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Retired TX public librarian. My library has something to offend everyone. Unrepentant tsundoku practitioner. Also, (not really) too many cats.

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Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 10h ago

NEW: Republicans tried to get Missourians to effectively kill direct democracy and ballot initiatives. Last night, Missourians literally laughed in their face — rejecting the measure by a massive 80% to 20%. Here’s what to know:

Missourians Reject Measure That Threatened to Kill Citizen-Led Ballot Initiatives - Bolts

Missourians on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a measure to restrict direct democracy, while state officials are trying to block even more citizen-led reforms from the November ballot.

boltsmag.org

Drea@dreaboston.bsky.social · 14h ago

“But it’s the way this was done... ..FEMA threw out all of its workforce planning principles that it had been using for years, and these principles were designed to make sure it’s ready to respond to what happens in the country if there are multiple events.” federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...

GAO: FEMA staffing cuts lacked strategy, hit regional staff hardest | Federal News Network

FEMA lost roughly 4,500 staff over the past 18 months, with many regions losing 9% or more: "None of this was done with a thought behind the mission needs."

federalnewsnetwork.com

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d ago

@saletan.bsky.social’s blow by blow analyses are always good, but this one is really keep if you think you’ll need to walk through with your MAGA uncle or you just need a reminder

Laure@laureanne.bsky.social · 2d ago

Why don't more journalists do detailed journalism, like @saletan.bsky.social @thebulwark.com does, and eviscerate lies? This is obviously an effort to vilify a Fauci, a national treasure, to stoke agitprop and witch-hunts to distract from Iran, costs, corruption... #Fauci #journalists #journalism

Dr. Dave@drdave1999.bsky.social · 3d ago

Cybersecurity experts reported that Iranian hackers had considered disrupting electrical service in Texas, but realized it’d just seem like any other day there.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 7d ago

The goal of the battle over the origins of COVID19 is “to sow distrust in science and scientists”. This article shows why experts believe that this was a spillover event and not a lab leak. The maps showing the cluster of the first cases around the wet market are old school Epidemiology. Solid.

Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

npr.org

Jim LaPorta@jimlaporta.bsky.social · 6d ago

Late night scoop - Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen...

Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

The Pentagon is considering a sweeping remake of military higher education, including an end to civilian tenure and a "line-by-line" review of courses, according to a draft memo obtained by CBS News.

cbsnews.com

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · last wk.

The Trump administration has effectively shut down most of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's activities, closing the spigot on federal funding estimated to have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars by improving medical practice. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

Trump administration has quietly throttled an agency devoted to the safety of American healthcare

Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants.

cbsnews.com

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 6d ago

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania’s top election official, a Republican, rebuffed the Trump administration’s claim that nearly 15,000 noncitizens could be registered to vote in the commonwealth, demanding it explain how that estimate was calculated. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Pennsylvania calls for DHS to substantiate sweeping noncitizen voter roll claims

"Notably, DHS has not identified its methodology or what data it relied on in reaching this conclusion," Sec. Schmidt wrote.

democracydocket.com

Alt US Forest Service@altusfs.altgov.info · last wk.

“Meanwhile, the state of Ohio has opened about 22,000 acres of its state parks and wildlife areas to oil and gas companies as well since 2024, via recently passed GOP-backed legislation.”

Amee Vanderpool@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · last wk.

Following GOP-backed legislation which opened 22,000 acres of state parks and wildlife areas to oil and gas companies since 2024, Trump announces a fracking lease sale scheduled for Sept. 15 of 41 parcels of land in the Wayne National Forest totaling 2,840 acres. apnews.com/article/ohio...

Charlie Savage@charliesavage.bsky.social · last wk.

Seeing people confused about Fauci taking the Fifth even though he was pre-emptively pardoned by Biden. Pardons only cover past conduct; they don't immunize future lawbreaking. Fauci's claim is Trump II DOJ would gin up a perjury investigation into him based on anything he says today.