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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · 10d

This gets at the heart of what teachers need to cultivate - the recognition that the thinking process is the point. #bkyedu #eduai

Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 11d

I think this is a key thing between early AI adopters and creatives — whether or not you view the process happening in your brain as the whole point, or whether you think the computer is making boring or “hard” things faster so you can do something else

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 12d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · 15d

Agreed! And it's notable that the CEO chose to invest 2 billion in the company to train existing employees and cover other costs associated with the transformation; envisioning long term rewards rather than a focus on quick returns.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 16d

You have to love a 1957 TV Western w/ an anti-gun message.

From SUGARFOOT starring Will Hutchins. #TVSky #ClassicTV

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 17d

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 17d

Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18d

A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”

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NPR @npr.org · 19d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · 22d

A troubling development. The IB is not a perfect programne but one of its main missions is to help students ethically navigate an interconnected world. Global citizens are a weapon against authoritarian govts. What other dictatorships will follow Russia's lead? #intled

Diana Laufenberg @dlaufenberg.bsky.social · 22d

I spent a summer in China teaching 'American teaching methods' which were often defined by the underpinnings of democracy - I was always curious about that choice. This - this makes more sense to me - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...

Russia’s Ban on I.B. Schools Deepens Its Rupture With the West

www.nytimes.com

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 23d

it’s difficult to express how dangerous an organization the college board is in the total absence of any kind of social justice mission

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23d

Surprise! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

So Much for Class-Based Affirmative Action

The Trump administration considers even race-blind admissions policies illegal if they’re intended to achieve diversity.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 23d

The #USPS is holding a vote to choose a stamp to reissue, and one of them is the “Emancipation Proclamation” stamp. Wouldn’t it be great if that one won by a landslide?

#Vote online at www.stampsforever.com/vote

The deadline is Sept 30th, please act now!

Image of the Emancipation Proclamation stamp being considered to be reissued. Text states “Henceforward shall be free: Emancipation Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln 1863

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29d

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · Sep 18

In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 18

If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there

This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the Gawker comments section, way back in the day. But as progressive movements swept through social media, others were tossed off Twitter and Facebook for stepping over a variety of lines, from allegations of harassment to claims of election misinformation. Pandemic era public health rules and fevered enforcement cost others their accounts.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 18

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · Aug 31

What would we do without early childhood education?

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Katrina destroyed New Orleans’ early childhood education. 20 years later, it’s a model for success.

After the hurricane shuttered New Orleans’ child care centers, providers didn't just reopen their doors — they built a more equitable system from the ground up.

www.yahoo.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Aug 28

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond.

Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around.

Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW

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Piyush Mittal @piyushmittal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Please support the veterans’ sit-in at Union Station in Washington DC. Here is a link to the GoFundMe:
linktr.ee/Jolly_good_g...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 26

Now this is a journalist who deserves respect.

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cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · Jun 19

This is actually extremely valid. Even third rate thinking is better than no thinking at all. The question is- how do we design tasks that invite students to think? To be intrigued by the process instead of the product? #bskyeducation

Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Jun 18

This sounds like a bit but I’m being serious: kids using chat gpt for their homework are denying themselves the invaluable experience of learning how to bullshit their way through a problem. You drink some caffeine the night before and figure it the fuck out. That’s a skill. You need it in life.

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · Jun 16

schools should teach kids about stuff that happened in the past so we don’t repeat mistakes. maybe call it pastory

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cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · Jun 6

Several years ago I attended a tech-ed conference that brought up the issue of pornography as a stand in for sex ed. Many kids are learning about sex from porn. This means that as educators we need to be brave enough to talk about it. Glad to see that crash course is being brave enough:

Crash Course @thecrashcourse.bsky.social · Jun 5

Let’s be honest: if you’ve been on the internet, you’ve probably seen porn. Whether you went looking for it, a friend shoved a video under your nose, or you got a sketchy DM, it’s hard not to come across porn in our extremely online world. So what do we do with that? youtu.be/HvaUdCTMkkk

Let's talk about porn literacy: Sex Ed #12

YouTube video by CrashCourse

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · Jun 3

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jun 2

Sesame Street says everyone is welcome on their street.

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cdowty.bsky.social @cdowty.bsky.social · May 30

Has anyone seen a school that has successfully implemented a 4-day week? If so please share details! www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...