Kristina ByBee
@desertvintage.bsky.social
English Ed PhD. My work: First year comp, YA Lit, teacher ed. in AZ 🌵
My hobbies: collecting & selling vintage western wear. Rabid concert-goer. Cats 🐈
My hobbies: collecting & selling vintage western wear. Rabid concert-goer. Cats 🐈
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U.S. Democracy fails when we convince ourselves that voters are always right & should be told what they want to hear to earn their vote.
Actually, a healthy democracy MUST contradict voters. Leaders MUST tell ignorant voters what they NEED to hear when they don't know how the world works. 🧵
Actually, a healthy democracy MUST contradict voters. Leaders MUST tell ignorant voters what they NEED to hear when they don't know how the world works. 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
U.S. Democracy fails when we convince ourselves that voters are always right & should be told what they want to hear to earn their vote.
Actually, a healthy democracy MUST contradict voters. Leaders MUST tell ignorant voters what they NEED to hear when they don't know how the world works. 🧵
Actually, a healthy democracy MUST contradict voters. Leaders MUST tell ignorant voters what they NEED to hear when they don't know how the world works. 🧵
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Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984.
The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
August 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Putting the military on the street will lower crime. It does in North Korea, did in Nazi Germany, and in the book 1984.
The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
The question isn’t will it lower crime. The question is do we want to be a nation governed like this. Until 6 minutes ago the GOP believed in LOCAL control.
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they want to steer lower-class Americans into trades precisely because they don't want more competition for their special little snowflakes for the laptop jobs.
Would love to see an analysis of how many top members of this administration have kids in (or actively receiving training for) trade occupations.
Why go to college when PragerU is free?
Seriously though. College is good. Going into the trades is good. But it’s pretty offensive when an administration staffed by college grads is knowingly using cherry-picked data to encourage young people to skip college.
Seriously though. College is good. Going into the trades is good. But it’s pretty offensive when an administration staffed by college grads is knowingly using cherry-picked data to encourage young people to skip college.
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
they want to steer lower-class Americans into trades precisely because they don't want more competition for their special little snowflakes for the laptop jobs.
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mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.
August 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.
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Solar Is Liberation
As Sun Day approaches, solar is surging. It’s great news for the climate and everything else, unless you are an oligarch.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
As Sun Day approaches, solar is surging. It’s great news for the climate and everything else, unless you are an oligarch.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
July 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Solar Is Liberation
As Sun Day approaches, solar is surging. It’s great news for the climate and everything else, unless you are an oligarch.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
As Sun Day approaches, solar is surging. It’s great news for the climate and everything else, unless you are an oligarch.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
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Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great.
Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.
Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.
July 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Two things that shouldn’t be for profit: prisons and healthcare, because the incentive for harm is too great.
Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.
Keep ’em sick.
Keep ’em locked up.
keep the checks coming.
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Literally making up a guy to get mad at
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Literally making up a guy to get mad at
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So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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A lot of kids need books. A lot of those kids sign their emails to authors “some random kid.”
Maybe before you ban books, you should talk to the kids about how they feel. That’s what protecting kids would look like. Not taking away books that help them feel seen while you ignore them. 👍🏻
Maybe before you ban books, you should talk to the kids about how they feel. That’s what protecting kids would look like. Not taking away books that help them feel seen while you ignore them. 👍🏻
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A lot of kids need books. A lot of those kids sign their emails to authors “some random kid.”
Maybe before you ban books, you should talk to the kids about how they feel. That’s what protecting kids would look like. Not taking away books that help them feel seen while you ignore them. 👍🏻
Maybe before you ban books, you should talk to the kids about how they feel. That’s what protecting kids would look like. Not taking away books that help them feel seen while you ignore them. 👍🏻
Ridiculous
ATTENTION: Current + Future Student Loan Borrowers (and Parents)
Here’s how the “Big Beautiful Bill” could wreck your future:
🚨 STUDENT LOAN CHANGES UNDER THE BILL (proposed)
📌 SAVE Plan Terminated
No more SAVE, ICR, PAYE, or REPAYE for new loans after July 1, 2026.
🧵
Here’s how the “Big Beautiful Bill” could wreck your future:
🚨 STUDENT LOAN CHANGES UNDER THE BILL (proposed)
📌 SAVE Plan Terminated
No more SAVE, ICR, PAYE, or REPAYE for new loans after July 1, 2026.
🧵
May 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ridiculous
On brand for the “we’re not racists!” crowd
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
On brand for the “we’re not racists!” crowd
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A few years from now there will be quotes from some of the same people about how ai has ruined education.
Teachers Worry About A.I. for Students. For Themselves It’s Another Matter.
Educators are increasingly using generative A.I. in their own work, even as they express profound hesitation about the ethics of student use.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A few years from now there will be quotes from some of the same people about how ai has ruined education.
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Every damn day, another right-winger or an army of them explains why she made them do it; it's her fault, her being an individual woman or Democrats or.... Not sure what Ackman's getting at, but Brooks is in "they went too far in their antifascism so fascism is their fault" territory.
April 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Every damn day, another right-winger or an army of them explains why she made them do it; it's her fault, her being an individual woman or Democrats or.... Not sure what Ackman's getting at, but Brooks is in "they went too far in their antifascism so fascism is their fault" territory.
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Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS
Shuttering IMLS would be "an act of monumental neglect, violating the very foundation of America and what it stands for as a country," the publishers assert.
www.wordsandmoney.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...
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Out this week @cogscisociety.bsky.social! @samhforbes.bsky.social & I ”urge extreme caution in the use of LLMs in classrooms lest we further normalize: pupils losing their privacy, reducing contact between learner and educator, deskilling teachers & polluting the environment”
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models
Huettig and Christiansen in an earlier issue argue that large language models (LLMs) are beneficial to address declining cognitive skills, such as literacy, through combating imbalances in educationa...
doi.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Out this week @cogscisociety.bsky.social! @samhforbes.bsky.social & I ”urge extreme caution in the use of LLMs in classrooms lest we further normalize: pupils losing their privacy, reducing contact between learner and educator, deskilling teachers & polluting the environment”
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
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The list of books removed by the Naval Academy has been released.
These books were removed from a library that serves adults.
This is not a “culture war.” This is an infringement on our First Amendment rights.
media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...
These books were removed from a library that serves adults.
This is not a “culture war.” This is an infringement on our First Amendment rights.
media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...
media.defense.gov
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The list of books removed by the Naval Academy has been released.
These books were removed from a library that serves adults.
This is not a “culture war.” This is an infringement on our First Amendment rights.
media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...
These books were removed from a library that serves adults.
This is not a “culture war.” This is an infringement on our First Amendment rights.
media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/...
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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I would like to read an essay about how anti Me Too backlash is central to understanding what Democratic elites and journalists mean when they talk about the party becoming “too left.” They will never say it out loud, but it’s 100% there.
It doesn’t get addressed in most assessments of Democrats’ run to the right and antagonism of their base, but part of that strategy has been the abandonment of Me Too and its moral authority—and the unwillingness to go on the attack over stuff like this.
March 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I would like to read an essay about how anti Me Too backlash is central to understanding what Democratic elites and journalists mean when they talk about the party becoming “too left.” They will never say it out loud, but it’s 100% there.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73:
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.
March 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73:
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.