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! CFC166871CD4B 24% off
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
I'm glad we came over to watch the game with my Dad. This cupcake made him happy even though the pats have been making him sad.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I'm glad we came over to watch the game with my Dad. This cupcake made him happy even though the pats have been making him sad.
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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MAGA "Christians" out here having a rage stroke because Bad Bunny displayed the message, "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
MAGA "Christians" out here having a rage stroke because Bad Bunny displayed the message, "The only thing more powerful than hate is love."
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
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Ring camera search party™️ hits different with slavecatchers in your town
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Ring camera search party™️ hits different with slavecatchers in your town
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Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real
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It is deeply disturbing. Not being hyperbolic.
I can’t do this celeb de-aging shit man
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
It is deeply disturbing. Not being hyperbolic.
So many commercials today that didn't stop to think if they should.
a man wearing glasses says you were so preoccupied
Alt: Jurassic Park Goldblum says "you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could that you didn't stop to think if you should."
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
So many commercials today that didn't stop to think if they should.
Like all parents, I have lots of concerns about what we're doing well and what we can do better. However, my kid just yelled, "oh hell no!" About the ring commercial touting that your neighborhood ring cameras can automatically look for lost pets. So we've done something right.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Like all parents, I have lots of concerns about what we're doing well and what we can do better. However, my kid just yelled, "oh hell no!" About the ring commercial touting that your neighborhood ring cameras can automatically look for lost pets. So we've done something right.
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Bro literally came out and said “it’s our labor and culture that has always made the Americas great: y’all are just the beneficiaries of slave owners from sea to shining sea,” and I am here for it.
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Bro literally came out and said “it’s our labor and culture that has always made the Americas great: y’all are just the beneficiaries of slave owners from sea to shining sea,” and I am here for it.
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I hope someone will write up the ads that were clearly made using ai and those that used real actors. Something tells me that people can sense the difference. But maybe not.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I hope someone will write up the ads that were clearly made using ai and those that used real actors. Something tells me that people can sense the difference. But maybe not.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
There are a lot of people who are going to complain about being unfairly vilified by that halftime show and it's because they know in their hearts they're on Team Hate.
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
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the halftime show is a master class in joy as resistance
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
the halftime show is a master class in joy as resistance
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My takeaways from Bad Bunny nobody asked for
1. the inclusion of afro-Latinidad
2. the use of kids AS kids. they weren't doing much but vibing (said positively).
3. I think there are a lot of easter eggs that require repeat viewing
4. everyone looked like they were having so much fun
1. the inclusion of afro-Latinidad
2. the use of kids AS kids. they weren't doing much but vibing (said positively).
3. I think there are a lot of easter eggs that require repeat viewing
4. everyone looked like they were having so much fun
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My takeaways from Bad Bunny nobody asked for
1. the inclusion of afro-Latinidad
2. the use of kids AS kids. they weren't doing much but vibing (said positively).
3. I think there are a lot of easter eggs that require repeat viewing
4. everyone looked like they were having so much fun
1. the inclusion of afro-Latinidad
2. the use of kids AS kids. they weren't doing much but vibing (said positively).
3. I think there are a lot of easter eggs that require repeat viewing
4. everyone looked like they were having so much fun
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I love Benito. What an artist. Everything about that show was so cinematic and beautiful. I’m gonna rewatch this all week 😭
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I love Benito. What an artist. Everything about that show was so cinematic and beautiful. I’m gonna rewatch this all week 😭
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
And one thing that's so amazing is that the depth for this is there and also it was so accessible my 12 year old said, "that was amazing. So much culture! So many flags! Especially in a time like this." So the message was clear.
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And one thing that's so amazing is that the depth for this is there and also it was so accessible my 12 year old said, "that was amazing. So much culture! So many flags! Especially in a time like this." So the message was clear.
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
This is stunning
The set design for this is awesome
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
This is stunning