taylor schooley
@taylorsamara.bsky.social
policy researcher. public health and youth justice systems change in los angeles. big fan of cool human things like curiosity, poetry, pirouettes, libraries. opinions are just mine.
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taylor schooley
@taylorsamara.bsky.social
· Jul 19
ok but what do we call the precise stage of emotional distress when one simply must watch the last ten minutes of North & South three times in a row?
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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This Friday, November 14, the Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development (DYD) will host its annual “Rooted In Us” youth summit, a free, interactive event designed to uplift youth leadership and community empowerment.
L.A. County Department of Youth Development to host annual youth summit
This Friday, November 14, the Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development (DYD) will host its annual “Rooted In Us” youth summit, a free, interactive event designed to uplift youth
www.calonews.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This Friday, November 14, the Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development (DYD) will host its annual “Rooted In Us” youth summit, a free, interactive event designed to uplift youth leadership and community empowerment.
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
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baseball is cinema, actually
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
baseball is cinema, actually
got to experience MONUMENTS at @moca-la.bsky.social today and it completely took my breath away. can’t stop thinking about this first piece by Bethany Collins especially but the whole show was beyond. LA friends, go see it go see it go see it!
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
got to experience MONUMENTS at @moca-la.bsky.social today and it completely took my breath away. can’t stop thinking about this first piece by Bethany Collins especially but the whole show was beyond. LA friends, go see it go see it go see it!
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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“ “Who heals a wound that continually opens itself?”- Kara Walker www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“ “Who heals a wound that continually opens itself?”- Kara Walker www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ok apparently this is a Mamdani fan page now but this is so good: “The way to advance his worldview, he argues, is to show that it works. As he told The New Yorker in a recent interview, ‘The most important thing is delivering.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | The ‘Sewer Socialism’ of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ok apparently this is a Mamdani fan page now but this is so good: “The way to advance his worldview, he argues, is to show that it works. As he told The New Yorker in a recent interview, ‘The most important thing is delivering.’”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
well if nothing else at least there's the option of a totally enthusiastic crush on Zohran to spark joy?
October 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
well if nothing else at least there's the option of a totally enthusiastic crush on Zohran to spark joy?
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I thought this was lovely.
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I thought this was lovely.
you guys you guys you guys THIS STORY youtu.be/xYcgQMxQwmk?...
HAMNET - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters This Thanksgiving
YouTube video by Focus Features
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
you guys you guys you guys THIS STORY youtu.be/xYcgQMxQwmk?...
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
ok but what do we call the precise stage of emotional distress when one simply must watch the last ten minutes of North & South three times in a row?
July 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ok but what do we call the precise stage of emotional distress when one simply must watch the last ten minutes of North & South three times in a row?
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July 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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An hour ago in Falls Church, Virginia.
June 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
An hour ago in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.
"Taken together, the thousands of lawsuits paint a picture of a government that failed to intervene as its facilities turned into hunting grounds for predators who held immense power over the children in their custody." www.latimes.com/california/s...
In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion
The $4 billion, if approved, would appear to dwarf the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.
www.latimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Taken together, the thousands of lawsuits paint a picture of a government that failed to intervene as its facilities turned into hunting grounds for predators who held immense power over the children in their custody." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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How many incarcerated firefighters are fighting the LA wildfires? What type of work are they doing? And how do they feel about it?
I teamed up with @themarshallproject.org to answer all these questions we've been seeing online: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...
I teamed up with @themarshallproject.org to answer all these questions we've been seeing online: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...
The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California
More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How many incarcerated firefighters are fighting the LA wildfires? What type of work are they doing? And how do they feel about it?
I teamed up with @themarshallproject.org to answer all these questions we've been seeing online: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...
I teamed up with @themarshallproject.org to answer all these questions we've been seeing online: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...
“To dismiss them as old-fashioned is to assume they are outdated because of the passage of time. But the collective pain of a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort.” theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:27 AM
“To dismiss them as old-fashioned is to assume they are outdated because of the passage of time. But the collective pain of a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort.” theconversation.com/infectious-d...