Debbie Seltzer
@dlseltzer.bsky.social
historian & philosopher of education (and environmental studies), lover of cats and orchids, foodie
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A producer at the pre show meeting was so proud of themselves for this question
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A producer at the pre show meeting was so proud of themselves for this question
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she’s a hero
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
she’s a hero
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Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just to review, in the last week the President of the United States:
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
- Refused to condemn the rise of Neo-Nazis in his party
- Tried to block the release of further evidence he sexually abused children
- Encouraged the execution of Congressional Democrats
Those are just factual statements.
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1/2 🧵Threatening to hang people for reminding service members they must refuse illegal orders...doesn’t create loyalty...it creates a level of resentment inside the military...that makes a Category 5 hurricane...feel like a stiff breeze.
This hit a nerve...
This hit a nerve...
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
1/2 🧵Threatening to hang people for reminding service members they must refuse illegal orders...doesn’t create loyalty...it creates a level of resentment inside the military...that makes a Category 5 hurricane...feel like a stiff breeze.
This hit a nerve...
This hit a nerve...
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1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
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4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
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“A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... - @nbcnews.com
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status
With holiday travel and gatherings approaching, doctors worry that transmission could escalate further.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“A measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah shows no sign of slowing, putting the United States dangerously close to losing its elimination status for the vaccine-preventable disease.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... - @nbcnews.com
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
#Arizona #Measles #MeaslesOutbreak #Utah
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If anyone takes this much care to help you with your writing, you are truly blessed.
Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/note...
Notes on Your American Canto Draft
I read it. Everyone deserves a good editor, even people who don’t get one. Olivia, Thank you so much for this. I’m impressed with the scope of your ambition...
newsletter.anamariecox.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If anyone takes this much care to help you with your writing, you are truly blessed.
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At least they’re saying “COVID” & not just vague “illness.” I hope she didn’t spread it to too many people before testing.
“[Days ago] Cynthia Erivo [also] wasn’t feeling well & lost her voice… Both Erivo & Grande tested positive for COVID at separate times while filming the first “Wicked” movie.”
“[Days ago] Cynthia Erivo [also] wasn’t feeling well & lost her voice… Both Erivo & Grande tested positive for COVID at separate times while filming the first “Wicked” movie.”
Ariana Grande Tests Positive for COVID After ‘Wicked: For Good’ Press Tour variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Ariana Grande Tests Positive for COVID After ‘Wicked: For Good’ Press Tour
As the press and promo tour for 'Wicked: For Good' comes to an end, Ariana Grande revealed on Instagram that she's tested positive for COVID.
variety.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
At least they’re saying “COVID” & not just vague “illness.” I hope she didn’t spread it to too many people before testing.
“[Days ago] Cynthia Erivo [also] wasn’t feeling well & lost her voice… Both Erivo & Grande tested positive for COVID at separate times while filming the first “Wicked” movie.”
“[Days ago] Cynthia Erivo [also] wasn’t feeling well & lost her voice… Both Erivo & Grande tested positive for COVID at separate times while filming the first “Wicked” movie.”
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Described as worse than prison, the conditions at the largest ICE detention facility in CA are inhumane. With the lives of detainees at stake, KVP has joined Prison Law Office, the ACLU, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice in filing a class action: www.keker.com/news/news-it...
Keker Sues DHS, ICE Over Allegedly Inhumane Conditions at Calif. Detention Center
www.keker.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Described as worse than prison, the conditions at the largest ICE detention facility in CA are inhumane. With the lives of detainees at stake, KVP has joined Prison Law Office, the ACLU, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice in filing a class action: www.keker.com/news/news-it...
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Ten months into the Trump II presidency, it’s become all too normal for his Justice Department to refuse to comply with direct court orders, to engage in bad faith charades in court, and to dare judges to do anything about it.
Trump DOJ Defies Another Court Order in Abrego Garcia Case
GREENBELT, MD—If the Justice Department had brazenly defied a judge’s order a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ten months into the Trump II presidency, it’s become all too normal for his Justice Department to refuse to comply with direct court orders, to engage in bad faith charades in court, and to dare judges to do anything about it.
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Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![On October 1, 2025, after successfully completing 16 weeks of the FBI Academy's
19-week training program, Maltinsky was handed a letter terminating his employment with the
FBI. The letter was signed by Defendant Patel ("Patel"). In the letter, Patel wrote that he had
"determined that [Maltinsky] exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in [his] work area during [his] previous assignment at the Los Angeles Field Office." In short, Patel fired Maltinsky for displaying a pride flag at his workstation that had been flown by the FBI at the LAFO and then given by the FBI to Maltinsky.
The Defendants' discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech
was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5rog4gjpv3qeneunmoyqxoesnuxac2srp3u6ppnjdxphfv7jcoe@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus.
In all, 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024 – a rise of 26% on the 3,869 who did so the year before – figures from the General Medical Council reveal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
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I don't even own any pajamas but this guy's pitch has inspired me to buy some for when I fly to SLC to start tour next week
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I don't even own any pajamas but this guy's pitch has inspired me to buy some for when I fly to SLC to start tour next week
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Before she died, my great-grandmother told me what her mother told her as swastika uniforms took her to the gas chambers:
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Before she died, my great-grandmother told me what her mother told her as swastika uniforms took her to the gas chambers:
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
"Remember you're a Jew; I'll return soon." She never saw her again.
A new Coast Guard policy says that same swastika isn't hate but "potentially divisive."
Never again is now.
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Originally from Dr. Paul Offit
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Originally from Dr. Paul Offit
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For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor
Is Trump dismantling the Education Department? Not yet. But changes are coming.
The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so f...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For decades, scholars have argued education’s hidden curriculum is about disciplining and socializing children as future workers, and they just….tweeted it out
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Your wellness routine should include taking precautions to avoid multiple covid infections that damage your immune system, hope that helps. 🌟💕
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Your wellness routine should include taking precautions to avoid multiple covid infections that damage your immune system, hope that helps. 🌟💕
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
The official obits are rolling in. I hear the NYT mentions nothing about Alice Palestine support ofc. When she won her MacArthur, Alice got death threats from Zionists. They ruined her joy on a HUGE accomplishment. She told me the MacArthur ppl took down her personal statement & when she complained
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
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“What it’s gonna take to win is absolute turnout. And so I’m asking you all for the next two weeks, as you are able, to make this election your entire personality.”
Sign up for a phonebank to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in Tennessee: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Sign up for a phonebank to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in Tennessee: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“What it’s gonna take to win is absolute turnout. And so I’m asking you all for the next two weeks, as you are able, to make this election your entire personality.”
Sign up for a phonebank to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in Tennessee: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Sign up for a phonebank to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social flip a GOP district in Tennessee: mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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REP. RAMIREZ: “Tear gassing a 1 year old 🇺🇸 citizen… Dragging a citizen on her way to work out of her car… Throwing tear gas at a children’s Halloween parade…
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.”
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
REP. RAMIREZ: “Tear gassing a 1 year old 🇺🇸 citizen… Dragging a citizen on her way to work out of her car… Throwing tear gas at a children’s Halloween parade…
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.”
It’s time to have a serious conversation about defunding ICE.”
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Not the point of the post, but it’s particularly grating that while the @startribune.com incessantly broadcasts that they’re focusing resources on digital operations and letting the print edition die, they cannot be bothered to optimize their links for this platform
So it’s quite notable that local elected officials were directly lied to repeatedly that this was not an ICE raid.
www.startribune.com/ice-says-rai...
www.startribune.com/ice-says-rai...
www.startribune.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Not the point of the post, but it’s particularly grating that while the @startribune.com incessantly broadcasts that they’re focusing resources on digital operations and letting the print edition die, they cannot be bothered to optimize their links for this platform