Nancy Flanagan 🎼
@nancyflanagan.bsky.social
Lifelong public school educator and advocate. Michigan Teacher of the Year, 1993. National Board Certified Teacher. Musician. Prodigious reader. Gardener. Ardently Blue. #Resist! https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/
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“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other idea for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.” John Dewey
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The Pope has a word with the man in 27E who is listening to an action movie on his iPad's speakers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Pope has a word with the man in 27E who is listening to an action movie on his iPad's speakers.
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Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
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One of the most powerful people in Congress is a 92-year old Iowan who’s obsessed with Dairy Queen, his vacuum cleaner, and ruining the lives of his constituents. So why haven’t the Democrats beaten him yet? www.currentaffairs.org/news/only-a-...
Only a Failing System Could Produce Chuck Grassley
One of the most powerful people in Congress is a 92-year old Iowan who’s obsessed with Dairy Queen, his vacuum cleaner, and ruining the lives of his constituents. So why haven’t the Democrats beaten h...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
One of the most powerful people in Congress is a 92-year old Iowan who’s obsessed with Dairy Queen, his vacuum cleaner, and ruining the lives of his constituents. So why haven’t the Democrats beaten him yet? www.currentaffairs.org/news/only-a-...
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Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."
Apart from Native Americans, we are all immigrants — all descended from “foreigners.” Some of our ancestors came here eagerly; some came because they were no longer safe in their homelands; some came enslaved. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office
Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate
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November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Apart from Native Americans, we are all immigrants — all descended from “foreigners.” Some of our ancestors came here eagerly; some came because they were no longer safe in their homelands; some came enslaved. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
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CEO Jamie Dimon Says It Risks
Looking Like One is Buying Favors
From Chump.
Looking Like One is Buying Favors
From Chump.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
CEO Jamie Dimon Says It Risks
Looking Like One is Buying Favors
From Chump.
Looking Like One is Buying Favors
From Chump.
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Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Some in the Democratic Party want to you think we must choose between social justice and economic populism.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
Rubbish.
The only path forward is embracing both.
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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
Mark Kelly: "It seems to."
Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"
Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
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The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
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The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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Spot on.
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Spot on.
As a veteran teacher, in a relatively well-off suburban school system, I’ve been part of any number of school-based community service projects. My middle school used to have a canned goods drive around Thanksgiving. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/11/24/g...
Gratitude and Canned Goods—Teaching Children to Care
From one of my must-reads, Culture Study, on November 12: ‘If you’re not on TikTok, you might not have heard about the woman who’s been calling religious organizations to see how …
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November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As a veteran teacher, in a relatively well-off suburban school system, I’ve been part of any number of school-based community service projects. My middle school used to have a canned goods drive around Thanksgiving. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/11/24/g...
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Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why aren’t the Epstein files released yet? Still being doctored up with black Sharpies?
"The president directing the FBI to target us is exactly why we made this video in the first place."
My senator, Elissa Slotkin.
My senator, Elissa Slotkin.
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"The president directing the FBI to target us is exactly why we made this video in the first place."
My senator, Elissa Slotkin.
My senator, Elissa Slotkin.
'Playing AI whack-a-mole with computerized detector bots and policies designed for the express purpose of curbing chatbot cheating are not the way to go. Simply forbidding it is as effective as was the banning of Cliff Notes or Wikipedia.' curmudgucation.substack.com/p/warding-of...
Warding Off Classroom AI
There’s a lot out there from folks trying and suggesting and selling ways for teachers to put their fingers in the dike holding back the allegedly inevitable AI tide.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'Playing AI whack-a-mole with computerized detector bots and policies designed for the express purpose of curbing chatbot cheating are not the way to go. Simply forbidding it is as effective as was the banning of Cliff Notes or Wikipedia.' curmudgucation.substack.com/p/warding-of...
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Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
What's left of the Dept of Ed de-professionalizes all the helping professions. @nancyebailey.bsky.social has a fine analysis of why this happened, and how it will impact life in America: nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Elimination of the Professional Status of America’s Helpers! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
On this Thanksgiving, please remember the professionals who lift us throughout our lives. The helpers in the caring professions, nurses, teachers, counselors, speech-language pathologists, and many ot...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What's left of the Dept of Ed de-professionalizes all the helping professions. @nancyebailey.bsky.social has a fine analysis of why this happened, and how it will impact life in America: nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"No one's going to build a factory based on a tariff that's on on Monday, off on... Tuesday, the president's changed his mind by Wednesday, he gets hormonal by Thursday and someone says something nasty in the middle school cafeteria on Friday and they're back on again."
'Forces that created this moment—authoritarianism, digital platforms for extraction, manufactured chaos—won’t disappear w/ 1 election/leader. Trump won’t be Prez forever but harmful tactics, playbook, assault on agency & truth? Those will certainly persist' paultshattuck.substack.com/p/what-weve-...
What We've Built in Ten Months of Resisting Authoritarian Assault
This isn't just a blog. It's a maker space for tools of civic resilience. Here's where we're headed next.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Forces that created this moment—authoritarianism, digital platforms for extraction, manufactured chaos—won’t disappear w/ 1 election/leader. Trump won’t be Prez forever but harmful tactics, playbook, assault on agency & truth? Those will certainly persist' paultshattuck.substack.com/p/what-weve-...
'Let’s begin w/ egregious error that in August, Capital, WV and Louisiana National Guard were deployed in Washington DC in the 1st place, move on to fact that they’re still there in November. The troops have been misused' Excellent column on the shooting. luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-dc-nat...
The D.C. National Guard shooting is so wrong on so many levels
Let’s begin with the egregious error that in August, the Capital and West Virginia and Louisiana National Guard were deployed in Washington D.C.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
'Let’s begin w/ egregious error that in August, Capital, WV and Louisiana National Guard were deployed in Washington DC in the 1st place, move on to fact that they’re still there in November. The troops have been misused' Excellent column on the shooting. luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-dc-nat...
One in 6 fathers does not live w/ any of his children. One study found that 32% of non-resident fathers had minimal contact w/ their children w/in 1 year of separating from their children’s mother; within 8 years, this number rose to 55%. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
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November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One in 6 fathers does not live w/ any of his children. One study found that 32% of non-resident fathers had minimal contact w/ their children w/in 1 year of separating from their children’s mother; within 8 years, this number rose to 55%. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Women have dominated the teaching profession since the 19th century not because it’s a misandrist job-protection racket but bc early public-ed advocates found they could expand the school system quickly by hiring women teachers, whom they could pay less than men. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Women have dominated the teaching profession since the 19th century not because it’s a misandrist job-protection racket but bc early public-ed advocates found they could expand the school system quickly by hiring women teachers, whom they could pay less than men. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...