MJ Sutherlin
@magmilemike.bsky.social
Chicago-based wife & mom. Photo, music, policy & tech geek. Globetrotter & Prince nerd.
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Louisiana continues to find ways to fail the state’s neediest students. And, I’m not certain that a new scholarship program will do any better by them.
“State regulations forbid F-rated private schools from enrolling new voucher students. Brumley waived that rule in recent years . . .’
“State regulations forbid F-rated private schools from enrolling new voucher students. Brumley waived that rule in recent years . . .’
Despite lofty promises, Louisiana’s private-school vouchers fall short
"If the goal was to improve achievement, then the program is not succeeding."
www.nola.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Louisiana continues to find ways to fail the state’s neediest students. And, I’m not certain that a new scholarship program will do any better by them.
“State regulations forbid F-rated private schools from enrolling new voucher students. Brumley waived that rule in recent years . . .’
“State regulations forbid F-rated private schools from enrolling new voucher students. Brumley waived that rule in recent years . . .’
This is an amazing read:
The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will
It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s—weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits...
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is an amazing read:
I’ve found my people. I HATE all big lights!
Do You Turn on the Big Light?
The Strategist staff is divided.
nymag.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’ve found my people. I HATE all big lights!
Just dropping this here. New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025. 🙌🏾
Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025. 🙌🏾
January 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just dropping this here. New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025. 🙌🏾
Jazz & Heritage Festival 2025. 🙌🏾
*shameless plug* My kid is competing for scholarship $$ . . . we’d appreciate your $1 per vote!
Vote for “Yasmyn Sutherlin, Teen Delegate No. 7!”
Use her specific name and delegate number (quoted above) in the notes when using Zelle, or Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @MissChicagoOrg
Vote for “Yasmyn Sutherlin, Teen Delegate No. 7!”
Use her specific name and delegate number (quoted above) in the notes when using Zelle, or Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @MissChicagoOrg
January 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
*shameless plug* My kid is competing for scholarship $$ . . . we’d appreciate your $1 per vote!
Vote for “Yasmyn Sutherlin, Teen Delegate No. 7!”
Use her specific name and delegate number (quoted above) in the notes when using Zelle, or Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @MissChicagoOrg
Vote for “Yasmyn Sutherlin, Teen Delegate No. 7!”
Use her specific name and delegate number (quoted above) in the notes when using Zelle, or Venmo:
Zelle: [email protected]
Venmo: @MissChicagoOrg
Ok- I’m logging off for a few hours. I didn’t even realize Clarence Clemons had passed. 😞
The great Clarence Clemons would have turned 83 today.
In his eulogy, Springsteen wrote: “Together, we told an older, richer story about the possibilities of friendship that transcended those I’d written in my songs .. he made me feel, and think, and love, and dream big.”
“Badlands” (1978) #RIP
In his eulogy, Springsteen wrote: “Together, we told an older, richer story about the possibilities of friendship that transcended those I’d written in my songs .. he made me feel, and think, and love, and dream big.”
“Badlands” (1978) #RIP
January 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ok- I’m logging off for a few hours. I didn’t even realize Clarence Clemons had passed. 😞
❤️🩹
Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82.
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Bruised and bloodied while traveling through the South in 1961, he challenged segregation on interstate buses and in terminal waiting rooms.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
❤️🩹
Why is this so perfect?
here come old laptop
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
December 29, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Why is this so perfect?
Good morning, Chicago.
The good news: this read 3 degrees a minute ago. *sigh*
The good news: this read 3 degrees a minute ago. *sigh*
December 12, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Good morning, Chicago.
The good news: this read 3 degrees a minute ago. *sigh*
The good news: this read 3 degrees a minute ago. *sigh*
“Physicians who provide medical oversight of prehospital care need to facilitate a long-overdue dialogue between paramedics and police about how to manage a restrained person who reports, ‘I can’t breathe.’”
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Handcuffs and Unexpected Deaths — “I Can’t Breathe” as a Medical Emergency | NEJM
Cases in which someone in apparently good health is physically restrained by police
and has a cardiac arrest represent a failure of the medical profession — not just
of law enforcement.
www.nejm.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:16 AM
“Physicians who provide medical oversight of prehospital care need to facilitate a long-overdue dialogue between paramedics and police about how to manage a restrained person who reports, ‘I can’t breathe.’”
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
“ . . . laws enacted in a number of Southern states explicitly granted married white women the right to own, enslave and whip Black people, independent of their husbands.”
And water is wet.
And water is wet.
Scholars Thought White Women Were Passive Enslavers. They Were Wrong.
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
“ . . . laws enacted in a number of Southern states explicitly granted married white women the right to own, enslave and whip Black people, independent of their husbands.”
And water is wet.
And water is wet.
NY Times “Cooking” in my inbox: “This is our best Pumpkin Pie recipe.”
Me: *delete*
#TeamSweetPotatoPie
Me: *delete*
#TeamSweetPotatoPie
November 23, 2024 at 4:07 PM
NY Times “Cooking” in my inbox: “This is our best Pumpkin Pie recipe.”
Me: *delete*
#TeamSweetPotatoPie
Me: *delete*
#TeamSweetPotatoPie
I really admire this school’s Arts program. Please save what makes it special, while ensuring that students meet graduation requirements . . .
Senn High School is making drastic cuts to its arts program, frustrating families.
"A bait-and-switch." https://buff.ly/3Zf9rAC
"A bait-and-switch." https://buff.ly/3Zf9rAC
November 21, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I really admire this school’s Arts program. Please save what makes it special, while ensuring that students meet graduation requirements . . .
I’ve seen a LOT of celebrity athletes come through Chicago, but Angel Reese is DIFFERENT. ❤️
That’s my kid with the pink iPhone. Thank you, @reese10angel.bsky.social!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY2UYW3v/
That’s my kid with the pink iPhone. Thank you, @reese10angel.bsky.social!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY2UYW3v/
Come with me to give away 15 Angel Reese’s Puffs Boxes In Chicago! 🍫🔥 @Reese’s Puffs @Reeses
TikTok video by angel
www.tiktok.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I’ve seen a LOT of celebrity athletes come through Chicago, but Angel Reese is DIFFERENT. ❤️
That’s my kid with the pink iPhone. Thank you, @reese10angel.bsky.social!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY2UYW3v/
That’s my kid with the pink iPhone. Thank you, @reese10angel.bsky.social!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY2UYW3v/
Trump’s team also “plans to stop issuing citizenship-affirming documents, like passports and Social Security cards, to infants born on domestic soil to undocumented migrant parents in a bid to end birthright citizenship.”
As if the headline wasn’t bad enough.
Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations
Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and support civilian immigration agents.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Trump’s team also “plans to stop issuing citizenship-affirming documents, like passports and Social Security cards, to infants born on domestic soil to undocumented migrant parents in a bid to end birthright citizenship.”
As if the headline wasn’t bad enough.
@ellery.bsky.social . . . this was so entertaining! “Let’s never do this again.”
This is by far the best thing I've ever written.
Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
48 hours aboard Amtrak’s new direct train from Chicago to Miami
The Sun-Times sent a reporter and photographer on the first run of the Floridian from Chicago to Miami — on one condition. We have to ride the whole way in coach.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
@ellery.bsky.social . . . this was so entertaining! “Let’s never do this again.”
Nope. I give every driver my best Stank Face.
Is it just me or does everyone immediately dislike any cyber truck on the road and its driver
November 17, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Nope. I give every driver my best Stank Face.
So . . . there are cat pics in my Bluesky feed?!
Whiskers Prince and Prince Whiskers, at your service. 🐾
Whiskers Prince and Prince Whiskers, at your service. 🐾
November 17, 2024 at 12:59 AM
So . . . there are cat pics in my Bluesky feed?!
Whiskers Prince and Prince Whiskers, at your service. 🐾
Whiskers Prince and Prince Whiskers, at your service. 🐾
I love the internet!
November 16, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I love the internet!
I’ve found my people. 😂 Hello, Bluesky!
November 15, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I’ve found my people. 😂 Hello, Bluesky!