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I'm a Special Education teacher at the elementary level. In prior work life, I worked in mental health (20 years). I am passionate about social justice and free and well-funded public schools. Preservation of wild places, climate change, photography too
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A lot of people now see that Musk is a vile extremist. But many still struggle to accept that he is also an oblivious fool. Once you actually listen to what he has to say about the world, you realize it’s all faux-visionary nonsense layered on top of profound ignorance.

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FWIW, I am tired of the "parents know their children best" political set. Im going to go there. No. No parents don't, not about learning. Teachers are the experts here. I am an elementary teacher, and I never presumed to know "best" about my kids' calculus. I'm not an expert.

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Amen

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submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

Beautiful.

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💙💙

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

This is just a reminder to you guys that on Gilligan's Island they listened to the professor, not the millionaire.

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

“So Elon Musk killed this program for disabled kids (illegally) because it included the word ‘transition.’ It helps them to transition from high school to work.” H/T @palafo.bsky.social, who posted the above on another platform.

submitted 6 days ago • 349 comments

Stark reminder why we have vaccines:

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

This!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Well said.

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The real cost of the president's "cost cutting." This is shameful.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18jqKaKJTK/

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The cruelty of this. The body politic has been mortally wounded by a necrotic, flesh-eating bacteria, and it threw out all the medicine.

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"A democracy becomes an oligarchy when the rich figure out how to pervert the laws for themselves...this is plain even to a blind man." - Plato, Republic - approximately 350 BC

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@stephruhle.bsky.social Thanks for having Tx St Rep James Talarico on to address the problem of vouchers in Texas! No vouchers in Texas!

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@jamestalarico.bsky.social good work on The11thHour!

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US weather forecasters were banned from collaborating with international scientists before and it did not end well: www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

The deadliest natural disaster in US history warns us against restricting NOAA. Spoiler: 8,000 of Galveston's 35,000 residents were killed. From @sarahesmith23.bsky.social ⬇️ cmf.houstonchronicle.com/politics/hou...

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

I'd love people's help getting this out into major subreddits. Especially ones frequented by technology workers. The more people in Silicon Valley who know the truth, the better. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

submitted 14 days ago • 56 comments

He's trying to kill us in more ways than we can possibly imagine. futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...

submitted 13 days ago • 31 comments

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 13 days ago • 912 comments

Very helpful.

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The Kennedy Center receives roughly 16% of its budget from federal funding. Per this article, Congress has supported the Center in a bipartisan way since its inception in 1974. The Chaiman of the Board is elected by the board, not appointed by the president. operawire.com/kennedy-cent...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Just calling it like I see it.

submitted 14 days ago • 1474 comments

This is way overboard.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

And there it is.

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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

submitted 15 days ago • 739 comments

True.

submitted 15 days ago • 2034 comments

I would just love it if any journalist with access would ask the president what he's doing about the bird flu and the cost of eggs.

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