Not a history but there's this: www.we-count.org/plantingjust...

Yes!

‘Creepy surveillance’: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns Some cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing

How would signing a contracts “with any third-party surveillance vendor … be a good idea without setting up an independent security and ethics audit first. I can’t open up a barbershop or a Chick-fil-A without a safety inspection.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I❤️NY

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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

'"... did you consider not complying with this request?” Butler said.'

a labor rally with union members holding signs. The most prominent signs read “UNION POWER” and “UNION POWER For All” with CFT (California Federation of Teachers) logos visible.

We’re out here in San Francisco in solidarity. Union power for all.✊ @cftunion.bsky.social @ucaft.bsky.social
#LaborDay
#DefendHigherEd
#WorkersOverBillionaires

The investigation "coincides with a long-standing objective of the far-right Heritage Foundation, which has accused Wikipedia of anti-conservative bias and promoting content that portrays Israel in a negative light..."

Clinton Slams Sanders’ Free College Idea By Invoking Donald Trump’s Kids Hillary Clinton dissed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) proposal to make college free...

Reminds me of this low point: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hil...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

"the decision stemmed from what [the executive director] described as an inadequate review process and the need for 'considerable copy editing'." www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Yeah, wtf?!

Good morning, NYC! #zohran

Also, doesn’t he kind of have chatbox vibes?

Our libraries and library professionals are keystones of our communities fostering minds and offering services to individuals regardless of background. We must lift them up, especially this National Library Week, and demand that Trump and DOGE do not gut support for these vital institutions.

Omg yes!

Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.

Merry Christmas to all

a naked woman is holding a sign that says union in her hands . Alt: Iconic scene from the movie Norma Rae in which Sally holds up a sign that says union.

Adult child became a union member today. #seiu1199 #parentingWin

Labor unions out canvassing in Arizona for US Senate candidate Ruben Gallego. #proWorker #proChoice #yesOn139 #blueWall #aftVotes