Travis
@travtufts.bsky.social
Bostonian by choice | BPS parent | Public Ed enthusiast | Bike rider | Occasional organizer | Personal Chef to three | Broadcast editor & colorist
Exclusion ≠ Excellence
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Travis
@travtufts.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Last night @bostonschools.boston.gov made recommendations to the school committee that will double down on exclusionary policies for the city's "exam schools".
We are *addicted* to the idea of merit – because it's easier to pick "winners" than provide an equitable education for all students.
We are *addicted* to the idea of merit – because it's easier to pick "winners" than provide an equitable education for all students.
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and the first step to being a parent is recognizing that your children are their own people, not extensions of you
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
and the first step to being a parent is recognizing that your children are their own people, not extensions of you
You know it’s a Globe piece on BPS when there are quotes from education privatizers and the Mass Business Alliance but not a single quote from a BPS student or parent…
Ahead of her second term, Mayor Michelle Wu has laid out a lofty goal: Make Boston Public Schools the best major city school district in the country.
‘If kids can’t read, what else is there?’ For Wu’s second term, BPS improvements are paramount. - The Boston Globe
At her October "State of the Schools" speech, Wu set the lofty goal of making BPS the best urban school district in the country. What metrics she'll use to measure that remain unclear.
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You know it’s a Globe piece on BPS when there are quotes from education privatizers and the Mass Business Alliance but not a single quote from a BPS student or parent…
Happy 30,004 miles to my trusty Blanchi Frankenbike. We celebrated with a 15°F headwind on my ride to work, as is the custom.
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy 30,004 miles to my trusty Blanchi Frankenbike. We celebrated with a 15°F headwind on my ride to work, as is the custom.
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They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
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The @bostonschools.boston.gov comms team needs to stop promoting these garbage, arbitrary rankings from a defunct magazine that only exists now as a yard stick for elitism.
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The @bostonschools.boston.gov comms team needs to stop promoting these garbage, arbitrary rankings from a defunct magazine that only exists now as a yard stick for elitism.
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The Boston @bostonglobe.com editorial team has barely disguised its disdain for students and teachers for over a decade.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Boston @bostonglobe.com editorial team has barely disguised its disdain for students and teachers for over a decade.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
The Boston @bostonglobe.com editorial team has barely disguised its disdain for students and teachers for over a decade.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Boston @bostonglobe.com editorial team has barely disguised its disdain for students and teachers for over a decade.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
I guess the mask is just fully off now.
The @bostonschools.boston.gov comms team needs to stop promoting these garbage, arbitrary rankings from a defunct magazine that only exists now as a yard stick for elitism.
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The @bostonschools.boston.gov comms team needs to stop promoting these garbage, arbitrary rankings from a defunct magazine that only exists now as a yard stick for elitism.
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
I finished Patricia Evangelista's Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country.
Her description of Duterte cultists *deprogramming* themselves – at great personal cost – stuck with me.
A united front needs EVERYONE who eventually recognizes the peril of strong man authoritarianism.
Her description of Duterte cultists *deprogramming* themselves – at great personal cost – stuck with me.
A united front needs EVERYONE who eventually recognizes the peril of strong man authoritarianism.
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I finished Patricia Evangelista's Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country.
Her description of Duterte cultists *deprogramming* themselves – at great personal cost – stuck with me.
A united front needs EVERYONE who eventually recognizes the peril of strong man authoritarianism.
Her description of Duterte cultists *deprogramming* themselves – at great personal cost – stuck with me.
A united front needs EVERYONE who eventually recognizes the peril of strong man authoritarianism.
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Enjoying the punishment of an entire group for the actions of some members of that group is something Trump fans and liberals have in common.
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Enjoying the punishment of an entire group for the actions of some members of that group is something Trump fans and liberals have in common.
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So they used ICE as a weapon in a custody battle
www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Brother of White House press secretary Leavitt had contentious custody battle with ex, now in ICE custody
Michael Leavitt denies his family called ICE on his ex. Court records and police reports reveal a bitter custody battle, years-old allegations of threats to call immigration authorities and concerns f...
www.wbur.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
So they used ICE as a weapon in a custody battle
www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
“Take one of the most addictive behaviors in mankind and then combine it with one of the most addicting devices of all time.”
Congrats to the sports leagues & sports media destroying the integrity of their products, and to the state legislatures chasing revenue on the backs of addicts!
Congrats to the sports leagues & sports media destroying the integrity of their products, and to the state legislatures chasing revenue on the backs of addicts!
'I just gambled our entire savings away': Young adults in Mass. are hooked on online sports betting
Addiction specialists, treatment programs and 12-step recovery groups tell WBUR they’re seeing a rise in young adults — ranging from their late 20s to early 30s — seeking help for serious gambling pro...
www.wbur.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Take one of the most addictive behaviors in mankind and then combine it with one of the most addicting devices of all time.”
Congrats to the sports leagues & sports media destroying the integrity of their products, and to the state legislatures chasing revenue on the backs of addicts!
Congrats to the sports leagues & sports media destroying the integrity of their products, and to the state legislatures chasing revenue on the backs of addicts!
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restaurant depot wrapped just dropped, restart your app if you don't see it yet
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
restaurant depot wrapped just dropped, restart your app if you don't see it yet
Take Out
Kinetic Strike
Double Tap
Neutralize
So many cool euphemisms for killing people; so much rhetorical dissociating from death.
Kinetic Strike
Double Tap
Neutralize
So many cool euphemisms for killing people; so much rhetorical dissociating from death.
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Take Out
Kinetic Strike
Double Tap
Neutralize
So many cool euphemisms for killing people; so much rhetorical dissociating from death.
Kinetic Strike
Double Tap
Neutralize
So many cool euphemisms for killing people; so much rhetorical dissociating from death.
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I would really love if our governor @massgovernor.bsky.social was actually doing something to protect people from being kidnapped from her state, instead of continually saying she's "happy to work with ICE."
“She wasn’t told why she was detained...She was shackled like she was some type of hardened criminal, and then deported to Honduras with no opportunity to have a court hearing or even talk to an attorney...If that isn’t unconstitutional, I don’t know what is." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I would really love if our governor @massgovernor.bsky.social was actually doing something to protect people from being kidnapped from her state, instead of continually saying she's "happy to work with ICE."
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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this is not ok.
this stuff can never be normal.
Don't ever get desensitized to this kind of hate.
this stuff can never be normal.
Don't ever get desensitized to this kind of hate.
Trump goes on another racist rant about Somalis: "Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this is not ok.
this stuff can never be normal.
Don't ever get desensitized to this kind of hate.
this stuff can never be normal.
Don't ever get desensitized to this kind of hate.
The number of times people didn't believe that even PBS Lifestyles shows have VFX in them!
APT and PBS are not okay promoting branding and logos, and those logos aren't going to paint themselves out if they made it into frame...
APT and PBS are not okay promoting branding and logos, and those logos aren't going to paint themselves out if they made it into frame...
Also - SURPRISE! A show like "Mad Men" uses visual effects!
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The number of times people didn't believe that even PBS Lifestyles shows have VFX in them!
APT and PBS are not okay promoting branding and logos, and those logos aren't going to paint themselves out if they made it into frame...
APT and PBS are not okay promoting branding and logos, and those logos aren't going to paint themselves out if they made it into frame...
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basically, this whole debacle's side effect is that we get to see digital visual effects breakdowns for the show
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
basically, this whole debacle's side effect is that we get to see digital visual effects breakdowns for the show
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no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE