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A third party saying they represent a federal agency has asked the city of Newport about leasing land next to U.S. Coast Guard property at the airport for what could be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention or operations center.
From Lincoln Chronicle.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
From Lincoln Chronicle.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
City of Newport says Homeland Security inquiring about leasing airport property for ICE operations or detention center
If it is a detention center, it would be the first of its kind in Oregon.
www.klcc.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A third party saying they represent a federal agency has asked the city of Newport about leasing land next to U.S. Coast Guard property at the airport for what could be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention or operations center.
From Lincoln Chronicle.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
From Lincoln Chronicle.
www.klcc.org/politics-gov...
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Potentially catastrophic behind-the-scenes news about the Network of the National Library of Medicine (www.nnlm.gov) shared with me today.
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Potentially catastrophic behind-the-scenes news about the Network of the National Library of Medicine (www.nnlm.gov) shared with me today.
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
While some NNLM host institutions were able to float the offices while funding was paused or delayed in 2025... it is unlikely that happens again.
#medlibs 📚
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Aug 1st Update + Forecast 📈
Wastewater jumped this week, and is now increasing in most locations. Current model forecast suggests a peak in early Sept at around 500-600k. This would imply a step down from last summer.
🔸️290k daily infections
🔸️1:280 currently infectious
Wastewater jumped this week, and is now increasing in most locations. Current model forecast suggests a peak in early Sept at around 500-600k. This would imply a step down from last summer.
🔸️290k daily infections
🔸️1:280 currently infectious
August 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Aug 1st Update + Forecast 📈
Wastewater jumped this week, and is now increasing in most locations. Current model forecast suggests a peak in early Sept at around 500-600k. This would imply a step down from last summer.
🔸️290k daily infections
🔸️1:280 currently infectious
Wastewater jumped this week, and is now increasing in most locations. Current model forecast suggests a peak in early Sept at around 500-600k. This would imply a step down from last summer.
🔸️290k daily infections
🔸️1:280 currently infectious
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June 20th update:
Slight uptick this week, as XFG and NB.1.8.1 grow. Still at low/very low levels across the US, but that is expected to change in the next month, especially in the South and West.
🔸169,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 200 currently infected
🔸~1 in 500 are reasonably infectious
Slight uptick this week, as XFG and NB.1.8.1 grow. Still at low/very low levels across the US, but that is expected to change in the next month, especially in the South and West.
🔸169,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 200 currently infected
🔸~1 in 500 are reasonably infectious
June 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
June 20th update:
Slight uptick this week, as XFG and NB.1.8.1 grow. Still at low/very low levels across the US, but that is expected to change in the next month, especially in the South and West.
🔸169,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 200 currently infected
🔸~1 in 500 are reasonably infectious
Slight uptick this week, as XFG and NB.1.8.1 grow. Still at low/very low levels across the US, but that is expected to change in the next month, especially in the South and West.
🔸169,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 200 currently infected
🔸~1 in 500 are reasonably infectious
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"In response to the withdrawal of multiple public datasets and websites" the University of Chicago Library has launched has launched the "UChicago Data Mirror." For starters, it includes NPS and Census data. Good to see more stakeholders involved mirroring data. www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/u...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"In response to the withdrawal of multiple public datasets and websites" the University of Chicago Library has launched has launched the "UChicago Data Mirror." For starters, it includes NPS and Census data. Good to see more stakeholders involved mirroring data. www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/u...
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"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube."
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
Alt NNLM
An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the official NNLM YouTube.
Not affiliated with NNLM or NLM.
youtube.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"An archive of videos that have been or we suspect will be removed from the officiaI NNLM YouTube."
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
#medlibs 📚
youtube.com/@altnnlm?si=...
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Being uninvited from the White House caused Rand Paul to lose a lot of the respect he had for Donald Trump that Trump’s two impeachments, insurrection, four criminal indictments, criminal conviction, and sexual abuse damages verdict did not cause him to lose. Got it.
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Being uninvited from the White House caused Rand Paul to lose a lot of the respect he had for Donald Trump that Trump’s two impeachments, insurrection, four criminal indictments, criminal conviction, and sexual abuse damages verdict did not cause him to lose. Got it.
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I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.
June 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I swear I am not making this up. Tonight Trump will go to the Kennedy Center to see “Les Miserables,” a play about a mass uprising against a tyrannical king. I hereby retire from satire.
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Worth keeping in mind:
He’s not actually charged with something that requires proof of gang membership/activity. Which suggests the following
1. We said he was MS 13
2. We have to prosecute him
3. Say he’s MS 13 in the indictment, charge him with something that doesn’t require us to prove it
He’s not actually charged with something that requires proof of gang membership/activity. Which suggests the following
1. We said he was MS 13
2. We have to prosecute him
3. Say he’s MS 13 in the indictment, charge him with something that doesn’t require us to prove it
June 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Worth keeping in mind:
He’s not actually charged with something that requires proof of gang membership/activity. Which suggests the following
1. We said he was MS 13
2. We have to prosecute him
3. Say he’s MS 13 in the indictment, charge him with something that doesn’t require us to prove it
He’s not actually charged with something that requires proof of gang membership/activity. Which suggests the following
1. We said he was MS 13
2. We have to prosecute him
3. Say he’s MS 13 in the indictment, charge him with something that doesn’t require us to prove it
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Parents who struggle to read to their children tend to be younger themselves, according to a recent survey from HarperCollins UK.
‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids - and educators are worried
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Parents who struggle to read to their children tend to be younger themselves, according to a recent survey from HarperCollins UK.
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its genuinely insane to see the press on a "democrats must self flagellate over biden being old" when this shit is happening
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
its genuinely insane to see the press on a "democrats must self flagellate over biden being old" when this shit is happening
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You can do one of these! I'm going to do one I hope, but in my hometown in KY, not in the university town I live in now
I've been promised help setting everything up, and if I can do it so can you
🧪 #SciComm
I've been promised help setting everything up, and if I can do it so can you
🧪 #SciComm
Inspired by Vietnam-era activism, Stand Up For Science is hosting a series of teach-ins around the USA this summer, focusing on the importance of science and science funding. I’m doing one May 30th in Silver Spring. Many of you should consider doing one too, and I’m happy to help you plan it 🦑🧪🌎
May 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
You can do one of these! I'm going to do one I hope, but in my hometown in KY, not in the university town I live in now
I've been promised help setting everything up, and if I can do it so can you
🧪 #SciComm
I've been promised help setting everything up, and if I can do it so can you
🧪 #SciComm
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Hey, Jake Tapper! White House aides are covering up the president’s decline! I look forward to your book about it!
NEW -- Trump's White House is hiding the vast majority of the transcripts of his remarks.
Why? The White House won't say...
But maybe reading the following might offer a clue:
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Why? The White House won't say...
But maybe reading the following might offer a clue:
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
May 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey, Jake Tapper! White House aides are covering up the president’s decline! I look forward to your book about it!
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#Cdnpoli - A new study shows that air cleaners can reduce up to 98.1 % of viral load in the air of a #COVID patient's room with confirmed positive airborne viral RNA. Air cleaners including this: #CorsiRosenthalBox - they can be used in schools, restaurants, care-homes, any indoor setting.
May 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
#Cdnpoli - A new study shows that air cleaners can reduce up to 98.1 % of viral load in the air of a #COVID patient's room with confirmed positive airborne viral RNA. Air cleaners including this: #CorsiRosenthalBox - they can be used in schools, restaurants, care-homes, any indoor setting.
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“In just 11 months since Elon Musk’s company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.”
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“In just 11 months since Elon Musk’s company arrived in Memphis, xAI has become one of Shelby County’s largest emitters of smog-producing nitrogen oxides.”
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May 9th update:
No sign yet of the summer wave. All states decreasing or flat except for (maybe?) Hawaii with a slight increase. Watching XFG and NB.1.8.1 growth for the summer wave.
Estimates:
🔸190,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 173 currently infected
No sign yet of the summer wave. All states decreasing or flat except for (maybe?) Hawaii with a slight increase. Watching XFG and NB.1.8.1 growth for the summer wave.
Estimates:
🔸190,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 173 currently infected
May 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
May 9th update:
No sign yet of the summer wave. All states decreasing or flat except for (maybe?) Hawaii with a slight increase. Watching XFG and NB.1.8.1 growth for the summer wave.
Estimates:
🔸190,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 173 currently infected
No sign yet of the summer wave. All states decreasing or flat except for (maybe?) Hawaii with a slight increase. Watching XFG and NB.1.8.1 growth for the summer wave.
Estimates:
🔸190,000 new infections/day
🔸~1 in 173 currently infected
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Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported.
NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step:
Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported.
NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step:
A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported.
NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step:
Things at #NIH are far worse than have been reported.
NIH and NSF have been effectively overthrown by people that hate science. The hostile takeover is complete at the top. The question now is how scientists are going to fight back. This is one step:
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I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
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"At present, no miracle has happened. The WIU Librarians will be gone in under a month, as our layoffs take effect May 14."
Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library.
It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good.
savewiulibrarians.org/message.php
Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library.
It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good.
savewiulibrarians.org/message.php
savewiulibrarians.org -- Message -- Spring 2025
savewiulibrarians.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"At present, no miracle has happened. The WIU Librarians will be gone in under a month, as our layoffs take effect May 14."
Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library.
It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good.
savewiulibrarians.org/message.php
Western Illinois University will attempt to be a university without a library.
It doesn't take a red state to destroy a public good.
savewiulibrarians.org/message.php
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Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
She told Trump the Smithsonian needs changing. He’s ordered her to do it.
Who is Lindsey Halligan, the attorney assigned to help remove “improper ideology” from Washington’s most important cultural institution?
wapo.st
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff.
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies.
But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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If we still had a White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, they’d be in Tallahassee helping the community access federal resources for survivors, families, & students. Then they’d take what was learned to help prevent it from ever happening again.
Trump killed it on day 2.
Trump killed it on day 2.
April 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If we still had a White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, they’d be in Tallahassee helping the community access federal resources for survivors, families, & students. Then they’d take what was learned to help prevent it from ever happening again.
Trump killed it on day 2.
Trump killed it on day 2.