Researchers Facing Unprecedented Challenges | Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse
In response to the targeted and drastic budget cuts threatening scientific research in the United States, the Toulouse academic community is launching an initiative to host researchers whose work is a...
en.univ-toulouse.fr
April 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
For academics in the US: the University of Toulouse has quickly put together a program to help bring scholars to France whose work is under attack by the Trump administration. The priorities area are: humanities, climate sciences, health, and space research.
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
en.univ-toulouse.fr/news/toulous...
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Join the 5th annual #TeachTruth Day of Action: rally at a historic site to make visible the history being censored. Lead a history walking tour. Host an info table at a library, farmers market, festival, other site (we'll send you a pop-up display.) And more ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Teach Truth Day of Action 2025
We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table, teach-in, or other event to defend the right to #TeachTruth.
www.zinnedproject.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Join the 5th annual #TeachTruth Day of Action: rally at a historic site to make visible the history being censored. Lead a history walking tour. Host an info table at a library, farmers market, festival, other site (we'll send you a pop-up display.) And more ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
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As we all know, NEH funding was already almost inexpressibly meager. It bears repeating that they’ve targeted NEH and IMLS exactly because they’ve been *incredibly* efficient at spurring new thought, writing, and community-building.
Brutal: “The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.” bit.ly/3EfIPrg
DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.
bit.ly
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As we all know, NEH funding was already almost inexpressibly meager. It bears repeating that they’ve targeted NEH and IMLS exactly because they’ve been *incredibly* efficient at spurring new thought, writing, and community-building.
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The EO that included restoring monuments/memorials on federal property is a full-on embrace of Confederate ideology. Beginning Monday @uncpress.bsky.social will make my book No Common Ground available to read FOR FREE for the next two weeks. Educate yourself about what this embrace means. ✊
March 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The EO that included restoring monuments/memorials on federal property is a full-on embrace of Confederate ideology. Beginning Monday @uncpress.bsky.social will make my book No Common Ground available to read FOR FREE for the next two weeks. Educate yourself about what this embrace means. ✊
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"Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today.
With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor."
With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor."
March 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Our NIH grant to discover coronavirus antiviral meds was terminated today.
With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor."
With this grant, we had developed a better SARSCoV2 inhibitor than Paxlovid, and we recently discovered an improved drug that looks better than Pfizer's own second-generation inhibitor."
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It's telling that DOGE feels they need a security detail to go shut down librarians.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's telling that DOGE feels they need a security detail to go shut down librarians.
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We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year
Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
February 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FROM THE ARCHIVES
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
"A Few Cryptic Notes on Power and Powerlessness" by Howard Zinn, 1976
Powers of the Powerless:
(the political counterpart of guerrilla tactics)
1. Sheer numbers can be hard to control, especially with dispersal.
2. Organization of energy can make up for lack of resources.
🧵1/5
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Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Reminder: we are being trained not to care about other people. It underlines the attacks on migrants, on DEI, on trans youth, on so-called "wokeness."
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.
Sure there are legitimate critiques but this is not about critiques. It's about supercharging capitalism's culture of uncare.