Dr. Cara Berg Powers
@clbergpowers.bsky.social
I post about public education, school integration, cultural theory, media literacy, sex ed, parenting, and random thoughts from my ADHD brain. Proud co-editor of uncoveringpossible.com out now from Vernon Press! DM for discount code!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
another Lizza article is circulating, which reminds me to tap the sign reminding you to please support independent, worker-run, billionaire and felch-free news outlets when and how you can. if you can spare some $, here's some w/NewsMatch, which will 2x your donation through the end of the year!
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If President Joe Biden sent national guard troops to a Republican city to intimidate the population and then a week after a federal court ruled the deployment illegal someone shot two guardsmen in that city everyone including the corporate media would blame Biden for it.
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen who were shot in Washington, DC, are in critical condition, according to officials. CNN's Brian Todd reports.
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4pdYxpd
Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4pdYxpd
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If President Joe Biden sent national guard troops to a Republican city to intimidate the population and then a week after a federal court ruled the deployment illegal someone shot two guardsmen in that city everyone including the corporate media would blame Biden for it.
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should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
should we do a group watch of shattered glass as therapy
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After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
After 30 years in prison and 25 years on Louisiana's death row, Chris Duncan walked out of Angola today a free man.
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
"I'm cruising down a highway," he texted me. "Most glaring emotion is shock."
vernonpress.com/book/2419
This has been a wild year and I sometimes forget that in there I published my first real book.
This has been a wild year and I sometimes forget that in there I published my first real book.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
vernonpress.com/book/2419
This has been a wild year and I sometimes forget that in there I published my first real book.
This has been a wild year and I sometimes forget that in there I published my first real book.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
I'm proud to report that I cleaned out our back hall/porch and brought the passover box downstairs and brought in the last jars of chametz. Yes, I know Thanksgiving is tomorrow. And yes I should consider that maybe we don't use those particular grains that much.
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm proud to report that I cleaned out our back hall/porch and brought the passover box downstairs and brought in the last jars of chametz. Yes, I know Thanksgiving is tomorrow. And yes I should consider that maybe we don't use those particular grains that much.
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PROMOTE IT! BUY BOOKS! YOU WANT BOOKS! YOUR FRIENDS WANT BOOKS! YOUR ENEMIES DO NOT WANT BOOKS SO BUY THEM BOOKS THAT'LL SHOW THEM!
@lollardfish.bsky.social told me to promote my book so if you want a nice, breezy, funny little murder mystery book to read you should cop that shit for only .99!
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Like, Comment, Subscribe, DIE: A Fiona Brooks Murder Mystery - Kenneth Clyburn's Ko-fi Shop
Before this day, I’d seen two dead bodies. By the end of it, I’d seen four.
My name is Fiona Brooks, and you may know me from the time I punched Ame...
ko-fi.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
PROMOTE IT! BUY BOOKS! YOU WANT BOOKS! YOUR FRIENDS WANT BOOKS! YOUR ENEMIES DO NOT WANT BOOKS SO BUY THEM BOOKS THAT'LL SHOW THEM!
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Keepunumuk is a Wampanoag story about Weeâchumun (corn) and what really happened at the first “Thanksgiving”. keepunumuk.com
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving tells the story of Plymouth Rock from an Indigenous perspective. shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving tells the story of Plymouth Rock from an Indigenous perspective. shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
Home - Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story
An important picture book that retells the Thanksgiving story for a more inclusive America, a story that honors the Native peoples who made it possible.
keepunumuk.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Keepunumuk is a Wampanoag story about Weeâchumun (corn) and what really happened at the first “Thanksgiving”. keepunumuk.com
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving tells the story of Plymouth Rock from an Indigenous perspective. shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving tells the story of Plymouth Rock from an Indigenous perspective. shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
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When I get my car inspection I drop it off and go for a walk to the small businesses in my neighborhood. Since my car failed inspection last week I have a bonus go-around today of Vietnamese iced coffee and a "croffle." I mean $250 on repairs sucked, but I'll enjoy my treat.
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When I get my car inspection I drop it off and go for a walk to the small businesses in my neighborhood. Since my car failed inspection last week I have a bonus go-around today of Vietnamese iced coffee and a "croffle." I mean $250 on repairs sucked, but I'll enjoy my treat.
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People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
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ATTENTION HOLIDAY SHOPPERS:
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ATTENTION HOLIDAY SHOPPERS:
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
I scheduled the last email I needed to send before closing my work computer and had some tiramisu and prosecco and now I'm going to read in bed and... Not set an alarm! For the first time in 3 weeks. I'm so excited.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I scheduled the last email I needed to send before closing my work computer and had some tiramisu and prosecco and now I'm going to read in bed and... Not set an alarm! For the first time in 3 weeks. I'm so excited.
Tomorrow I'm making like 6 days of food, partly so I don't have to meal Saturday and can relax. 3 soups in mason jars and chili in the freezer, Mac & cheese, stuffing, and mashed potatoes for tofurkey day and picking up lo mein from the vegan Chinese restaurant because the kid will eat none of it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Tomorrow I'm making like 6 days of food, partly so I don't have to meal Saturday and can relax. 3 soups in mason jars and chili in the freezer, Mac & cheese, stuffing, and mashed potatoes for tofurkey day and picking up lo mein from the vegan Chinese restaurant because the kid will eat none of it.
You can learn more about Major Taylor at the Major Taylor Museum in Worcester! majortaylormuseum.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
You can learn more about Major Taylor at the Major Taylor Museum in Worcester! majortaylormuseum.org
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And about that 13 year old, who was made to *voluntarily* self deport. It’s horrifying that this kid was forced to make that decision, and be sent away from his family and friends. Horrifying. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
A 13 year old and ICE
Weeks ago I wrote about 13 and 17 year old sisters who went missing in the world after ICE abducted their mother from a Worcester, Massachusetts street, leaving them parentless and in state care.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
And about that 13 year old, who was made to *voluntarily* self deport. It’s horrifying that this kid was forced to make that decision, and be sent away from his family and friends. Horrifying. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
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It's embarrassing that our state still hasn't taken action to disentangle state and local law enforcement from ICE. Let's get it done already. #mapoli
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
Immigrant groups want Beacon Hill to bolster protections for migrants in Massachusetts
Immigrant rights advocates called on Beacon Hill Democrats Tuesday to pass a trio of policies they argued would bolster protections for migrants who are being targeted for deportation amid a push by P...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It's embarrassing that our state still hasn't taken action to disentangle state and local law enforcement from ICE. Let's get it done already. #mapoli
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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Let us be clear about what the Republican agenda is: abusing their own children and abusing yours. www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
Woman with family connection to White House press secretary arrested by ICE in Revere
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere.
www.wcvb.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Let us be clear about what the Republican agenda is: abusing their own children and abusing yours. www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭