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Riley Bunch @ribunchreports.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The city of Atlanta has filed a lawsuit against Fulton and DeKalb counties to keep Election Day polls open until 8pm after guidance from the Secretary of State's office mandates polls close at 7pm due to the special PSC election. #atlpol www.ajc.com/news/2025/11...

Atlanta sues Fulton, DeKalb counties to keep polls open until 8 p.m.

Counties plan to close polls at 7 p.m. following guidance from the Secretary of State’s office, according to the lawsuit.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d

Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 5d

When a city (Atlanta) where land values have skyrocketed since 2012engages in "faux austerity" & moves to close schools, which will harm mostly Black families.

Meanwhile, city moves to extend TIFs that will divert billions away from schools & local services & they frame it as "reducing inequality"

Atlanta Public Schools moves forward with plan to close, repurpose 16 schools and realign neighborhoods

Atlanta Public Schools has released its final plan for a massive restructuring that could reshape neighborhoods across the city.

www.cbsnews.com

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Scott C. Riley @rileyscottc.bsky.social · 5d

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, my townhome community that appreciated 25% in 3 years would like a word…

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5d

When he's finally gone, there is going to be this flood of books and tell all interviews from Republicans about how hard it was to be a Republican in Washington during this time and I am going to be galatically furious about it.

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 4d

We have a $14B surplus… We aren’t bailing out Washington, we’re bailing out Georgians. 1 in 8 Georgians are on SNAP. ATL is the world’s busiest airport. We have some of the lowest literacy rates in the country. If this isn’t a rainy day, what is?

#GaPol

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Jono with the good mo @jono.gay · 6d

We used to live in a proper society

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 5d

If a music streaming platform found a way to offer a one-time download/transfer of all playlists and follow data from Spotify, ala the great migration from GoodReads to StoryGraph, I suspect they’d see a significant influx of users pretty quickly.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 6d

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile in Georgia:

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

It is October 2025 and I am once again BEGGING the Governors Office of Scholastic Achievement and the GA Dept of Ed to standardize their data practices.

Why do some headers have periods and others have underscores?

Why are school IDs different lengths?

WHY DOESNT ENROLLMENT MATCH?

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

If it looks like a nazi, and quacks like a nazi…

Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 8d

Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

It’s giving, “mom mixed up pajama day and picture day”

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

“The Democratic Party has a problem…. Their polling addiction ignores more complex political instruments telling them that the working class isn’t just white men and that centrism isn’t enough to bring white voters back into the fold.”

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah… I really can’t imagine why someone with long established ties to child sec traffickers might be avoiding any and all conversations where those ties are a focal point.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6d

“When it comes to the government shutdown, Trump barely seems to be paying attention,” Toluse Olorunnipa, Jonathan Lemire, and Russell Berman write. “Some of Trump’s closest advisers told us that the president has been distracted and busy dealing with other matters.”

The Government Is Closed. The President Is MIA.

Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 7d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · 7d

WHATEVER YOU ALLOW YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO OTHERS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO TO YOU

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 6d

I have never had any desire to live in California, but this made me cry.

We could have this in GA. We could use our taxes to take care of people. Instead, we are sitting on a $16B surplus while state officials tell SNAP recipients to “plan ahead” for their funds to run out. We deserve better.

A Brief But Spectacular take on preventing homelessness

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

Why??

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

Anyway, this is not an exhaustive list and 300 characters is not enough for nuance.

We should save public schools but not the status quo and private companies should not be allowed to run public schools - whether they’re free or not.

Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

5. Discipline. Saying “we can’t save them all” is a polite way of saying “some kids are expendable.” Miss me. We can and should be building spaces where kids, educators and their families are safe and valued. Give me restorative practices, give me trauma informed care. Keep kids in school.

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

4. Standards. Standardized testing is part of the reason we were able to prove discrimination against marginalized kids. Standards are valuable. We need standards but we don’t need the bastardization of standardized testing that enriches corporations at the expense of our kids and teachers.

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

3. Deadlines. Learning is not linear AND life happens. We can teach time management while also acknowledging how few truly finite deadlines exist in the “real world.” We don’t have to sacrifice accountability if we choose to prioritize mastery. Honestly, this should probably be #1

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Mikayla Arciaga MA.Ed. @mikaylaarciaga.bsky.social · 26d

2. Testing… goes hand in hand with grading. How are tests setting kids up to truly demonstrate knowledge? Give me tests that set kids up to show their skills and get feedback on their deficits. Give me eight questions with scaffolded entry points over 60 multiple choice any day. Let them retest.

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