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Frances

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Retired research librarian, newpaper & govt.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.
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caasbrey @handle.invalid · 02/09/2026
A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.
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🖇️ Jane Doe @janetea4.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
For satire to work, it must either be so outrageous as to make us take pause or it must be rooted in truth. I believe this is satire rooted in truth.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?
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OBoogie @oboogie.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
U.S. pals: Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army. There are better charities out there. Much better.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities."The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/11/2025
A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written. n.pr/4irjBWS
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Forget 'Shakespeare in Love' — 'Hamnet' explores Shakespeare in grief
A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 25/11/2025
For decades, the Clean Water Act has kept our rivers, lakes, and streams clean and safe. Now, Trump’s EPA wants to roll back protections, giving corporate polluters what they want and putting thousands of formerly protected wetlands and waterways at risk. Oppose this attack on clean water.
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Don’t let polluters get their way, again – defend the Clean Water Act
Gutting Clean Water Act protections will harm critical habitats and the clean drinking water of millions of Americans.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
US knowledge infrastructure is under attack, write Dean Jackson and Sam Woolley, as part of a series of provocations ahead of a symposium at the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) on threats to knowledge and democracy. The assault is complex and multidirectional.
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The United States is on the Cusp of a Digital Dark Age | TechPolicy.Press
The first in a series of provocations, Dean Jackson and Sam Woolley write that the current assault on knowledge infrastructure is complex and multidirectional.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 31/10/2025
New research shows a continuous pattern of air pollution violations from liquified natural gas export facilities in Southwest Louisiana. via @lailluminator.com
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Southwest Louisiana LNG terminals routinely violate federal pollution standards: report
New research shows a continuous pattern of air pollution violations from liquified natural gas export facilities in Southwest Louisiana. Three LNG export facilities in Cameron Parish are featured in…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube. Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X). *1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.” youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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Selina Grissom @lilrdvet2.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Please learn how to recognize the signs of sepsis. Know the lingo of ER nurses, like "sepsis pathway." It should be triggered when a patient exhibits low blood pressure, low heart rate, and/or a high temperature. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/w...
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It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.
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“A republic, if you can keep it.” @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The thing about unchecked power is it often makes grave mistakes. One of the reason Putin decided on the folly of war with Ukraine was the lack of those willing to tell him he was making a grave error. I fear @realDonaldTrump will stumble into a war, costing troop’s their lives.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 07/09/2025
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Is Donald Trump trying to start a recession?
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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 13/08/2025
Going to the library fucking rules. You can walk in and pick your favorite things and then walk right out without paying anything. It's unbelievable and 100% the kind of thing that won't exist in the future unless you recognize the goodness now before it's too late
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This is a really important corrective to a lot of reporting today. Trump did not—and cannot—federalize MPD. The police force remains under the ultimate control of the mayor.
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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Pay Attention… "The Department of Justice is systematically going state by state and trying to access and collect individual voter data on every voter in the state. This is not a fire — this is a five-alarm fire," Marc Elias share.newsbreak.com/ebxdxf1o?s=i16
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Expert blown away by DOJ’s 'five-alarm fire' election plot: 'Nothing more worrisome' - NewsBreak
An attorney and democracy advocate sounded what he called a "five-alarm fire" ignited by Attorney General Pam Bondi, warning that "nothing is as worrisome"
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced today that it will begin phasing out its operations, following Congress’s recent decision to revoke previously allocated federal funding. CPB said it is initiating an “orderly wind-down” after nearly six decades.
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Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
I'm back at work as an editor and writing coach! Looks like a "normal" fall semester. Please reach out now if you have a writing project you'd like to work on together. I am booking projects now to start on September 1. Here are a few things I can help professors and PhD students with... 🧵
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Jennifer Berry Hawes @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A month after we published this story, FEMA has opened applications for several of its key grant programs. They were months overdue, leaving emergency managers across the country anxious about the future of the federal money they depend on. www.propublica.org/article/fema... @propublica.org
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States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Epstein accuser Maria Farmer on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I’ve never met a more predatory, terrifying human being in my entire life. She’s a very dangerous person. The woman is not a victim, she’s a victimizer.” via @msnbc.com (ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)
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NPR @npr.org · 25/07/2025
Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk. Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
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Dr Claire McGettrick Born Lorraine Hughes @cmcgettrick.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
If you're a person affected by: 📂Forced family separation (eg adoption, boarding out) 📂Magdalene Laundries 📂Industrial Schools You can learn how to access your records & challenge the withholding/redaction of your documents here: clannproject.org/records/
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How To Access Your Records
This page provides information and guidance to people affected by institutionalisation and forced family separation about how to access records relating to their situation. Please note that new inform...
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Frances @adettec13.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When America Was Great — The Manhattan Project & Apollo program had massive funding. My father worked for an aerospace company. The govt funded other areas of research. Advancements in science & technology fueled economic growth. Making America Great requires research funding, not defunding.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
There is a massive effort underway - the industry working hand in glove with the Trump White House - to stop AI from being regulated. MAGA will pay a huge political price for this once the AI-driven job loss goes nuclear. And it will. Sooner than people think.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/07/2025
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)
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A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/07/2025
NEW: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Welcome to the new American workforce - powered by cruelty, not dignity:
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Larrish 💙 @larrish.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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I SURVIVED READING BANNED BOOKS
ALL I GOT WAS SMARTER AND MORE EMPATHETIC
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Frances @adettec13.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Ulysses S. Grant - “The free school is the promoter of that intelligence that will preserve us as a nation.” The full quote will not fit here. Please read forwardky.com/ulysses-s-gr...
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Ulysses S. Grant’s 1875 speech nails it
As we consider the challenges facing our nation, a voice from the past presciently addresses the issues of today.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2025
In 2021, ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?
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ElyseAsc @easch.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Professor Nutella @jpnudell.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Genuinely, one of my complaints with world history courses is that there isn’t sufficient emphasis on geography. More familiarity with the Strait of Hormuz seems like it would be useful right about now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing Demagogues, and ending Tyrants. -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist #1
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PAS @teenytinyflame.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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