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Chris
@chrisp16.bsky.social
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Educator for 40 yrs|reading specialist|Reader|lifelong learner|tennis player|someone who is dedicated to education and the sciences of reading
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Just finished Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness. Beautiful work and story. Highly recommend. It is now my fav of Vuong’s. Thank you for the work. #oceanvuong #worksoffiction #lit
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An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.

The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
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Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims | As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff & turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death, reports @patlamarche.bsky.social.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims - Bucks County Beacon
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
buckscountybeacon.com
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Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.

Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
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Philadelphia Area Friends -- Come join us and please help spread the word!

An Activation of Hope -- Fighting Book Bans and Censorship

Next Tuesday evening October 7, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be at the Chestnut Hill Library for a special Banned Books Week program.

Books save lives.
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Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America … As we close the Dept of Education and provide funding to states, we're going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."
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A 21 year old Black Man was founding hanging from a tree in MS and local law enforcement doesn’t seem to give a shit.

Does the name Emmitt still ring any bells?

Black people DO NOT hang themselves from trees, even if they have suicidal ideation. We know the trauma that causes other Black people
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Yes, release the Epstein files!!!
Jeff Hiller!!!!!!! Congratulations. #emmys
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Gov. Spencer Cox: "There is a tremendous amount of disinformation…Our adversaries want violence. We have bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence. I would encourage you to ignore those."
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Folks, share this instead of the inflammatory WSJ report that didn't list the important facts in the headlines.
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.

Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.

We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Someone actually pushing back. Don’t see that very often.
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WAPO, Page One:

“It’s the toughest time in years to be searching for work in America.”

@washingtonpost.com
And I am sure they will abide. Booooo
🤔 🎾 BOUNCES: An internal email sent by USTA leadership to U.S. Open broadcasters requested broadcasters censor any possible protests or reactions to Trump’s presence at Sunday’s U.S. Open men’s final between Sinner & Alcaraz.” www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
Thank you Cliff Drysdale. You and Fred Stolle were my favorite tennis announcers. #usopen #espntennis
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.

Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.

(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
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"A rogue government [Trump regime] that employs a masked secret police to snatch undocumented immigrants off American streets now may be executing them on the high seas ... [Trump] is telling us that his power, even over life & death, is now limitless," writes @inquirer.com's @willbunch.bsky.social.
Trump's never going to get to heaven like this!

Tuesday's cold-blooded strike on a boat in the Caribbean that murdered 11 people has zero legal justification, but that's not the worst part. He's sending a message that a dictatorial POTUS has no limit

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
Trump won’t get to heaven if he keeps murdering people on boats
There was no legal or moral justification for the Trump-ordered boat bombing that killed 11 Venezuelans. It could be just the start.
www.inquirer.com
I find US tennis to be elitist and seem to cater to those who fit a certain profile and bank account. He just reminds me of that and I don’t find him inspirational.