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P R ∆ J | is making beats for a boring dumb bitch @prajxl.bsky.social · 1d

*adds Bryan Andrews to 'mildly decent white people' playlist*

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Noel Candelaria @noelcandelaria.bsky.social · 2d

The Dept. of Ed fired nearly everyone who protects students with disabilities.

As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?

Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 18h

A large percentage of all of the federal tax dollars we pay go to fund the military. The very least the military owes all of us, as taxpayers, for quite literally funding them, is open journalistic access.

Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 19h

I really wonder what our allies see when they see these stories

wapo.st/4nT0E0U

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out of the Pentagon rather than comply with its restrictive policies.

wapo.st

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

You guys.

I did a (possibly unhinged but definitely v organized) 10 minute spiel on "AI" today (in preparation for an essay we're marking on) and one class broke out in *applause* when it was over.

The kids don't want this slop either, folks.

Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, high school teachers!

Do you have a no AI policy in your classroom?

Do you tell them why? Do it!

I tell them:

🧠"AI" is bad for your intellectual development

🫂"AI" is bad for our communities

🌍"AI" is bad for our earth

There are gazilliona of resources to back you up.

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

straight up white nationalism

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 6

This is how the US Department of Homeland Security is recruiting now.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 2d

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Keep it simple. Keep it clear.

And this is easy to do, because it is quite simple and clear how bad "AI" is for our brains, communities, and earth.

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Also, gazilliona is a new huge number I just created. "AI" could NEVER

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Just putting this out there because young people need models of ethical leadership on social issues, and this is one way you can guide them towards critiquing the tech-industrial complex while also not being condescending to them about your "rules."

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, high school teachers!

Do you have a no AI policy in your classroom?

Do you tell them why? Do it!

I tell them:

🧠"AI" is bad for your intellectual development

🫂"AI" is bad for our communities

🌍"AI" is bad for our earth

There are gazilliona of resources to back you up.

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

Is there anything more fulfilling than analyzing the morally clear, concise 14th amendment with high school students? In this late stage capitalist competitive authoritarian society - no, I think not.

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Alex 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (The Anarchist Turtle) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social · 1d

Getting deported for dunking on a dead podcaster who interviewed teenagers for a living and died after getting shot by a white guy while trying to blame gun violence on minorities

Dept of state tweet

The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans. The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 1d

God didn't want Charlie's memorial to be rainy, but he was fine with Charlie being shot in the neck? I'm confused about God's priorities.

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 2d

No no no not D'Angelo

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 2d

... And now, add to the equation students who are being encouraged to use "AI" by admin, politicians and teachers in thrall to the latest shiny thing marketed to them by oligarchs eager to reduce the public's critical thinking ability to zero

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 3d

I might not find some political activism that compelling but I try to keep in mind Kwame Ture's point:

"You don't criticize somebody who's doing something when you doing nothing."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly.

How do we move on from this constant onslaught of shameless lies?

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 3d

The only funded protest happened on January 6, 2021

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Shannon Carey @scmaestra.bsky.social · 3d

You know, if we were paid for every protest we attended, I think many of us would be living nice n large instead of scraping by in this crap economy! What a world that would be!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @lizafella.bsky.social · 4d

This is brilliant!

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