The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now
I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.
It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.
Epstein Files: Under Pressure, DOJ Releases Three Missing Interviews. But other key documents are still missing.
open.substack.com/pub/michaeld...
Those MI5 files are a goldmine for anyone who loves real spy history. You start flipping through them and suddenly the shadow world feels a lot less like fiction and a lot more like patient, gritty tradecraft. #MI5 #Espionage #Spycraft #London
www.nationalreview.com/photos/mi5-s...
Holy crap, the latest released Epstein files are horrific. This man should be in prison, not the White House.
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
What the fuck is wrong with America. That his approval is anywhere near 40 is madness. He should be closer to 20.
Fuck sake the dems and others are not making the case that he is STEALING democracy from under their noses. In plain sight.
Something must be done.
She agreed to comply with transphobes' dehumanizing demands, but they still stripped her of her driver's license. The whistle-blowers were right, the transphobes' end goal really is to fully eliminate transgender people from social life.
A 600g wheel of Kirkland double cream brie
Time for my emotional support wheel of brie
if uhhh any journalists need an academic to talk about trade flows and naval logistics the 18th-century maritime world is becoming rapidly more analogous in alarming ways
The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:
Nine people were injured when a gunman opened fire at a concert venue this weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio. At least one person is still in critical condition.
Americans deserve to exist in their communities without constant gun violence.
Go watch the 2017 movie “The Post” starring Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep. About publication of the Pentagon Papers. Then imagine the same scenario today, with the Epstein files. Do you think the outcome would be similar?
If every person who has attempted or plans to attend a No Kings March votes Blue in the midterm election Congress can be retaken. Think about what this simple act can accomplish. Be sure you double check that you are registered to vote well in advance. This is a very patriotic act .
The Epstein cover-up is starting to crack, but Pam Bondi is still stonewalling. This is the biggest scandal in modern history, and it's being buried.
Congress: Do your job. Demand the full release NOW.
Who's with us? Tell your reps:
@librariesftp.bsky.social is currently running our 3rd cohort for people who want to run for or seek appointment to their library boards. In just the past few years, we've seen interest ebb and flow in terms of these positions. Leftists should be focused on library governance. Seriously.
The Trump administration has bombed Somalia at least 272 times during Trump's first term and at least 111 times in 2025 with no clear objective which directly contradicts JD Vance's claim. Shocker, I know.
Trump must never be allowed to have the nuclear codes.
Has anyone looked at what Scott has to say about the race and gender topics that interested Epstein’s cohort though 😬😬😬
A librarian cited my thesis in their presentation and I am very happy as I assumed no one had ever read it 😂😂
I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
A two-column status table titled "Stage" and "Start Date" tracks the timeline of a manuscript submission from its preliminary data submission on October 8, 2025, to its eventual withdrawal on March 2, 2026. The log reveals a lengthy and repetitive administrative process, particularly between October 26, 2025, and February 19, 2026, where the status cycled more than ten times between "Contacting Potential Reviewers" and "Waiting for Reviewer Assignment," suggesting significant difficulty in securing peer reviewers. Following these numerous failed attempts to move into the active review phase, the final entry shows the manuscript was officially withdrawn on March 2, 2026, at 09:08:18.
My first paper had to be mailed to Stockholm, Sweden, and then mailed to reviewers around the world. Everything by mail! It was submitted, reviewed, revised, typeset, and published in 3 months. I feel bad for early-career scientists who can't find a single reviewer after 5 months. It's gotta change.
1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration:
Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure.
Its a horrifying escalation.
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Nope!!!
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
"Her release follows months of advocacy from community members and political leaders of both parties.
Yu has operated her two West Valley restaurants for years, building a reputation for greeting customers with humor and kindness. She has no criminal record."
www.12news.com/article/news...
Presumably this is to prevent ‘anchor babies’?
My friend Garrett created a mobile library called the Free Society People's Library a couple of years ago. www.freesocietylibrary.org/about
"We provide free, accessible, information on radical movements and revolutionary ideas past and present to people of all ages."
There are a lot of worst things in the world but we all agree QR code menus are one of the worst things in the world, right?
Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.
Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.
