E Mackenzie (Ken) Shell, Ph.D., LPC, CAADC
@mrkenshell.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Central Connecticut State University, Social Justice Advocate, Counselor Educator, Clinical Mental Health Counselor, former School Counselor. Posts/RPs my own. Pronouns: He/Him/His
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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Bingo
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bingo
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I really enjoyed this conversation hosted by @dblight.bsky.social about the current state of the historical profession and its role/responsibility in light of the Trump administration's attack on public history and history education. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUA...
Trump vs. History II: How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are
YouTube video by The New Republic
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I really enjoyed this conversation hosted by @dblight.bsky.social about the current state of the historical profession and its role/responsibility in light of the Trump administration's attack on public history and history education. 🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eUA...
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"CHCs play an important role in helping patients get health insurance coverage through both the ACA marketplaces & Medicaid. The coverage expansions have fueled health center growth: between 2013 & 2024, CHC capacity grew by 50%, from 21 million people served in 2013 to more than 32 million by 2024"
Millions of CHC Patients to Lose Coverage When Tax Credits Expire
CHCs serve community residents regardless of ability to pay; loss of revenue from private insurance and Medicaid will put a strain on CHCs’ finances and capacity.
www.commonwealthfund.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"CHCs play an important role in helping patients get health insurance coverage through both the ACA marketplaces & Medicaid. The coverage expansions have fueled health center growth: between 2013 & 2024, CHC capacity grew by 50%, from 21 million people served in 2013 to more than 32 million by 2024"
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Here’s today’s thread once more for the evening crowd. Please share all this great public scholarship widely, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Here’s today’s thread once more for the evening crowd. Please share all this great public scholarship widely, thanks! @hcrichardson.bsky.social 🗃️
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Hahaha "a promise to vote on the ACA subsidies" in Dec.
I mean.... Just.... Gullible shit
I mean.... Just.... Gullible shit
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hahaha "a promise to vote on the ACA subsidies" in Dec.
I mean.... Just.... Gullible shit
I mean.... Just.... Gullible shit
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Here's today's #ScholarSunday thread for the brunch crowd. If your work is featured, if you've benefited from being connected to any of the public scholarship in these threads, or if you just feel so inclined, please share as widely as possible, thanks! @sifill.bsky.social 🗃️
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Here's today's #ScholarSunday thread for the brunch crowd. If your work is featured, if you've benefited from being connected to any of the public scholarship in these threads, or if you just feel so inclined, please share as widely as possible, thanks! @sifill.bsky.social 🗃️
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So let's game some shit out...
1. 50 year mortgage - IF you can even save for the down payment which is the core issue still
2. 7-year car loan (becoming normalized) for a $50k+ new car
3. 25 year repayment on IDR w/ Tax Bomb.
Never catch up, the banks and government owns all of your money.
1. 50 year mortgage - IF you can even save for the down payment which is the core issue still
2. 7-year car loan (becoming normalized) for a $50k+ new car
3. 25 year repayment on IDR w/ Tax Bomb.
Never catch up, the banks and government owns all of your money.
a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt is sitting at a table with microphones in front of a sign that says surv
ALT: a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt is sitting at a table with microphones in front of a sign that says surv
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So let's game some shit out...
1. 50 year mortgage - IF you can even save for the down payment which is the core issue still
2. 7-year car loan (becoming normalized) for a $50k+ new car
3. 25 year repayment on IDR w/ Tax Bomb.
Never catch up, the banks and government owns all of your money.
1. 50 year mortgage - IF you can even save for the down payment which is the core issue still
2. 7-year car loan (becoming normalized) for a $50k+ new car
3. 25 year repayment on IDR w/ Tax Bomb.
Never catch up, the banks and government owns all of your money.
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"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause
Today I learned that the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Good morning, beloved.
It is difficult to change what we will not confront.
Be courageous.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
It is difficult to change what we will not confront.
Be courageous.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good morning, beloved.
It is difficult to change what we will not confront.
Be courageous.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
It is difficult to change what we will not confront.
Be courageous.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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Schools and districts are not equipped to deal with the dysregulation students are going to experience due to excessive hunger and familial stress over food insecurity.
We’re just not in any way prepared.
We’re just not in any way prepared.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Schools and districts are not equipped to deal with the dysregulation students are going to experience due to excessive hunger and familial stress over food insecurity.
We’re just not in any way prepared.
We’re just not in any way prepared.
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Before Sunday ends, here's today's #ScholarSunday thread once more. Please share all this great public scholarship widely, & thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 247 (10/26/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...
blackwhiteandread.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Before Sunday ends, here's today's #ScholarSunday thread once more. Please share all this great public scholarship widely, & thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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I saw a post that said “everything we have now and are enjoying is because of someone else’s oppression or exploitation at some point.”
And the sad thing is is that is true…. ❤️🩹
And the sad thing is is that is true…. ❤️🩹
October 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I saw a post that said “everything we have now and are enjoying is because of someone else’s oppression or exploitation at some point.”
And the sad thing is is that is true…. ❤️🩹
And the sad thing is is that is true…. ❤️🩹
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I love @marcusluther.bsky.social’s pedagogical approach to both teaching and learning.
I read this post this morning and it reminded me to be intentional this coming week about being a source of uplifting energy.
I read this post this morning and it reminded me to be intentional this coming week about being a source of uplifting energy.
Uplifting Moves in the Classroom
why they matter for students—and for you as a teacher, too
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I love @marcusluther.bsky.social’s pedagogical approach to both teaching and learning.
I read this post this morning and it reminded me to be intentional this coming week about being a source of uplifting energy.
I read this post this morning and it reminded me to be intentional this coming week about being a source of uplifting energy.
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"On the other hand, precisely because one million additional votes would create a changed electorate, the voting patterns of that electorate cannot be easily estimated from the voting patterns of the electorate in which Black lifespans are cut short." www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States
Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...
www.annualreviews.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"On the other hand, precisely because one million additional votes would create a changed electorate, the voting patterns of that electorate cannot be easily estimated from the voting patterns of the electorate in which Black lifespans are cut short." www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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The yearning for a feudal/slave based social order is a sickness that infects far too many aspects of European American culture.
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The yearning for a feudal/slave based social order is a sickness that infects far too many aspects of European American culture.
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#ProudBlue
flip.it/o83PNb
Six months in jail for abusing a child?
Six months?
This is the world they want, abusing children and getting a “traffic ticket.
This should show EVERYONE who is running the country, CRIMINALS.
As we sit and watch?
The exploitation, by the wealthy continues.
flip.it/o83PNb
Six months in jail for abusing a child?
Six months?
This is the world they want, abusing children and getting a “traffic ticket.
This should show EVERYONE who is running the country, CRIMINALS.
As we sit and watch?
The exploitation, by the wealthy continues.
Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child
Under a plea agreement, Morris was given a 10-year sentence, but he will serve only six months in an Oklahoma jail.
flip.it
October 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#ProudBlue
flip.it/o83PNb
Six months in jail for abusing a child?
Six months?
This is the world they want, abusing children and getting a “traffic ticket.
This should show EVERYONE who is running the country, CRIMINALS.
As we sit and watch?
The exploitation, by the wealthy continues.
flip.it/o83PNb
Six months in jail for abusing a child?
Six months?
This is the world they want, abusing children and getting a “traffic ticket.
This should show EVERYONE who is running the country, CRIMINALS.
As we sit and watch?
The exploitation, by the wealthy continues.
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Tariffs on medications AND premium increases for ACA marketplace plans and employer-sponsored insurance plans
September 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tariffs on medications AND premium increases for ACA marketplace plans and employer-sponsored insurance plans
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It’s really hard to find a therapist who can counsel people with actual real threat scenarios, like this one.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
was going through the covid/blm era with my therapist, mostly about how many friendships ended during that time, and she said "I'm sensing a pattern here" and I'm just like...ma'am, a bunch of people in my life openly said they hated Black people and didn't care about spreading a deadly disease.
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s really hard to find a therapist who can counsel people with actual real threat scenarios, like this one.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
For example, I don’t think I have “haters”. I have actual coordinated attacks on my safety and wellbeing, sir or ma’am.
Same with political conflicts like these.
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I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
September 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
I'm talking about something very different.
Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.
Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.
But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
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