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Lise M. Dyckman
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Librarian (teaching health information literacy / critical thinking); country dance caller & choreographer; gardens & politics & social history, oh my...
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Let’s be louder than his hate today. Let’s honor those we lost by defending science, protecting care, and standing with the LGBTQ+ community and everyone affected by HIV/AIDS.

We owe it to history, and to each other, to never go backward.
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
Green-card applicants’ temporary visas often lapse while their “adjustment-of-status” proceeds over several months or longer. An immigration statute passed by Congress in 1986 allows a spouse who entered the country lawfully to be eligible for a green card through marriage even if the person’s visa has expired. “Congress was unambiguous — these people are eligible for green cards,” said Doug Rand, who was a senior official at Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Biden administration. While federal law does not prohibit spouses with expired visas from being detained and placed in deportation proceedings, in the past they have rarely been detained while applying for green cards. The Trump administration is carrying out such detentions without having announced any change in policy.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
lisedyckman.bsky.social
“companies are increasingly relying on debt, rather than real revenue and cashflow to fund commitments to OpenAI and vice-versa. OpenAI has made a truly staggering $1.4T” debt commitments per year vs. $20B revenue per year. “It's a truly insane gap”, pure financial madness.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Looks like that link to an article from _Fortune_ was deleted. Here are some similar stories:

www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cu...

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www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
DOGE’s big illusion: the heavy costs of the Trump administration’s so-called efficiency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW’s review of some of the programs targeted for cuts by DOGE and the Trump admin found that the elimination or reduction of these programs have directly cost over 50,000 people their jobs. DOGE’s c...
www.citizensforethics.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM