Debra Wexler
@debrawexler.bsky.social
Comms maven.
I live in Brooklyn and am passionate about improving education, NYC, and connecting with people working to make my city and our country more livable for all.
Obligatory: opinions mine.
I live in Brooklyn and am passionate about improving education, NYC, and connecting with people working to make my city and our country more livable for all.
Obligatory: opinions mine.
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Debra Wexler
@debrawexler.bsky.social
· Oct 16
I hear rumors that there are a bunch of new folks joining. If any of you are #education nerds, here's my starterpack of education reporters and wonks. #edusky
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
Tis the season for updating my holiday playlist. I am looking for songs that are holiday-adjacent (“There is a Light That Will Never Go Out” is a Chanukah song, “I Will Die 4 U” is a Christmas song.) HMU with your suggestions—be creative anything vaguely seasonal works.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tis the season for updating my holiday playlist. I am looking for songs that are holiday-adjacent (“There is a Light That Will Never Go Out” is a Chanukah song, “I Will Die 4 U” is a Christmas song.) HMU with your suggestions—be creative anything vaguely seasonal works.
Current status: Waiting on a long line at Four & Twenty Blackbirds because I forgot to preorder a pie before they sold out. Send be good vibes for securing one of the rare spares.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Current status: Waiting on a long line at Four & Twenty Blackbirds because I forgot to preorder a pie before they sold out. Send be good vibes for securing one of the rare spares.
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's education agenda is a bit of a mystery. Pedro Noguera has some (excellent!) recommendations for the incoming mayor.
#nyc #edusky
(Also, @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social is so great. If you're a New Yorker and you don't already subscribe, I definitely recommend it!)
#nyc #edusky
(Also, @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social is so great. If you're a New Yorker and you don't already subscribe, I definitely recommend it!)
Vital City | Filling in the Blanks on Mamdani’s Education Agenda
A dozen concrete steps the mayor-elect should take
www.vitalcitynyc.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's education agenda is a bit of a mystery. Pedro Noguera has some (excellent!) recommendations for the incoming mayor.
#nyc #edusky
(Also, @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social is so great. If you're a New Yorker and you don't already subscribe, I definitely recommend it!)
#nyc #edusky
(Also, @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social is so great. If you're a New Yorker and you don't already subscribe, I definitely recommend it!)
Reposted by Debra Wexler
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
Reposted by Debra Wexler
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
The thing is, #NYC is really an unmatched place to live and work, especially for the people rich enough to take advantage of all it has to offer. They're not going anywhere.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The thing is, #NYC is really an unmatched place to live and work, especially for the people rich enough to take advantage of all it has to offer. They're not going anywhere.
Reposted by Debra Wexler
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
I have to say, I am in Manhattan this afternoon and it is decidedly NOT a ghost town.
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I have to say, I am in Manhattan this afternoon and it is decidedly NOT a ghost town.
Reposted by Debra Wexler
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Marathon Day is perfect as always. My husband wants to leave Brooklyn at some point but I don’t think I’m built for anyplace else.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Marathon Day is perfect as always. My husband wants to leave Brooklyn at some point but I don’t think I’m built for anyplace else.
Good morning! I just had a minor panic attack that my daughter was not awake for her 9 am college interview, so please let me remind you that we fall back an hour today!
a black and white clock with a spiral on it
Alt: a black and white clock with a spiral on it
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning! I just had a minor panic attack that my daughter was not awake for her 9 am college interview, so please let me remind you that we fall back an hour today!
Voting in Park Slope and I have never seen this polling place as close to as crowded as it is today, even during a Presidential year. #nyc
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November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Voting in Park Slope and I have never seen this polling place as close to as crowded as it is today, even during a Presidential year. #nyc
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Achievement unlocked: Have reached the stage of life where I can relax in a French restaurant and watch all the trick or treaters go by.
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Achievement unlocked: Have reached the stage of life where I can relax in a French restaurant and watch all the trick or treaters go by.
Normal Park Slope things
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Normal Park Slope things
Gotta love a comptroller pun
My last Halloween as a Controller.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Gotta love a comptroller pun
Happy Anniversary to my daughter accidentally getting her 15 minutes of fame in the most wholesome way.
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy Anniversary to my daughter accidentally getting her 15 minutes of fame in the most wholesome way.
I think we can all agree that this woman is from New Jersey, right?
What's Shakin...??? I'm Tina Taranova
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I think we can all agree that this woman is from New Jersey, right?
Reposted by Debra Wexler
i NEED to know the backstory here
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r/LosAngeles 6h
Any recommendations for heavy equipment rental in San Gabriel?
r/UnethicalLifeProTips 6h
ULPT Is there a way to remove the reversing alarm on an electric forklift?
r/UnethicalLifeProTips 12h
ULPT I need a way to move 13 2000lbs pallets of margarine side to side and then down into a 6ft hole and then cover it with dirt It must be quiet and fast. I'm not opposed to renting heavy machinery but they must be quiet and able to be operated in low light conditions. For the record, I don't think there's anything unethical about this, but it was recommended I...
r/diet 1d
What might happen to someone if they were to consume say, 3lbs of margarine every day for a month?
Just have some extra margarine lying around that I'm hoping to put to good use. If not 3lbs, how much could I eat a day and still be okay? Thank you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vtcm54bmbkuaj32aiqtbvrwu/bafkreibzhetovxcwgpqwitexh7ifjezeywakn2pvrtyzqcxnsi3uov7xeq@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
i NEED to know the backstory here
Reposted by Debra Wexler
The staggering total is larger than the entire Dallas school system.
154,000 NYC students were homeless last school year, setting another record high
The staggering total is larger than the entire Dallas school system.
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The staggering total is larger than the entire Dallas school system.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Pretty sure it was Lupin.
Thieves steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in daring Paris heist
The museum was closed for the day Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a truck, officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Pretty sure it was Lupin.
Interesting to hear that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social might be open to retaining the current Chancellor. My husband has worked for the DOE for 27 years, under 10 Chancellors (one of whom served for a third of that time). He could write a dissertation on the impact of leadership churn. #NYC #edusky
Zohran Mamdani will consider keeping Eric Adams’ schools chancellor if he wins
“And I've said time and again that I will consider anyone on the basis of the work that they have done — not hold it against them as to who appointed them,” Mamdani said.
www.chalkbeat.org
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Interesting to hear that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social might be open to retaining the current Chancellor. My husband has worked for the DOE for 27 years, under 10 Chancellors (one of whom served for a third of that time). He could write a dissertation on the impact of leadership churn. #NYC #edusky
I hear rumors that there are a bunch of new folks joining. If any of you are #education nerds, here's my starterpack of education reporters and wonks. #edusky
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I hear rumors that there are a bunch of new folks joining. If any of you are #education nerds, here's my starterpack of education reporters and wonks. #edusky
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
go.bsky.app/EUtjscv
Would you like me to tell you the phone number of this girl Jennifer who I was close to in first and second grade before she moved away?
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Would you like me to tell you the phone number of this girl Jennifer who I was close to in first and second grade before she moved away?
Reposted by Debra Wexler
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.