@kerent.bsky.social
Vermonter, unionist, public school language teacher, super slow trail runner, car camper she/her
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More epic-scale snow drawing created by artist Sonja Hinrichsen #womensart #ArtAdvent
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
More epic-scale snow drawing created by artist Sonja Hinrichsen #womensart #ArtAdvent
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Sad day for Vermont Democratic women: Emerge Vermont is being shut down in a nationwide reorganization of Emerge America. EV has been a real force in improving gender equality in public office, and a productive feeder for the Democratic Party.
thevpo.org/2025/12/16/o...
thevpo.org/2025/12/16/o...
Oops, Never Mind.
This announcement, dated December 1, is still posted on Emerge Vermont’s website. But those “training opportunities” will not happen, at least not in their present format or timet…
thevpo.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sad day for Vermont Democratic women: Emerge Vermont is being shut down in a nationwide reorganization of Emerge America. EV has been a real force in improving gender equality in public office, and a productive feeder for the Democratic Party.
thevpo.org/2025/12/16/o...
thevpo.org/2025/12/16/o...
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It says a lot about our political media environment that Democrats are called upon to defend things they never said and Republicans are allowed to emerge unscathed for things they're literally recorded saying.
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It says a lot about our political media environment that Democrats are called upon to defend things they never said and Republicans are allowed to emerge unscathed for things they're literally recorded saying.
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government is not a business and I will die on this hill. it should not make a profit, it should provide a service. the point of taxes is to pay for that service
FOX: The ACA has never been more popular. Republicans are losing on this messaging. How do you talk to Americans who say the Republicans don't have a plan?
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
REP. BUDDY CARTER: You explain it by explaining it's not working. When the govt has to subsidize a program, that means it's not working
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
government is not a business and I will die on this hill. it should not make a profit, it should provide a service. the point of taxes is to pay for that service
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When we had society wide covid mitigations, we eliminated an entire strain of flu.
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Flu blamed in deaths of 3 children in Ottawa area this month | CBC News
Three children between the ages of five and nine have died from complications of influenza this month, health officials in Ottawa and a neighbouring region said Monday.
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 AM
When we had society wide covid mitigations, we eliminated an entire strain of flu.
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
Now we’re in the “you do you” era and seeing an aggressive and early start to flu season.
Three children in Ottawa have died.
Wear a mask, ideally an N95. Get your vaccines. Clean the air. Stay home when sick:
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The Starbucks CEO made $96 million for 4 months of work.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Barista workers arrested at Starbucks roasting plant in York County
The arrests are part of the longest strike in Starbucks history, which began on Red Cup Day in mid-November and has spread to over 180 stores nationwide.
www.pennlive.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The Starbucks CEO made $96 million for 4 months of work.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
Employees can’t get a living wage.
The longest strike in Starbucks history began on Red Cup day.
police just arrested a dozen striking employees for protesting outside a distribution centre.
Boycott Starbucks. Don’t cross the picket line.
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If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you are in NYC, and you're interested in volunteer court accompaniment, the group I work with is The New Sanctuary Coalition (@newsanctuarynsc.bsky.social). I know DSA and Courtwatch also has people in the courts; I'm sure there are other groups across the country mobilizing.
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If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
Nothing will make you an education AI skeptic faster than grading some college take home assignments. Admins who haven’t been in a classroom in years push it as a learning tool. Students are laughing at them as they use it as a cheating tool. It’s all instructors are texting about with each other.
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
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Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
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Pray for me, I just asked my mom to buy me a Chinga La Migra shirt for xmas and i just know she's going to ask me what it means.
December 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Pray for me, I just asked my mom to buy me a Chinga La Migra shirt for xmas and i just know she's going to ask me what it means.
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THREAD.
A collection of photographs of birds I have met in the UK countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of birds I have met in the UK countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THREAD.
A collection of photographs of birds I have met in the UK countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.
A collection of photographs of birds I have met in the UK countryside.
You will find the all-important captions to the photos in the alt text.
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I find there is a sort of free floating shame from two directions.
Some people feel that getting support from other people makes them weak.
Others feel that getting support from others is zero sum, and is essentially "stealing" from people who may need that support more.
Both are completely wrong
Some people feel that getting support from other people makes them weak.
Others feel that getting support from others is zero sum, and is essentially "stealing" from people who may need that support more.
Both are completely wrong
Most people do all they can to support themselves. People don't want to be mooches. It's just a fact most of us need support from others, but people are socialized not to support each other.
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I find there is a sort of free floating shame from two directions.
Some people feel that getting support from other people makes them weak.
Others feel that getting support from others is zero sum, and is essentially "stealing" from people who may need that support more.
Both are completely wrong
Some people feel that getting support from other people makes them weak.
Others feel that getting support from others is zero sum, and is essentially "stealing" from people who may need that support more.
Both are completely wrong
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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Someone invite me to give a keynote and/or talk to your preservice teachers about how I cultivate moments of joy in my classroom in an effort to spite the fascists who want to silence teachers like me and students like mine.
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone invite me to give a keynote and/or talk to your preservice teachers about how I cultivate moments of joy in my classroom in an effort to spite the fascists who want to silence teachers like me and students like mine.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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Teachers with supportive admin and robust PD & collaboration opportunities
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Teachers with supportive admin and robust PD & collaboration opportunities
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A country that can give 900 billion to the military can afford to provide its citizens food, shelter and healthcare.
There’s always money for war.
There’s never money for social supports.
There’s always money for war.
There’s never money for social supports.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A country that can give 900 billion to the military can afford to provide its citizens food, shelter and healthcare.
There’s always money for war.
There’s never money for social supports.
There’s always money for war.
There’s never money for social supports.
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My child’s school does a lot of things right, but this thing is pervasive and not great. I’m sharing in hopes that these words may reach a parent, teacher, principal, district administrator, or someone who can help shift the culture toward something more equitable.
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My child’s school does a lot of things right, but this thing is pervasive and not great. I’m sharing in hopes that these words may reach a parent, teacher, principal, district administrator, or someone who can help shift the culture toward something more equitable.
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I do not have the skill set to do this but one thing my parents did ingrain in me is that the purpose of these groups’ door knocking is not actually to convert- the leaders know that doesn’t work. It’s to teach members that they will be ridiculed, ostracised, despised outside the cult
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I do not have the skill set to do this but one thing my parents did ingrain in me is that the purpose of these groups’ door knocking is not actually to convert- the leaders know that doesn’t work. It’s to teach members that they will be ridiculed, ostracised, despised outside the cult
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
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The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State
During oral arguments, the conservative justices made clear that they intend to allow Trump to fire FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter—and reorder the separation of powers.
www.thenation.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The authoritarian takover of the state bureaucracy might not *sound* like a big deal. But SCOTUS giving Trump the ability to fire the federal government is a God-King power, and represents a failure of the American Revolution.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...