23 April 1945 | The US Army liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp, where they found 1,500 critically ill prisoners. Between May 1938 & April 1945, 100,000 people (84k men & 16k women) from over 30 countries were imprisoned there. Over 30,000 perished.
NEW: Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against Purdue for the harm they said its drugs caused.
Fewer than half of them will get any compensation under a new payout plan.
With @inquirer.com
My take on this weekend’s big DC schmooze fest where Trump will hang out with what he calls the fake news, and which he constantly attacks www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/2...
One can hope.🤞🏾
Being a little kid is hard. Our two little kids are working on integrating with the uh, flock? (Not sure what we call a gaggle of bebes) our little black kitten is integrating a little easier, but this kid is a little more shy and taking it all in. Some of them just need a little more time
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This private school in Fayetteville, NC pocketed $4,271,109 in public tax dollars this school year via school vouchers.
They ban students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also deny admissions to LGBTQ+ students whom they call "perverted." #nced
Khalil was killed and her colleague injured in what Lebanese officials are calling a 'double-tap' strike by Israel
Khalil was killed and her colleague injured in what Lebanese officials are calling a 'double-tap' strike by Israel https://aje.news/5nsarp
god please let me find $50,000 laying on the ground this week
Two German women sitting on a park bench surrounded by destroyed buildings, Cologne, Germany - Lee Miller, 1945 B&W photo of two weary women surrounded by the smashed remnants of a city.
"This isn't what we expected, but we had to do it because I heard they were barbecuing dogs in Ohio and people were using pronouns I didn't understand."
A photo of the face and shoulders of a young girl. She is looking slightly up. She has dark hair pinned by her ears to form some curls. She was a veil collar at her blouse.
23 April 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marianna Deutsch, was born in Tóváros.
In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Watch our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q
I know it's been chaotic lately but it bears repeating:
Jeffrey Epstein did not act alone.
Arrest them all.
I made a donation to the SPLC today. If someone reading this can (or did) make one and will quote this post, maybe we can get a chain thing going and help this storied group of wonderful people in their hour of need.
On this day Apr 23, 1963
Civil Rights Marcher Killed in Alabama
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
A portrait ID-style photo of an older man in a suit. He has short grey hair.
23 April 1885 | Jewish man, Moses Krupp, was born in the Russian Empire (today Leckava in Lithuania). In 1905 he emigrated to Norway. A merchant.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 3 March 1943 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Weird that they would fire the navy secretary who’s been overseeing a war we’ve won at least five times.
A photo of the face of a woman. She has dark hair. She leans her head on her hands.
A photo of the face of a young boy with short dark hair. He is turning his head to the left side of the frame.
22 April 1902 | A German Jewish woman, Jenny Weiss Levy, was born in Flamersheim. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
Deported from #Westerbork to #Theresienstadt on 6 September 1944 & deported to #Auschwitz a month later. She was murdered in the gas chamber with her son Stephan.
Two headphone-wearing people seated in the "Listen" station at the Internet Archive, surrounded by shelves with record albums.
A person at the Internet Archive turning the pages of a book being digitized on a "scribe" station, which uses two cameras to shoot opposing pages simultaneously.
A person at the Internet Archive operating a Lasergraphics ScanStation digital film scanner, in the procress of scanning 8mm film.
Server racks with blue "blinkenlights" at the Internet Archive.
Hooray for #NationalLibraryWeek! 📚
Internet Archive's mission is Universal Access to All Knowledge, and we’re proud to be a Federal Depository Library.
Books 📖, movies 🎞️, music 🎧, software 💾, web pages 🌐 and much more await on the Internet Archive: the library in your pocket.
➡️ www.archive.org
This Earth Day, let’s make some good trouble to save the U.S. Forest Service. SaveUSFS.org has been updated. Chaco and Hydro Flask are now supporting the movement. We’re currently targeting TEVA, Nalgene, Yeti, and more. Reach out to the brands you love and ask them to join us. #SaveUSFS
Every day I wonder.
OMFG
You first, duffy.
😒 exactly.
They never learn!
National Library Workers Day sign
Library workers are a special kind of civil servant. Our mandate is to give you and everyone else free access to some of the best things you can have: learning, self-enrichment, community, contemplation, fun, and simple peace and quiet. the best way to appreciate us is to come use us. 🙂 📚
💖 (just sprang an 11-year-old from my local shelter)
Came here to say that. 🤦🏾♀️
