Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Will reading save the world? Not on its own, no. But it sure can't hurt.

High-profile politicians and performers are criticizing the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show as an attack on free speech. They are calling for the Trump administration and ABC to be held accountable.

UAW 4811 Statement on Disclosure of Names to Trump Administration

FOR THE FOLKS WONDERING WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: There is a direct ideological throughline between the "anti-CRT" movement/attacks on Black studies and the firing of Stephen Colbert and suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Not posting this to say "I told you so" but bc you must understand the storyline.

I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.

BREAKING: Eric Swalwell just told the FCC chairman to hire a lawyer and preserve records because they will be held accountable in 2027 when democrats take the House. Oh and he’s wearing a Jimmy Kimmel hat.

"Threats targeting HBCUs are attacks not only on individuals but on the legacy of resilience, excellence, and equity these institutions embody. The threats are a chilling reminder of the racism that remains pervasive in our society. "

I wrote about being laid off and trying to ascribe some kind of meaning to 10% staffing cuts at my library. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/09/12/l...

Oh hey Google just added an AI powered homework help button to chrome which pops up automatically in our learning management system so students don’t even have to go through the hassle of pressing alt tab to cheat on their quizzes. Hooray.

ICE says officers were conducting a "targeted law enforcement activity" when an officer shot a man during a traffic stop. via @wbez.org

Hey #TenureTrackLibrarian: We’re studying the tenure experiences of academic librarians who are currently on the tenure track or have been recently tenured within the last 5 years. Is that you?. Go to bit.ly/tenuretracke... **Survey closes Friday 9/12/25**

*Reminder* Hey #TenureTrackLibrarian: We’re studying the tenure experiences of academic librarians who are currently on the tenure track or have been recently tenured within the last 5 years. Is that you?. Go to bit.ly/tenuretracke...

"Slide Towards Fascism": Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover

Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that govern their policing, even as President Trump vows to crack down on crime.

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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza. Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k

Black people in South Memphis are having their water and air polluted every single time Grok is used

When she was 10, her and her parents were seemingly given expedited removal orders. They then flew to Mexico and entered through the southern border without even having their passports checked (way more common in the pre-9/11 days), and stayed every since. ICE now wants to execute that old order.

Susan Collins voted for every Senate confirmable person responsible for this disaster #mepolitics

"Most Massive Transfer of Wealth Upward in American History": John Nichols on Trump's Budget Law

I rarely comment on these things, but these are unusual times. 249 years ago the Declaration called Natives "Merciless Indian Savages.," and the Constitution excluded us from protection while enabling our dispossession. We remember this history not to cause harm, but to grasp the consequences./1

This broke me from the first paragraph "For Melissa Hortman’s last day at work, they draped her coffin with pink flowers and filled the cold marble under the Minnesota Capitol dome with the green and growing things that she loved." Thank you, @stribrooks.bsky.social

BREAKING: The president made the announcement on social media, but officials in Israel and Iran have yet to announce it for themselves. His post came hours after Iran launched on attack on a U.S. base in Qatar.

Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards. Me, via “One First”:

After weeks of having visit requests denied, Avellaneda Delgado's children saw him in detention and were shocked to find him in a wheelchair, unable to speak. The next day, he died. He spent four decades raising a family & working on farms in the U.S. He was a human being. He was our neighbor.

"They were waiting for me when I got off the plane... I was not prepared for them having a file on me... If you are deleting social media ~48hrs before your flight to the US, *it is already too late.*" Australian journalist denied entry to US, detained + deported for writing about Columbia protests

ICE fled the scene after ramming a car in Boyle Heights! ABC-7 in L.A. reporting what police said. They're saying there was an incident involving "a federal agent." "They fled the scene." "Hollenbeck Division is even saying they're investigating this, possibly as an assault with a deadly weapon."

BREAKING: About 500 National Guard troops have been trained to accompany agents on immigration raids, and some have temporarily detained protesters in LA, commander says.

All the people I still know in LA laugh and laugh when they hear that "Los Angeles is burning." I made a couple of maps to show just how tiny and localized the protests are. GOPers are working really hard to make an excuse for declaring martial law. People should be very wary of that.

Here's the one chart you need to see: - Abrego Garcia deported - SCOTUS ruling gets press - News coverage shot up - Google search traffic shot up - Trump approval fell down and then - News media moved on - Trump immigration approval went back up Exactly as predicted by the survey experiment.

Welcome to the gold-plated age of idiocracy by autocracy.

apparently, "die mad" has an origin story and it is GLORIOUS

President Trump has signed a new travel ban barring citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. Baher Azmy, who challenged the legality of the first travel ban, says this one may be more difficult to fight in the courts.

Journal Article: “Data Sources Used in #Bibliometrics 1978–2022: From Proprietary Databases to the Great Wide Open” Stable pattern with #webofscience and #Scopus Current emphasis on #opensource Are we entering the great wide open, or will proprietary databases remain a dominating source?

I wanted to check how Costco, who has committed to DEI despite everything, has done against Target, who took their mask off. Low and behold, Target has continued to lose ever since they announced they were dropping DEI on January 24th. In the last 6 months: Costco is up 7.5% Target is down 24.8%

Universities are on the front lines of a coordinated political attack—especially in red states, where Trump’s agenda aligns with aggressive state-level efforts to reshape higher education. This isn’t a partisan issue. We need everyone in this fight. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

As a public employee at CUNY, I can't accept a fruit basket without risking my job due to an ethics violation.

He fired Carla fucking Hayden The Librarian of Congress An amazing, badass, kind human being May he never know peace

Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

This photo is of a child in my community. Who was in anguish not only because she is clearly being roughly restrained, but because ICE is taking her mother. For years, Human Rights Commission members in Worcester were assured that WPD doesn't "cooperate with ICE." There's no other way to frame this.

Yesterday, HHS released a controversial report on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. They say: “chapters of the report were peer-reviewed” but won’t say who wrote it or who reviewed it... That’s very...unusual. Of course, no major U.S. medical society was involved. 🧵 Let’s dive in:

Rachel's presentation was fantastic!

Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

Today, the AAUP released a new report, Academic Freedom & Tenure: Muhlenberg College, on the 2024 dismissal of Maura Finkelstein, a tenured associate professor & chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. The action was triggered by a January 2024 social media repost related to Zionism. 🧵

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.