The Endangered Species Act long protected species by preventing “harm” to their habitat. But the administration recently changed the definition of “harm” to exclude protected species' "habitat", leaving these places vulnerable to destruction. 🐟 Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/2026/08/the-...

The Endangered Species Act No Longer Includes Protection of Habitat

For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has protected species from going extinct and disappearing from our planet forever. Animals and plants alike have benefited from these protections, an...

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Ms. Daisy and her bff Mr. Snowman. He used to be a Christmas ornament but found a higher calling. #Caturday

Honored to be visited by ABC7 anchor and local TV icon David Ono for a spotlight on Eyewitness News @abc7.bsky.social! With our UCLA Festival of Preservation just days away (May 29–31), Ono interviewed Archive Director May Hong HaDuong for a behind-the-scenes look: abc7.com/post/2026-uc...

Inside UCLA's vast archive preserving fragile film history and how you can be part of it

Eyewitness News is highlighting a special community of experts at UCLA who are not only saving priceless films but are inviting you to witness some of their rarest treasures.

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There is a statue of author Alex Haley in East Knoxville, TN. Knox County just removed Roots from all school libraries.

Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is included in an updated list of book titles to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries. The schools previously remove…

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The UCLA Film & Television Archive @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social, a unit of UCLA Library, will present the 22nd edition of its biennial UCLA Festival of Preservation, running Friday, May 29 to Sunday, May 31 at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum. Full festival schedule: ucla.in/4vHiZ5q

it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 6mo ago

Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”

In Philadelphia, ICE will share office space with a DMV. A proposed ICE office in Portland, Maine is within walking distance of 8 places of worship. Today WIRED is publishing the locations of dozens of planned ICE offices across the US, part of a major expansion. from @leahfeiger.bsky.social

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next

ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

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KNOXVILLE STUDENTS: “To see this many people come out, it means so much. Because living in the South it can feel isolating to have these different viewpoints.” Huge student-led anti-ICE walkout happened today, despite threats of discipline from school officials💪🏽 (From WBIR)

I've found this resource helpful. naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota

Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…

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Yikes. www.kqed.org/arts/1398535...

California College of the Arts Will Close in 2027

Vanderbilt University will take over the campus of the Bay Area’s last remaining nonprofit art school.

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Ms. Daisy is thankful for the dirty yellow towel she conned out of the drywall repair guy, who noted that she loves the towel more than he ever could. #catsofbluesky

🇺🇦 “Eyes on Ukraine” (2025) Friday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. Join us for the official premiere of this powerful doc that explores the intersection of two crises — war and HIV. It looks to the resilience of a new generation, navigating survival and community through art and activism. Free: ucla.in/4hMXfi9

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

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My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

The EPA is taking comments until Sept. 15 on its proposed delays, and will hold a public hearing on Sept. 12.

The Archive’s Artist-in-Residence Program will host an emerging artist for two weeks during the late spring of 2026 to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice, focusing on the Hearst Metrotone News, In the Life LGBTQ+ series and/or KTLA News collections. cinema.ucla.edu/air2026

"Half the population” of greater Los Angeles "now meet the government’s criteria for reasonable suspicion," in the wake of today's 6-3 SCOTUS ruling. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Supreme Court upholds 'roving patrols' for immigration arrests in Los Angeles

The Supreme Court says immigration agents may stop and question people they suspect are here illegally based on little more than working at a car wash, speaking Spanish or having brown skin.

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The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war

With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever

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imagine being so maniacally racist that you side with the fire over the firefighter

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · last yr.

Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...

While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused. Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right? Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

Constitution sections on due process and foreign gifts just vanished from Congress' website Include provisions such as habeas corpus, forbidding the naming of titles of nobility, and forbidding foreign emoluments for U.S. officials. www.404media.co/constitution...

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website

Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.

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So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

Crimson Mayhem@crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · last yr.

So apparently, it may turn out that The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere wasn’t entirely made in AI and Google threw the VFX crew under the bus by claiming it was all done by artificial intelligence. If true, then fucking yikes.

NEW: Trump's suspensions of UCLA's research grants is around 800 -- the ~300 we knew about for NSF and *500* NIH grants. That's according to a memo a UCLA administrator sent to the campus's researchers with grants two hours ago.

Mikhail Zinshteyn@mzinshteyn.bsky.social · last yr.

I chased this all day: UCLA research grants suspended after Trump administration faulted campus for antisemitism calmatters.org/education/hi...

Our commitment to one another and compassion may be the biggest weapon we've got against the fear L.A. is being targeted with. We've gotten dozens of questions about how you can help, including where to volunteer. We heard you, and we answered. lataco.com/los-angeles-...

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action. www.wired.com/story/dhs-te...

Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’

DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

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Ukraine joins the European Audiovisual Observatory as 42nd member, as of June 19, 2025. go.coe.int/oCFKG

Ukraine joins the European Audiovisual Observatory as 42nd member - European Audiovisual Observatory - obs.coe.int

<p>The European Audiovisual Observatory has just welcomed Ukraine as its 42nd member.</p>

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In the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the historically Black Altadena, corporations with murky structures have been quietly buying up the area

The Corporations Quietly Buying Up Altadena

I combed through public records to uncover who’s been scooping up burned lots in and around the L.A. community—and it’s not your neighbor.

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Another day testing the limits of resilience. The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels. Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels. The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover

Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

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This episode on Arendt was very good, and unfortunately very timely.

I may be invisible, but you're transparent.@invisiblelad7.bsky.social · last yr.

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS share.google/wF8oY4GXETV8...