Dr. Cara Berg Powers
@clbergpowers.bsky.social
I post about public education, school integration, cultural theory, media literacy, sex ed, parenting, and random thoughts from my ADHD brain. Proud co-editor of uncoveringpossible.com out now from Vernon Press! DM for discount code!
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People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First off, this couple is hilarious and I want to subscribe to their podcast and be friends with them.
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
Their legal Mass “BORT” license plate is getting rung up with EZPass tolls from people who have Simpsons novelty plates. www.instagram.com/reel/DRfod3l...
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ATTENTION HOLIDAY SHOPPERS:
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
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If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ATTENTION HOLIDAY SHOPPERS:
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
If you want to give someone an apparently innocuous but actually quietly radical book as a holiday gift, then you should gift them @natanlast.bsky.social’s marvelous book, great even for crossword incompetents like me🔥 #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723796...
I scheduled the last email I needed to send before closing my work computer and had some tiramisu and prosecco and now I'm going to read in bed and... Not set an alarm! For the first time in 3 weeks. I'm so excited.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I scheduled the last email I needed to send before closing my work computer and had some tiramisu and prosecco and now I'm going to read in bed and... Not set an alarm! For the first time in 3 weeks. I'm so excited.
Tomorrow I'm making like 6 days of food, partly so I don't have to meal Saturday and can relax. 3 soups in mason jars and chili in the freezer, Mac & cheese, stuffing, and mashed potatoes for tofurkey day and picking up lo mein from the vegan Chinese restaurant because the kid will eat none of it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Tomorrow I'm making like 6 days of food, partly so I don't have to meal Saturday and can relax. 3 soups in mason jars and chili in the freezer, Mac & cheese, stuffing, and mashed potatoes for tofurkey day and picking up lo mein from the vegan Chinese restaurant because the kid will eat none of it.
You can learn more about Major Taylor at the Major Taylor Museum in Worcester! majortaylormuseum.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
You can learn more about Major Taylor at the Major Taylor Museum in Worcester! majortaylormuseum.org
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And about that 13 year old, who was made to *voluntarily* self deport. It’s horrifying that this kid was forced to make that decision, and be sent away from his family and friends. Horrifying. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
A 13 year old and ICE
Weeks ago I wrote about 13 and 17 year old sisters who went missing in the world after ICE abducted their mother from a Worcester, Massachusetts street, leaving them parentless and in state care.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
And about that 13 year old, who was made to *voluntarily* self deport. It’s horrifying that this kid was forced to make that decision, and be sent away from his family and friends. Horrifying. open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
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It's embarrassing that our state still hasn't taken action to disentangle state and local law enforcement from ICE. Let's get it done already. #mapoli
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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Immigrant groups want Beacon Hill to bolster protections for migrants in Massachusetts
Immigrant rights advocates called on Beacon Hill Democrats Tuesday to pass a trio of policies they argued would bolster protections for migrants who are being targeted for deportation amid a push by P...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It's embarrassing that our state still hasn't taken action to disentangle state and local law enforcement from ICE. Let's get it done already. #mapoli
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/11...
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Let us be clear about what the Republican agenda is: abusing their own children and abusing yours. www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
Woman with family connection to White House press secretary arrested by ICE in Revere
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere.
www.wcvb.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Let us be clear about what the Republican agenda is: abusing their own children and abusing yours. www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
Saw that Luc Besson has a new movie out and I fell down a rabbit hole about just how young his 1st wife, the "alleged" inspiration for Portman's character in Leon was when they met. Here she is *2 yrs after* they met & allegedly 1 yr before they started dating. Portman's casting video for comparison
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Saw that Luc Besson has a new movie out and I fell down a rabbit hole about just how young his 1st wife, the "alleged" inspiration for Portman's character in Leon was when they met. Here she is *2 yrs after* they met & allegedly 1 yr before they started dating. Portman's casting video for comparison
Once a board member at my old org made a bourbon pecan pie and I had a young colleague that had never really drank and she literally passed out and slept off the pie on the office couch all afternoon. I genuinely would have assumed any alcohol would have cooked off but not quite so in this case.
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Once a board member at my old org made a bourbon pecan pie and I had a young colleague that had never really drank and she literally passed out and slept off the pie on the office couch all afternoon. I genuinely would have assumed any alcohol would have cooked off but not quite so in this case.
I can't choose a specific movie but for the sake of my sanity maybe every single cliffhanger canceled tween show my kid has been heartbroken by? Julie and the Phantoms, Diary of a Future President, Babysitters Club, hell let's do My So Called Life for me while we're at it. Oh and another Marvels.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I can't choose a specific movie but for the sake of my sanity maybe every single cliffhanger canceled tween show my kid has been heartbroken by? Julie and the Phantoms, Diary of a Future President, Babysitters Club, hell let's do My So Called Life for me while we're at it. Oh and another Marvels.
Planning to incorporate part of my husband's cultural heritage into our stay home meal this week. We do a lot all year to make sure our kid has a solid grounding in her Black and Jewish culture but I've fully dropped the ball on the PA pumpkin roll. Tomorrow I venture to remedy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Planning to incorporate part of my husband's cultural heritage into our stay home meal this week. We do a lot all year to make sure our kid has a solid grounding in her Black and Jewish culture but I've fully dropped the ball on the PA pumpkin roll. Tomorrow I venture to remedy.
Our child only eats containers of cherry tomatoes in one sitting or not at all. So I am making minestrone tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Our child only eats containers of cherry tomatoes in one sitting or not at all. So I am making minestrone tomorrow.
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The family of Bethany MaGee, the CTA burn victim who was heinously attacked, has launched a GoFundMe with a statement asking for privacy. "She loves living in Chicago, and her gentle spirit makes her a favorite with every pet she meets."
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Donate to Support Bethany MaGee's Recovery, organized by John MaGee
On November 17, Bethany MaGee was riding a CTA train in Chicago when she was attacked. She… John MaGee needs your support for Support Bethany MaGee's Recovery
www.gofundme.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The family of Bethany MaGee, the CTA burn victim who was heinously attacked, has launched a GoFundMe with a statement asking for privacy. "She loves living in Chicago, and her gentle spirit makes her a favorite with every pet she meets."
www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Listening has become a shibboleth for outsourcing interrogative thought to an arbitrarily decided board of experts who may have as much qualification to speak on a given issue as an actual literal infant.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Listening has become a shibboleth for outsourcing interrogative thought to an arbitrarily decided board of experts who may have as much qualification to speak on a given issue as an actual literal infant.
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Related, extremely pedantic pet peeve: the way people use "mutual aid" to mean donating directly to strangers in need, when the term was developed to mean a type of organizing that builds community and power to dismantle capitalism while also helping people survive it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Related, extremely pedantic pet peeve: the way people use "mutual aid" to mean donating directly to strangers in need, when the term was developed to mean a type of organizing that builds community and power to dismantle capitalism while also helping people survive it.
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“Fear does not make our communities safer, but trust does.” — Sen. Liz Miranda explains how ICE activity is making people afraid to speak out about workplace abuses and domestic violence or to seek basic services. #mapoli
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Fear does not make our communities safer, but trust does.” — Sen. Liz Miranda explains how ICE activity is making people afraid to speak out about workplace abuses and domestic violence or to seek basic services. #mapoli
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
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Look, we all agree this is amazing. But we used to live comfortable in the understanding that you had to invite Chotiner in, like a vampire.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
my goodness:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
ALT: a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Look, we all agree this is amazing. But we used to live comfortable in the understanding that you had to invite Chotiner in, like a vampire.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.
Now we know that Chotiner might strike at any time, like a velociraptor.