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Lesley Bartlett
@lesleybartlett.bsky.social
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Prof @UW-Madison. Ed Policy, Anthro, Multilingual literacies, Migration. Açaí enthusiast.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 3d
COMPLETE BADASSERY. I wanna try.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 4d
I’m really sorry. And what a shame that she doesn’t realize how lucky she was to study with you!!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Melanie C. Green, Lesley Bartlett , and 2 more

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 7d
"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
jillbarshay.bsky.social Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 8d
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 11d
Congratulations Dr B!!!!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 11d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11d
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 11d
I suddenly need a cat
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12d
THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.

Reposted by John McLaren, Lesley Bartlett, Michael Larkin

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12d
THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Daniel W. Drezner, Melanie C. Green , and 8 more

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 12d
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin, Lesley Bartlett

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 13d
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.

She got the joke.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13d
dems should be putting out new “dont follow illegal orders” videos every day, they should be replying to announcements of investigations of dems with new videos, they should be posting at hegseth to not follow illegal orders nonstop

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13d
Don’t shop at Home Depot, Target, or Amazon over the next week. During the busiest shopping period of the year, let’s make our dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 14d
Douglas County first appeared on the ICE facility list in May 2025.

Between October 1 and November 10, ICE detained an average of 22 people per day at Douglas County.
A bar graph showing interval ADP and reported ADP for Douglas County.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 14d
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
Professor Detained En Route To Middle East Studies Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle Eastern Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody, one law enforcement official said.
www.huffpost.com

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Brian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social · 14d
#MESA2025
An X post from Joshua Landis that Vahid Abedini was seized by ICE while traveling to the Middle East Studies Association

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 16d
ICE started holding people at the Fort Bliss, El Paso location in late July/early August. It is now the largest detention center in the country.

detentionreports.com/facility/ERO...
A bar graph showing interval ADP and Reported ADP for ERO El Paso Camp East Montana.

Reposted by Mary Bosworth, Lesley Bartlett

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 16d
We have updated detentionreports.com.

229 separate reports for 229 ICE detention facilities.
ICE Detention Facilities Statistics 229 Detention Centers State All States City e.g., Notes Zip Code e.g., 00000 Search facilities by name, location, or detention code... Search facilities by name, city, state, or detention location code.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16d
Sigh.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Americans With Four-Year Degrees Now Comprise a Record 25% of Unemployed Workers
Americans with four-year college degrees now comprise a record 25% of total unemployment, underscoring a sharp slowdown in white-collar hiring this year.
www.bloomberg.com

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 18d
Your book has been so valuable to me as a parent and as an educator.

Reposted by Tom Clark, Nicolas Véron, Lesley Bartlett , and 6 more

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18d
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18d
“Seventeen of the 27 violent deaths tracked by Advocates for Trans Equality in the past year — from November 2024 to October 2025 — were caused by gun violence.” 19thnews.org/2025/11/tran...
On Trans Day of Remembrance, advocates call on politicians to halt anti-trans rhetoric
In the past year, Advocates for Trans Equality found 27 violent deaths of trans people in the United States, as well as 21 suicides.
19thnews.org

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Erica Chenoweth, Lesley Bartlett

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 18d
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 19d
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
🧑‍🎓 New foreign student enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is down by 17% over last year: “American universities have suffered one of the sharpest ever declines in foreign enrollments in the face of tough policies from President Donald Trump, with the number of new international students falling 17 percent this year.”

Reposted by David Feldman, Ryan Enos, W. Andy Knight , and 4 more

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20d
Terrific

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Tyler Kingkade @tktk.bsky.social · 20d
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment

The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV

www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Nazita Lajevardi

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 21d
Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed.

We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest?

And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better.

www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker
Campus Tracker — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Lesley Bartlett

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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 21d
The Against Generative AI bibliography over on my blog is now updated with full dates for each piece, making it easier to find new information (added almost daily): catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
Against Generative AI – Cate Denial
catherinedenial.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 21d
IMAGINE being a female student in this classroom....

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 21d
step up, Harvard
walkerbragman.bsky.social Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21d
UPDATE: Summers’ page is now offline.
CAP Staff and Fellows page, which showed Larry Summers’ profile just a few minutes ago, now says “Lawrence H. Summers is no longer with the Center for American Progress.”