Patty Marie
@pattymarie.bsky.social
Mom, M.Ed, Special Education Teacher coach, lifelong learner, Democrat. No lists, please. Views expressed are my own.
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Patty Marie
@pattymarie.bsky.social
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1. At the end of the school year as teachers were wrapping up their remaining IEPs or trying to hold amendments, I had several say that they were having trouble getting parents to respond to meeting notices and calls. And it got me wondering how many of those parents might be undocumented
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For a second, I thought there was a typo. The UK? The U.S., I can see that happening, but the UK?
This sounds like a 'HOLD MY BEER' moment.
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This sounds like a 'HOLD MY BEER' moment.
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UK Denies Visa for 8-Year-Old Jamaican Girl Left Homeless by Hurricane Melissa
An eight-year-old Jamaican girl left destitute by Hurricane Melissa has been denied a UK visa to join her parents.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
For a second, I thought there was a typo. The UK? The U.S., I can see that happening, but the UK?
This sounds like a 'HOLD MY BEER' moment.
shinemycrown.com/uk-denies-vi...
This sounds like a 'HOLD MY BEER' moment.
shinemycrown.com/uk-denies-vi...
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Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
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Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you�
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November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
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Despite SNAP's return, indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity : Shots - Health News
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SNAP was restored, but many indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity
During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Despite SNAP's return, indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity : Shots - Health News
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WooHoo!!! Get your seasoning!!
Bluesky followers are getting a Bluesky only discount for the holidays!!!! Starting #BlackFriday thru #NewYearsEve
Code bsky for 25% off your whole order.
Code bsky for 25% off your whole order.
November 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
WooHoo!!! Get your seasoning!!
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Caribbean Matters: Honoring Rep. Nydia Velázquez's 3 decades of service
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Caribbean Matters: Honoring Rep. Nydia Velázquez's 3 decades of service
Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Caribbean Matters: Honoring Rep. Nydia Velázquez's 3 decades of service
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Over 300,000 marched in the Black Women’s March in Brasília for reparations and an end to racism
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Over 300,000 marched in the Black Women's March in Brasília for reparations and an end to racism : Peoples Dispatch
Over 300,000 women marched in Brasília on November 25 and launched a manifesto denouncing colonialism and demanding reparatory policies
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November 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Over 300,000 marched in the Black Women’s March in Brasília for reparations and an end to racism
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Why so surprised?
Karoline probably post-it noted this one in. Noem's voicemail box was probably full ... and Karoline wanted her gone before Colonizers Day.
That way, there's more turkey & raisins potato salad for her.
Karoline probably post-it noted this one in. Noem's voicemail box was probably full ... and Karoline wanted her gone before Colonizers Day.
That way, there's more turkey & raisins potato salad for her.
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Why so surprised?
Karoline probably post-it noted this one in. Noem's voicemail box was probably full ... and Karoline wanted her gone before Colonizers Day.
That way, there's more turkey & raisins potato salad for her.
Karoline probably post-it noted this one in. Noem's voicemail box was probably full ... and Karoline wanted her gone before Colonizers Day.
That way, there's more turkey & raisins potato salad for her.
Acknowledging that I'm posting this from the unceded ancestral homeland of the Kumeyaay people on this holiday morning. Here Nikki Apostolou shares the truth about Thanksgiving: www.instagram.com/reel/DRiPM7l...
Nikki Apostolou on Instagram: "The origins of Thanksgiving are not the peaceful Indians and pilgrims image that we’ve been taught in school. The original Thanksgiving was a massacre of Native American...
4,990 likes, 134 comments - native_stardust on November 26, 2025: "The origins of Thanksgiving are not the peaceful Indians and pilgrims image that we’ve been taught in school. The original Thanksgivi...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Acknowledging that I'm posting this from the unceded ancestral homeland of the Kumeyaay people on this holiday morning. Here Nikki Apostolou shares the truth about Thanksgiving: www.instagram.com/reel/DRiPM7l...
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“My tax dollars pay for you to eat!” Wrong!!
“Our tax dollars help our fellow Americans in need.”
Any questions?
“Our tax dollars help our fellow Americans in need.”
Any questions?
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“My tax dollars pay for you to eat!” Wrong!!
“Our tax dollars help our fellow Americans in need.”
Any questions?
“Our tax dollars help our fellow Americans in need.”
Any questions?
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Cure
INXS
U2 w/Public Enemy
Pink
Janet Jackson
And a bunch of old timers before they retired.
INXS
U2 w/Public Enemy
Pink
Janet Jackson
And a bunch of old timers before they retired.
Eminem, Dr Dre, Xhibit, and Snoop with the Up In Smoke tour.
Bush.
Lindsey Stirling.
Evanescence.
Method Man and Redman.
Bush.
Lindsey Stirling.
Evanescence.
Method Man and Redman.
I love seeing everyone's concerts!
*Prince
*Tina Turner (Lionel opened for her!)
*Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
*Dave Matthews Band
*Foo Fighters
Also adding The Monkees because it was my first concert and The Backstreet Boys because that was a funny "Woo!" girl time.😂
*Prince
*Tina Turner (Lionel opened for her!)
*Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
*Dave Matthews Band
*Foo Fighters
Also adding The Monkees because it was my first concert and The Backstreet Boys because that was a funny "Woo!" girl time.😂
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Cure
INXS
U2 w/Public Enemy
Pink
Janet Jackson
And a bunch of old timers before they retired.
INXS
U2 w/Public Enemy
Pink
Janet Jackson
And a bunch of old timers before they retired.
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If people would read these weekly roundups, they would have a much better idea who the Congressional Black Caucus members are and what they are doing! Thank you Linda for doing this each week for all of us to be better informed
CBC Roundup: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-7) - "Some people argue the issue is racial"
From Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social
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From Linda Lee Peacock @lindaleepeacock.bsky.social
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CBC Roundup: Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-7) - "Some people argue the issue is racial"
Continuing the quote from the headline, Congressman Kweisi Mfume, during a hearing, where Republicans, once again, are�denying rights to the citizens of Washington, DC, Mfume went on to say, “they ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If people would read these weekly roundups, they would have a much better idea who the Congressional Black Caucus members are and what they are doing! Thank you Linda for doing this each week for all of us to be better informed
OK, take two on the cranberry jalapeño sauce. Thank you Trader Joe's for the non-bug cranberries! I did quadruple wash them for good measure and used a brand new bag of sugar to be extra safe. And I simmered them a little longer to make it less chunky this year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
OK, take two on the cranberry jalapeño sauce. Thank you Trader Joe's for the non-bug cranberries! I did quadruple wash them for good measure and used a brand new bag of sugar to be extra safe. And I simmered them a little longer to make it less chunky this year.
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Y'all, I got this photo published in the Missouri Conservationist magazine!
This red-tailed hawk flew right over me!
#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#hawks
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#hawks
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Y'all, I got this photo published in the Missouri Conservationist magazine!
Nena and I took the ferry from Coronado to Broadway Pier and walked down to Seaport Village this afternoon. One of our favorite tourist activities to do in our beautiful city. It was a perfect San Diego day!
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Nena and I took the ferry from Coronado to Broadway Pier and walked down to Seaport Village this afternoon. One of our favorite tourist activities to do in our beautiful city. It was a perfect San Diego day!
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The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done
…to no one’s surprise 😦
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…to no one’s surprise 😦
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Trump's EPA is abandoning oily cleanup of Chicago canal, Illinois official says — Chicago Sun-Times
Feds say the state should finish oversight of removing liquid asphalt from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal after massive spill.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done
…to no one’s surprise 😦
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…to no one’s surprise 😦
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OMG lovelies! My brother-in-law bought a "Die Hard" advent calendar. Hans Gruber falls a storey every day! 😂😂😂💀
Let the "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie melee begin!
Let the "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie melee begin!
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
OMG lovelies! My brother-in-law bought a "Die Hard" advent calendar. Hans Gruber falls a storey every day! 😂😂😂💀
Let the "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie melee begin!
Let the "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie melee begin!
@kinspire2.bsky.social this is what I'm talking about. And a lot of the areas shown here are vibrant, multi-cultural neighborhoods that have been massively gentrified.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@kinspire2.bsky.social this is what I'm talking about. And a lot of the areas shown here are vibrant, multi-cultural neighborhoods that have been massively gentrified.
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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This, right here.
This is why I go so hard at white women.
WE hold up the patriarchy, the power structure of racist oppression.
If WE'D stop voting for Republicans, their hold would break.
I include myself because I'm a white woman born into racist privilege.
youtu.be/kvP0JZWXDLo?...
This is why I go so hard at white women.
WE hold up the patriarchy, the power structure of racist oppression.
If WE'D stop voting for Republicans, their hold would break.
I include myself because I'm a white woman born into racist privilege.
youtu.be/kvP0JZWXDLo?...
White woman explains daughters of the confederacy.The institution of karens.
YouTube video by Afro Think Tank futurism.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This, right here.
This is why I go so hard at white women.
WE hold up the patriarchy, the power structure of racist oppression.
If WE'D stop voting for Republicans, their hold would break.
I include myself because I'm a white woman born into racist privilege.
youtu.be/kvP0JZWXDLo?...
This is why I go so hard at white women.
WE hold up the patriarchy, the power structure of racist oppression.
If WE'D stop voting for Republicans, their hold would break.
I include myself because I'm a white woman born into racist privilege.
youtu.be/kvP0JZWXDLo?...
Today was rough. It was the third anniversary of R's passing. But I made it through the day. Sort of as I had to keep checking my emotions. Nena and I went to the store to get what I needed to make jalapeño cranberry sauce for Friendsgiving at work on Friday.
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Today was rough. It was the third anniversary of R's passing. But I made it through the day. Sort of as I had to keep checking my emotions. Nena and I went to the store to get what I needed to make jalapeño cranberry sauce for Friendsgiving at work on Friday.
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@crockett.house.gov calls out the hypocrisy of the GOP again.
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@crockett.house.gov calls out the hypocrisy of the GOP again.
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We bitching about the Epstein Files, but basically let “quiet piggy” slip into nothing. Nothing since no kings march. But again I ask, “Schumer and Jeffries” are the problem? How can I take you seriously when you’re not taking America seriously. Stop blaming and start doing, you know, like when
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We bitching about the Epstein Files, but basically let “quiet piggy” slip into nothing. Nothing since no kings march. But again I ask, “Schumer and Jeffries” are the problem? How can I take you seriously when you’re not taking America seriously. Stop blaming and start doing, you know, like when