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Lesley Bartlett
@lesleybartlett.bsky.social
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Prof @UW-Madison. Ed Policy, Anthro, Multilingual literacies, Migration. Açaí enthusiast.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d
The president illegally sent innocent legal residents of the country to an overseas concentration camp, & he & all of his ministers remain in office. This is the total failure of a political system. It’s not just that we’re not actually a democracy. Our institutions are totally non-functional.

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
NEW: @annamaria.bsky.social spent time at a maternity ward in Kakuma, Kenya, after the Trump administration cut funding for food rations there.

New mothers told her stories about their pregnancies as they were left to starve.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org

Reposted by Kori Schake, Matthew Bunn, Lesley Bartlett

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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 ambassadors, all of whom are career diplomats. A union says there has never been such a mass recall in the history of the foreign service. Morale has been plummeting in the State Department all year. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Trump Administration Orders Nearly 30 U.S. Ambassadors to Leave Their Posts
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nandita Sharma, Joe R. Feagin , and 12 more

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 1d
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

Reposted by Melanie C. Green, Silvia Secchi, Lesley Bartlett , and 3 more

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 6d
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
"In a related move, the Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to a dozen companies that market chest-binding vests and other equipment used by people with gender dysphoria. Manufacturers include GenderBender LLC of Carson, California and TomboyX of Seattle. The FDA letters state that chest binders can only be legally marketed for FDA-approved medical uses, such as recovery after mastectomy surgery." Screenshot from The AP posted on The Seattle Times.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 8d
Is it Conditional Logic for Schedule-Building?

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, Daxton R. Stewart

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Phoebe Petrovic @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social · 8d
Earlier this year, I reported for @propublica.org and @wisconsinwatch.org how Wisconsin's name change law creates a de facto database of trans people, which is dangerous in times like this. Now @lmcgaughy.bsky.social breaks the news that Texas has done just that: www.kut.org/politics/202...
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d
“AI is simply surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand with some new methodologies, but still based on theft.”
Shoshana Zuboff, philosopher: ‘AI is surveillance capitalism continuing to evolve and expand’
The author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ applauds the EU’s initiatives to curb big tech and calls on the bloc not to bow to pressure from Trump
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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 8d
YOU CAN DO IT! We are rooting for you!

Reposted by Steve Peers, Lesley Bartlett, Manisha Sinha , and 1 more

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 11d
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, American Library Association, Lesley A. Hall , and 19 more

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Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 12d
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nicholas A. Christakis, Robert C. Richards , and 2 more

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12d
“What most struck me is the brutality and physical violence involved in every story,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “This is stuff that should be unrecognizable as America. It should make everyday Americans outraged.”

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 13d
I'm an endlessly boiling cauldron of fury over here.
longtimehistory.bsky.social LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14d
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Anders Nilsson, John Foot , and 4 more

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Menzie Chinn, Tom Clark , and 10 more

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 14d
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 15d
And how do you feel about “unguent”?

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 18d
COMPLETE BADASSERY. I wanna try.

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 20d
I’m really sorry. And what a shame that she doesn’t realize how lucky she was to study with you!!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22d
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Melanie C. Green, Lesley Bartlett , and 2 more

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23d
"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
jillbarshay.bsky.social Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 23d
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 26d
Congratulations Dr B!!!!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26d
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
publius24.bsky.social John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 26d
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26d
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 27d
I suddenly need a cat
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 27d
THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.

Reposted by John McLaren, Lesley Bartlett, Michael Larkin

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 27d
THREAD.

3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.

We decided to call him Jim.

This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Daniel W. Drezner, Melanie C. Green , and 8 more

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Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · 27d
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin, Lesley Bartlett

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 28d
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.

She got the joke.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28d
dems should be putting out new “dont follow illegal orders” videos every day, they should be replying to announcements of investigations of dems with new videos, they should be posting at hegseth to not follow illegal orders nonstop

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29d
Don’t shop at Home Depot, Target, or Amazon over the next week. During the busiest shopping period of the year, let’s make our dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky

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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 29d
Douglas County first appeared on the ICE facility list in May 2025.

Between October 1 and November 10, ICE detained an average of 22 people per day at Douglas County.
A bar graph showing interval ADP and reported ADP for Douglas County.