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Christopher Lehman

@ichrislehman.bsky.social

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he/him | Founding Director of The Educator Collaborative (@TheEdCollab). 20+ year educator, author of books for teachers, literacy consultant. 📝📺🍽️📚💪🏻🏳️‍🌈 (Personal account. Posts are my own.) https://linktr.ee/ichrislehman

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welcome new followers 👋🏻

💡My professional home is @theedcollab.bsky.social

✍🏻 I write book, articles, and blogs for literacy educators.

📚Consult K-12 on all things literacy and especially love teaching demo lessons with you and your kiddos.

🍽️ 🕺 🪩 📺 ✊🏻 + naps

Happy to be connected!

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 7d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 8d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 6d

If you're a government employee and you want to talk, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal. We can speak anonymously.

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 7d

NEW! Dept of Education workers say their OOO replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown. When employees changed their responses back to the more neutral language, it changed yet again to the partisan response.

@wired.com @leahfeiger.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/govern...

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

www.wired.com

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Goodall was speaking in defense of climate justice and peace until the very end. Grateful we lived in the same time as her. She inspired millions to see intelligence and grace in the animal kingdom and how interlocked humans are with nature. We must fight on.

Rest in Power Dr. Goodall.

Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 10d

Adams dropping out of a race he had no chance of winning so he can make Trump happy perfectly sums up what it was like to have him as mayor.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11d

I wonder what it's like to be as shameless as Eric Adams. Just going through life openly being a corrupt piece-of-shit. Truly a wonder to behold.

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 10d

While it’s not surprising he is doing this, I was holding on to hope that his ego kept him in just to spoil Cuomo chances even further.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 11d

Indeed.

LLMs are LLMs.

Machine learning is machine learning.

AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.

Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 12d

There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.

It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.

If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 11d

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

South Bay Queer Solidarity @sbqsolidarity.bsky.social · 12d

A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!

Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...

#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia

Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills

TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...

transfamilysos.org

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 14d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 14d

Had a great few days with teachers and students in Wilmington, NC. Kicked off our year of work digging into K-8 literacy practices and revising curriculum. …and it’s a beautiful, inclusive city!

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JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social · 19d

#TheEdCollabGathering such inspiration learning from Katie and @stellavillalba.bsky.social reminding us to “Live the writerly life.” @theedcollab.bsky.social

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 19d

So happy to have you tune in to the keynote! Looking forward to your workshop later this morning! 📚

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JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social · 19d

“Dream about what you’re fighting for!” @ichrislehman.bsky.social getting us fired up #forstudents #theEdCollabGathering.
#pdlove @theedcollab.bsky.social

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 19d

Yay! It’s almost here!

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The Educator Collaborative @theedcollab.bsky.social · 19d

🎉TOMORROW! Saturday, Sept 20.

Our Fall 2025 Gathering kicks off at 10AM EST / 7AM PST

Register:
Gathering.TheEducatorCollaborative.com

Visit gathering.TheEdCollab.com to view the full schedule. This image has a shortened agenda listed.

Image of the keynote speakers, Katie Wood Ray and Stella Villalba

Image of the conference theme: For Students. Bold black text on a violet background with the date and time.

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JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social · 23d

Join us Sat for the Fall 2025 #TheEdCollabGathering with the *wonder-full* Stella Villalba and Katie Wood Ray. All are welcome: theeducatorcollaborative.com/wp-content/u...
@jessicawalshedu.bsky.social @theedcollab.bsky.social

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CathlineT @tanisleads.bsky.social · 27d

Comfy blanket ✔ hot coffee, tea or similar ✔ laptop ✔ Ready for the @theedcollab.bsky.social Fall Gathering 9/20/2025 ✔
@ichrislehman.bsky.social

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28d

The motivation for young white men to embrace hate and authoritarianism is clear when even the institutions that are their supposed enemies work overtime to sanitize and honor their legacies

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28d

Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

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Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · 28d

Also students were shot at a school today.

Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · Sep 9

The military is used against civilians, on our soil, without due process. Favor can be bought. Political enemies are targeted. The media is being rapidly aligned to the central messaging.

We are here. It can get worse or we can fight to make it better, but we are here. No rights are guaranteed.

Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today’s racist SCOTUS ruling shows what you may be fearing. We are in an authoritarian state. Full stop.

The constitution that once protected civil rights have been abandoned for the tunnel vision of one man. All three branches are aligned behind the dear leader, checks and balances are gone.

Christopher Lehman @ichrislehman.bsky.social · Sep 5

oh my god she’s on my flight. I also confirmed it’s her by checking her husband online. Oh my god. PBS taping of Into The Woods 🥹🥹🥹 oh my god

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