Dreamingintrees
@dreamingintrees.bsky.social
Wordsmith wending my way through the world. She/her. Read banned books, fight fascism and protect trans kids (and adults).
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NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Public comments needed!
The admin wants to define grad programs in many "helping" fields (social work, nursing, teaching, etc) to no longer be "professional" degrees. This would mean major student loan restrictions: only $20,500/year. Tuition alone is often more.
Please comment by March 2!
The admin wants to define grad programs in many "helping" fields (social work, nursing, teaching, etc) to no longer be "professional" degrees. This would mean major student loan restrictions: only $20,500/year. Tuition alone is often more.
Please comment by March 2!
Reclassifying Social Work Degrees Will Harm Students, Communities, and the Profession
www.cswe.org
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Public comments needed!
The admin wants to define grad programs in many "helping" fields (social work, nursing, teaching, etc) to no longer be "professional" degrees. This would mean major student loan restrictions: only $20,500/year. Tuition alone is often more.
Please comment by March 2!
The admin wants to define grad programs in many "helping" fields (social work, nursing, teaching, etc) to no longer be "professional" degrees. This would mean major student loan restrictions: only $20,500/year. Tuition alone is often more.
Please comment by March 2!
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Hey if you hate the loss of journalism ?
You gone have to vote to support 230
If this is repealed it will allow people to be sued into silence by the pedophile billionaires for even mentioning things
Please I am begging you heed my call www.theverge.com/22309566/sec...
You gone have to vote to support 230
If this is repealed it will allow people to be sued into silence by the pedophile billionaires for even mentioning things
Please I am begging you heed my call www.theverge.com/22309566/sec...
Why Congress can’t stop talking about Section 230
The internet’s most misunderstood law.
www.theverge.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Hey if you hate the loss of journalism ?
You gone have to vote to support 230
If this is repealed it will allow people to be sued into silence by the pedophile billionaires for even mentioning things
Please I am begging you heed my call www.theverge.com/22309566/sec...
You gone have to vote to support 230
If this is repealed it will allow people to be sued into silence by the pedophile billionaires for even mentioning things
Please I am begging you heed my call www.theverge.com/22309566/sec...
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for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:47 PM
for me it was the fact that the author is one of the main driving forces behind the global movement to kill my trans friends and erase their existence
hope that helps
hope that helps
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Man, everywhere you look lawyers are still flinging themselves into fights. I know some people will disagree about the usefulness of taking shit to court but I think it's important that we're still doing that. We're still behaving as if the law has meaning.
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Man, everywhere you look lawyers are still flinging themselves into fights. I know some people will disagree about the usefulness of taking shit to court but I think it's important that we're still doing that. We're still behaving as if the law has meaning.
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Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
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I wrote Libby today; so should you.
I let my kids borrow books on Libby all the time, but I could never permit that if they could run into AI titles.
It's back to physical books for them if this is what's happening. Guess my library won't need to buy as many books.
I borrowed 202 books last year.
I let my kids borrow books on Libby all the time, but I could never permit that if they could run into AI titles.
It's back to physical books for them if this is what's happening. Guess my library won't need to buy as many books.
I borrowed 202 books last year.
Our official policy provides clarity on our AI usage and the broader impact of AI on the book industry as a whole. Read OverDrive's full policy here: https://bit.ly/4be33jB
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I wrote Libby today; so should you.
I let my kids borrow books on Libby all the time, but I could never permit that if they could run into AI titles.
It's back to physical books for them if this is what's happening. Guess my library won't need to buy as many books.
I borrowed 202 books last year.
I let my kids borrow books on Libby all the time, but I could never permit that if they could run into AI titles.
It's back to physical books for them if this is what's happening. Guess my library won't need to buy as many books.
I borrowed 202 books last year.
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Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
Delightful story for today
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Delightful story for today
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also, here is the image with alt-txt for bluesky people
January 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
also, here is the image with alt-txt for bluesky people
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20% of the way to a $6,000 goal to bring a little-produced Shakespeare play - King John - to stage with a cast of folks who traditionally would never be able to play the roles, on a timely topic.
Unfortunately, there is no big-bellied wolf sheriff to shake you down.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Unfortunately, there is no big-bellied wolf sheriff to shake you down.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
January 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
20% of the way to a $6,000 goal to bring a little-produced Shakespeare play - King John - to stage with a cast of folks who traditionally would never be able to play the roles, on a timely topic.
Unfortunately, there is no big-bellied wolf sheriff to shake you down.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
Unfortunately, there is no big-bellied wolf sheriff to shake you down.
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
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Standing ovation from me at this bit right here
December 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Standing ovation from me at this bit right here
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For this and other reasons I consider AI chatbots unsafe at any exposure, we have NO idea who will be adversely mentally impacted and too many of these adverse episodes have ended in death. We have no idea what a safe usage level is, if it exists.
This specific usage, all chatbot style usage, puts people with no prior history of psychosis at risk of having a psychotic break and other serious mental health episodes 🫠
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
For this and other reasons I consider AI chatbots unsafe at any exposure, we have NO idea who will be adversely mentally impacted and too many of these adverse episodes have ended in death. We have no idea what a safe usage level is, if it exists.
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Forest Dwellers.
Today is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
"The last leaf falls,
Above the ground,
All looks lost,
Yet beneath the surface,
The dance continues evermore,
Until the Earth is burned."
eveale.bandcamp.com/track/lament...
Today is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
"The last leaf falls,
Above the ground,
All looks lost,
Yet beneath the surface,
The dance continues evermore,
Until the Earth is burned."
eveale.bandcamp.com/track/lament...
Lament of the Dryads, by Eveale
from the album Lament of the Dryads / The Enemy
eveale.bandcamp.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Forest Dwellers.
Today is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
"The last leaf falls,
Above the ground,
All looks lost,
Yet beneath the surface,
The dance continues evermore,
Until the Earth is burned."
eveale.bandcamp.com/track/lament...
Today is the Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.
"The last leaf falls,
Above the ground,
All looks lost,
Yet beneath the surface,
The dance continues evermore,
Until the Earth is burned."
eveale.bandcamp.com/track/lament...
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Nor native Americans. We keep telling you: It's all about race. It's white nationalism.
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women
The Trump administration has scraped plans for coins honoring Frederick Douglass and Ruby Bridges opting for all Whites to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Nor native Americans. We keep telling you: It's all about race. It's white nationalism.
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
U.S. anniversary coins won’t feature any Black Americans or notable women www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
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This sort of thing bugs me a lot. There are valuable use cases for machine learning, involving pattern recognition and sifting thru a ton of data quickly. Totally valid + useful.
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This sort of thing bugs me a lot. There are valuable use cases for machine learning, involving pattern recognition and sifting thru a ton of data quickly. Totally valid + useful.
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
These get lumped together with useless brain-eating plagiarizing chatbots under the umbrella term "A.I."
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I learned that Makary & his top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine. I am co-Editor-in-Chief of Vaccine. The data had been presented publicly. It showed the benefits outweigh the risks of COVID vaccines for all ages.
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Whistleblowers say Makary silenced internal researchers who supported COVID-19 vaccine access. Their studies were buried or delayed. The agency meant to protect public health is now struggling to protect its own scientists from retaliation.
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I learned that Makary & his top vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine. I am co-Editor-in-Chief of Vaccine. The data had been presented publicly. It showed the benefits outweigh the risks of COVID vaccines for all ages.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.