www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f... So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.

An hour later, we learned that Disney did the right thing and is bringing Kimmel back. This is great news, BUT this is bigger than one show and one person. We must all stand up to protect free speech. We cannot allow the threats to go unanswered. We must continue to demand congressional oversight.

What is a #library to you? 🤔 📸 Albany Public Library

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

This is what happens in an oligarchy where a few control the platforms of communication and the media.

Cancel culture and removing the first amendment all to appease one man and his bloviated ego.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

w my Ss I discuss predispositions and filter bubbles This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture

Agree. Info comes in heaps everyday but when a largescale event (or 2 or 3) happen in one day the bombardment is overwhelming. Teaching my HS: Lean into actual jouranlists covering stories; lean into foreign news outlets who come w different perspective Stay away from provocation...that's not news

And we even lose track of news stories like this.

Agree, no librarian would actively work to ban books. Maybe Lori the liar? Lori the litigious? Spreader of fake news and hate?

"The News Literacy Project’s study shows that an overwhelming majority of teens (94%) want media literacy instruction, but most aren’t getting it." #TLSky

There is so much truth in this.

This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve. #Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky

Everyone say: thank you, scientists! 🙌 “Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov. #ClimateChange #Climate

Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat

Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge Universities The Park Service The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities PBS & CPB & more. Why the attack? Knowledge is power It empowers people And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly

Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!

New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism" "Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"

I agree, but I'd clarify that "It's history's job IN A FREE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, W FREE SPEECH & PRESS...BC THEY AREN'T INTIMIDATED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT" (sorry to yell) (& I also don't pretend that we've always (ever?) done well doing such, but we've had the ability to grow & do better)

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

What does a school librarian do? Well, this is part of it... ...and full disclosure, I did have Google Gemini help me with the writing. Created in #Canva #skybrarian @noodletools.bsky.social #infohio #TLSky #LibraryTalk

Netanyahu lies almost as much as Trump. Time for regime change--for both. apnews.com/article/gaza...

😍😍 #booksky #skybrarians

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They're building concentration camps in Florida. They're building concentration camps in Florida. They're building concentration camps in Florida. They're building concentration camps in Florida. They're building concentration camps in Florida. They're building concentration camps ––

They are telling you what to expect. Please pay attention. Don't say you didn't know when mass groups are "detained" in these "detention" camps. #alligator #alcatraz #detentioncamp #ICE www.wfla.com/news/florida...

Worth putting it on the record here, though you probably already know it: “Alligator Alcatraz” is a concentration camp.

Ohioans on the front-line fighting hunger are urging the state’s U.S. Senators to change the budget reconciliation package passed by the U.S. House. The bill makes dramatic changes to the food stamps program, placing a substantial new burden on states ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/13/o...

Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.

Truer words were never spoken. Pass it on.

After yesterday’s massive turnout at No Kings rallies, let’s remember to bring that same energy to the midterms. Please and thank you?

A little Canadian support 😉

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Things get chopped up in coverage and context gets lost. What’s happening is an authoritarian regime with existing and increasingly radicalized agencies and law enforcement are brutalizing and disappearing people while the cultists who support them are carrying out asymmetric violence and murders.

"How does it feel to get arrested at 87 years old? He said "I'm just beginning!"

via Benedicto.Uribe on TikTok

Republicans passed a package that guts $9.4 BILLION in critical funding. They’re coming for global health, humanitarian aid, national security—& even PBS & NPR. Let me be real clear: What they’re cutting saves lives, keeps the world stable, and tells the truth.

While it will be a shame if climate.gov is deprecated, the site cannot be trusted as a peer-reviewed source of scientific information if it remains live, because the content will be dictated by the Administration. Remember, #AltGov accounts can speak the truth while official fed accounts cannot.

Dear Americans, If you find all of these politically charged stories exhausting (regardless of you POV) hunker down Sifting thru all the media to find what is actually happening will be grueling but we absolutely must fact check & verify so democracy can survive The 1st Amendment matters

NYT: “If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived.” 😳🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

agreed, not true, though funny www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Gotta love SJP, using an interview for “And Just Lije That” to advocate for libraries: “Many people in this country, including me, were raised in libraries, and they’re not just buildings with shelves, they are sanctuaries of possibility.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Warning: American Fascism in Progress “A provision in the proposed spending bill would restrict the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders....” #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 www.justsecurity.org/113529/terri...