monopoli
@monopolizers.bsky.social
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whenever im on a fic tag and i filter by explicit only i always think of @gethporno.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
whenever im on a fic tag and i filter by explicit only i always think of @gethporno.bsky.social
gary bettman watching heated rivalry (whether it's true or not) is the only time i've laughed out loud all week
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 AM
gary bettman watching heated rivalry (whether it's true or not) is the only time i've laughed out loud all week
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between 3 weeks of iready (fall/winter/spring) and 2 weeks of state testing in may, we're losing 5 full weeks to testing this year 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 (laugh to keep from crying)
In my district, students in English I & II took a full state standardized test in mid-December. They’ll take another one tomorrow. There was a two week break in between. Nonsensical. #EduSky
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 AM
between 3 weeks of iready (fall/winter/spring) and 2 weeks of state testing in may, we're losing 5 full weeks to testing this year 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 (laugh to keep from crying)
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In my district, students in English I & II took a full state standardized test in mid-December. They’ll take another one tomorrow. There was a two week break in between. Nonsensical. #EduSky
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
In my district, students in English I & II took a full state standardized test in mid-December. They’ll take another one tomorrow. There was a two week break in between. Nonsensical. #EduSky
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The Michigan auto worker who was flipped off by Trump after heckling him has reportedly been suspended
A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he's been suspended. • Michigan Advance
A union-backed auto worker at Ford Motor Co. was caught on video heckling President Donald Trump when he visited a Dearborn factory on Tuesday ahead of his address to the Detroit Economic Club. The vi...
michiganadvance.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Michigan auto worker who was flipped off by Trump after heckling him has reportedly been suspended
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For all the folks who insist that AI can be a great part of a student writing assignment: Which part of the writing process do you think is unnecessary for students to experience?
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
For all the folks who insist that AI can be a great part of a student writing assignment: Which part of the writing process do you think is unnecessary for students to experience?
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He is simultaneously a man enacting interpersonal gendered domination *and also* a state agent enacting violence against dissenters. Part of that is disturbing about ICE’s impunity is that it gives state power and backing to individual men’s grievances.
January 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
He is simultaneously a man enacting interpersonal gendered domination *and also* a state agent enacting violence against dissenters. Part of that is disturbing about ICE’s impunity is that it gives state power and backing to individual men’s grievances.
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does strombone1 exist in the heated rivalry universe
January 11, 2026 at 10:12 PM
does strombone1 exist in the heated rivalry universe
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"pent up demand for rail options" also explains much of the success of Heated Rivalry
seriously though, there is very clearly pent up demand for rail options and every reason to build out as much new rail as possible.
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"pent up demand for rail options" also explains much of the success of Heated Rivalry
knowing that shanahan wrote studysync............ it all makes sense now. one time a parent complained abt us reading the hunger games (WHICH IS A STUDYSYNC NOVEL) and my admin told me "well the curriculum doesnt require u to read all of hunger games, just excerpts" LMFAOOOO
this is like a capsule summary of the problems with a singular focus on quantifiable data
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
knowing that shanahan wrote studysync............ it all makes sense now. one time a parent complained abt us reading the hunger games (WHICH IS A STUDYSYNC NOVEL) and my admin told me "well the curriculum doesnt require u to read all of hunger games, just excerpts" LMFAOOOO
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ah but you see sam, if the kids get liver cancer that just means they were meant to get it and Nature is doing its job
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ah but you see sam, if the kids get liver cancer that just means they were meant to get it and Nature is doing its job
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If NYC was in India it would be known as The Friendly City or something like that, the gap in niceness between average NYCer and average Indian citydweller is like going from a gopher hole to the Grand Canyon
The friendliest, most helpful place I've ever been was NYC, contrary to it's usual depiction.
An important thing about cities is that people are often engaging while walking, biking, or taking public transit, as opposed to the car-centric suburbs. Cars isolate us and make us angry and unhappy.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If NYC was in India it would be known as The Friendly City or something like that, the gap in niceness between average NYCer and average Indian citydweller is like going from a gopher hole to the Grand Canyon
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This is terrible.
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
Hong Kong fire: At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is terrible.
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
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Something I’ve noticed and that @johannawinant.bsky.social gets absolutely right: teaching students to focus long enough to build (on) an idea is a gift. It’s no longer standard, at least not in K-12. It requires safety and stamina, both of which are in danger in classrooms across the world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Something I’ve noticed and that @johannawinant.bsky.social gets absolutely right: teaching students to focus long enough to build (on) an idea is a gift. It’s no longer standard, at least not in K-12. It requires safety and stamina, both of which are in danger in classrooms across the world.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
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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 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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...
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this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Vote blue? No, matter who!
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Vote blue? No, matter who!
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me last week:
“There was, and is, no external crisis facing the United States. But for reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather, to rule. And if the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.”
“There was, and is, no external crisis facing the United States. But for reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather, to rule. And if the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.”
FLAG: Trump says he might declare a national emergency to keep National Guard troops in D.C.
"If I have a national emergency, I can keep the troops there as long as I want."
"If I have a national emergency, I can keep the troops there as long as I want."
August 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
me last week:
“There was, and is, no external crisis facing the United States. But for reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather, to rule. And if the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.”
“There was, and is, no external crisis facing the United States. But for reasons of both personality and political ambition, Trump needs a crisis to govern — or rather, to rule. And if the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.”