Todd Battistelli
@fromtherostra.com
How do our disagreements go? #rhetoric, #writing, and #education.
Viewpoints that I express are my own and do not represent the views of organizations with which I'm affiliated. Reposts are not endorsements.
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Todd Battistelli
@fromtherostra.com
· Nov 13
Hello!
My main interests are writing and learning, particularly as they relate to productive disagreement in rhetoric, organizational & workplace communication, emergent strategy, coalition work, and facilitation.
More here: fromtherostra.com/2023/03/10/w...
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My main interests are writing and learning, particularly as they relate to productive disagreement in rhetoric, organizational & workplace communication, emergent strategy, coalition work, and facilitation.
More here: fromtherostra.com/2023/03/10/w...
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insane new NJ story: Brendan Gill and by extension the Essex County Democratic machine is supporting a Republican, pro-insurrection mayor for reelection in a deep-blue town because his Democratic opponent is anti-machine newjerseyglobe.com/congress/nj-...
NJ-11 battle lines are drawn in Belleville - New Jersey Globe
The Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district and the nonpartisan race for mayor of Belleville – two very different races happening
newjerseyglobe.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 AM
insane new NJ story: Brendan Gill and by extension the Essex County Democratic machine is supporting a Republican, pro-insurrection mayor for reelection in a deep-blue town because his Democratic opponent is anti-machine newjerseyglobe.com/congress/nj-...
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Democrats need to be fighting EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. to make it easier to join a union and get paid a living wage. In the state senate, I have worked hand in hand with the unions and working people— I'll do the same thing in DC.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/08/c...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/08/c...
Democratic lawmakers will resurrect vetoed labor bill with an eye toward Colorado’s next governor
“I don’t know if that’s enough to get him to change his veto,” Rep. Javier Mabrey said of outgoing Gov. Jared Polis, “but maybe if we fail this year, we can get it don…
www.denverpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Democrats need to be fighting EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. to make it easier to join a union and get paid a living wage. In the state senate, I have worked hand in hand with the unions and working people— I'll do the same thing in DC.
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/08/c...
www.denverpost.com/2026/01/08/c...
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Logging back on briefly to encourage you to go read this issue of Pasts Imperfect, where I have an essay about the push to automate literacy in the contemporary academy and the relegation and subjection of literacy in Ancient Rome pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf...
Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Logging back on briefly to encourage you to go read this issue of Pasts Imperfect, where I have an essay about the push to automate literacy in the contemporary academy and the relegation and subjection of literacy in Ancient Rome pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf...
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Colorado pushes back against new federal childhood vaccine recommendations
Colorado pushes back against new federal childhood vaccine recommendations
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment urged families to use the American Academy of Pediatrics' vaccine recommendations.
coloradosun.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Colorado pushes back against new federal childhood vaccine recommendations
i suspected as a very young person and have since had repeatedly confirmed over the course of my life and career that moral courage is not a feature strongly represented at the highest levels of your average institution
January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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i suspected as a very young person and have since had repeatedly confirmed over the course of my life and career that moral courage is not a feature strongly represented at the highest levels of your average institution
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
i suspected as a very young person and have since had repeatedly confirmed over the course of my life and career that moral courage is not a feature strongly represented at the highest levels of your average institution
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Socialist A. Philip Randolph saw in the porters’ struggle a symbol for the strivings of all Black working people. Believing they were “made to order to carry the gospel of unionism in the colored world,” he threw himself into his newfound leadership role labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics
The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. One hundred years ago on August 25, 1925, Black sleeping car porters, hoping to form a union at the ...
labornotes.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Socialist A. Philip Randolph saw in the porters’ struggle a symbol for the strivings of all Black working people. Believing they were “made to order to carry the gospel of unionism in the colored world,” he threw himself into his newfound leadership role labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
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I took Tucker’s piece as an inspiration for my own post for the Civics of Technology and applying the Baldwin Test to investigate claims about educational technology:
Applying the Baldwin Test to Ed-Tech — Civics of Technology
In this post, Charles Logan argues that educators can apply the Baldwin Test to Ed-Tech.
www.civicsoftechnology.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I took Tucker’s piece as an inspiration for my own post for the Civics of Technology and applying the Baldwin Test to investigate claims about educational technology:
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SUN DOG IN STOCKHOLM
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM
SUN DOG IN STOCKHOLM
"From the bottom of our hearts, we salute you."
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"From the bottom of our hearts, we salute you."
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i just cant tell you how important it is for democrats to bring some people on who understand how political media works in 2026
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
i just cant tell you how important it is for democrats to bring some people on who understand how political media works in 2026
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
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If you won't listen to us, maybe you'll listen to this horse.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
If you won't listen to us, maybe you'll listen to this horse.
A default position of “when you disagree with with me, you help our enemies” is antithetical to organizing.
If you don’t have ways to productively disagree within your coalition, you aren’t working toward mutual liberation.
If you don’t have ways to productively disagree within your coalition, you aren’t working toward mutual liberation.
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A default position of “when you disagree with with me, you help our enemies” is antithetical to organizing.
If you don’t have ways to productively disagree within your coalition, you aren’t working toward mutual liberation.
If you don’t have ways to productively disagree within your coalition, you aren’t working toward mutual liberation.
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It's wild that conservatives hate the humanities so much, but they absolutely love telling stories abt history and framing non fiction narratives as fiction. They love that part. It's really the story tellers that dominate that party's powerful disinformation narratives.
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 PM
It's wild that conservatives hate the humanities so much, but they absolutely love telling stories abt history and framing non fiction narratives as fiction. They love that part. It's really the story tellers that dominate that party's powerful disinformation narratives.
The Constitution may not be a suicide pact, but TABOR apparently is.
The $95 million a year voters approved when they passed Proposition MM in November is expected to generate enough to fund the Health School Meals for All program. But it might still go back to the ballot.
“O.M.G.”: Why Colorado voters could be asked a fourth time to fund school meals
The $95 million a year voters approved when they passed Proposition MM in November is expected to generate enough to fund the Health School Meals for All program. But it might still go back to the…
coloradosun.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The Constitution may not be a suicide pact, but TABOR apparently is.
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The $95 million a year voters approved when they passed Proposition MM in November is expected to generate enough to fund the Health School Meals for All program. But it might still go back to the ballot.
“O.M.G.”: Why Colorado voters could be asked a fourth time to fund school meals
The $95 million a year voters approved when they passed Proposition MM in November is expected to generate enough to fund the Health School Meals for All program. But it might still go back to the…
coloradosun.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The $95 million a year voters approved when they passed Proposition MM in November is expected to generate enough to fund the Health School Meals for All program. But it might still go back to the ballot.
As we organize for a better world, we must attend to this: "...a community that maintained networks of connection for years, helping the unemployed find jobs, supporting their legal challenges, attending celebrations of political wins..."
The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
A General Air of Anxiety
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
January 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
As we organize for a better world, we must attend to this: "...a community that maintained networks of connection for years, helping the unemployed find jobs, supporting their legal challenges, attending celebrations of political wins..."
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The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
A General Air of Anxiety
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The parallels between the Red Scare of the 1950s and today’s assault on higher ed remind us of the need to join communities of resistance.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
Read Joan Wallach Scott (former chair of AAUP’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure) on the stakes of defending higher ed as a public good.
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Sincere question and I hope we can make a safe place for this discussion, are there people out there who feel like they don't know how to get involved and make a difference?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
January 6, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Sincere question and I hope we can make a safe place for this discussion, are there people out there who feel like they don't know how to get involved and make a difference?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
What do you feel like the barriers are for you getting involved in organizing?
Have you tried and failed?
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An experience a few years ago regarding your last question: An organizational culture in which strategic disagreement was always interpreted as a personal attack and/or insufficient commitment to the overall goals of the group.
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 AM
An experience a few years ago regarding your last question: An organizational culture in which strategic disagreement was always interpreted as a personal attack and/or insufficient commitment to the overall goals of the group.