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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 2d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 3d

We really need to retire "contrarian" as a descriptor for Weiss immediately.

The reason she is getting this job right now is because of her *non-contrarian* sensibilities.

She espouses views that the US's current power structure likes.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News. n.pr/4o634cr

CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

“This is not law. It is a spell, announced by a phantom. It is an empty decision, but coming as it does on behalf of a majority of the Supreme Court, it will have unfathomably cruel effects as it stands up Noem’s actions.”

Read it at Law Dork now:

Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.

The majority gave virtually no reasoning. The Democratic appointees objected, but only Justice Jackson wrote: "[Y]et another grave misuse of our emergency docket."

www.lawdork.com

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 7d

🎯 Newsrooms lacking representation frequently results in media shortcomings. It is definitely malpractice, and editors choose not to see it because journalists are "unbiased" reporters.

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wakandangriot.bsky.social @wakandangriot.bsky.social · 7d

This is actually journalistic malpractice. It’s also the result of overwhelmingly white newsrooms. Not only need you look at Prince, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, James Brown…
Not exactly musical obscurities. I wasn’t around for the civil war, but I know a thing or 2 about it.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 8d

Gift link: essential and sadly brave writing for dark times from Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 8d

We had a district math initiative on complex instruction, and one of the practices we engaged in regularly was watching video of Ss working in groups to identify the gems and practice responding to them in ways that assigned competence and encouraged Ss to engage with the idea to deepen learning.

MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 8d

I like the metaphor. We should be looking for smart ways of thinking about math that can be used to build understanding, as opposed to just looking to see an answer. As a teacher, observing and asking questions that uncover those gems and is a skill that requires practice.

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

Dozens killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the Philippines

The death toll was expected to rise from the Tuesday magnitude-6.9 earthquake that trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 8d

This is a powerful practice test also serves to build or strengthen students' self perceptions as math learners. It creates momentum for success when students get feedback that reinforces they have smart ideas. It'ssimilar to the idea of "assigning competence."

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 8d

.500 is usually used as a bar to measure a team's record, but this should have been a percentage.

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 9d

Here's a gift link so you can read this fantastic column by @pastpunditry.bsky.social:

Dr. Hemmer nails it: "the modern right in America *emerged* as a censorious movement."

So true--you can see the pattern everywhere--here are a couple more examples: 🧵

Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 9d

The last couple weeks have been rough, and then this showed up in my inbox today. When you're in the thick of it, it can be challenging to keep in mind why we do what we do.
#ITeachMath

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 10d

Coates says Black Americans have stories about relatives who were lynched or had to flee and that a life free of political violence is not in reach in his time

Klein:
"Sometimes I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic."

They lynched a kid last week.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 11d

This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 10d

This seems to be the difference to me. It's a lack of understanding through experience that allows Klein to consider compromise even when it goes against his own values. Coates tries to explain that should be the job of politicians, not writers.

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Suparna Chaudhry @sch-ir.bsky.social · 10d

Came across this piece from 2019 (thx to Bluesky) a few days ago and now I can't unsee it and can't wait to assign it to my Human Rights class

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Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 12d

In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11d

as far as i can tell, people are having substantive conversations about ezra’s interview with ta-nehisi, but then i’m not thomas chatterton williams, professional dilettante and, apparently, liar

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 11d

lmao

On Bluesky they are having a meltdown today and people are posting screenshots of muting Ezra Klein's name because he spoke to Ta-Nehisi Coates and politely disagreed about political strategy.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 11d

Ezra Klein has played a fascinating role in entrenching “polarization” as the – deeply flawed – master narrative of our time: His 2020 book “Why We’re Polarized” did a lot to propagate the idea.

But if you read the book carefully, Klein inadvertently provides a good case *against* this diagnosis.

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MathIsLife @damianmolinari.bsky.social · 11d

It's a challenge. A small number of students will get enough out looking at online posts of class materials; most will not. I tend to rely on spaced practice and revisiting prior concepts in new contexts as a way to support struggling learners and students who missed prior content.

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Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky.com · 11d

Here is my open letter to the writers of future math standards where I make the case for more practical standards.

robertkaplinsky.com/open-le...

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 12d

Because of the way I was raised, I used to think that shame was not a good way to teach or train people. But like anything else, I now realize that shame needs to be properly and consistently wielded to enforce liberal and egalitarian norms.

Snitty 🎃👻 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 12d

In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

www.bostonreview.net

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