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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 10h

If any child in your life has an IEP or 504 plan:

Trump fired (we think) all of the employees in the office at the US Department of Education that disburses special education funds from the federal government that school districts use to pay for those plans.

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 15h

This is very sad, but also not surprising. The science has warned for a long time, including in IPCC reports, that even modest levels of global warming will devastate virtually all coral reefs.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Emma Spookdel @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 12h

Fields Sisters undefeated: racism comes before race.

mskathleenquinn.bsky.social @mskathleenquinn.bsky.social · 14h

"Ta-Nehisi Coates, in Palestine, May 2023, observes black Israeli soldiers "lording their power over Palestinians, many of whom would, in America, have been seen as 'white'. This reminds him "of something [he has] long known: that race is a species of power and nothing else."

(h/t Jeremy Bushnell)

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Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 12h

And because police will just replace ICE.

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Rosa Sparks @ NYCC @rosasparks.bsky.social · 13h

Because defund the police includes ICE

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Rosa Sparks @ NYCC @rosasparks.bsky.social · 13h

Not be a sour puss but what if we went back in time and re-examined the defend police conversation. If we would have been more open to that theory as it happened I believe we would not be here.

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 13h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 20h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13h

When leaders lead on principle, they inspire others everywhere to follow.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 13h

Glad to see the City Council looking into this. It's a great idea to address food insecurity, and Zohran is right to have put it on the table in NYC. www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Boston City Council to explore publicly-owned grocery stores

Rising prices and impending SNAP disruptions mean that a discussion about publicly-owned grocery stores is more necessary than ever, some officials say.

www.boston.com

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 13h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 20h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 14h

Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15h

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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vintagehabibi.bsky.social @vintagehabibi.bsky.social · 21h

Vintage Bible With Palestine Pictures
vintagehabibi.etsy.com/listing/4384...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

they are not "trying" to exert influence, they ARE influencing elections already.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19h

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi shot dead in Gaza City clashes

Sources say the 28-year-old was killed by members of Israel-linked 'militia' fighting Hamas in the Sabra neighbourhood.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 18h

And the current govt is gutting the tiny bit of state supported insurance that can be a lifeline if you lose your job

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 18h

Every time someone drops into my comments asking about a general strike, I have to remind folks that unlike in Europe we have at will employment here allowing essentially anyone to be fired at any time for any reason, and health insurance tied to employment.

The amount of organizing

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 15h

And being supported by mainstream fascist media.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19h

Most of these people are deeply trained, or at least highly educated, in humanities. Knowing isn’t being.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 15h

Seems to have flown under the radar but Trump hedged and seemingly backed off the idea that Tony Blair was absolutely set to be the overseer of some purportedly future Gaza transitional authority

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Shani 🫧 @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 15h

She was part of the Biden administration that did nothing. Many people resigned from the Biden administration because of this.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 16h

Live your life in a way where you saying “I don’t think I’m going to heaven,” doesn’t cause EVERYONE to say “You right.”

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17h

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Screenshot of a list that reads: Office of Communications and Outreach (OCO):
State and Local Engagement

Office of Post Secondary Education (OPE):
Student Support Services (TRIO)
Institutional Service (HBCUs, HSIs, Tribal Colleges, ANAPISI)

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS):

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)

Office of Civil Rights (OCR)
Enforcement Offices

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (OPEPD)
Budget Seryice

Screenshot of list that reads: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
OESE):

Office of Innovation and Early Learning
Office of School Community Improvement Programs
Well Rounded Education Division (Arts Education)
Charter Schools Program
Office of Safe and Supportive Schools
Program and Grantee Support Services
Comprehensive Literacy State Development
JAVITS (Gifted and Talented)
School Support and Accountability
Office of Formula Grants
Office of Migrant Education
Effective Educator Development Program
Innovation and Early Learning Programs
Effective Development Division
Program and Grantee Support Services

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16h

Your reminder—or maybe no one ever told you—that complications from a measles infection include immune amnesia (where you lose immunity to everything), vision and hearing loss, brain damage, and a fatal brain disease called Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis that can show up years later.

Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 2d

Hundreds of children in multiple states are in quarantine and on remote learning due to measles outbreaks.

The decline in MMR vaccinations has resulted in the US experiencing an increase of measles cases with 1563 total cases & 3 deaths since January.

#Pinks

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, who went viral on the "Humans of New York" account by sharing stories about her life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970s, has died

A photo of Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, sitting down, holding a photo of herself

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