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Props to @haelinchoi.bsky.social and the team from @handsoffnyc.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social and the 1000+ people (incl. Rosa & me) who turned out yesterday for training/organizing events in Brooklyn & the Bronx to protect our neighbors and get Trump’s ICE out of NYC.

Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”

Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section.

www.thecut.com/article/teen...

You can *care* about many things and you can only take concrete & sustained action on 1 or 2 things.

“How to Report ICE” zines now available for these areas:

NYC
Philly
Durham, NC
All of Massachusetts

I will add more as I get them done.
Download them to print here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Excellent ICE response guide for academic library workers from the Library Freedom Project. Includes proactive defense prep as well as rapid response. Please RT, library friends. libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.

Trump Administration Moves to Shutter Library Agency The staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, were put on leave.

The Trump administration on Monday placed the staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, on administrative leave.

In honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility, we’re shining a spotlight on a familiar subway voice: Bernie Wagenblast. 🏳️‍⚧️🚇

Join Bernie at the NY Transit Museum on Thursday, April 24 at 6 p.m. for “The Subway Is…Storytelling with Pride,” to hear stories from the MTA LGBTQIA+ communities.

And here is a tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help you send an email to key members of the House & Senate.

action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025

A tiny little zine named "A Zine About the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Why It Needs Your Help Today".

Today I made a zine to inform people about the EO that would gut the #IMLS. I was asked to share, so hey, why not share widely? You can download and print your own copies at drive.google.com/file/d/1DUsm....

If you need help folding, search for Hotdog Booklet and you should find directions easily.

Call Governor Kathy Hochul to demand she reverse her decision. Be nice. Don’t name call or cuss out her staff—don’t give her a reason to justify the cancellation. Use your smart words.

518-474-8390

Increase library funding in the FY 2026 Budget and stop proposed cuts! As a supporter of New York State’s libraries and library professionals, I am dismayed by Governor Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal for FY2026. Despite proposing a modest $748,000 increas...

Did you know that Gov. Hochul's proposed budget includes a $10 million cut to library construction aid? At a time when we need libraries more than ever? If you're in New York State, take a moment to let your reps know NO CUTS TO LIBRARIES.

oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...

Boggles my mind that FETTERMAN has said he's voting against RFK Jr. while GILLIBRAND hasn't.

Please consider calling Gillibrand today about this if you have a minute, fellow New Yorkers.

www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact/

So Now What? It's starting to look a lot like we're screwed. And other links to start your day?

Now, for the next nine months, Eric Adams—and by extension, all of us—will be held hostage by the Trump administration, lest prosecutors reinstate charges against him after November's mayoral election, as the DOJ memo threatened.

So...uhhh, what happens now?

hellgatenyc.com/so-now-what-2/

Here's how to contact the president's office at the University of Minnesota: president.umn.edu/contact

Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...

If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sign Up: Our Weekly Election Newsletter, RANKED CHOICES

Here's a little secret: I dislike covering elections. There's always so much going on and it can be confusing.

But I'm still excited for RANKED CHOICES, @thecity.bsky.social's weekly newsletter launching soon. Let's untangle it all together.

Sign up!

www.thecity.nyc/newsletter-m...

Last night, Trump illegally froze all federal grant & loan payments—rent for low-income families, child care, health care. Special ed. FEMA relief. School lunches.

We tallied up federal funding for NYC in December:

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov

And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

They need to hear from you.

If you like our free DIY Web Archiving zine (zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...), you'll likely also dig @thetransfemininereview.com's Trans Literature Preservation Project series of web resources (useful for other marginalized literature as well, though pls help us preserve trans lit too!):

What to Know About the 2025 Elections in New York City The embattled mayor’s reelection fight is far from the only contest on the ballot.

I wrote about stuff to know for the 2025 local elections in NYC if you ... you know ... aren't completely burned out on politics for an entire lifetime

You can also contribute to the LAPL staff emergency support fund to help library workers displaced by the fires in LA County lfla.org/laplstafffund/

shit's weird out there, y'all, lets make art