Monthly archives: April, 2025

The CDC Has Been Gutted

Below is running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today’s mass firings. Wired [no paywall]: “Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a …

Subjects: Censorship, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine

Llano County settles librarian’s wrongful termination suit over book removals

Austin American Statesman – “Former librarian Suzette Baker will receive $225,000 in a settlement of her wrongful termination lawsuit against Llano County… [She] accused them of firing her in 2022 because she refused to pull library materials that a group of conservative activists had deemed inappropriate for children.” The settlement marks the end to a …

Subjects: Censorship, Courts, Free Speech, Legal Research, Libraries

How we could survive in a post‑collapse world

How we could survive in a post‑collapse world, Stephanie Rost. Discover Global Society. Received: 13 November 2024 / Accepted: 24 March 2025. “The potential for societal collapse has become a pressing concern as the impacts of climate change intensify, threatening global stability. This paper explores the multifaceted risks of collapse, emphasizing the interconnected environmental, economic, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Courts, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Knowledge Management