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lzinser.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, learner I am kayak, hear me roar!
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Foreign nationals here legally getting thrown in prison without due process. Illegally firing govt agency commissioners. An unelected billionaire defunding vital services. The Republicans who cried about "the left" violating checks and balances are now awfully quiet, huh?

submitted 20 hours ago • 129 comments

The elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be a devastating blow to public and school library services across the country. ALA and EveryLibrary call on Congress and the American people to fight for the funding. www.slj.com/story/Latest...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Spring flowers.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Two market meltdowns. One common denominator.

submitted 16 days ago • 863 comments

Democracy is in retreat globally. In the United States, we often believe it can’t happen here — even while it’s happening here. I wrote this @freepress.bsky.social guide on the red flags of authoritarianism so we can spot and fight back. We have power. Let’s use it:

submitted 19 days ago • 11 comments

The turkeys are in full strut mode this morning.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 27 days ago • 1246 comments

Sunset over a very full lake. #lakelife #sunset

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok

submitted 59 days ago • 297 comments

Remember, today especially, that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Keep the faith. Keep up the fight.

submitted 58 days ago • 118 comments

The richest man on Earth, whose wealth has been heavily subsidized by billions of dollars in government contracts, spent a fortune putting Trump in the White House. But it's not enough to just have the president's ear — now he'll have office space next to him too? Oligarchy.

submitted 62 days ago • 143 comments

January 6, 2021, should live in infamy, as should Trump. robertreich.substack.com/p/today-shal...

submitted 73 days ago • 91 comments

I’m working to divorce myself from Amazon, so I’m trying out Fable books. My book selfie reflects my eclectic tastes. At least I’m hopeful. 😜

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

When they talk about privatizing Veterans’ care and Medicare, they mean allowing companies to provide healthcare for a profit. But how do companies make those profits? By *denying* care to many who need it. Don’t get fooled by the “privatization” label. It means “for profit” and YOU are the cost.

submitted 102 days ago • 1112 comments

First December sunset. #lakelife #sunset

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Thanksgiving break is over too soon. I really don’t want to go back to work tomorrow. The countdown to winter break has already begun. #3weekstogo

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Time for a book giveaway! If you'd like me to mail you an advance copy of my Apr. '25 MG novel in verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, follow & share this post. Bonus entry if you also reply w/ a pic from a recent hike! I'll draw winners on 12/1. About the book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #edusky

submitted 123 days ago • 109 comments

The view from my window.

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

Finally cut all ties to the 24 letter of the alphabet. 5th-grade teacher and CA native. I love reading, baking, decorating and crafting. Currently distraught over the state of the election.

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