Karon L
@mslippy.bsky.social
Secondary librarian (M.Ed), tech lover, former history/govt teacher.
Very concerned citizen, frustrated Ohioan, Media Literacy pusher
Ally 🏳️🌈 💛 research, truth, democracy
Very concerned citizen, frustrated Ohioan, Media Literacy pusher
Ally 🏳️🌈 💛 research, truth, democracy
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www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.
So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.
Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’
www.thetimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.
So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.
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An hour later, we learned that Disney did the right thing and is bringing Kimmel back. This is great news, BUT this is bigger than one show and one person. We must all stand up to protect free speech. We cannot allow the threats to go unanswered. We must continue to demand congressional oversight.
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An hour later, we learned that Disney did the right thing and is bringing Kimmel back. This is great news, BUT this is bigger than one show and one person. We must all stand up to protect free speech. We cannot allow the threats to go unanswered. We must continue to demand congressional oversight.
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
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This is what happens in an oligarchy where a few control the platforms of communication and the media.
September 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is what happens in an oligarchy where a few control the platforms of communication and the media.
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Cancel culture and removing the first amendment all to appease one man and his bloviated ego.
September 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Cancel culture and removing the first amendment all to appease one man and his bloviated ego.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
w my Ss I discuss predispositions and filter bubbles
This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture
This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
w my Ss I discuss predispositions and filter bubbles
This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture
This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture
Agree. Info comes in heaps everyday but when a largescale event (or 2 or 3) happen in one day the bombardment is overwhelming. Teaching my HS: Lean into actual jouranlists covering stories; lean into foreign news outlets who come w different perspective Stay away from provocation...that's not news
I would like to think I am media literate.
I teach media literacy.
I am having a very difficult time digesting fact from fiction in today's news. It all feels so overwhelming.
Imagine now being a kid (learner).
THIS is why we need more certified school librarians.
I teach media literacy.
I am having a very difficult time digesting fact from fiction in today's news. It all feels so overwhelming.
Imagine now being a kid (learner).
THIS is why we need more certified school librarians.
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Agree. Info comes in heaps everyday but when a largescale event (or 2 or 3) happen in one day the bombardment is overwhelming. Teaching my HS: Lean into actual jouranlists covering stories; lean into foreign news outlets who come w different perspective Stay away from provocation...that's not news
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And we even lose track of news stories like this.
At least three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, according to the local sheriff’s office. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Students shot at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County: What we know so far
The students were taken to the hospital, according to officials.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
And we even lose track of news stories like this.
Agree, no librarian would actively work to ban books. Maybe Lori the liar? Lori the litigious? Spreader of fake news and hate?
Read this. ‼️😳 Lori is not a librarian by the way. Animating one doesn’t make it so.
Who is Lori the Librarian, new idol of the book banners? She's a superhero who defaces little free libraries and "takes down" librarians and educators.
But *what* is she? A PragerU-like animation by a couple who have been campaigning against DEI for years.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
But *what* is she? A PragerU-like animation by a couple who have been campaigning against DEI for years.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
September 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Agree, no librarian would actively work to ban books. Maybe Lori the liar? Lori the litigious? Spreader of fake news and hate?
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"The News Literacy Project’s study shows that an overwhelming majority of teens (94%) want media literacy instruction, but most aren’t getting it." #TLSky
This article has some great takeaways abt teens' media literacy for librarians and educators. My takeaway: the power of peer fact checking
#EduSky #Skybrarians
#EduSky #Skybrarians
1/4 *taps mic*
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
My byline is back for the first time in many moons. I wrote about teenagers, conspiracy theories and what it was like when social media rumors became personal and painful at an Oklahoma high school.
🧵with the some takeaways:
www.the74million.org/article/i-ta...
September 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"The News Literacy Project’s study shows that an overwhelming majority of teens (94%) want media literacy instruction, but most aren’t getting it." #TLSky
There is so much truth in this.
Amy shares her favorite relationship-building activities for older students: https://edut.to/45RULt7
#EduSky
#EduSky
September 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There is so much truth in this.
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This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve.
#Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky
#Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve.
#Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky
#Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky
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Everyone say: thank you, scientists! 🙌
“Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov.
#ClimateChange #Climate
“Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov.
#ClimateChange #Climate
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Everyone say: thank you, scientists! 🙌
“Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov.
#ClimateChange #Climate
“Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov.
#ClimateChange #Climate
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Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat
September 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat
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Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
August 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Universities
The Park Service
The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities
PBS & CPB
& more.
Why the attack?
Knowledge is power
It empowers people
And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
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Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!
August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!
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New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism"
"Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"
"Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"
"Competitive authoritarianism" and America's slide toward it
You can still vote. It just might not mean much.
www.publicnotice.co
August 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism"
"Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"
"Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"
I agree, but I'd clarify that "It's history's job IN A FREE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, W FREE SPEECH & PRESS...BC THEY AREN'T INTIMIDATED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT" (sorry to yell) (& I also don't pretend that we've always (ever?) done well doing such, but we've had the ability to grow & do better)
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I agree, but I'd clarify that "It's history's job IN A FREE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, W FREE SPEECH & PRESS...BC THEY AREN'T INTIMIDATED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT" (sorry to yell) (& I also don't pretend that we've always (ever?) done well doing such, but we've had the ability to grow & do better)