Do they suddenly care about human rights and forced labor shortly before the sketchy tariffs expire? Especially considering the monies (and deported "prisoners" for labor) sent to some of the listed countries. How about first addressing forced & coerced prison labor in the US?
Amidst many other wrong and vengeful firings, this one is incredibly heartbreaking and infuriating.
Librarians are precious stewards of knowledge. Hayden and her staff deserve more respect. The Library of Congress itself deserves more respect.
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It's not how tariffs work. Yet he finally explains that he wants (presumably foreign) consumers to pay his administration for the luxury of shopping in the US. So if you have things to sell his "deals" will basically gatekeep who can afford to buy them, with none of the added costs going to you.
Thanks to interlibrary loan and a memorial donation made to honor Dr. Forrest Foreman I was able to read the latest book in the Old Man's War series. There was a waitlist.
@scalzi.com deserves thanks for the writing. It was worth the wait.
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Here are some actionable suggestions if publishers want to actually help Black and Brown writers (rather than some publicity stunt that helps one or two people, gives a pat on the head to the publisher, and does nothing for anybody else).
1. Actively hire more Black and Brown people in publishing.
🧵1/ BIG NEWS!! CDC just dropped a landmark report — the first US data on RSV hospitalizations after rollout of the maternal vaccine and infant antibody. What happened? Hospitalizations in babies under 3 months fell nearly 50% vs pre-pandemic years. Quietly, radically effective.
I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife?
HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS?
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I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower
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🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
