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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2h

I found this conversation about Atomic Habits a worthwhile counterpoint to some of the argument in the text!

Atomic Habits

Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/15/2023 · 1h 1m

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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 3h

Join rank-and-file members at the next Labor Notes 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' online workshop series in November!

First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern.

Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...

A graphic of our "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" series on Saturdays, Nov. 8 & 22, from Noon to 3 p.m. ET. Background is blue and graphic features a photo of workers gathered in front of a stage.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 5h

The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 9h

New policy memo from the Freedom to Learn Collective highlights research needs in the wake of fear-based politics and well-funded networks that threaten public schools. bit.ly/43UanMq

What We Need to Know Now to Respond to Right-Wing Attacks on Public Schools: A Research Agenda

Progress toward educational, social, political, and economic equality has always faced backlash—sometimes violent, other times embedded in institutions. Amid economic uncertainty, politicians are agai...

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8h

We must note that all the condemnation of Tucker Carlson platforming Nick Fuentes has been about anti-Semitism and there has been an alarming and revealing silence around his anti-Black racism and white supremacy. When the head of the Heritage Foundation apologized, he only cited anti-Semitism.

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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀🌊 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 9h

“The current proliferation of AI that we see particularly in the library and education spaces would not be possible at the speed and scale that is happening without the precedent of book bans leading into it. They are very comfortable bedfellows..."

AI will have the agenda of whoever trained it.

AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge

"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame.

So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.

Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps
Proposition MM’s passage means Colorado will fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school students

Coloradans voted Tuesday to increase taxes on wealthy households to fully fund free breakfast and lunch for all public school kids and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps.

The Associated Press projected that Proposition MM would pass at 8:25 p.m. when 57% of the votes counted were in support of the measure and 43% were opposed.

The increased taxes on households earning at least $300,000 will shore up funding for free school meals for all public school children, provide raises for school meal staff, and support school district efforts to buy locally-sourced food.

Any leftover funding will go toward new state costs for administering the SNAP program as a result of cuts enacted by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress earlier this year.

The passage of Proposition MM marks the second time Coloradans have voted to tax themselves to provide meals for public school kids in recent years. Democrats in the state legislature referred Proposition MM to the ballot this year when funding for the state’s free school meals program began to wane.

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UNC-CH AAUP @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social · 1d

SUNRISE UNC is calling for UNC to reject the compact and is organizing a rally Friday 11/07 at 1:15 PM on Polk Place!

Trump Compact: www.washingtonpost.com/documents/22...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Durham Rising @durhamrising.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t celebrate Duke while pushing Durham out. We know the truth: Duke didn’t build Duke alone. Now we’re demanding affordable housing, investment in our schools, and respect for the people who made Duke possible.

Brandon Young, Durham For All
#DurhamRising #OrganizeTheSouth #DurhamNC

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

I am not arguing that Katyal should not be able to do his job.

I am arguing that his choices should disqualify him from being nominated to SCOTUS.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Re: Katyal's unprincipled choice of clients and cases – I also respect Katyal's right to earn a living. I respect his discretion in selecting cases. He does not have to consistently side with corporations over workers, but chooses to do so.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Re: Kavanaugh – Katyal did not endorse Kavanaugh, but he spoke highly of him during a Heritage Foundation event during the nomination process. Sen. Thune used these statements to rally support for Kavanaugh before his confirmation hearing:

Screenshot of a part of the website: https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/even-liberal-legal-experts-admit-judge-kavanaugh-is-a-superstar

The text in the screenshot reads:

NEAL KATYAL, Former Obama Administration Solicitor General: “I think it’s very hard for anyone who’s worked with [Judge Kavanaugh], appeared before him, to frankly say a bad word about him. I mean this is a[n] incredibly brilliant, careful person … [H]e’s legendary for his preparation … Judge Kavanaugh reads every one of those [Supreme Court] opinions, sits down with his clerks on Fridays and goes through them. Each one. Every single opinion.” (“Scholars & Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court's 2017-2018 Term,” The Heritage Foundation, 7/10/2018)

KATYAL: “In my practice we basically have a rule: if there’s a Kavanaugh clerk who applies, we hire that person.” (“Scholars & Scribes Review the Rulings: The Supreme Court's 2017-2018 Term,” The Heritage Foundation, 7/10/2018)

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Re: Gorsuch – Katyal wrote the linked Op Ed and both introduced and supported Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing:

www.youtube.com/live/N5uNjra...

Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings | The New York Times

YouTube video by The New York Times

www.youtube.com

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North Carolina Association of Educators @wearencae.bsky.social · 1d

We'd like to know what you're seeing regarding students' freedom to read in North Carolina public schools! Please take a moment to fill out the following survey: bit.ly/4oPURcz

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Katyal has also strongly supported Gorsuch:

www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/o...

and spoke highly of Kavanaugh:

www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/201...

No Democrat should ever nominate Katyal to the Supreme Court.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Katyal has long sided with corporations over workers:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_v...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Sy...

and with corporations over slave laborers:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C...

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

I want the rest of us to know this.

I want folks to speak to their lives , to the diversity of who we are, the sustenance of our future and the immediacy of this moment

That if you start talking and seeing and LISTENING to people

who work ?

We can do this

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 1d

Creating controversy around professors is D'Abrosca's entire beat. He keeps trying to get folks fired. Sorry to see you were targeted!

Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 21d

From Sep 27 to Oct 7, Peter D'Abrosca at Fox News wrote six articles attacking the same UNC professor. He leads campaigns to manufacture outrage against university professors who have supported community organizing against fascists.

D'Abrosca is paid as a Fox News journalist.

Who is D'Abrosca?

Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thread on how the rightwing has weaponized outrage to baselessly attack a professor at UNC:

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

Oh dang! I misinterpreted the first link.

The 245k seems to be the total pool of potential ballots / registered voters for today's elections in Guilford Co. This number is less than the 385k of registered voters in the county since many may not have had municipal elections today.

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

Are votes in Greensboro down overall?

I did not find the city-specific numbers, but it seems like 245k of 385k registered voters in Guilford Co (roughly 63.6%) voted in this election.

er.ncsbe.gov?election_dt=...

vt.ncsbe.gov/RegStat/Stat...

NC SBE Contest Results

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up: The author of this piece has close ties to White nationalism and has an extensive history of bigoted statements!

D'Abrosca has been relentlessly targeting university professors through his work at Fox, attempting to create controversy to get specific people fired.

Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 21d

From Sep 27 to Oct 7, Peter D'Abrosca at Fox News wrote six articles attacking the same UNC professor. He leads campaigns to manufacture outrage against university professors who have supported community organizing against fascists.

D'Abrosca is paid as a Fox News journalist.

Who is D'Abrosca?

Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thread on how the rightwing has weaponized outrage to baselessly attack a professor at UNC:

www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025...

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WIRED @wired.com · 2d

A Turning Point USA official inaccurately claimed a high school's math department wore Halloween costumes that mocked Charlie Kirk. Those teachers are now facing a flood of online attacks and death threats. www.wired.com/story/arizon...

Teachers Get Death Threats After MAGA Claims Their Halloween Costumes Mocked Charlie Kirk

A Turning Point USA official inaccurately claimed a high school's math department wore Halloween costumes that mocked Charlie Kirk. Those teachers are now facing a flood of online attacks and death threats.

www.wired.com

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

Appreciate your work and looking forward to more of the election coverage today!

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

Since these items are posting on the hour, it seems like more may be scheduled to post throughout the day. Hope you and the team are able to adjust the publication dates!

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Rob Wisc @robwisc.bsky.social · 2d

I think a few updates on this page have the incorrect date posted through the CMS:

The "One Race I’m Watching Tonight and Why" pieces for Cary District A, Durham City Council Ward 1, and Durham City Council Ward 2 are listed as posting on 11/05/2024. Those updates are about today's elections.

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