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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

This Is Fascism

Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 5h

Sadly, with the cuts to Dept of Ed grants, there will be no money to pay for tech “solutions” to unfunded mandates. <insert ironic eye roll here>

Patrick Hardy @patrickdhardy.bsky.social · 7h

Something I didn't appreciate until my kids started school was just how enmeshed the tech industry is in public ed. Attendance, school lunch, communication, calendars, testing, teaching tools--everything has its own app. There's a lot of money to be made there.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7h

Meanwhile, ed tech companies are salivating--eager to sell "solutions" to families whose schools will now struggle (even more than they already have) to meet their kids' learning needs.

(Here are a few of the ed tech ads I've been tracking over the past few months)

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 7h

it’s shocking how much this boils down to “people shouldn’t be allowed to disagree with me, and especially not allowed to agree with the people who were better-liked than me in college”

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

Power, Vought claims, now lies with a “permanent ruling class” of leftist elites who control all major institutions and especially the “woke and weaponized” agencies of the state. In order to defeat them, conservatives must become “radical constitutionalists” - and take radical action.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

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FROGS TOGETHER STRONG
Find a frog gathering near you www.NoKings.org | October 18

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7h

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 6h

I invested in a “proto-bird” inflatable (dinosaur for non-biologists) for this coming Saturday.

Spirit Halloween pop-ups FTW!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 6h

I am going to wear my tiger costume from Halloween a few years back to the no kings rally in LA.

Everybody should dress like this if they can. Humiliate these fascist goons.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. the self-proclaimed frog brigade — three adults in inflatable amphibian costumes — posed for photos ..

“.. A small group of counterprotesters nearby shouted, “We love you, ICE!”

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

kidnapping

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 1d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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graylola.bsky.social @graylola.bsky.social · 2d

Well now I'm definitely going to a protest that day.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 2d

Trump announces 1500% tariffs on Lutefisk

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist."

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

bit.ly

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 9d

There really are no whistleblower protections in place any more. This administration does not recognize any boundaries.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 9d

“In her complaint, the scientist, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who had directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, objected to Trump administration actions, alleging that they had endangered research subjects, defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.”

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

www.nytimes.com

Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 10d

If you have reason to contact a federal worker, know that their out of office reply was out of their control.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 11d

I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 11d

Shutdown rules aren’t neutral. They favor agencies aligned with GOP priorities, while those aligned with Democratic priorities bear the brunt of furloughs.

Furlough Rates:
EPA: 89%
Dept. of Education: 86%
Dept. of Labor: ~75%
DHS / ICE / CBP: ~0%

Bad incentives → biased outcomes.

Scatterplot of federal agencies showing furlough rates vs ideological leaning. Liberal agencies (EPA, Dept. of Education) have high furloughs; conservative ones (DOD, DHS) nearly none. Rules structurally protect GOP priorities.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14d

Sonja is the best. All of her writing is so insightful. If you haven't seen "Machine Yearning," check it out. ⬇️

And, there's more of her writing on AI here:
sonjadrimmer.com/public-writing

MACHINE YEARNING

Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.

www.artforum.com

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Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 15d

I would be fired under this higher ed system.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 23d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Stacey Kiser @staceykiser.bsky.social · 25d

This looks like a great resource to unpack with students.

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d

""Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment." -- Charlie Kirk, 2024

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

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