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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 12h

Really disappointing to see Trevor Noah involved in their kickoff event. 😣

Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 12h

Seriously. I'm sick of these tech bro pushers on every school corner.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13h

Philip Morris to provide free cases of cigarettes to area schools amid debates over effects of tobacco on health.

Microsoft to provide free Copilot tools for Washington state schools amid debate over AI’s role in learning

Microsoft Elevate Washington is a sweeping new initiative that will provide free access to AI-powered software and training for all 295 public school districts and 34 community and technical colleges ...

www.geekwire.com

Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 16h

😭😭😭

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 17h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 19h

"How do we design space, how do we design systems? The platitudes exist, but the exlusions are still there... Now we have all kinds of educational technologies being incorporated into our schools with the same inequities." Ruja Benjamin "The New Jim Code" #BobMosesConference

park bench with arm rests and the words "coded inequity" above, with woman speaking at a podium on the right

park bench with arm rests painted in rainbow colors with the words obvious vs. insidious above

Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 21h

"We must understand that rights, once they have been established, can always be taken away... there's no final victory. Even when you move in the direction of a real democracy, there's always a need to argue for the vision you are moving toward." STEVE HAHN, Professor at NYU
#BobMosesConference

man standing at the podium speaking at Bob Moses Conference

Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 22h

Amazing two-day conference happening right now (Oct 11-12) in Boston and virtually. So many great speakers, like Ruja Benjamin (today) and Bryan Stevenson (tomorrow). It's free and you can register here: www.BobMosesConference.com

EXPERIENCE 2025 | BobMosesConference

www.BobMosesConference.com

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 1d

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 1d

Hey everybody else on the list (and even schools that are not), be like MIT. #resist

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 2d

Time for America to get serious & plan general strikes, boycotts, & millions on top of millions of people PEACEFULLY in the streets to confront The Dictator’s madness.

Got to step it up.

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 2d

And the longer justice is delayed, the more likely it will be denied and normalized. Sickening.

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 2d

Wait. So they're not just out there terrorizing people, but they're adding to the trauma by filming their own thuggery??

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 3d

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Beach Life @beachlife1.bsky.social · 11d

Just Fulfill Your Oath

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Rod Mesa @roddio.bsky.social · 9d

Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940)

"When soldiers are ordered to suppress their own people on behalf of a few corporations – it is not democracy they defend, it is fascism they enforce."

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 3d

And we could barely afford the $307/month on that income with the deductible, copays, and other expenses. Ridiculous.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 10d

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 4d

😥

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe bring some fetuses to the next protest?

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 4d

anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 5d

#SoftSecession

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 5d

How much are your insurance premiums going up in 2026?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 6d

Better solution: Abolish ICE

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Mary Lawrence @wellonwheels.bsky.social · 6d

The only conversation Dems should be having with Republicans right now is demanding an end to this. Every day is an impeachable act. We have no government right now, just lawless thuggery. STOP THE COUP

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 6d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

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