@EvidentlyR
@evidentlyreading.bsky.social
Author of Reading Beyond the Basics (coming in September 2025!), intervention teacher for striving readers, literacy coach, Goyen Foundation Literacy Fellow: Cohort 2. Bird nerd and word nerd. she/her. Views my own.
Went to a bunch of local stores today and everyone had free whistles on offer.
January 31, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Went to a bunch of local stores today and everyone had free whistles on offer.
DHS's repeated claim is that there is only chaos in MN because they aren't allowed "in the jails." Even that's a lie. Lies all the way down.
On top of everything else noxious about this appearance, Blanche is lying about cooperation from MN, as DOC set up a dedicated website to explain.
Blanche: "Remember, what we all saw in that 10 or second video is not the full story. Every American should know that. The story goes way beyond that. It starts with the fact that literally for months we have received 0 assistance from the state of Minnesota."
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
DHS's repeated claim is that there is only chaos in MN because they aren't allowed "in the jails." Even that's a lie. Lies all the way down.
I know there will be a lot of video dissection and discussion of this morning's shooting. What I need the media to ask is why agents engaged a man who was peacefully filming them, and why they continued once he backed away.
January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I know there will be a lot of video dissection and discussion of this morning's shooting. What I need the media to ask is why agents engaged a man who was peacefully filming them, and why they continued once he backed away.
He was filming and they engaged him; he backed away and they tackled him.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
He was filming and they engaged him; he backed away and they tackled him.
Can anyone nominate someone for a Nobel Peace Prize? We should nominate the residents of the greater Twin Cities.
They clearly believed that Minneapolis would riot after they killed one of us. We didn’t, we organized. We followed them, we monitored them. We alerted our neighbors. We fought them in the courts. And now they’re desperate, so they’re brutalizing us, without a hint of legitimate government purpose.
January 22, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Can anyone nominate someone for a Nobel Peace Prize? We should nominate the residents of the greater Twin Cities.
You may want to save this, in case you want to use it soon. No reason.
January 4, 2026 at 2:54 AM
You may want to save this, in case you want to use it soon. No reason.
Christmas Eve spread: marinated chickpeas, oranges with goat cheese and pistachios, smoked sardines, French bread, cheeses, and honey.
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Christmas Eve spread: marinated chickpeas, oranges with goat cheese and pistachios, smoked sardines, French bread, cheeses, and honey.
Watching a documentary about Mr. Rogers and I'm pretty sure everyone in the president's Cabinet needs to watch an episode or two every day.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Watching a documentary about Mr. Rogers and I'm pretty sure everyone in the president's Cabinet needs to watch an episode or two every day.
So often, leaders invoke the science of reading to justify actions that have nothing to do with the science.
Mike Miles says the 'science of reading' justifies limiting books in HISD. Experts say no.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
HISD's Mike Miles invokes ‘science of reading’ to limit books. Experts disagree
The Science of Reading emphasizes phonics but does it support Mike Miles' sidelining libraries and books in HISD schools? I asked literacy experts Maryanne Wolf, Emily Hanford and...
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
So often, leaders invoke the science of reading to justify actions that have nothing to do with the science.
Sending love and light for Alice Wong.
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Sending love and light for Alice Wong.
Rather than pundits urging all Democrats to move the center, how about urging candidates to believe in stuff. Progressives can win. Moderates can win. Just don't cynically triangulate yourself into things you don't believe.
It's official: Katie Wilson is the next mayor of Seattle!
Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Somewhere, Bruce Harrell is slamming a table. Katie Wilson is up by 1,976 votes and 0.72 percent of the vote. It’s tight, but we’re outside of recount territory, and it’s mathematica...
www.thestranger.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Rather than pundits urging all Democrats to move the center, how about urging candidates to believe in stuff. Progressives can win. Moderates can win. Just don't cynically triangulate yourself into things you don't believe.
The economy is great, which is why venerable cooking magazine Bon Appétit just re-featuded a recipe for burnt toast soup, and NYTimes Cooking is highlighting recipes that are "cheap and easy."
HASSETT: We're comfortable that inflation has come way down
QUINTANILLA: Even though it's been increasing for 5 straight months?
HASSETT: Well I guess there's ups and downs and seasonals
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The economy is great, which is why venerable cooking magazine Bon Appétit just re-featuded a recipe for burnt toast soup, and NYTimes Cooking is highlighting recipes that are "cheap and easy."
There are too many Dem senators who still think rationale incentives apply to the other side. They think "surely, after this election they'll realize how unpopular they are and when they hear from their constituents, they'll want to extend the subsidies." After all time.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
There are too many Dem senators who still think rationale incentives apply to the other side. They think "surely, after this election they'll realize how unpopular they are and when they hear from their constituents, they'll want to extend the subsidies." After all time.
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Astute observation from @evidentlyreading.bsky.social.
Lucy Calkins made teachers think ELA classrooms for novice readers should mirror the practices of adults, and that would make kids love reading.
open.substack.com/pub/curricul...
Lucy Calkins made teachers think ELA classrooms for novice readers should mirror the practices of adults, and that would make kids love reading.
open.substack.com/pub/curricul...
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Astute observation from @evidentlyreading.bsky.social.
Lucy Calkins made teachers think ELA classrooms for novice readers should mirror the practices of adults, and that would make kids love reading.
open.substack.com/pub/curricul...
Lucy Calkins made teachers think ELA classrooms for novice readers should mirror the practices of adults, and that would make kids love reading.
open.substack.com/pub/curricul...
Does Mike Johnson want to tell this guy I saw at the rally that his message is un-American?
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Does Mike Johnson want to tell this guy I saw at the rally that his message is un-American?
Don't think trying to paint No Kings as a "Hate America" rally is really working out.
October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Don't think trying to paint No Kings as a "Hate America" rally is really working out.
Just saw a yoga mom on a corner outside a Safeway with an early No Kings sign and a giant American flag, so I don't know if this line of propaganda is really going to pay off.
Mike Johnson: "Saturday, they're gonna be parading around the National Mall. They call it the No Kings Rally- we call it the Hate America Rally. They're gonna have all the Marxists, antifa people, BLM remnants, the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Party, they're gonna be out here screaming & wailing."
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Just saw a yoga mom on a corner outside a Safeway with an early No Kings sign and a giant American flag, so I don't know if this line of propaganda is really going to pay off.
I remember when we were told, re: gun control, that it was not worth it to trade liberty for safety.
Pam Bondi repeatedly claims that finding one missing child "makes it all worthwhile" when it comes to military occupations of American cities and adds that "Pritzker should be begging Donald Trump to come in."
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I remember when we were told, re: gun control, that it was not worth it to trade liberty for safety.
There's a discount on my book, Reading Beyond the Basics! Simple, research-informed routines for supporting older elementary students in making sense of challenging, worthy texts. Also, vomiting vultures!
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October 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
There's a discount on my book, Reading Beyond the Basics! Simple, research-informed routines for supporting older elementary students in making sense of challenging, worthy texts. Also, vomiting vultures!
a.co/d/f7eRAyp
a.co/d/f7eRAyp
David Ellison says TFP is committed to "amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum" - the spectrum that runs from reactionary centrism to center right.
(Also, um... spectra don't have corners).
(Also, um... spectra don't have corners).
Never forget how easy it is to dupe these people. You don’t have to run anything resembling a platform for ‘divergent views’ or ‘a range of opinions.’
You just have to *say* you’re doing that and run the same right-wing slop you can find at 50 other outlets.
You just have to *say* you’re doing that and run the same right-wing slop you can find at 50 other outlets.
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
David Ellison says TFP is committed to "amplifying voices from all corners of the spectrum" - the spectrum that runs from reactionary centrism to center right.
(Also, um... spectra don't have corners).
(Also, um... spectra don't have corners).
This conversation felt like just another example of the left being held responsible for every random person who objected to Dave Chapelle or any other bigotry, because they didn’t show voters they “liked them.” Meanwhile, the right literally calls anyone on the left “evil” and “demonic.”
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
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This conversation felt like just another example of the left being held responsible for every random person who objected to Dave Chapelle or any other bigotry, because they didn’t show voters they “liked them.” Meanwhile, the right literally calls anyone on the left “evil” and “demonic.”
Mark your calemdars! Coming this week, 9/26!
I had a great time talking with Melissa and Lori about interventions for upper elementary students, and I'm excited for you to hear how evidence-based practices grow readers.
I had a great time talking with Melissa and Lori about interventions for upper elementary students, and I'm excited for you to hear how evidence-based practices grow readers.
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Mark your calemdars! Coming this week, 9/26!
I had a great time talking with Melissa and Lori about interventions for upper elementary students, and I'm excited for you to hear how evidence-based practices grow readers.
I had a great time talking with Melissa and Lori about interventions for upper elementary students, and I'm excited for you to hear how evidence-based practices grow readers.
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Truth bomb‼️
This man should be the one speaking on college campuses…
“They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”
Watch
This man should be the one speaking on college campuses…
“They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”
Watch
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Truth bomb‼️
This man should be the one speaking on college campuses…
“They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”
Watch
This man should be the one speaking on college campuses…
“They’re planning for us to turn on each other and make this culture war a civil war. I am begging you, please, for the love of God, for the love of our neighbors… do not take the bait.”
Watch
Liberals apparently just throw money at problems instead of caring about values? My values are, "don't let kids go hungry in the richest country on Earth."
This is a common conservative trope: Giving money to poor people isn't enough, we need to focus on "cultural values" like hard work and marriage.
The problem is that red states have been doing that for decades and it doesn't work! Telling people that jobs are good doesn't help if there's no jobs.
The problem is that red states have been doing that for decades and it doesn't work! Telling people that jobs are good doesn't help if there's no jobs.
September 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Liberals apparently just throw money at problems instead of caring about values? My values are, "don't let kids go hungry in the richest country on Earth."
Martha's story has haunted me. May every person saved remember her name.
September 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Martha's story has haunted me. May every person saved remember her name.