#GiftLink is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 50 people shared 143 posts with it — around 5 a day. Activity is down 26% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 23 with 12 posts.
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Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
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See where federal workers live in the U.S.
As a government shutdown looms, see where U.S. federal employees live. Only 15 percent of the 2.19 million federal employees work in the Washington metro area.
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A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry From the Cosmic Edge
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
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Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban
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Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
Kelly S. O'Donnell @kellyodonn.bsky.social
"It took her nearly two decades to find a permanent academic position. She found occasional work as a visiting professor, filling in for someone on leave for a year or two. She earned grants to fund her research... but she was often living on unemployment benefits" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s...
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MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
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A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences (Gift Article)
President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.
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Before 1619, there was 1526: The mystery of the first enslaved Africans in what became the United States
Nearly a hundred years before enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, the Spanish brought 100 slaves to a doomed settlement on the coast of what is now Georgia or South Carolina.
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The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
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Arizona’s Food Stamp Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the U.S. (Gift Article)
The number of people who receive nutrition assistance in Arizona has dropped significantly in a matter of months.
André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social
Rising cost of low-end rental units driving increase in homelessness, report shows. Findings challenge assumption that other factors, such as mental health or substance use, are the reason rates have surged, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @theglobeandmail.com
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Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor ‘Dead’ (Gift Article)
Despite data to the contrary, the Treasury Secretary made the case that the K-shaped economy no longer exists.
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How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies (Gift Article)
The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
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