Amy Cogan
@coganosity2.bsky.social
Married grandma, constant reader, loves cats, animals, gardens and Halloween.
No Religion here.
No Religion here.
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🧵Don’t skip. A must rd for everyone to understand we must work even harder than b4 starting now. But it will be a long hard fight thru to the next generation(s) . No exhaustion, no stumbles, no apathy can stop us if we want to claw back a Country that we used to love. Remember our children ⬇️
The past decade has seen grave threats and unmistakable decline. But the past few days and weeks reveal that we have entered in a new and more perilous chapter here in the U.S. It must be a call to a new kind of action. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
We Have Descended into Utter Madness
A new sense of urgency is needed. Our national crisis has grown much more acute.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🧵Don’t skip. A must rd for everyone to understand we must work even harder than b4 starting now. But it will be a long hard fight thru to the next generation(s) . No exhaustion, no stumbles, no apathy can stop us if we want to claw back a Country that we used to love. Remember our children ⬇️
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AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-po...
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-po...
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trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
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Alright, #HelluvaBoss season 2, episode 4: "Western Energy"
Last episode was both insanely silly and insanely tense.
What is this one gonna be like?
Last episode was both insanely silly and insanely tense.
What is this one gonna be like?
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Alright, #HelluvaBoss season 2, episode 4: "Western Energy"
Last episode was both insanely silly and insanely tense.
What is this one gonna be like?
Last episode was both insanely silly and insanely tense.
What is this one gonna be like?
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🎼 Pete Hegeseth is a f*** douche (South Park) the banger of the moment.
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🎼 Pete Hegeseth is a f*** douche (South Park) the banger of the moment.
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First Marjorie Taylor Greene, now Troy Nehls. Another Republican is leaving Congress, and the GOP exits will just keep coming.
#GOPExodus
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
#GOPExodus
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
'Rumors were true' as another Republican quits Congress after Greene
The suspicion that other Republican lawmakers might follow MAGA firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene out of Congress appears to have some foundation. U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced on Satur...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
First Marjorie Taylor Greene, now Troy Nehls. Another Republican is leaving Congress, and the GOP exits will just keep coming.
#GOPExodus
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
#GOPExodus
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
www.alternet.org/trump-republ...
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Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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I have a Dance Dance Revolution machine in my garage. Her name is Baby; I am her second owner.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have a Dance Dance Revolution machine in my garage. Her name is Baby; I am her second owner.
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Just so those of you planning on participating in this year's Hogswatch know:
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/11...
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/11...
Hogswatch prep. – Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls
seananmcguire.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just so those of you planning on participating in this year's Hogswatch know:
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/11...
seananmcguire.com/blog/2025/11...
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I got my Tickle-Me Wiggly out of his naughty isolation bag to watch BLACK FRIDAY with me, and Kelpie promptly walked over and attacked him! Unprovoked!
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I got my Tickle-Me Wiggly out of his naughty isolation bag to watch BLACK FRIDAY with me, and Kelpie promptly walked over and attacked him! Unprovoked!
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This shop has some fantastic invertebrate content, including one of the finest ghost mantis illustrations I've ever seen! Highly recommended on this fabulous Small Business Saturday!
Whale fall pins are now back in stock, just in time for the holidays!! The perfect gift for deep sea lovers & marine biology fans 🐋🦀
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
Check them out here! shop.fossilforager.art
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This shop has some fantastic invertebrate content, including one of the finest ghost mantis illustrations I've ever seen! Highly recommended on this fabulous Small Business Saturday!
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I haven’t taught a class since the pandemic, but that was my experience at the community college level.
Students went to school for a better life, but the increasing demands of the lives they had were draining them.
Students went to school for a better life, but the increasing demands of the lives they had were draining them.
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I haven’t taught a class since the pandemic, but that was my experience at the community college level.
Students went to school for a better life, but the increasing demands of the lives they had were draining them.
Students went to school for a better life, but the increasing demands of the lives they had were draining them.
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So they are very tired, and maybe that is one factor in some of why it is challenging to teach them concepts in a way people will retain. I find it frustrating to repeat myself, but privately they tell me how much they enjoy and appreciate the class and they ask my advice one on one. 6 I think/
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So they are very tired, and maybe that is one factor in some of why it is challenging to teach them concepts in a way people will retain. I find it frustrating to repeat myself, but privately they tell me how much they enjoy and appreciate the class and they ask my advice one on one. 6 I think/
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Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/
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I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
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Another factor. When I was teaching middle school, we started seeing the first cohorts who had been under No Child Left Behind rules for their entire school experience, since kindergarten.
It's only gotten worse since then, and Covid didn't help.
High stakes assessment and teaching to the test meant
It's only gotten worse since then, and Covid didn't help.
High stakes assessment and teaching to the test meant
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Another factor. When I was teaching middle school, we started seeing the first cohorts who had been under No Child Left Behind rules for their entire school experience, since kindergarten.
It's only gotten worse since then, and Covid didn't help.
High stakes assessment and teaching to the test meant
It's only gotten worse since then, and Covid didn't help.
High stakes assessment and teaching to the test meant
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Kate makes an excellent argument here.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kate makes an excellent argument here.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
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This is so so so very true. I have basically NO MEMORY of most of 2018, a year during which I planned a group trip and set several valuable relationships on fire. Do I know why I did it? Nope! Those files are not found. Trauma scrambles EVERYTHING.
Kate makes an excellent argument here.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
Also trauma plays heck with your memory formation and recall and these kids have been through a lot without adult resources to help.
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is so so so very true. I have basically NO MEMORY of most of 2018, a year during which I planned a group trip and set several valuable relationships on fire. Do I know why I did it? Nope! Those files are not found. Trauma scrambles EVERYTHING.
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THIS!!! Holy fuck, half the people in the comments ain't been in an average southern dinner. Even diabetics and heart attack risked people eat fine here. Plus Thanksgiving is a splurge day where all shit goes out the window unless it kills you.
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
THIS!!! Holy fuck, half the people in the comments ain't been in an average southern dinner. Even diabetics and heart attack risked people eat fine here. Plus Thanksgiving is a splurge day where all shit goes out the window unless it kills you.
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All the people replying, "Her husband is 70 and maybe has diet restrictions!" Y'all, I had a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday with people who were elderly and several people with various diet restrictions. I *promise* you, we worked around it with spices and seasonings and other things.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
All the people replying, "Her husband is 70 and maybe has diet restrictions!" Y'all, I had a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday with people who were elderly and several people with various diet restrictions. I *promise* you, we worked around it with spices and seasonings and other things.
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is that a foil tray of plain macaroni?
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
is that a foil tray of plain macaroni?
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Everything is computer
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Everything is computer