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@jmochicago.bsky.social
Multidisciplinary nerd. Use Qual+Quant data for sensemaking. Wrangle data & skip trace for fun. Business & organizational ethnographer. Tweets = my own. Will always be up for talking about public ed and nonfiction. Fueled by Ethiopian coffee.
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PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
So many female (especially grad) students have stories about a creepy, inappropriate professor like this. I have stories circa 1994. Reporting them went nowhere and often meant you would be shut out of important opportunities. I hope this young woman is kicking ass today and never looked back.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So many female (especially grad) students have stories about a creepy, inappropriate professor like this. I have stories circa 1994. Reporting them went nowhere and often meant you would be shut out of important opportunities. I hope this young woman is kicking ass today and never looked back.
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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Charlotte residents: make whistle kits, warn neighbors, walk kids to school on behalf of the most vulnerable. @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social can’t you connect with @indivisible.org’s Charlotte’s chapter to give advice?
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Charlotte residents: make whistle kits, warn neighbors, walk kids to school on behalf of the most vulnerable. @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social can’t you connect with @indivisible.org’s Charlotte’s chapter to give advice?
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A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself
The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.
www.snopes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
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For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For a very particular reason, ALAN DERSHOWITZ, I’m thinking about how the Harvard Law Faculty, which Dersh is a member of, were VERY vocal about how Harvard’s mee Obama-era title IX standards were too stringent and “unfair” to accused perpetrators
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It's a huge mistake to center all of this around Trump.
It's exactly what the Republican party will use to escape consequences.
It's also what corporatist Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries will use to help the Republican Party escape consequences.
It's exactly what the Republican party will use to escape consequences.
It's also what corporatist Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries will use to help the Republican Party escape consequences.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's a huge mistake to center all of this around Trump.
It's exactly what the Republican party will use to escape consequences.
It's also what corporatist Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries will use to help the Republican Party escape consequences.
It's exactly what the Republican party will use to escape consequences.
It's also what corporatist Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries will use to help the Republican Party escape consequences.
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In case you wondered why the state just keeps building bigger and bigger prisons…
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In case you wondered why the state just keeps building bigger and bigger prisons…
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Why did the nation that used Christianity to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing of indigenous populations, racial segregation, homophobia and preemptive war elect a dumb racist crook who's the opposite of everything Jesus taught?
Is that the question?
Is that the question?
The real question we need to ask ourselves as a nation is, WHY did so many people vote for this in the first place? Trump is the symptom. Not the problem.
Who would've guessed that "the Mark of the Beast" would wind up being just a clot of cheap spray-tan goo.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Why did the nation that used Christianity to justify slavery, ethnic cleansing of indigenous populations, racial segregation, homophobia and preemptive war elect a dumb racist crook who's the opposite of everything Jesus taught?
Is that the question?
Is that the question?
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Where is the outrage for Sudan? Moral consistency is how we overcome the threats we face today. Listen: https://loom.ly/emUUjQQ
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Where is the outrage for Sudan? Moral consistency is how we overcome the threats we face today. Listen: https://loom.ly/emUUjQQ
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
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This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
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I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
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Smaller classes *behave* differently, like organisms. A class of 6 is a different organism than 15 or 30 or 100 or 300. But in classes under 20 it’s easier to create safety, get kids to focus, and create community. But we wouldn’t want that!
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Smaller classes *behave* differently, like organisms. A class of 6 is a different organism than 15 or 30 or 100 or 300. But in classes under 20 it’s easier to create safety, get kids to focus, and create community. But we wouldn’t want that!
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We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
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Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
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For the files to actually matter Americans would have to be different people than we actually are. Americans top priorities are xenophobia and transphobia. They're lying about it being the economy and it's damn sure not protecting vulnerable children
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
For the files to actually matter Americans would have to be different people than we actually are. Americans top priorities are xenophobia and transphobia. They're lying about it being the economy and it's damn sure not protecting vulnerable children
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Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Teen Vogue did some terrific work. Great story here on Teen Vogue and how the Vogue/Conde Nast bosses seem like the "liberal" types who have been eager to use Trump's rise as a pretext to silence progressives/leftists they disagree with. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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If one subscribes to the theory that much of what the admin does is intended to push boundaries (in this case, literally) to test resistance and the law, suddenly Charlotte makes a lot more sense.
Charlotte is not even within the 100-mile “border zone” that CBP claims to have jurisdiction over.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If one subscribes to the theory that much of what the admin does is intended to push boundaries (in this case, literally) to test resistance and the law, suddenly Charlotte makes a lot more sense.
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public health, despite its mistakes, saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic — and we’re getting burned to the ground for it. ha ha life is great
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
public health, despite its mistakes, saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic — and we’re getting burned to the ground for it. ha ha life is great
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Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.