kodie27.bsky.social
Writer (most days). Teacher (every day). #UIC English Education PhD candidate (ABD). Formerly a teacher in TX and HI. Opinions mine.
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I’m not mad that Cuban has used the systems in place to become a billionaire.
I’m mad that we still have systems in place that allows people to amass billions in personal wealth.
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I understand. The problem with having a PhD is that unless you absolutely need it for the job you want (and I do), most places won’t hire you because you have “too much education.” (Yes, that’s a thing).
So, my advice? Go to law school.
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I’m getting a PhD (though not in IT). I’m ABD (all but dissertation).
I think the most important question to ask yourself about pursuing a PhD is: does this get me the job I want?
Because if you absolutely can get the job you want without a PhD, you should take the job and skip the PhD.
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This doesn’t surprise me.
Probably the irony they are selling flags made in China is lost on them as well.
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An example of how to be on both lists:
Each Ace Hardware is independently owned. They buy as a collective to keep overhead down. — I’m sure some Ace owners are MAGA and some are not.
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In Canada, red is liberal and blue is conservative.
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The majority of MAGA cult members can’t afford Teslas.
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Well, if only there was an elected body of people who made laws that could stand up to this nonsense. Oh, wait.
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I think some heavily touristy areas are about to experience the economic impact they voted for.
Believe it or not, I’m sad for them. Yes, some are just terrible people, but I think most have been utterly misled from 20+ years of hateful rhetoric and lies.
Deprogramming is going to be rough.
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Nothing significant has happened to MAGA yet. Not in the painful, truly feel-it way they need it to be to cut through their bigotry.
When unemployment soars, when SS / Medicare gets gutted, when FEMA is incapable of responding to disasters, then maybe MAGA will get “woke” and reject 47.
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You have beautifully encapsulated why Putin helped Trump get elected.
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This. Exactly this.
And also: Senator Murkowski, you helped create this - all of this. If you’re scared, it’s because you didn’t step up at any earlier point and stop all this. So, grow up. Be the adult in the room or resign and let someone with a spine do the work you have abdicated.
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No.
ChatGPT is incredibly water intensive. Using it is wasteful and ultimately environmentally unfriendly.
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Y’all are taking this all wrong.
The man was flirting the only way he knew how.
😎
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Trump wants to end FEMA / disaster relief, so, why are we paying federal taxes again?
I mean, he’s shredded the social contract. It seems like he wants every state for themselves.
(Why is he still President??)
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Aww, did GOP congresspeople find their spines when they saw their investments tank?
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I’m so, so sorry.
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Only if he, and his entire regime, are frog-marched to prison.
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If there’s even free and fair elections. Sure.
If.
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I was pretty staunchly independent until 2016.
I thought voting on the person instead of the party mattered.
But now I think, at least in the US, with a locked in 2-party system, I have to vote Democrat to help them get anything done. — There’s too many obstacles in our system otherwise.
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Those 37% folks haven’t felt it yet. — They aren’t investing money, they still have (or don’t have) whatever job they had before, their SS check still arrives on time, they listen to Fox Entertainment as their main “news” source.
In short, it isn’t real (to them) yet. But it will be.
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Every time I see things like this, I have to remind myself that in Canada, liberals are red.
Do you have the same moment of “wth” when you see US liberals in blue?
Also, I hope y’all stomp Poilie’s ass.
#solidarity (no matter what color liberals wear in your country)
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Since Jan 20, I’ve made 2 trips to Canada (Vancouver and Windsor).
I sleep better in Canada. I feel safe.
Thank you for that.
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I’ve been twice since January. It’s lovely. And I slept well while I was there.
I didn’t realize how badly I’ve been sleeping until I left the US and felt safe.
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Sorry, I know you’re rooting for the Gators. And, honestly, I hope they are the ones squaring off against Houston for the prize.
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None of these Republican bootlickers stood up and said anything against tariffs until now.
Either they are dumb as rocks stupid, incompetent, or just plain complicit. Regardless, they all need to be ousted from office.
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Go Houston! 😎
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Yes and no.
For decades, Fox played 24/7 on military bases.
There are also stores, gyms, waiting rooms, etc. that have it on. (I’ve walked out of several or gone somewhere else, but sometimes I have to just sit there because I can’t go somewhere else).
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1st thought: (sarcasm) way to add paperwork to schools.
2nd thought: (also sarcasm) way to make schools police legal residency.
3rd thought: compulsory attendance laws means any kid not in school could get picked up for truancy, so (/s) way to go, outing people.
#NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand
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Right now, any non-academic words are a win, so I’ll take bad. I can fix bad later.
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Not really.
Statistics, by design, are a sampling, not an exact count.
Every state has mandatory attendance laws for k-12 schools (so the 57% with no high school is very wrong).
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Yes.
But the states write the tests. The states score the tests. The states determine at what score a student “passes” the tests.
The states have control over the curriculum, testing, and educational requirements (how many hours / credits of which subjects) for their students, not the feds.
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This is categorically incorrect.
Amendment X in the Constitution gives states any power not listed, which includes education.
States set ages to start school.
NCLB did est. that states had to meet targets to get (some) federal funding, but states est. the actual target numbers.
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Curriculum is set by the individual state legislatures, not the federal department of education.
The federal department of education just enforces the laws that make education accessible to everyone, and ensures education is harassment-free.
But you know that, right?
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The question should be: who benefits?
When people are disappeared, who benefits?
When social services are cut (SSI, Medicaid, National Parks, IRS), who benefits?
When DEI ends, who benefits?
When there are no public schools or post office, who benefits?
Because the answer sure isn’t Americans.
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We know.
The sane of us grieve this.
Then there are the rest who still don’t get how absolutely 47 & Co. have f***ed us (and our allies, and the world).
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Why panicked? Seriously. Nothing of consequence has happened to any of these people.
Obviously, if Congress had a spine, they would face serious repercussions, but, well, they don’t seem to have a single collective spine among the lot of them.
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62 days of incompetence, stupidity, and ornery meanness, and no end in sight.
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Wonder how many MAGA were Russ Taff fans singing Not Gonna Bow at the top of their lungs in the 80’s.
I ask because they’re bowing now …
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I often wonder what happened to those folks who wore the WWJD (what would Jesus do) bracelets.
Did they wear that because they were trying to live a particular way, or were they asking the question because they didn’t know what Jesus did?
I’m beginning to think they didn’t know what Jesus did.
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There’s the rub. I think many of us would like to stop Trump, but there is no clear path on how to do that with R majorities in all 3 branches.
Even removal (25A) has to be rubber stamped by the Cabinet he hired, and they were hired for loyalty.
I don’t think he won; I think we’ve been hacked.
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People also forget that “you’re my person” came from Christina putting Meredith as her person (medical emergency contact) when she (Christina) got an abortion.
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K-12 gifted education
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I see a ton of “don’t come here,” and I raise you: have conferences in Canada, Greenland, Mexico … anywhere 47 threatened and they stood up to him.
Money seems to be the only thing these thugs understand, so start leveraging it until 47 (and his ilk) are run out of power.