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thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social
mother, organizer, educator, disruptor she/her; current Past President of MCTE; ELA & ELD instructor in the SoCal desert; avid horror reader & writer; Survivor fan; #golions
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The (lovingly offered) advice I gave someone today: do not leave any doubt in the minds of the friends and family who will someday memorialize and remember you which side of the genocide ledger you showed up on.

The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.

One dead, four injured after explosion outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs; police and FBI investigating as an act of terror thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-fou...

Ppl really voted to have their friends and families deported. Wild.

Denim on denim, on denim, on denim 🎶

Importantly admission to the Whitney is now free for all visitors 25 and under, every day.

so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

Started a GET CAUGHT READING campaign to motivate more choice reading thru testing season into the final weeks of school. If you can help me cover costs of raffle prizes, I’ll be grateful & share receipt & titles of what Ss are currently reading as a thank you! My Venmo: venmo.com/u/Carrie-mat...

If you don't understand this as purely evil, you are a truly horrible person. Just disgusting what we allow in this country.

Thank you Rep Carter, @benniethompson.bsky.social, @pressley.house.gov, Rep McGovern, @markey.senate.gov for traveling to advocate for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, who remain unjustly held in ICE custody. This is the leadership this moment requires www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/u...

I am finding it quite hard to keep track of everything. Several times a day, I think, "Did I dream that?" This is a weird fucking time, y'all — and not in a good way.

"This checklist has been compiled by grad workers for grad workers to provide support for non-citizens who are being targeted by the Trump Administration. This document draws on resources built by organizations that have been defending their communities and our rights—these are listed at the end."

the entire party should be destroyed.

fun fact, criminals and undocumented ppl also do not deserve to be disappeared into a foreign gulag

As an alum, this cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

Harvard rolled out a new website alongside its rejection of the admin’s terms. Some people have been working very hard! Kudos. www.harvard.edu

Free Palestine and free all the people being kidnapped for saying free Palestine. (And, of course, free. them. all.)

Grateful to experience this moment! U-N-I-T-Y!

HANDS OFF our bodies. HANDS OFF our social security. HANDS Off our constitution. HANDS OFF our Democracy. #HandsOffHerVote

Today, the children were: snarky, brilliant, irritable, mischievous, curious, morose, generous, hungry, goofy, crafty, naive, unkind, kind, sleepy, cynical, pissed off, creative, naughty, thoughtful, poetic, ridiculous. Today the children were children. They deserve the world.

When you’ve learned to tolerate genocide abroad, it’s easy to accept eugenics at home.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. I'm glad you are here. 💜

I wrote a thing for a meeting today. Sharing b/c it seemed to resonate with some of my colleagues

For unidentified men in plainclothes to grab someone off the street as punishment for their exercise of free speech and for that someone to appear in a detention facility more than 1,500 miles from where they were taken -- any human rights lawyer will tell you, this is forced disappearance.

For those in your circles that still may be listening…RIP Hossom Shabbat.

One time I was added to an admin. group chat. They thought I was Karri the admin rather than Carrie the English teacher. They were bashing the former superintendent and his son. I wish this message was more like that one.

Israel has just assassinated two Palestinian journalists. I learned about the assassination of Hossam Shabat from breaking news that interrupted the news of the assassination of Mohammad Mansour. Hossam’s car was targeted by an Israeli missile.

Comrade card for 2/13/2025.

This looks like it's going to be a great gathering in Skokie, IL on 4/11: Creating Justice 2025 - Artists and organizers will share their work in presentations, performances and workshops. All sessions are free and open to the public. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The goal is 1000 teach-ins across the country on 5/3 [& beyond] - Stay tuned: usps-teach-in.carrd.co #HandsOffUSPS

One thing some of you can do is to stop asking organizers to do everything for you. If you want more coverage of protests, then take it upon YOURSELVES to contact your LOCAL press to ask why they aren't covering protests. YOU can do that yourselves. YOU.

We had absolutely no business learning how to make Baked Alaska as sophomores in high school.

Including two of my sisters. Proud of them.

Just completed. I’ll post notes soon. If you have not gotten your copy, do so now. In fact buy one for your reading buddies too.

1. CONFIRM YOUR SOLIDARITY NETWORKS 2. CONCENTRATE ON THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE FIRST. 3. FIGHT WHERE YOU CAN/WITHIN YOUR CAPACITY.

I’ve really been struggling to take care of myself. I just want to acknowledge that because we’re made to feel ashamed but it’s a difficult time. If you’re struggling, I want you to know I’m right there with you. We’re gonna figure it out. It’s just gonna be rough for a while.

You're about to hear a LOT abt the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. You'll hear it was the basis for the WWII internment of Japanese Americans. Correct, but misleading. The legal authority for the roundup & imprisonment of 120K people of Japanese ancestry was an executive order, not the 1798 law.