Zed
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Zed
@sigmabetazed.bsky.social
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📍Mobile, AL Perpetually curious higher education professional. Associate Director of Student Activities at University of South Alabama. *Opinions my own and do not reflect the views of my employer*
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MAGA can't stand Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. #NoKings
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"Five years after the conclusion of a term, presidential records must be made publicly available through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)...President Trump’s records from his first term in office will be available for request beginning in 2026."

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For the Record | AAC&U
Colleen Shogan on what’s at stake in the fight to protect the National Archives
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"But for anyone who either can’t afford or simply chooses not to drive, the transportation system could just as easily feel like a barrier to opportunity instead of an enabler."
"When travel times and service reliability are relatively unequal between transportation modes, travelers are forced to make a difficult, binary choice...Such a harsh binary choice quickly exposes a lack of economic resilience." www.brookings.edu/wp-content/u...
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"Given the current targets of the opt-out movement, such curriculum shifts would deemphasize the experiences of racial, sexual, and gender minorities, perpetuating the very silence and unfamiliarity that can give rise to bigotry." www.brookings.edu/articles/mos...
Most Americans support parental opt-out of school curriculum—until they consider the downsides | Brookings
Research shows that views on parental opt-outs change when people weigh the costs for teachers, students, and schools.
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"It’s entirely possible that a magical AI will replace every single human job and then destroy the Earth. But it’s far more likely that the pattern of the last five hundred years will continue." seths.blog/2025/08/job-...
Job churn
Since I was born, humans have created 6 billion jobs. All while technology relentlessly disrupts existing industries. The pin making machine replaced the hand-crafted pin. The ox-pulled plow replac…
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"Internal correspondence from Newsmax officials likewise shows they knew the claims were baseless. 'How long are we going to play along with election fraud?' Newsmax host Bob Sellers said two days after the 2020 election was called for Biden..." apnews.com/article/domi...
Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims
The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election los...
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I love Seth Godin: "Teaching is not about assignments, textbooks or authority. It’s about the pedagogy, connection and approach that creates the conditions for a willing student to change their mind."

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Aha!
Teaching is not about assignments, textbooks or authority. It’s about the pedagogy, connection and approach that creates the conditions for a willing student to change their mind. Everything …
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Isn’t this the second year in a row Burning Man was disrupted by crazy weather? #BurningMan
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Why can’t a single American journalist do this?

Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s ended numerous wars — he’s now increased the number to ten! — and he’ll surely do it again.

Ask him to name the wars he says he’s won.

Ask Leavitt. Ask Hegseth. Ask Rubio.

Just fucking ask them & don’t let go.
“Trump ended 6 wars.”
“Name 2.”
“Russia Russia Russia… fake news….”

A+ exchange on British 🇬🇧 radio
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😆 🔥 some beautiful, creative resistance
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we really do need to figure out how this guy managed to create an environment where he can say "i wasted an amount of taxpayer dollars so large I can't even tell you how much it was" & it doesn't cause immediate national outrage
Trump on the Oval Office: "You see the way this is looking. I can't tell you how much that gold costs. A lot of money. This beautiful office needed it."
This part: "And he knew exactly where the child inside him still lived: his kind heart."
Would Chip Roy be a better or worse AG than Paxton? #Texas
Why would anyone take Putin at his word?
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I absolutely do NOT agree with Bolton’s politics but I can STILL say it’s completely corrupt to send the FBI to raid the home of a political opponent or detractor.

Everyone needs to be saying it.

Trump is pushing us closer and closer toward authoritarianism. We ALL need to push back.
Trump on FBI raiding Bolton's house: "I could know about it. I could be the one starting it. I'm actually the chief law enforcement officer."