Nate
@jessenathaniel.bsky.social
Black. Special Education administrator. Holding fast to the belief that education and restorative justice can meet the political moment. Committed to racial justice inside & outside of school.
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Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
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Deep in Frederick Douglassland as I tinker with this unit—going to have kids read 6 of his speeches and the “narrative.” I do think every American kid should get to read this paragraph in context; I think it’s the best English language para about reading.
January 25, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Deep in Frederick Douglassland as I tinker with this unit—going to have kids read 6 of his speeches and the “narrative.” I do think every American kid should get to read this paragraph in context; I think it’s the best English language para about reading.
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this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
this is a small thing but it would be nice to feel good about paying taxes. i would like to write a check to the government and think about kids going to school and freshly paved roads not all the death squads my income helps fund.
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An incredibly moving statement from the parents of Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 1:07 AM
An incredibly moving statement from the parents of Alex Pretti.
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This is how the administration is maligning Alex Pretti
A caring, 37 year old male US citizen who worked in the Minneapolis VA ICU as a nurse caring for sick veterans.
This is shameful and indefensible.
A caring, 37 year old male US citizen who worked in the Minneapolis VA ICU as a nurse caring for sick veterans.
This is shameful and indefensible.
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is how the administration is maligning Alex Pretti
A caring, 37 year old male US citizen who worked in the Minneapolis VA ICU as a nurse caring for sick veterans.
This is shameful and indefensible.
A caring, 37 year old male US citizen who worked in the Minneapolis VA ICU as a nurse caring for sick veterans.
This is shameful and indefensible.
There is no bottom.
Our government executed a nurse today.
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
There is no bottom.
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Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr. were murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just our democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
Something I’ve been reflecting on lately in helping Ts cultivate a culture of classroom dialogue: half the battle is believing that what kids say is an expression of a rich internal world that’s shaped by beliefs, experiences, feelings and hopes…and that world has value all on its own.
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Something I’ve been reflecting on lately in helping Ts cultivate a culture of classroom dialogue: half the battle is believing that what kids say is an expression of a rich internal world that’s shaped by beliefs, experiences, feelings and hopes…and that world has value all on its own.
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ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
January 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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I'll go one further and add that preparation for job skills alone *is* totally compatible with an authoritarian state-capitalist system but doesn't cut it in a system of democratic self-governance where we expect citizens to do more than work on behalf of the regime.
“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
May 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'll go one further and add that preparation for job skills alone *is* totally compatible with an authoritarian state-capitalist system but doesn't cut it in a system of democratic self-governance where we expect citizens to do more than work on behalf of the regime.
I read this book in 4th grade. For years, until high school maybe, I said it was my favorite book.
I’ve since realized that I could not possibly have grasped more than a fraction of the weight of it at that time.
That’s quite a statement about the value of sitting with a story that speaks to you.
I’ve since realized that I could not possibly have grasped more than a fraction of the weight of it at that time.
That’s quite a statement about the value of sitting with a story that speaks to you.
Excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time that I am currently reading. Apropos of nothing current…
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I read this book in 4th grade. For years, until high school maybe, I said it was my favorite book.
I’ve since realized that I could not possibly have grasped more than a fraction of the weight of it at that time.
That’s quite a statement about the value of sitting with a story that speaks to you.
I’ve since realized that I could not possibly have grasped more than a fraction of the weight of it at that time.
That’s quite a statement about the value of sitting with a story that speaks to you.
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“This is un-American“ is anti-Indigenous, anti-Black gaslighting and if you find that inconvenient imagine how our colonized and enslaved ancestors felt and grow the fuck up
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 AM
“This is un-American“ is anti-Indigenous, anti-Black gaslighting and if you find that inconvenient imagine how our colonized and enslaved ancestors felt and grow the fuck up
Genuinely curious how there are people still avoiding the word “fascism”… because there’s not a whole lot of ways to avoid it that aren’t just naive or asinine.
This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says
Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant
www.pbs.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Genuinely curious how there are people still avoiding the word “fascism”… because there’s not a whole lot of ways to avoid it that aren’t just naive or asinine.
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Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Tom Suozzi represents the NY-3 district on northwestern Long Island.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
If there's any mayor or town council member in Syosset or Great Neck or wherever who wants to make their move, this is the time.
Denounce this vote, promise you'd stand up to the goons, and you'd raise a million in a week.
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Someone just called me a believer in "purity tests" because I think the Democrats who just voted to fund the president's unaccountable masked goon squad deserve to be primaried.
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Someone just called me a believer in "purity tests" because I think the Democrats who just voted to fund the president's unaccountable masked goon squad deserve to be primaried.
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
If your definition of "purity" is that basic, you're beyond helping
I was in a district-led training today that was so bad that I’m still mad about it and it ended 30 mins early (I’m even mad at that because I rearranged my schedule to make the full hour lol). It wasn’t even that it could’ve been an email — it just shouldn’t have been.
We gotta do better, folks 🤷🏾♂️
We gotta do better, folks 🤷🏾♂️
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 AM
I was in a district-led training today that was so bad that I’m still mad about it and it ended 30 mins early (I’m even mad at that because I rearranged my schedule to make the full hour lol). It wasn’t even that it could’ve been an email — it just shouldn’t have been.
We gotta do better, folks 🤷🏾♂️
We gotta do better, folks 🤷🏾♂️
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I deeply resent just how much all of this makes me feel dumb, angry, and helpless all the time while the worst people appear to be living their best lives ruining the world for the rest of us, free of conscience and consequence. I'm ready to facilitate the return of both.
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I deeply resent just how much all of this makes me feel dumb, angry, and helpless all the time while the worst people appear to be living their best lives ruining the world for the rest of us, free of conscience and consequence. I'm ready to facilitate the return of both.
It’s actually kinda (darkly) humorous watching someone realize this in real time… because a lot of people hold this assumption and are quickly disabused of it when confronted with a classroom of kids.
Tutoring and teaching are not the same thing.
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
It’s actually kinda (darkly) humorous watching someone realize this in real time… because a lot of people hold this assumption and are quickly disabused of it when confronted with a classroom of kids.
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seems relatively simple to say and understand ... bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
seems relatively simple to say and understand ... bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"History will not look kindly upon______"
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"History will not look kindly upon______"
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
Damn history ... i don't look kindly upon it... we aint gotta wait
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On this MLK Day, one particular passage from his address at the March on Washington seems especially relevant.
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
On this MLK Day, one particular passage from his address at the March on Washington seems especially relevant.
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Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.