Americans should “raise hell” to protect US national parks ...from the hands of a “bunch of ideologues” who would have no issue watching it “go down in flames” – and see parks from Yellowstone to Yosemite as potential “cash cows”, ripe for privatization. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Write to Congress to express the need to fully fund libraries. nwmd.social/s/copylink/5...

US journalists face threats for exposing corruption.

Minnesota's changing climate: we need to meet climate goals. www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...

The novel "Butterflies in November" was selected by the Nordic Center Book Club in Duluth. The book is a great read, and this interview with the author is wonderful. youtu.be/JgaMRyUxBp4

Bravo!

Happy Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, I recommend two recent books by @uwapress.uw.edu : Caitlin Keliiaa’s Resfusing Settler Domesticity and Olivia Chilcote’s Unrecognized in California Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books! uwpressblog.com/2025/11/04/f...

Rikhardinkadun kirjasto, the University, and Finland's National Library, beautiful spaces to visit, to read in, and to write. All favorite places.

Why it matters that US citizens protest against the Trump regime: Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

#NoKings. America understand that Antifa means anti-fascist. Citizens across the whole country rally to protect democracy. And every citizen in these rallies is going to vote.

The Mamdani Method #Democrats #DFL #Minnesota open.substack.com/pub/waleedsh...

Duluth, Minnesota #NoKings - live music by Paul Metsa & Alan Sparhawk.

Good analysis from Rebecca Solnit www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-kings-no-...

The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information. Without them, remaining CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.https://action.everylibrary.org/cdclibrarypetition

This is a great source of information about history and culture of Nordic and Baltic countries: www.thenorthernvoices.com/c/nordic-sto...

We must address global warming. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collective Nouns for Librarians www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/col...

Is your community facing book bans? Here is help: www.fightforthefirst.org

Cool, cool.

Casey Desantis’s charity that got $10 million redirected from a Medicaid fraud settlement the state entered into directly into its bank account rather than the FL treasury.

Immigrants don’t get government health care—they subsidize ours.

Trump's spiritual advisor Robert Morris being taken to prison for child sex abuse.

Another humorous political commentary from McSweeney's. We, the GOP, Don’t Want a Government Shutdown, But... www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...

House Republican leadership is delaying swearing in newly elected Representative Adelita Grijalva that would force the release of the Epstein files. Tell Congress: Do all you can to release the Epstein files, including swearing in Rep.-elect Grijalva. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/XrX5lcq3

Now that Trump has cancelled a meeting about Affordable Healthcare, this is a good time to consider how insurance companies increase their profits. youtu.be/J_swGiAHhbQ

NEW: Jack Smith: "The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire." open.substack.com/pub/muellers...

‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks. #SUNDAY Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency. @dharna.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anyway. The national day of action arrives at a time when clean energy is becoming more polarized. grist.org/culture/sun-... #Renewables #SunDay #Climate #Solar #Energy #Fun #Family #Environment

Solar and wind power are no longer "alternative" energy – they're now the most reliable, practical, and affordable choice for powering our future. ☀️That's why the Sierra Club is joining Sun Day on September 21 in events across the country ➡️ sc.org/SunDay

We Need To Talk About The Public Lands Rule open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

It would be less expensive and more intelligent to make DACA people citizens. Deporting Dreamers is cruel. Not only that, the deportation policy leads to human trafficking and harm to the victims of deportation proceedings. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is no surprise considering Trump's ties to Epstein. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The new US Poet Laureate has been appointed. Each poet laureate has brought engaging projects to our country. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Thank you Ezra Klein for saying this.

A bit of humor for all of you writers....The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

The administration seeks to prevent the public from knowing critical information. apnews.com/article/epa-...

Congress allowed the ACA coverage to expire. This is going to hurt a lot of folks. www.kff.org/affordable-c...

AI has always been a marketing phrase that erodes scientific inquiry and scholarly discussion by de- sign, leaving the door open to pseudoscience, exclusion, and surveillance (cf. Birhane and Guest 2021; Guest 2025 zenodo.org/records/1706...

Here are some upcoming events for people to help support the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. www.savetheboundarywaters.org/actionevents...

“If the deal goes through, it will force ratepayers to be beholden to the private equity agenda: prioritizing profits for executives while raising prices for everyday people,” said Jenna Yeakle. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

After corporations take the minerals and abandon the region, who pays? Taxpayers. Local View: First, fix the Iron Range’s leaking tailings reservoirs www.duluthnewstribune.com/opinion/colu...

There are 5 primary forces behind the assault on science and reason. The “5 Ps”: the plutocrats, the petrostates, the pros (eg paid promoters of anti-science), the propagandists and – with important exceptions – the media. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The group brings together hundreds of grandparents nationwide who lived through diseases such as polio, tuberculosis and measles — illnesses once thought eliminated in the United States..." www.kgw.com/article/news...

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all

Ban assault weapons. No families or children should ever have to worry about an active shooter. www.startribune.com/live-minneso...

“I never understood literature as anything but that thing to help us live better, something that allows me to cut to the chase,” Saunders said. “Communication and kindness — this radical idea that other people are as real as we are.” apnews.com/article/geor...

If you were one of the hundreds of thousands of people receiving credit on health insurance (ACA), read this: www.kff.org/from-drew-al...