The President is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trumps-budget-would-gut-local-libraries-and-museums-congress-not-board
Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal 2026 — expressed little enthusiasm for the proposed cut in interviews with States Newsroom. Groups representing museums and libraries across the country also blasted the president’s proposal.
Just read my newly-arrived voters' pamphlet for the primary election coming up in mid May where I live. Two things stood out:
So many candidates don't submit a statement for it. I will not vote for such candidates EVER.
So many candidates have ZERO government experience - not even a PTA role. Pass.
"Former Board Members Holding Website Hostage."
In the 1990s, this happened regularly, with expunged nonprofit founders, board members or the volunteer who built the web site. It's VITAL to have policies for using personal credit cards to pay for things for the agency.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nonprofit/comments/1svbw71/former_board_members_holding_website_hostage/I'm not an IT expert.
I have no degree nor a certification in anything related to IT.
Yet, here I am, once AGAIN, explaining a tech problem & solution to IT guys who just cannot get their mind around a certain security design issue that needs to be addressed.
My life for the last 30 years... Sigh.
If you live in Oregon & want to volunteer outdoors for a day (or longer), meet other people, & get to enjoy some really beautiful landscapes, there are a plethora of opportunities, & many are posted at:
https://www.reddit.com/r/OregonVolunteers/It's that special time of year when sunrise & my window shade create a sun scene across the front of one of my living room walls, & when a squirrel runs across the telephone wire outside, a giant squirrel shadow runs in front of me in my living room. Wish I could get a video.
Took a break from work to watch the pilot for Laugh-In on YouTube.
It's extraordinary. It's fearless.
The cast is so packed with talent it's hard to find the break out star.
And Goldie isn't even on it yet.
ALL of the women are amazing singers!
Henry Gibson's Southern accent is perfect.
Growing an online community takes time & deliberate cultivation. The r/communityservice subreddit will never be hugely popular - it's much too niche & most folks who need its info visit, get what they need & move on. But memberships has doubled in the last 12 months:
https://www.reddit.com/r/communityservice/comments/1stt9cw/a_good_year_for_the_communityservice_subreddit/Remember the UN "romance" scam, where someone online pretends to be part of a peace keeping mission, in an effort to scam lonely women out of money? I blogged about it in 2018 & just updated it at the end with a new scam, targeting those already scammed!
https://coyotecommunications.com/coyoteblog/2018/10/globalscams/
Scammers target those that care about soldiers, world affairs
Scams abound targeting people that want to support humanitarians in the field, support soldiers serving abroad, or that want to work for the United Nations. The scam always involves the transfer of…
The worst part about the war with Iran is, of course, that people are dying & homes & infrastructure are being destroyed (all unnecessarily!).
But I've long held hope that I, of the USA, could someday do a motorcycle tour of Iran, as other moto travelers have & LOVED it there.
That hope is gone.
