@saritascohen.bsky.social
she, her, ella
multilingual educator (teacher, professor, teacher educator), advocate for immigrant and refugee rights, children’s rights, lover of languages, books, animals, gardening, and whimsy
multilingual educator (teacher, professor, teacher educator), advocate for immigrant and refugee rights, children’s rights, lover of languages, books, animals, gardening, and whimsy
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Horrifying, wrong, and cruel beyond belief.
Horrifying, wrong, and cruel beyond belief.
Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians (Gift Article)
More than 10,000 people will be put on track for deportation in May and June as a result of the Department of Homeland Security’s action.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Horrifying, wrong, and cruel beyond belief.
Horrifying, wrong, and cruel beyond belief.
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it's wild that today ICE was just like, "we're the thought police" unironically
April 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
it's wild that today ICE was just like, "we're the thought police" unironically
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After controversial sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train agents on when they can stop and arrest people. (Maybe should have done this FIRST.) By the excellent Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
Border Patrol to retrain hundreds of California agents on how to comply with the Constitution
After immigration sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train California agents on when they can stop people.
calmatters.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
After controversial sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train agents on when they can stop and arrest people. (Maybe should have done this FIRST.) By the excellent Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos.
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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6/ The nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, was making preparations for what he hoped would be his new life.
With just weeks until his parole hearing, his daughter even made up a room for him in her New Orleans home.
With just weeks until his parole hearing, his daughter even made up a room for him in her New Orleans home.
April 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
6/ The nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, was making preparations for what he hoped would be his new life.
With just weeks until his parole hearing, his daughter even made up a room for him in her New Orleans home.
With just weeks until his parole hearing, his daughter even made up a room for him in her New Orleans home.
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RFK Jr. stunned FDA staff Friday with a 40-minute tirade featuring a disability slur, the “deep state” conspiracy theory, and accusations that agency employees were becoming a “sock puppet” for the industries they regulate.
Staffers Walk Out of RFK Jr.’s Slur-Ridden Speech About Deep-State
In Kennedy’s bonkers speech to FDA employees on Friday, he called agency employees a “sock puppet” for industries.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
RFK Jr. stunned FDA staff Friday with a 40-minute tirade featuring a disability slur, the “deep state” conspiracy theory, and accusations that agency employees were becoming a “sock puppet” for the industries they regulate.
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Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
April 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2
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It is astonishing what grace and concern for others Khalil has shown throughout this travesty. Also, green card holders are now on notice: we are all deportable for thought crimes.
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
The judge gave Khalil until April 23 to request a stay of his deportation and said that if his attorneys miss the deadline, she will order him deported either to Syria or to Algeria
www.npr.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It is astonishing what grace and concern for others Khalil has shown throughout this travesty. Also, green card holders are now on notice: we are all deportable for thought crimes.
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/11/n...
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Joe Biden has jumped to an all-out defense of the U.S.-Mexico relationship with a strongly-worded message to Donald Trump.
Joe Biden Worried Trump Will ‘Screw Up’ U.S.-Mexico Relations Over Tariffs
Trump vowed to slap as much as a 25 percent tariff on goods entering the U.S. from its neighbors to the north and south.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Joe Biden has jumped to an all-out defense of the U.S.-Mexico relationship with a strongly-worded message to Donald Trump.
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Hey this is a cool way of helping out incarcerated workers so they can have dope reads on the holidays.
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2024 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Hey this is a cool way of helping out incarcerated workers so they can have dope reads on the holidays.
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The University of Illinois is charging student protests with felony mob action.
Felony. Mob. Action.
@truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/ill...
Felony. Mob. Action.
@truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/ill...
Illinois Students Who Protested Gaza Genocide Are Facing Felony Mob Charges
The state's attorney is prosecuting University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students over last April's encampments.
truthout.org
November 27, 2024 at 5:50 PM
The University of Illinois is charging student protests with felony mob action.
Felony. Mob. Action.
@truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/ill...
Felony. Mob. Action.
@truthout.org
truthout.org/articles/ill...
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Cats in Action is excited to join BlueSky! Co-founders Liz Houtz and Erica Roewade are in the field every week trapping and sterilizing Chicago's community cats. Look for tales of our TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) escapades here! #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #catsinaction #tnr #tnvr
November 26, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Cats in Action is excited to join BlueSky! Co-founders Liz Houtz and Erica Roewade are in the field every week trapping and sterilizing Chicago's community cats. Look for tales of our TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) escapades here! #tnrworks #tnrsaveslives #catsinaction #tnr #tnvr
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Sunday comic.
November 24, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Sunday comic.
Maisie the beautiful
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Maisie the beautiful
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November 21, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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⁉️Are we going to let our House reps give Trump the power to destroy non-profits that disagree with him? NO.
- Call your congressperson & tell them VOTE NO on HR 9495
- IL friends: Use our quick, easy form to send an email to your Illinois reps in the US House indivisiblechicago.com/oppose-hr9495!
- Call your congressperson & tell them VOTE NO on HR 9495
- IL friends: Use our quick, easy form to send an email to your Illinois reps in the US House indivisiblechicago.com/oppose-hr9495!
November 21, 2024 at 3:47 AM
⁉️Are we going to let our House reps give Trump the power to destroy non-profits that disagree with him? NO.
- Call your congressperson & tell them VOTE NO on HR 9495
- IL friends: Use our quick, easy form to send an email to your Illinois reps in the US House indivisiblechicago.com/oppose-hr9495!
- Call your congressperson & tell them VOTE NO on HR 9495
- IL friends: Use our quick, easy form to send an email to your Illinois reps in the US House indivisiblechicago.com/oppose-hr9495!
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Call now or first thing so your request will be added to the tally. How: 202-224-3121 > Congressional Switchboard > Provide your ZIP Code or House Rep’s name. (Tip: If leaving a voicemail after hours, give first and last name, street address, city, and ZIP so they can verify you as a constituent.)
November 21, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Call now or first thing so your request will be added to the tally. How: 202-224-3121 > Congressional Switchboard > Provide your ZIP Code or House Rep’s name. (Tip: If leaving a voicemail after hours, give first and last name, street address, city, and ZIP so they can verify you as a constituent.)
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In this horrifying but unsurprising new report, Jay Greene & Heritage argue that we need to stop providing federal support for higher ed so that fewer women (by which they mean white women) get post-secondary degrees and instead marry earlier and have more babies: www.heritage.org/education/re...
Education Policy Reforms Are Key Strategies for Increasing the Married Birth Rate
The fertility rate in the United States has dropped to 1.6,
www.heritage.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM
In this horrifying but unsurprising new report, Jay Greene & Heritage argue that we need to stop providing federal support for higher ed so that fewer women (by which they mean white women) get post-secondary degrees and instead marry earlier and have more babies: www.heritage.org/education/re...
@kpabst.bsky.social @kpabst.bsky.social when I read your bio I thought it said “loves barking, dogs, and all things language” 🤣
And then I thought to myself, wow she takes applied linguistics to heart! 😆
And then I thought to myself, wow she takes applied linguistics to heart! 😆
November 18, 2024 at 11:11 PM
@kpabst.bsky.social @kpabst.bsky.social when I read your bio I thought it said “loves barking, dogs, and all things language” 🤣
And then I thought to myself, wow she takes applied linguistics to heart! 😆
And then I thought to myself, wow she takes applied linguistics to heart! 😆
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Agreed, morning vibes. 💤
November 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Agreed, morning vibes. 💤
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Hey, look who's here!
Also hearing the message, though I would amend to say it's okay to still be sad. One can be sad and get to work.
Also hearing the message, though I would amend to say it's okay to still be sad. One can be sad and get to work.
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Hey, look who's here!
Also hearing the message, though I would amend to say it's okay to still be sad. One can be sad and get to work.
Also hearing the message, though I would amend to say it's okay to still be sad. One can be sad and get to work.
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For fuck’s sake…
Putting Matt Gaetz in charge of the Department of Justice is like handing a matchbook to an arsonist and asking him to protect the forest.
Putting Matt Gaetz in charge of the Department of Justice is like handing a matchbook to an arsonist and asking him to protect the forest.
Matt Gaetz Would Destroy the Justice Department as Attorney General. That’s Just the Beginning.
The congressman’s main experience with the DOJ comes from being investigated for the sex trafficking of a minor.
slate.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:39 AM
For fuck’s sake…
Putting Matt Gaetz in charge of the Department of Justice is like handing a matchbook to an arsonist and asking him to protect the forest.
Putting Matt Gaetz in charge of the Department of Justice is like handing a matchbook to an arsonist and asking him to protect the forest.
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I made Zelenskyy smile.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
October 11, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I made Zelenskyy smile.
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦