Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

Lol. The tantrums have begun, Trump is insisting that Republicans only lost because he wasn’t on the ballot.

It was the what-the-fuck of times, it was the what-in-the-actual-fuck of times.

Federal agencies are posting banners on their websites accusing Democrats and the “Radical Left” for the government shutdown, using language that is partisan, disparaging, and contemptuous. Learn more in our most recent Highlights from the Change Log: envirodatagov.org/federal-agen...

I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day

The Trump administration is offering $60K in student loan forgiveness as a recruitment tool for ICE, which just proves fighting Biden on student loan relief was never about the loans or “paying your own debt.” It was about who was offering it and who it would’ve helped.

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world what a fucking thing, man that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Should have guessed it: "Due to a lack of apportionment of funds, this website is currently unavailable." oversight.gov is where many reports and audits are collected for Inspectors General across the exec branch. It takes some digging in wayback to access reports. web.archive.org/web/20250000...

Hi! The @archive.org has many epic features like saving sites and viewing deleted pages, but it's also got some little useful functions like tracking edits, searching broadcasts and visualising topics in news items. I visit all of them in this YouTube tutorial 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...

What happens to democracy when government records vanish? James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster discuss how libraries, archivists & advocates protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. 🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm

The California Local Government Documents Collection of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social (hosted by Internet Archive) is digitizing 10,000+ publications from cities, counties, & regional agencies across California. Explore the collection ⤵️ archive.org/details/igsc...

THIS WEEK: Join us for PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION: a vital #booktalk on public access & digital threats, co-hosted by @Auths_Alliance. 📖 📅 Thurs Aug 28 🕙 10 AM PT /1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1513557303... #opengov #libraries

Once-cancelled hurricane-monitoring data to stay online (for now) freegovinfo.info/node/14888/

"The Department of Defense has said it will cancel plans to discontinue a program that makes public satellite data that is crucial for hurricane forecasting and sea ice monitoring" via @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/c...

What rights do libraries & archives need to preserve our shared cultural heritage in the digital age? We explore the Four Digital Rights statement with global librarians, incl. Stephen Wyber of @ifla.org. 🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/fou... Co-hosted with @authorsalliance.bsky.social

Damn. Yo. Wow.

awesome news. Congratulations @archive.org on being designated an FDLP library!! www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

Yes, the King files are a desperate distraction, but also, this: "The King files were compiled by the FBI in projects associated with its COINTELPRO...These projects illegally surveilled and worked to discredit Americans that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover thought were a danger to American society."

Hi yes hello this is 1 facet of exactly why we told you not to use "generative AI" in the regulatory production pipeline: Eventually the bullshit it spits out— even its citations— will fail to agree w/ consensus reality, but they'll sure *look* like they do, & by then you'll have started trusting it

The even trailer by Densho’s Brian Niiya is both beautiful and historic.

Today at Noon PT: Will be the launch of the Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration Films - a project of @archive.org & @denshoproject.bsky.social to make 100 films available for teachers, historians & the public. To register 4 launch event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Lots of confusion around Epstein. Hope this helps!

Please join us for a virtual book talk August 28th at 10am PST hosted by the Internet Archive (FREE!) to talk about our new book “Preserving Government Information: Past, Present, and Future.” freegovinfo.info/node/14881/

I’m going to be very honest and clear. I am fully preparing myself to die under this new American regime. That’s not to say that it’s the end of the world. It isn’t. But I am almost 50 years old. It will take so long to do anything with this mess that this is the new normal for *me*.

No, you really can’t make this shit up.

Reminder: The Wayback Machine is your friend. And democracy's and science's friend, too. web.archive.org/web/20250000...

BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S. This is what you get when you try to access them online

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

This is a fucking disgrace

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Mamdani's win could produce a ripple effect across the country of young people deciding to run for office.

Looks like climate.gov is officially dead, for now. 💔

I did a handful of interviews yesterday on the imminent shutdown of SSMIS data flow and the expected consequences for hurricane forecasting at NHC. I've tried to collect and polish up my thoughts on the topic, attached...

I sought comment from NOAA and the Department of Defense on this and received this reply today from NOAA's spokesperson. They suggest we use the surviving ATMS microwave that degrades significantly at the edges. You can see how much worse off we'd be with Erick last week if we only had ATMS.

A current Noaa scientist who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation said that the action to halt the DMSP, when taken in context with other recent moves by the Trump administration, amounted to “a systematic destruction of science”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Congrats to Maria Matienzo. OCLC dropped their suit against her in their ongoing windmill-tilting against Anna's Archive. 🎉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/68157...

Love this new fundraising tagline from @archive.org Wayback Machine: "We keep the record straight by preserving government websites, news articles, historical data, and more. If you find our archive useful, please CHIP IN."

I said what I said.

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is getting worse. The House bill takes nutrition benefits away from millions, but that’s not cruel enough. So the Senate bill also ends policies that helped vets, homeless people, and foster youth receive SNAP. All for tax cuts for the rich. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Juneteenth. We weren’t ‘granted’ freedom, we claimed it. June 19, 1865, the day our ancestors in Galveston, Texas were finally told what should’ve never been kept from them. This is our history. Our power. Our fight. #FreedomDay #Juneteenth #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory ✊🏾

At a Congressional Transparency, Caucus event in DC, good governance experts warned of increased secrecy & corruption in U.S. government: e-pluribusunum.org/2025/06/19/a... Video, courtesy of yours truly: m.youtube.com/watch?v=WjVG...

The thing I find myself asking most on being presented with a 25 page slide deck of clear vomited nonsense or a 40 page GPT document is "so what insights did you glean from this and how do we operationalize it?" And there's this long pause where I realize they are just now thinking about it.

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

I’m shocked having someone write your essay doesn’t make you smarter