Tootfinder

Zia Yusuf is what they used to call an Uncle Tom.
Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations | Reform UK | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/07/reform-uk-stop-visas…

Wisconsin city passes nation's first anti-data center referendum (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/wisconsin-city-passes-nations-first-anti-data-center-referendum-00863432
http://www.memeorandum.com/260408/p88#a260408p88

"An analysis in October suggested that on just 27% of the vote (roughly in the middle of its polling over the past year), Reform UK would win 48% of the seats, allowing it to take power with a small coalition partner. If Reform UK forms the next government, it will be for one reason and one reason alone: our electoral system." -- George Monbiot, citing

First Past the Post could catapult Reform UK into government
A new YouGov MRP poll, published on 26 September 2025, provides another snapshot of the chaotic democratic outcomes being caused by First Past The Post (FPTP) in our era of multi-party p

Ukraine Reforms Tracker Weekly — Issue 44: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/06/ukraine-reforms-tracker-weekly-issue.html

"Its authors — some of the world’s best intelligence-gatherers, who contributed thousands of their own photos — kept the curated database updated and online for public use at no charge."
Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

Farewell to the CIA World Factbook, a reference manual now gone under Trump
The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries. The end came on Feb. 4 in a “fond farewell” post from the spy agency. The CIA says the decision reflects an agency whose core mission has changed over the years. Factbook fans say they'll miss the trusted reference point that had its origins in World War II-era intelligence work. It went public in 1975 and bec…

"Digital reference tools and information literacy: Adoption patterns among university communities and their implications for libraries"
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103242
"This quantitative survey study examines the adoption of digital reference managemen…

Billionaire mayor who's presiding over massive cuts to public health, street safety, transit, food aid, and public schools in the midst of an AI boom opposes more city revenue.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/02/sf-lurie-position-business-tax-chart…

S.F. Mayor Lurie takes no position on competing business tax measures
Lurie said competing measures are product of a "broken system" and called for making it harder for measures to be put on the ballot

New #Holyrood poll from Electoral Calculus claims to have constituency by constituency predictions, although I've failed to find them.
Headlines:
#ReformUKLtd on 14 seats/no constituencies;
#SNP

Brass-knuckled hypocrisy in Virginia (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/07/virginia-redistricting-referendum-new-map-democrats/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p10#a260208p10

This Republican opposed gerrymandering. A new map has become a primary problem. (Samuel Benson/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/this-republican-backed-redistricting-reform-a-new-map-has-become-a-primary-problem-for-him-00860937
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p10#a260407p10