Ryan Abt (He/Him)
@ryanabt.bsky.social
History PhD in the intersection of Education (NYC & Texas), anti-racism, & Holocaust Memory. I also have opinions based on my evangelical upbringing and my anabaptist views.
Protect immigrants, Protect LGBTQ+, Protect PoC, Protect everyone!
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Protect immigrants, Protect LGBTQ+, Protect PoC, Protect everyone!
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Ryan Abt (He/Him)
@ryanabt.bsky.social
· Jun 20
It’s Juneteenth, so I’ve put together a list of history books that have helped me better understand slavery and its impact today. Knowing this can help us better secure the elusive equality for all promised at this nation’s founding.
Please make suggestions. Particularly by scholars of color.
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Please make suggestions. Particularly by scholars of color.
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As I make Chicken Fried Pork for our belated Thanksgiving lunch, I’m thankful for the, in this case German, IMMIGRANTS who brought their culture and food to Texas and shared it with others to create Chicken Fried Steak, et al.
I also love Mexican BBQ fusion and so much else.
#ImmigrationIsGood
I also love Mexican BBQ fusion and so much else.
#ImmigrationIsGood
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As I make Chicken Fried Pork for our belated Thanksgiving lunch, I’m thankful for the, in this case German, IMMIGRANTS who brought their culture and food to Texas and shared it with others to create Chicken Fried Steak, et al.
I also love Mexican BBQ fusion and so much else.
#ImmigrationIsGood
I also love Mexican BBQ fusion and so much else.
#ImmigrationIsGood
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Trump rants at reporter calling her stupid 5 times and no one stands up to him. That sucks. Business as usual. Dictator.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Trump rants at reporter calling her stupid 5 times and no one stands up to him. That sucks. Business as usual. Dictator.
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Satan: 'This is the river of lava where you'll suffer for all eternity.'
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Satan: 'This is the river of lava where you'll suffer for all eternity.'
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
“Recht order unrecht-mein Vaterland” (My country, right or wrong). This was written over the gate of Buchenwald
If being an American means supporting what is wrong, I will deny my nation. Not my morals.
This demands FULL opposition.
If being an American means supporting what is wrong, I will deny my nation. Not my morals.
This demands FULL opposition.
President Donald Trump suggested that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, telling service members during a Thanksgiving call that efforts for strikes on land will be starting "very soon." https://cnn.it/487SPPL
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“Recht order unrecht-mein Vaterland” (My country, right or wrong). This was written over the gate of Buchenwald
If being an American means supporting what is wrong, I will deny my nation. Not my morals.
This demands FULL opposition.
If being an American means supporting what is wrong, I will deny my nation. Not my morals.
This demands FULL opposition.
Perfect description.
What’s left of this man’s brain is just a Rube Goldberg machine of racism
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Perfect description.
There are people. Who do not see through this.
It is astounding that human life is considered intelligent.
It is astounding that human life is considered intelligent.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias.
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
There are people. Who do not see through this.
It is astounding that human life is considered intelligent.
It is astounding that human life is considered intelligent.
Add to it that it is an answer to a problem that isn’t actually a problem but a wrong answer to a(by number of) different problem(s).
Ie. Monolithic ethnostates solve the problem of immigrants bringing C, Y, Z problems. But those problems aren’t cause by immigration.
What are we doing?!?
Ie. Monolithic ethnostates solve the problem of immigrants bringing C, Y, Z problems. But those problems aren’t cause by immigration.
What are we doing?!?
Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Add to it that it is an answer to a problem that isn’t actually a problem but a wrong answer to a(by number of) different problem(s).
Ie. Monolithic ethnostates solve the problem of immigrants bringing C, Y, Z problems. But those problems aren’t cause by immigration.
What are we doing?!?
Ie. Monolithic ethnostates solve the problem of immigrants bringing C, Y, Z problems. But those problems aren’t cause by immigration.
What are we doing?!?
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you :3
My trans-supportive Wood Elf Army for Warhammer: The Old World.
My trans-supportive Wood Elf Army for Warhammer: The Old World.
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you :3
My trans-supportive Wood Elf Army for Warhammer: The Old World.
My trans-supportive Wood Elf Army for Warhammer: The Old World.
Whole thread is good but this post is key.
the core premise is female/queer coded liberalism/ social justice is at fault for provoking male-coded conservatism
the rising far right is a "backlash to woke" to use the vernacular
or 'what did you say to make him hit you' politics, as i call it
the rising far right is a "backlash to woke" to use the vernacular
or 'what did you say to make him hit you' politics, as i call it
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Whole thread is good but this post is key.
A very good thread here.
Having intersectional minority identities in the West does not, unfortunately, confer enhanced appreciation of nuance in identities abroad. Non-Western experiences and identities are ignored or flattened. One even finds people weaponize their minority status in the West against minorities abroad.
November 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A very good thread here.
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It’s sad how much of human experience is summed up as being willing to go broke for the sake of hating other people.
Ah forgot to ask y'all the provocative key question:
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s sad how much of human experience is summed up as being willing to go broke for the sake of hating other people.
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If what really works to reduce the murder rate,
That has been shown to work, in city after city,
And validated by decades of peer-reviewed research,
Is less expensive, less cruel, and less racist?
Then why do we insist on doing the more cruel, more racist option that costs hundreds of billions?
That has been shown to work, in city after city,
And validated by decades of peer-reviewed research,
Is less expensive, less cruel, and less racist?
Then why do we insist on doing the more cruel, more racist option that costs hundreds of billions?
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If what really works to reduce the murder rate,
That has been shown to work, in city after city,
And validated by decades of peer-reviewed research,
Is less expensive, less cruel, and less racist?
Then why do we insist on doing the more cruel, more racist option that costs hundreds of billions?
That has been shown to work, in city after city,
And validated by decades of peer-reviewed research,
Is less expensive, less cruel, and less racist?
Then why do we insist on doing the more cruel, more racist option that costs hundreds of billions?
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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If the people who recruit and hire police officers for a living keep telling you these are the people they want in these roles, why are we so insistent on ignoring them?
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If the people who recruit and hire police officers for a living keep telling you these are the people they want in these roles, why are we so insistent on ignoring them?
Imma write “Pope says 0” but same difference, right?
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Imma write “Pope says 0” but same difference, right?
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
lol. Morons.
Hall: I think these are well-rounded, very good. I love the early grades, the ancient history, good to capture curiosity that will engage them. History is my favorite subject. "Obviously, history is objective. We're going to have different views of what that is." [So... not objective?]
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
lol. Morons.
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It is remarkable how little any of these content advisors know about K-12 education and how much this is just them taking what they know and trying to fit it to percentages. Teachers have testified, repeatedly, that this doesn't work. And yet, they are plowing ahead.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is remarkable how little any of these content advisors know about K-12 education and how much this is just them taking what they know and trying to fit it to percentages. Teachers have testified, repeatedly, that this doesn't work. And yet, they are plowing ahead.
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Here are the key topics for K-2 and then 3 through 8. Note how "pre history to world 500 AD" is essentially Western Civ.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Here are the key topics for K-2 and then 3 through 8. Note how "pre history to world 500 AD" is essentially Western Civ.
Ughhhh
The new sequence manages to get rid of all standalone Texas history while making Texas history the sum of world and US history. Take a look at the proposed course themes.
Converting percentages across grades 3-8 into years:
World history: 1.2 years
US history: 2.1 years
Texas history: 2.7 years.
Converting percentages across grades 3-8 into years:
World history: 1.2 years
US history: 2.1 years
Texas history: 2.7 years.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Ughhhh
I wear socks when I fly.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I wear socks when I fly.
One wonders what in that first graph suggests that Dem embrace of social justice causes brought them to the fore.
I have an undergrad who is doing work on how different news networks used different terms over the past 15 years. Here is "woke" at Fox News and in official congressional e-newsletters
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One wonders what in that first graph suggests that Dem embrace of social justice causes brought them to the fore.
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Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hollywood loves our trauma. Black actors are more likely to win awards when playing roles tied to slavery, servitude, or trauma.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
Lupita Nyong’o opens up about what happened after her Oscar win. Hollywood kept offering her more parts as an enslaved woman, pushing the same stereotype again and again.
As our administration ramps up for war, I am reminded of The German War, by Nicholas Stargardt.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945
bookshop.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As our administration ramps up for war, I am reminded of The German War, by Nicholas Stargardt.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.
One key feature of the German mindset was that those opposed to the regime supported the war effort because they didn’t want Germany defeated again.
May we desire to lose immoral wars.