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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 25m

Yes. That’s right. The Voting Rights Act.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30m

The US supreme court appears ready to nullify the Voting Rights Act | Moira Donegan

Court has repeatedly expanded states’ leeway to make voting laws that would have previously been deemed discriminatory

www.theguardian.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

This is what all teaching is supposed to be, foundationally

Eternal Clarkness: Sanity's Requiem @justinofclark.bsky.social · 4h

Media literacy should be taught in every single American school, full stop. You don't need to tell kids *what* to think, but teaching them *how* to think is now a civic duty.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 7h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 41m

Yes. This is how you do it.

AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 3h

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

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AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

If you would like to be sad I recommend reading any feature article from 2014 or earlier. The undercurrent of optimism. The general lack of cynicism. The unspoken belief that the future would be better than the past

That's a world we all lived in

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 3h

…these are writers that I ❤️ now. Much much more is needed to teach young people that Black scholars and thinkers matter and are a GIFT to the 🌎. Tell, tell, tell about them. Talk about them. Get those txts into classrooms. Get them into the hands of adults. It’s needed now more than ever.

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 3h

I only began reading Black writers when I was 15. Angelou, Hughes, Walker. Later, was introduced 2 Morrison. Then, I discovered the brilliance of Chinua Achebe & Bessie Head, the poetry of George Elliott Clarke, & Zadie Smith. bell hooks, F. Fanon, P. Wheatley, A. Lorde & O. Butler came way later.

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 3h

Got my Covid and flu shots today. So very grateful that I am able to access them. Chronic health conditions and the impact of COVID on the people who have them hasn’t changed. Neither should people’s access to possible life-saving vaccines.

an illustration of dolly parton playing a guitar with the words " vaccine vaccine vaccine " above her

Alt: an illustration of dolly parton playing a guitar with the words "vaccine vaccine vaccine" above her

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 4h

Good. It starts…

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 5h

CBS News' standards and practices chief becomes the first senior executive to bow out of the Bari Weiss show.

CBS News loses standards and practices chief

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 4h

Yes. Truth.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 4h

People still think they don’t need to read black thinkers to do their work. They’re wrong and their work is worse for it.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 4h

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 4h

1 of my 12s from last year came 4 a visit. She says she misses home immensely (studying at Queen’s now). She says it’s wild that so much of who we r is tied 2 place & ppl. She said, u talked a lot about that in gr 11, but I’m living it now. So much of me are my connections & experiences. 🥹

barack obama is wearing sunglasses and a suit and tie while standing in front of a picture frame .

Alt: barack obama is wearing sunglasses and a suit and tie while pointing to us with his index finger

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 4h

Yes. Yup. Absolutely.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

I was born in 1972. The replacement rate he's panicked about has been below 2.1% for almost every year of my life.

If you're really worried about the population falling, giving immigrants a path to citizenship is an obvious and easy solution.

Unless there's ... something about them you don't like?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 5h

“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.

I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.

Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 4h

Gift link: 🎁🎁 www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

Grocery Prices Keep Rising. Frustrated Consumers Are Trying to Adapt.

Record beef prices and coffee that costs $1 more per pound since May have shoppers cutting back on some foods, stockpiling others.

www.wsj.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 4h

This is 🙌🏼! Brilliant content for an English class.

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Jules of Liberty @greeneyedmonster13.bsky.social · 1d

For real. I honestly think a lot of that is because of how the Civil Rights Movement was taught in schools. “Rosa Parks, MLK, and Malcolm X marched and made some speeches, then the Civil Rights Act was passed and racism went away” basically sums up how we were taught in the ‘80s. Heads, meet sand.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 1d

It's really weird to have been a teenager or 20-something in the 1990s and then say in middle age with your entire chest "racism was solved back then, then it was brought back."

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 1d

Never trust a man who can’t do his hair.

Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone who is looking to participate in October’s PSA day, check out the options via AOEC (Anti-Oppression Educators Collective). Amazing things being done by educators in our province. #PSAday #bced #bctf Here is the link to register:

www.aoec.ca/events/psa-d...

Pedagogy of Hope: Organizing for Justice in public education — AOEC

We are thrilled to share that Naomi Klein will be our keynote speaker for this year’s PSA Day Conference! 🎤✨Join us for a powerful and inspiring conversation with the renowned author, activist, and ad...

www.aoec.ca

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 1d

This is real.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot of white people are discovering in real time how many other white people only have a problem with direct slurs and politeness

Not actual discrimination

Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 1d

Tough, tough thing. It sits w you. And we just do and keep on. No time to process and think and feel. Sending you strength.

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quiabo the exhorter @yungquiabo.bsky.social · 1d

for me it was the secret police disappearing people

Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 1d

As a friend who was planning to go to the 2026 WC told me, "this settles it". He won't.

Comparison of prices between the prices of tickets at the 2022 and 2026 Fifa World Cup, showing prices increases of up to 1,000%.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 1d

Wild. They really are borrowing the playbook from history, aren’t they?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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