Debbie Seltzer
@dlseltzer.bsky.social
historian & philosopher of education (and environmental studies), lover of cats and orchids, foodie
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You can read my books for free by requesting it for purchase from a library. The library buys it, I get royalties, and you get it for free. And future readers also get my book for free. Easy! Everyone wins!
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
You can read my books for free by requesting it for purchase from a library. The library buys it, I get royalties, and you get it for free. And future readers also get my book for free. Easy! Everyone wins!
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I joined the DSA eight years ago
When I joined, we were so small scale that I had to paint banners for marches on bedsheets
Eight years later, we won the mayorship of the greatest city on earth
When I joined, we were so small scale that I had to paint banners for marches on bedsheets
Eight years later, we won the mayorship of the greatest city on earth
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I joined the DSA eight years ago
When I joined, we were so small scale that I had to paint banners for marches on bedsheets
Eight years later, we won the mayorship of the greatest city on earth
When I joined, we were so small scale that I had to paint banners for marches on bedsheets
Eight years later, we won the mayorship of the greatest city on earth
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I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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It actually is pretty rare for anyone in the United States at all to be arrested *indefinitely and without trial*, especially children, yes.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It actually is pretty rare for anyone in the United States at all to be arrested *indefinitely and without trial*, especially children, yes.
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
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Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.
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If @theguardian.com who had 10.5 million followers on X can leave, so can you.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If @theguardian.com who had 10.5 million followers on X can leave, so can you.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
There's absolutely no excuse for staying.
I have huge admiration and respect for The Guardian for taking a stand and living up to their name.
If you're a good person you should follow their example and leave X.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
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My publisher is a tiny, one-person operation; he constantly sacrifices in order to pay authors and produce work he believes in. If everyone who illegally downloaded my book had actually bought the thing, that's several hundreds of dollars to both of us.
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
My publisher is a tiny, one-person operation; he constantly sacrifices in order to pay authors and produce work he believes in. If everyone who illegally downloaded my book had actually bought the thing, that's several hundreds of dollars to both of us.
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musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
musk agreeing with an explicitly eugenicist post
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New poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute-
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
סקר: הציבור מאמין בצה"ל, אך לא בתחקירי 7 באוקטובר | הנתונים נחשפים | ישראל היום
בסקר המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה בקרב הציבור היהודי, 84% נותנים לצה"ל ציון מצוין או טוב מאוד בנוגע להתנהלותו המוסרית • מנגד, רק 45.5% סבורים כי תחקירי הצבא על המלחמה אמינים • הרוב חושבים כי למשטרה שיקולים...
www.israelhayom.co.il
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
New poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute-
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
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Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
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Because women who weren't Princess Leia spoke a total of 63 seconds in the first three Star Wars films. Because women couldn't serve on juries in all 50 states until 1968. Because the president is a rapist.
Every Non-Leia Spoken Line in Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy: 63 Seconds Total
A new video highlights the shockingly-little amount of time women spoke on-screen in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
www.cbr.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Because women who weren't Princess Leia spoke a total of 63 seconds in the first three Star Wars films. Because women couldn't serve on juries in all 50 states until 1968. Because the president is a rapist.
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Because my grandmother was an adult before she got the right to vote, and because I was an adult before the first female supreme court justice got appointed, and because some of the older women I know don't think they'll ever see a female president, and some MAGA dicks think women shouldn't vote.
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Because my grandmother was an adult before she got the right to vote, and because I was an adult before the first female supreme court justice got appointed, and because some of the older women I know don't think they'll ever see a female president, and some MAGA dicks think women shouldn't vote.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
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No war with Venezuela!
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
No war with Venezuela!
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How to end the Ukraine war??
RUSSIA JUST LEAVE.
PUTIN: LEAVE
🇺🇦☮️✌️
RUSSIA JUST LEAVE.
PUTIN: LEAVE
🇺🇦☮️✌️
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How to end the Ukraine war??
RUSSIA JUST LEAVE.
PUTIN: LEAVE
🇺🇦☮️✌️
RUSSIA JUST LEAVE.
PUTIN: LEAVE
🇺🇦☮️✌️
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WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
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This is an interesting assessment. Maybe that has something to do with it. People look for leadership and if those who are supposed to lead are complicit and also cowardly, people might think that this is the sum of organizing and resistance.
Part of it is that a lot of the elite’s gave up, and are ignoring it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is an interesting assessment. Maybe that has something to do with it. People look for leadership and if those who are supposed to lead are complicit and also cowardly, people might think that this is the sum of organizing and resistance.
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Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
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This is the way.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is the way.
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ProPublica and @startribune.com found that victims of abuse within an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth were told to forgive and forget.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting:
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting:
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Leaders of a Minnesota Church Community Enabled a Child Abuser
ProPublica and the Minnesota Star Tribune found that victims of abuse within an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth were told to forgive and forget. Here’s what to know from our reportin...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ProPublica and @startribune.com found that victims of abuse within an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth were told to forgive and forget.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting:
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting: