Not Just Phlogiston
@notphlogiston.bsky.social
Equity, sustainability, and inclusion in high school chemistry. K12 public school union strong. NBCT. #MTBoS. Tea, not coffee. Baking, crafting, jam.
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This is what’s so frustrating about U.S. gun laws. Last I checked, almost 90% of Americans support the most basic safeguards like universal background checks. But we know something like that, however humble, will never become law because we don’t live in a democracy.
I'm reading a piece about how Australia is already tightening its gun laws, less than 48 hours after the Bondi Beach shooting. The piece points out that 64% of Aussies favor stricter gun laws.
So do 60% of Americans, but our elected reps don't give a damn.
So do 60% of Americans, but our elected reps don't give a damn.
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is what’s so frustrating about U.S. gun laws. Last I checked, almost 90% of Americans support the most basic safeguards like universal background checks. But we know something like that, however humble, will never become law because we don’t live in a democracy.
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Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Primary them all and block anybody who comes with the “at this crucial juncture the most important thing is that we win.” if they believed that they wouldn’t do this and with friends like them nobody needs enemies
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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a wealth tax is a winning issue.
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
a wealth tax is a winning issue.
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If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
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I got tired of my Alg II Honors students asking me when their tests would be graded, so I created a Google Sheet that simulates a "Progress Bar." And I don't have to update it manually; I tied it to a separate Sheet where I log their scores on individual questions, so it updates as I fill it out 🤓
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I got tired of my Alg II Honors students asking me when their tests would be graded, so I created a Google Sheet that simulates a "Progress Bar." And I don't have to update it manually; I tied it to a separate Sheet where I log their scores on individual questions, so it updates as I fill it out 🤓
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Here is this week's @donorschoose.bsky.social invert project! Kids in a historically underfunded school in Hawaii will protect native snails from invasives 🐌 www.donorschoose.org/project/biod...
Biodiversity Surveys- Invasive Snails, a project from Ms. Dani
Help me give my students the tools to explore the biodiversity in our place, discover the impacts of different species, and design solutions to protect and care for our environment. I love that my ...
www.donorschoose.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here is this week's @donorschoose.bsky.social invert project! Kids in a historically underfunded school in Hawaii will protect native snails from invasives 🐌 www.donorschoose.org/project/biod...
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On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me! A NoireSTEMinist in a hoodie! ☃️🤶🏾🧑🏾🎄🎄 #BlackSky #STEMSky #BlackWomenSTEM
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December 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me! A NoireSTEMinist in a hoodie! ☃️🤶🏾🧑🏾🎄🎄 #BlackSky #STEMSky #BlackWomenSTEM
www.noiresteminist.com/product-page...
www.noiresteminist.com/product-page...
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Archaeology's Sexual Revolution - this article details the reckoning archaeology has had to do when addressing the complex, non-binary nature of biological sex characteristics. www.genderinclusivebiology.com/newsletter/a...
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Archaeology's Sexual Revolution - this article details the reckoning archaeology has had to do when addressing the complex, non-binary nature of biological sex characteristics. www.genderinclusivebiology.com/newsletter/a...
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Sometimes I wonder about how the White folks process still having their jobs. I've been reading a lot about McCarthyism, which has my brain primed to think about the people who stay once people politically repress their colleague out of a job.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The base of this tree is The Deer Spot. It's where does leave their fawns for a while, and the dominant deer in a group gets dibs.
December 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The base of this tree is The Deer Spot. It's where does leave their fawns for a while, and the dominant deer in a group gets dibs.
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A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A good guy without a gun stops a bad guy with a gun.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Watch attempts to use the horrific mass shooting in Australia as “proof” that gun safety laws don’t work
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Watch attempts to use the horrific mass shooting in Australia as “proof” that gun safety laws don’t work
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
Bondi is Australia’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 years
Brown is USA’s first deadly mass shooting in 3 days
And the 15th deadly & 389th overall mass shooting of 2025
There is no comparison
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“The one thing that gave me comfort was, like, statistically, it’s practically impossible for this to ever happen to me again,” Ms. Weissman said. “And clearly, we’re getting to a point where no one can say that anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
2 Students at Brown Witnessed School Shootings as Children
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“The one thing that gave me comfort was, like, statistically, it’s practically impossible for this to ever happen to me again,” Ms. Weissman said. “And clearly, we’re getting to a point where no one can say that anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
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Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
Where in the world are wealth and income most unequal?
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The richest 10 percent of the world's population owns three-quarters of all personal wealth.
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The far-right has spent the past several years accusing the left of teaching conspiracies and propaganda and indoctrinating children into extreme ideologies.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
K-12 Indoctrination: Every Accusation is a Confession
MAGA spent years yelling about propaganda in schools — to get their own in
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
December 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The far-right has spent the past several years accusing the left of teaching conspiracies and propaganda and indoctrinating children into extreme ideologies.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
Now, as you may have guessed, they're doing what they accused the left of doing, but it's probably worse than you think.
My latest.
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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We are so honored to be recognized by @ucs.org along with this year's other amazing Science Defenders! The full livestream is now up and available to watch at: wclivestream.com
It’s been a rough year for science. But bright spots remain! We’re honoring our 2025 Science Defenders: people who use science to improve the world, taking a stand to protect science from political or other interference.
First up: Dr. Marc Alessi from the Weather & Climate Livestream team!
First up: Dr. Marc Alessi from the Weather & Climate Livestream team!
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We are so honored to be recognized by @ucs.org along with this year's other amazing Science Defenders! The full livestream is now up and available to watch at: wclivestream.com
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As of June 2024, WaPo estimated that, since 1999, over 300,000 kids in the United States have been impacted by gun violence at school. Not even counting the untold millions exposed to our ambient level of societal gun violence each year.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
As of June 2024, WaPo estimated that, since 1999, over 300,000 kids in the United States have been impacted by gun violence at school. Not even counting the untold millions exposed to our ambient level of societal gun violence each year.
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Kennedy is a fanatical, paranoid, evil, eugenecist. He is a liar and a menace. He should never have been confirmed, and he should be impeached and removed yesterday.
Fuck everyone who did this to us. May they never have a moment of peace.
Fuck everyone who did this to us. May they never have a moment of peace.
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kennedy is a fanatical, paranoid, evil, eugenecist. He is a liar and a menace. He should never have been confirmed, and he should be impeached and removed yesterday.
Fuck everyone who did this to us. May they never have a moment of peace.
Fuck everyone who did this to us. May they never have a moment of peace.
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Can't wait for the entire story to run, but even in this brief clip, we learn how @heymrsbond.com 's students have deep misgivings about the negative impact of AI on their education. It's almost like they have a wonderfully dedicated teacher who explained why she was banning it in her classroom.
I had a cool day hanging out with @leevgaines.bsky.social , a freelance reporter for @npr.org! She shadowed me and spoke to many of my students about AI. The full story will come out in January, but please go watch Lee’s TikTok here! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJ1WUu/
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Can't wait for the entire story to run, but even in this brief clip, we learn how @heymrsbond.com 's students have deep misgivings about the negative impact of AI on their education. It's almost like they have a wonderfully dedicated teacher who explained why she was banning it in her classroom.
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Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Another mass shooting, this time at Brown. 2 dead, 8 injured. MAGA & Corporate media waiting to ID the shooter but we know the drill
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety
•Immigrant—> Expand ICE
•Muslim—> Expand Muslim ban
•Black—> Expand prisons & police
•White—> Troubled lone wolf with rough childhood
And still 0 action on gun safety