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“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou
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Early Learning Education * SCUBA * Birds * Theatre * Jazz * Women' Basketball/History * Curiosity
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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There's an exchange during Watergate where a Nixon official is giving the lie about Rosemary Woods accidentally erasing 18 1/2 minutes from an Oval Office tape.
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There's an exchange during Watergate where a Nixon official is giving the lie about Rosemary Woods accidentally erasing 18 1/2 minutes from an Oval Office tape.
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
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During the Michigan State shooting in 2023, there were survivors of the Oxford High School shooting in 2021 present.
A national horror. A sin and a shame. We have failed our children.
A national horror. A sin and a shame. We have failed our children.
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
During the Michigan State shooting in 2023, there were survivors of the Oxford High School shooting in 2021 present.
A national horror. A sin and a shame. We have failed our children.
A national horror. A sin and a shame. We have failed our children.
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🧵
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🧵
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
Here's Ellen Harding Baker's "Solar System" quilt.🧪
This is the story.🔭
Back in 1876, an Iowa mom with 7 kids, E. H. Baker, decided that cooking & raising children wasn’t enough for her.
She started working on a wool quilt showing the solar system.
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
1/7
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I feel like this got missed? Time Magazine (!!) is partnering with a gambling company to integrate instant betting on news events, such as the genocide in Gaza (!!!!!!)
The rate of collapse of media is absolutely blistering. Support your independent media outlets folks.....
archive.ph/wip/kgyIz
The rate of collapse of media is absolutely blistering. Support your independent media outlets folks.....
archive.ph/wip/kgyIz
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I feel like this got missed? Time Magazine (!!) is partnering with a gambling company to integrate instant betting on news events, such as the genocide in Gaza (!!!!!!)
The rate of collapse of media is absolutely blistering. Support your independent media outlets folks.....
archive.ph/wip/kgyIz
The rate of collapse of media is absolutely blistering. Support your independent media outlets folks.....
archive.ph/wip/kgyIz
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Online grocery delivery service Instacart used AI to charge different prices for the same item, up to 20% more for different shoppers, a new report says. https://cnn.it/3KUP0ED
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Online grocery delivery service Instacart used AI to charge different prices for the same item, up to 20% more for different shoppers, a new report says. https://cnn.it/3KUP0ED
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In MAGA soap opera news, Brian Glenn, a reporter for the right-wing Real America’s Voice, says he is leaving his job covering President Donald Trump's White House to be with his girlfriend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), in Georgia.
Brian Glenn Says He's Quitting Trump White House Beat To Be With MTG
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In MAGA soap opera news, Brian Glenn, a reporter for the right-wing Real America’s Voice, says he is leaving his job covering President Donald Trump's White House to be with his girlfriend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), in Georgia.
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SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
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Everyone: ICE and CBP cannot be more hated
ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses]
Everyone:
ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses]
Everyone:
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Everyone: ICE and CBP cannot be more hated
ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses]
Everyone:
ICE/CBP: [starts wearing Meta smart glasses]
Everyone:
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Wrote about what shoring up institutional vulnerabilities might look like in the post-Trump/MAGA era. It starts, of course, with a radicalized Supreme Court at war with the country's judiciary.
badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-...
badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-...
How To Save America From An Anti-Democracy Supreme Court
"Red-teaming" the vulnerabilities of U.S. institutions has to be a top priority for the post-Trump era, whenever that begins.
badfaithtimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wrote about what shoring up institutional vulnerabilities might look like in the post-Trump/MAGA era. It starts, of course, with a radicalized Supreme Court at war with the country's judiciary.
badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-...
badfaithtimes.com/how-to-save-...
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If you're under the impression that water pollution is a problem that started in the 70s, you should have a look at the 1909 Report of the National Conservation Commission. Soil erosion and accompanying water pollution was a problem from the start of white settlement: bad ag practices were the norm.
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
If you're under the impression that water pollution is a problem that started in the 70s, you should have a look at the 1909 Report of the National Conservation Commission. Soil erosion and accompanying water pollution was a problem from the start of white settlement: bad ag practices were the norm.
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Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
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🌊 Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals - scientists
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Over a third of animals impacted in deep sea mining test - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🌊 Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals - scientists
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A 37% drop in deep-sea animal life from a single test. If that’s the trial run, imagine the real thing.
If we destroy ecosystems for short-term gains, what future are we even mining for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There’s a logic to media industries, and it has always included political capitulation.
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There’s a logic to media industries, and it has always included political capitulation.
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This is a longer read very worth reading "Knowledge becomes data; teaching becomes delivery. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence. The result isn’t augmented intelligence but simulated learning: a paint-by-numbers approach to thought."
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is a longer read very worth reading "Knowledge becomes data; teaching becomes delivery. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence. The result isn’t augmented intelligence but simulated learning: a paint-by-numbers approach to thought."
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Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland increasingly relies on isolating prisoners in ‘restrictive housing’
Criminal justice reform advocates say the long stretches of forced solitude in Maryland are known to cause mental health issues and equate the conditions to torture.
www.thebanner.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Maryland's increasingly violent prisons are relying more heavily on isolation to manage the short-staffed, aging facilities. In one year, nearly 4 out of every 10 prisoners did a stint in confinement. State recently paid $185K to a man who was in for almost a year. www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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Have you heard the good news? Black Zine Fair is coming back to NYC on May 9, 2026—and we need your help to have a successful event.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Have you heard the good news? Black Zine Fair is coming back to NYC on May 9, 2026—and we need your help to have a successful event.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
We’re raising $20,000 to keep the fair free and accessible. If you can, please give $5, $15, $50, or more.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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“Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions.”
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence structure over meaning when answering questions.”
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
i keep telling students ChatGPT writes word salad.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.