@prudence2024.bsky.social
I am a retired urban middle school science teacher. I love public education, the ocean, the beach, wildlife, Zentangle, and travel. For the sake of my family and my friends I hope we survive these next four years!
I am also a Certified Zentangle Teacher!
I am also a Certified Zentangle Teacher!
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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STEALING OUR MONEY!
tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...
Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!
100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II
tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...
Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!
100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II
Report: U.S. added nearly $700 billion to national debt in four months - NewsBreak
(The Center Square) – The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January
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February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
STEALING OUR MONEY!
tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...
Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!
100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II
tRumpstein ADDED $696 BILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS ...
Borrowing $94 billion in January alone!!!
100% of Gross Domestic Product! The HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THE NATIONAL DEBT HAS EVER MADE UP OF GDP WAS 106%, and that was immediately following World War II
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On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Project Salt Box: How citizen sleuths are monitoring ICE in Maryland
Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.
www.thebanner.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
On Monday evening, Rachel Maddow spotlighted this group working out of Baltimore. Just another in a long list of unsung, American heroes. Donate to their project!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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@rokhanna.bsky.social: There is information in the Epstein files about senior business officials not yet public. Survivors I’ve talked to have implicated current government officials.
No one thought we’d get the files released, but we did. And we’ll continue fighting for the other 50%.
No one thought we’d get the files released, but we did. And we’ll continue fighting for the other 50%.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@rokhanna.bsky.social: There is information in the Epstein files about senior business officials not yet public. Survivors I’ve talked to have implicated current government officials.
No one thought we’d get the files released, but we did. And we’ll continue fighting for the other 50%.
No one thought we’d get the files released, but we did. And we’ll continue fighting for the other 50%.
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Lyin’ and Spinnin’: My Apocalyptic Valentine 😬💘
Lyin' and Spinnin' (and Cheatin' and Hidin') - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Lyin’ and Spinnin’: My Apocalyptic Valentine 😬💘
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Since Trump took over they’ve killed at least 40 people, both in “detention facilities” and on streets, imprisoned more than 70k men, women & children in over 230 concentration camps. Trump just cut off funding for med services in camps so expect death #s to grow. hartmannreport.com/p/have-human...
Have Human Hunt Clubs Come to America, This Time Wearing Badges and Body Armor?
If this feels uncomfortable to read, that’s good. It should. From Colombia’s death squads to America’s detention camps, this is how societies relearn the cost of calling some lives disposable…
hartmannreport.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Since Trump took over they’ve killed at least 40 people, both in “detention facilities” and on streets, imprisoned more than 70k men, women & children in over 230 concentration camps. Trump just cut off funding for med services in camps so expect death #s to grow. hartmannreport.com/p/have-human...
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Please call the Senate they will vote very soon on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tell them to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140 (H.J. Res. 140).
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Please call the Senate they will vote very soon on whether to allow dangerous sulfide-ore copper mining on the edges of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tell them to vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140 (H.J. Res. 140).
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Kristof was contacted by several literacy and education experts concerning his earlier misinformation about NAEP reading scores, thus he knows that he is being at least misleading if not outright negligent.
Yet, he persists. paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/kristof-is...
Yet, he persists. paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/kristof-is...
Kristof Is Wrong about Reading (Again), and He Knows It: A Reader
"A lie told once is questioned. A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted. And once it becomes 'common sense,' people stop investigating it. That is how deception survives." Malcolm X
paulthomas701128.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Kristof was contacted by several literacy and education experts concerning his earlier misinformation about NAEP reading scores, thus he knows that he is being at least misleading if not outright negligent.
Yet, he persists. paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/kristof-is...
Yet, he persists. paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/kristof-is...
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We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
February 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We just shared the link from NBC about three warehouses being bought to house immigrants, but it now looks like we seriously underreported how many are being purchased. Based on information many of you have shared, the number appears to be over 26.
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The Pride flag has been removed from Stonewall Monument after Trump directive.
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The Pride flag has been removed from Stonewall Monument after Trump directive.
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What can—should—educators do to teach our children the beauty of other cultures, other languages, other faces? How can we reach over and share with the stranger? teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/02/10/d...
Dispatch from New Mexico
We are in Carlsbad, New Mexico at 5:30 on a Saturday night, hoping to grab a quick dinner at a Chili’s that seems to be THE happening place for families. There are kids running around outdoors—it’s…
teacherinastrangeland.blog
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
What can—should—educators do to teach our children the beauty of other cultures, other languages, other faces? How can we reach over and share with the stranger? teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/02/10/d...
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A Subsidy For the Few: Vouchers Leaving Public Schools, Students Behind www.nea.org/nea-toda...
A Subsidy For the Few: Vouchers Leaving Public Schools, Students Behind | NEA
Sold as a way for to help students in underresourced schools, voucher programs now disproportionately benefit affluent families with children already enrolled in private schools.
www.nea.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
A Subsidy For the Few: Vouchers Leaving Public Schools, Students Behind www.nea.org/nea-toda...
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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
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NPE's #DoomedToFail - An Analysis of Charter School Closures from 1998 to 2022. Charter school closures, often chaotic & abrupt, take parents by surprise. 1 million kids stranded shows that risk is far from negligible. networkforpubliceduc...
Doomed to Fail: An Analysis of Charter Closures from 1998-2022 - Network For Public Education
Over one million students have been stranded by charter school closures. Read this startling report on how and why thousands of charter schools shut down.
networkforpubliceducation.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
NPE's #DoomedToFail - An Analysis of Charter School Closures from 1998 to 2022. Charter school closures, often chaotic & abrupt, take parents by surprise. 1 million kids stranded shows that risk is far from negligible. networkforpubliceduc...
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Whatever Trump touches, dies.
Except his bank account, which grows daily.
Except his bank account, which grows daily.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Whatever Trump touches, dies.
Except his bank account, which grows daily.
Except his bank account, which grows daily.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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"One protester on Tuesday stood outside the warehouse property along the highway for hours, holding up an anti-ICE sign..."
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
ICE closes sale on warehouse in east San Antonio, city council member says
While ICE officials didn't directly address the transaction, the agency said it was "actively working to expand detention space" in the U.S.
www.wfaa.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"One protester on Tuesday stood outside the warehouse property along the highway for hours, holding up an anti-ICE sign..."
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
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Organizing on behalf of all children in Minnesota and Maine schools might be one reason the people running the Education Department want to defund public schools. (Jessica Grose, NYT)
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Organizing on behalf of all children in Minnesota and Maine schools might be one reason the people running the Education Department want to defund public schools. (Jessica Grose, NYT)
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February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Florida Legislature approving a bill to rename the Palm Beach International Airport. New name: The Donald J. Trump International Airport. Ah, Vanity, thy name is DJT.
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Renaming Palm Beach International Airport for Trump could cost nearly $6M (The Palm Beach Post)
It could cost nearly $6 million to rebrand Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Donald Trump under legislation moving through the Florida L...
l.smartnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Florida Legislature approving a bill to rename the Palm Beach International Airport. New name: The Donald J. Trump International Airport. Ah, Vanity, thy name is DJT.
l.smartnews.com/p-76irQ4RG/V...
l.smartnews.com/p-76irQ4RG/V...
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On Epstein victims: ‘Some of them had been abused in their own families. And they were viewed, basically, as objects, if not to be sexually used, then to just be around, almost like furniture. They were viewed as disposable people.’ (NYT )
#disposable
#disposable
February 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
On Epstein victims: ‘Some of them had been abused in their own families. And they were viewed, basically, as objects, if not to be sexually used, then to just be around, almost like furniture. They were viewed as disposable people.’ (NYT )
#disposable
#disposable
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We just wanted to say thank you to the people of Florida for standing up. Two Florida voters have taken legal action against the governor after he issued a proclamation to convene a special legislative session on congressional redistricting this April. Their filing with the state’s highest court
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
We just wanted to say thank you to the people of Florida for standing up. Two Florida voters have taken legal action against the governor after he issued a proclamation to convene a special legislative session on congressional redistricting this April. Their filing with the state’s highest court