DrAnnD
@drannd.bsky.social
Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. Typos make it bespoke. (Skeets my own.)
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All Position Statements
NCTE position statements aims to support its members as they navigate changes that bring the latest thinking and research for best practices.
ncte.org
Beginning in 1970, @ncte.org has worked with members to pass position statements and resolutions about students' right to read and the ways teachers can oppose censorship. A little summer project is going to be reading through these statements and following the paths they open up.
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Join us this Wednesday (1/21/26) at 7pm ET to debrief on #NCET25 and #CEL25.
We invite anyone who views themselves as classroom, school, district, community, or state-level leaders in ELA/literacy. Must be an NCTE member.
An hour of casual reflections!
#NCET26 #CEL26
ncte.org/reflect-rela...
We invite anyone who views themselves as classroom, school, district, community, or state-level leaders in ELA/literacy. Must be an NCTE member.
An hour of casual reflections!
#NCET26 #CEL26
ncte.org/reflect-rela...
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Join us this Wednesday (1/21/26) at 7pm ET to debrief on #NCET25 and #CEL25.
We invite anyone who views themselves as classroom, school, district, community, or state-level leaders in ELA/literacy. Must be an NCTE member.
An hour of casual reflections!
#NCET26 #CEL26
ncte.org/reflect-rela...
We invite anyone who views themselves as classroom, school, district, community, or state-level leaders in ELA/literacy. Must be an NCTE member.
An hour of casual reflections!
#NCET26 #CEL26
ncte.org/reflect-rela...
The young people are where it's at.
I highly recommend educators of all stripes read 7th grade Micha's reviews/impressions of the edtech that he uses in his day-to-day activities for school. micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/is-educati...
Is Educational Technology All It's Cracked Up to Be?
A seventh-grader's perspective, part 2
micahblachman.beehiiv.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The young people are where it's at.
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Out of 291 schools already registered for the Texas voucher program,. more than 100 require or prioritize for admission students of the same faith, and more than 60 have a written policy that discriminates against LGBTQ+ students, the schools’ own data shows.
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Out of 291 schools already registered for the Texas voucher program,. more than 100 require or prioritize for admission students of the same faith, and more than 60 have a written policy that discriminates against LGBTQ+ students, the schools’ own data shows.
"The most fundamental incompetence in the Vietnam War was the misapplication of the social and mental model of an industrial process to human warfare" (Shay, Achilles in Vietnam).
Play Madlibs with this sentence and make it about K12 education. Moral injury of teachers is real.
Play Madlibs with this sentence and make it about K12 education. Moral injury of teachers is real.
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The most fundamental incompetence in the Vietnam War was the misapplication of the social and mental model of an industrial process to human warfare" (Shay, Achilles in Vietnam).
Play Madlibs with this sentence and make it about K12 education. Moral injury of teachers is real.
Play Madlibs with this sentence and make it about K12 education. Moral injury of teachers is real.
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Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
"The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty." — Martin Luther King Jr.
About MLK's advocacy for basic income
www.scottsantens.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
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"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."
I’m not marching today, but I am causing some good trouble for folks who seek to ban books and don’t trust teachers and librarians.
I go old school with initial analysis, every time.
I go old school with initial analysis, every time.
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I’m not marching today, but I am causing some good trouble for folks who seek to ban books and don’t trust teachers and librarians.
I go old school with initial analysis, every time.
I go old school with initial analysis, every time.
Keep a paper map in your car. Then you don’t need your phone to navigate.
Print of all kinds is a rent strike in this technofascist world.
Print of all kinds is a rent strike in this technofascist world.
Thanks to a software program called "Tangles," police—sheriffs, Texas state cops, and even ICE—can follow the location of your smartphone without a warrant.
Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what our investigation revealed:
Yet, we know little about how it has been used. Here's what our investigation revealed:
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
www.texasobserver.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Keep a paper map in your car. Then you don’t need your phone to navigate.
Print of all kinds is a rent strike in this technofascist world.
Print of all kinds is a rent strike in this technofascist world.
@frankstrong.bsky.social is on fire with this take down of the Texas list.
Action steps are at the bottom. Write your SBOE rep!
Action steps are at the bottom. Write your SBOE rep!
Urgent call to action, Texans: we need to write to our State Board of Education members and tell them NOT to adopt the proposed required reading list they’re considering at the the end of the month. It is BAD. I wrote about why here: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/call-to-ac...
Call to Action: The State Board of Education is considering a list of required readings. It's bad.
We need your help to stop it.
franklinstrong.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
@frankstrong.bsky.social is on fire with this take down of the Texas list.
Action steps are at the bottom. Write your SBOE rep!
Action steps are at the bottom. Write your SBOE rep!
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My last two shots before my world went dark.
“But looking at the ironclad resolve of ordinary Minnesotans to protect their homes and defend their neighbors, I think the administration is more likely to break *on* their opposition and learn, as the British did in Boston, that Americans are quite jealous of their liberties.”
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“But looking at the ironclad resolve of ordinary Minnesotans to protect their homes and defend their neighbors, I think the administration is more likely to break *on* their opposition and learn, as the British did in Boston, that Americans are quite jealous of their liberties.”
The time of year where I challenge myself to make 2 meals a day that incorporate food I grew.
The cilantro loves South Texas winter. Dinner will have a salad as the greens are going bonkers.
The cilantro loves South Texas winter. Dinner will have a salad as the greens are going bonkers.
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The time of year where I challenge myself to make 2 meals a day that incorporate food I grew.
The cilantro loves South Texas winter. Dinner will have a salad as the greens are going bonkers.
The cilantro loves South Texas winter. Dinner will have a salad as the greens are going bonkers.
Find a local/state org doing work.
In Texas connect to @txfreedomread.bsky.social.
Or me. Connect to me. I do local organizing and will do zoom trainings about talking to school boards.
In Texas connect to @txfreedomread.bsky.social.
Or me. Connect to me. I do local organizing and will do zoom trainings about talking to school boards.
Even more bad library bills being proposed in state legislatures. Don't just read and understand what's at stake here–take action to help stop their progress.
Attempts to suppress LGBTQ+ books in libraries? They're not happening at the local level, folks.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Attempts to suppress LGBTQ+ books in libraries? They're not happening at the local level, folks.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Even More Bad Library Bills for 2026–and How to Fight Them Now
Two more bad bills have hit state legislatures in Indiana and Ohio. Here's what they are, what they do, and how to take action now.
buttondown.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Find a local/state org doing work.
In Texas connect to @txfreedomread.bsky.social.
Or me. Connect to me. I do local organizing and will do zoom trainings about talking to school boards.
In Texas connect to @txfreedomread.bsky.social.
Or me. Connect to me. I do local organizing and will do zoom trainings about talking to school boards.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
A Shining Mausoleum on a Hill
Life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
New article! On life, death, and the rampage of ICE.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-shining-...
If you need a US gov block list, I recommend this one.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
If you need a US gov block list, I recommend this one.
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I am once again begging everyone to understand that a budget surplus does not signify fiscal responsibility but irresponsible underinvestment.
Analysis Adds $1 Billion To State Budget Surplus
Analysis Adds $1 Billion To State Budget Surplus
The numbers come as both parties are putting the finishing touches on their 2026 campaign agendas.
urbanmilwaukee.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I am once again begging everyone to understand that a budget surplus does not signify fiscal responsibility but irresponsible underinvestment.
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social, sorry not everyone shares your enthusiasm for pigeons.
This poll was courtesy of Nowhere Bookshop, the coolest indie bookshop in my ‘hood. Who also hosted @bartography.bsky.social after the local district canceled his visit over 3 parent complains about Glitter.
This poll was courtesy of Nowhere Bookshop, the coolest indie bookshop in my ‘hood. Who also hosted @bartography.bsky.social after the local district canceled his visit over 3 parent complains about Glitter.
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 AM
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social, sorry not everyone shares your enthusiasm for pigeons.
This poll was courtesy of Nowhere Bookshop, the coolest indie bookshop in my ‘hood. Who also hosted @bartography.bsky.social after the local district canceled his visit over 3 parent complains about Glitter.
This poll was courtesy of Nowhere Bookshop, the coolest indie bookshop in my ‘hood. Who also hosted @bartography.bsky.social after the local district canceled his visit over 3 parent complains about Glitter.
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Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
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A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Texas is in play.
That means a hell of a lot of work ahead for GOTV efforts.
That means a hell of a lot of work ahead for GOTV efforts.
US Senate Texas matchups
🟥 John Cornyn 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟦 James Talarico 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 43%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟦 James Talarico 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 47%
🟦 James Talarico 44%
🟥 John Cornyn 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 43%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 46%
🟥 Ken Paxton 46%
🟥 Wesley Hunt 48%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 44%
Emerson - Texas Senate primary poll
🟦 James Talarico 47%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 38%
emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...
🟦 James Talarico 47%
🟦 Jasmine Crockett 38%
emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-p...
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Texas is in play.
That means a hell of a lot of work ahead for GOTV efforts.
That means a hell of a lot of work ahead for GOTV efforts.
There are always more of us than there are of them. You can’t see most of the crowd.
78209 showed up for @bartography.bsky.social at Nowhere Bookstore after the local school district cancelled his event. 3 families complained about one page on one book, not even the one he was going to talk about.
78209 showed up for @bartography.bsky.social at Nowhere Bookstore after the local school district cancelled his event. 3 families complained about one page on one book, not even the one he was going to talk about.
January 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
There are always more of us than there are of them. You can’t see most of the crowd.
78209 showed up for @bartography.bsky.social at Nowhere Bookstore after the local school district cancelled his event. 3 families complained about one page on one book, not even the one he was going to talk about.
78209 showed up for @bartography.bsky.social at Nowhere Bookstore after the local school district cancelled his event. 3 families complained about one page on one book, not even the one he was going to talk about.