I finally read the Project 2025's proposals for education. It's easy enough to say "abolish the department of education." I mean, who outside of Washington actually cares about how the federal government organizes its education programs? But what you might care about is that

The WH was finding a cure for Parkinson's disease. Fuck the NYT. That sh*t is wildly misleading.

Michigan’s Supreme Court has reinstated two ballot measures to raise the minimum wage, phase out the tipped minimum wage & guarantee paid sick leave. Now the min wage will go up to $15 by 2028, and workers will be guaranteed paid sick time and $12.50/ hour starting next February

Donald Trump's Project 2025 will ban all public sector unions and strip 6,000,000 union members of union membership. We must defeat it.

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission “Vaccinated hamsters that developed infections did not pass the virus on to others, breaking the cycle of transmission” Can we have this NOW?!!? Please medicine.wustl.edu/news/nasal-cov…

In the summer of 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Carla Hayden Carla Hayden to be the 14th Librarian of Congress. The Librarian of Congress serves a 10 year term. In 2026, the next President of the United States will name the 15th Librarian of Congress. Vote.

Michigan Secretary of State, former professor & Dean at Wayne State University, Jocelyn Benson w/ Michigan State Rep. Carrie Rheingans, member of the Lecturers Employee Organization (LEO Union @ Bluesky), Cem Başpınar at University of Michigan on the important role educators play in our democracy. 🏆✊🏽✊🏼✊🏾💥

Remember, they called John Kerry a coward and he was a war hero. They attacked Obama for wearing a tan suit. So, they are going to attack. They are going to try to distract, deceive and demoralize. Stay strong and keep working. Be ready. Don’t be surprised. Organize.

I have been given the following guidance by one of my readers, that I'm guessing we can all use: Walz's -- yes, that's the possessive Walzes -- Walz and his wife  Walzes' -- belonging to Walz and his wife

Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is… kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.

UPDATE: After advocates submitted thousands of comments, the rule passed! US hospitals will be required to report key COVID, flu, and RSV hospitalization data again outside of public health emergencies, after initially ending the requirement earlier this year. Advocacy works!

I don’t post very much on the bird site these days, but wanted to share a few of my favorite photos from yesterday’s Harris/Walz campaign rally at Detroit Metro Airport!

Read my latest: IU & Purdue are telling a court their faculty have no 1st Am rights in the classroom. How something like this happens shows how our beloved Indiana University is becoming ever more strange and unmoored. medium.com/@stevesan/iu-p…

In a 141-8 vote, UMich ResStaff voted to unionize, which will allow the Residential Allied Organization to represent ResStaff. Results are expected to be confirmed by the Michigan Employment Relations Commissions next week. michigandaily.com/news/administr…

New: The National Archives is pushing Google Gemini AI on workers despite concerns from archivists about accuracy of the historical record. Internal presentation shows the "AI-Mazing Techventure" they are embarking on 404media.co/ai-mazing-tech…

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be creating short form videos debunking election misinformation. It’ll be fun………

“If You Don’t Vote Don’t Bitch” Very excited to find these UAW Community Action Program Dept buttons in a collection donated to the Reuther Library WSU this morning! 🗳️

This is a twist: There's an open seat on the Michigan supreme court, and the Republican chief justice of the Michigan supreme court is endorsing the Democratic-nominated candidate Kimberly Ann Thomas rather than GOP lawmaker Andrew Fink. michiganadvance.com/briefs/thomas-…