Marnie Kaplan
@marniekaplan.bsky.social
Advocate for paid leave, early childhood education, & integrated schools; obsessed with books, storytelling, American history, & longreads; mom of 2.
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Marnie Kaplan
@marniekaplan.bsky.social
· Jan 28
I think it’s time to resurrect my old pinned tweet: It’s very hard to parent in a declining democracy.
This is so depressing and bleak.
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is so depressing and bleak.
Every single one of these stories fills me with rage and despair.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Every single one of these stories fills me with rage and despair.
This is so inhumane and depraved.
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is so inhumane and depraved.
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This is your must read this week.
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is your must read this week.
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Glitter is a scourge.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Glitter is a scourge.
Reposted by Marnie Kaplan
Grateful to @paidleaveforall.bsky.social for shining a light on the ways family caregivers have to squeeze caregiving duties into whatever time they have since we don’t have paid leave in the US, even if that’s an already busy holiday
www.fastcompany.com/91448214/for...
www.fastcompany.com/91448214/for...
For caregivers, Thanksgiving is no break at all
A new campaign by Paid Leave for All argues for legislation that gives paid family and medical leave to all working people.
www.fastcompany.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Grateful to @paidleaveforall.bsky.social for shining a light on the ways family caregivers have to squeeze caregiving duties into whatever time they have since we don’t have paid leave in the US, even if that’s an already busy holiday
www.fastcompany.com/91448214/for...
www.fastcompany.com/91448214/for...
What a nightmare. We need to ban AI slop. No one needs fake unworkable recipes.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What a nightmare. We need to ban AI slop. No one needs fake unworkable recipes.
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We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We warned you that self-driving cars would just create self-driving traffic jams, and here they are.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The car industry has no solution to the shortage of space in cities. Public transit, cycling, and walking are all part of the answer, but cars are not.
The lessons of the day: 1) Never attack Mark Kelly. 2) You will never win in a discussion with Isaac Chotiner.
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The lessons of the day: 1) Never attack Mark Kelly. 2) You will never win in a discussion with Isaac Chotiner.
This is so depressing. What if we just decided not to use these. Let’s put them out of business. No one needs these cars.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is so depressing. What if we just decided not to use these. Let’s put them out of business. No one needs these cars.
A new variant of flu A is rapidly spreading across the US. Three members of my household have had it in the last 2 weeks. The doctor at urgent care yesterday said everyone he saw yesterday had flu A. Get your flu shot and use air purifiers at your holiday meal!
Got the flu last year on Thanksgiving and it really sucked. Obviously vaccine is no guarantee you won’t get it, but it’s basically free with no downside and is, imho, a no-brainer.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
A New Flu Variant May Make Cold Season Brutal This Year
U.S. flu rates remain low, but experts are keeping an eye on a new strain that’s been linked to unexpectedly early and severe seasons in several other countries
www.scientificamerican.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A new variant of flu A is rapidly spreading across the US. Three members of my household have had it in the last 2 weeks. The doctor at urgent care yesterday said everyone he saw yesterday had flu A. Get your flu shot and use air purifiers at your holiday meal!
I’m super fascinated by the fact that some schools give the entire week of Thanksgiving off. We always had school M-T-W as do my kids (half day Wednesday). Such a lack of uniformity in school calendars!
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m super fascinated by the fact that some schools give the entire week of Thanksgiving off. We always had school M-T-W as do my kids (half day Wednesday). Such a lack of uniformity in school calendars!
This is so deeply inhumane and evil.
The Trump Administration seems to be handpicking deportees to test a new approach to mass deportation: sending people to nations where they had no ties, and to places that were not safe, and where they are subject to indefinite detention abroad. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YAjCKA
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is so deeply inhumane and evil.
The NY Times Pitchbot is getting so bleak. Which I guess says a lot about our current reality.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The NY Times Pitchbot is getting so bleak. Which I guess says a lot about our current reality.
They're failing all of us.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
They're failing all of us.
“Parenting, I know now, is a long relationship with failure.” – Owner of a Lonely Heart, Beth Nguyen
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Parenting, I know now, is a long relationship with failure.” – Owner of a Lonely Heart, Beth Nguyen
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What a sad but touching essay. And what an indictment of her horrible cousin, RFK, Jr.
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What a sad but touching essay. And what an indictment of her horrible cousin, RFK, Jr.
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Reposted by Marnie Kaplan
Stop using generative AI. Just stop.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Stop using generative AI. Just stop.
This makes me so angry I want to scream. It is horrible that this is happening in our country, every day.
A 17-year-old high school senior from McMinnville, OR was detained by ICE during his lunch break — even after telling officers he was a citizen. An agent shattered his window and said, “I don’t care.”
This should outrage every all of us.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202... #BlueSky #NewsSky #ICE
This should outrage every all of us.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202... #BlueSky #NewsSky #ICE
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This makes me so angry I want to scream. It is horrible that this is happening in our country, every day.
This is such a beautiful and haunting essay.
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is such a beautiful and haunting essay.
Great publishing industry we have here. Who did they think wanted to read this book?
Fetterman received a $750,000 advance for this with another $300-400,000 going to the actual writer.
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Great publishing industry we have here. Who did they think wanted to read this book?
I can’t stand anything Leavitt says. But this is a terrible answer: He’s a President for half of the country who didn’t vote for him. And for all the children who can’t vote. His behavior is inexcusable and unprofessional and he is a horrible model for everyone.
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I can’t stand anything Leavitt says. But this is a terrible answer: He’s a President for half of the country who didn’t vote for him. And for all the children who can’t vote. His behavior is inexcusable and unprofessional and he is a horrible model for everyone.
It is so hard to parent in this insane fascist landscape. cc: @conorpwilliams.bsky.social
It's not a sophisticated reaction, but my response to both "quiet, piggy" and the Coast Guard okaying swastikas and nooses is a deep sadness that the compassion we're working so hard to foster in our children will not just be challenged by schoolyard bullies but by the highest levels of society.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It is so hard to parent in this insane fascist landscape. cc: @conorpwilliams.bsky.social
The two week-ification of Black Friday is a little much. Cool your jets capitalism.
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The two week-ification of Black Friday is a little much. Cool your jets capitalism.
This is infuriating! Food is a human right. The Trump Administration is inhumane in countless ways and must be stopped. When do we take to the streets?
After enacting the deepest #SNAP cuts in history & needlessly disrupting benefits during the shutdown, the Trump Administration is quietly advancing draft regulations to take SNAP away from millions more people – primarily working families with kids, seniors & disabled people.
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is infuriating! Food is a human right. The Trump Administration is inhumane in countless ways and must be stopped. When do we take to the streets?