@cmccracken.bsky.social
bibliophile, mother, educator, I’m here for the bird pics
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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.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
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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Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.
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McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
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Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.
June 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.
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THIS JUST IN: Education Secretary Linda McMahon admitted to me she can’t legally dismantle the Education Department without Congress.
Also, she pledged that people struggling with student loans won’t lose their Social Security checks.
It matters when we fight back.
Also, she pledged that people struggling with student loans won’t lose their Social Security checks.
It matters when we fight back.
Education Secretary McMahon admitted she can’t dismantle the Education Department without Congress.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
THIS JUST IN: Education Secretary Linda McMahon admitted to me she can’t legally dismantle the Education Department without Congress.
Also, she pledged that people struggling with student loans won’t lose their Social Security checks.
It matters when we fight back.
Also, she pledged that people struggling with student loans won’t lose their Social Security checks.
It matters when we fight back.
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Big time fan and supporter of TeamUSA
May 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Big time fan and supporter of TeamUSA
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Scanlon: The Gulf of Mexico was so named over 500 years ago. If we want to update that name to reflect our current culture, maybe we should call it the Sea of Emoluments—you know, the place where we can board the Ship of Fools and navigate from a State of Ignorance to the Confederacy of Dunces…
May 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Scanlon: The Gulf of Mexico was so named over 500 years ago. If we want to update that name to reflect our current culture, maybe we should call it the Sea of Emoluments—you know, the place where we can board the Ship of Fools and navigate from a State of Ignorance to the Confederacy of Dunces…
Should have read it before November and actually reported on it.
“After Donald Trump won in November, I sat down to read all 922 pages of Project 2025,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. “What I discovered was more radical and more interesting than I’d expected.”
The Project 2025 Presidency
The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Should have read it before November and actually reported on it.
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Lovely to see the poem I wrote for Devon libraries turned into this starting librarians and library users @librariesunlimited.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @thefnl.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @librarian.bsky.social @librarianjones.com #libraries
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lovely to see the poem I wrote for Devon libraries turned into this starting librarians and library users @librariesunlimited.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @thefnl.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @librarian.bsky.social @librarianjones.com #libraries
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I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.
“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris
Man, I miss her.
“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris
Man, I miss her.
April 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.
“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris
Man, I miss her.
“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris
Man, I miss her.
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I’m pretty sure dollars are DIRECTLY proportional to education success.
BRENNAN: Kentucky receives $2b in federal education funding. Do you have a guarantee that the federal govt will still provide it? That seems important to your state
RAND PAUL: What I'd rather is a guarantee my kids can read and write and do math ... Dollars are not proportional to education success
RAND PAUL: What I'd rather is a guarantee my kids can read and write and do math ... Dollars are not proportional to education success
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I’m pretty sure dollars are DIRECTLY proportional to education success.
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No. This reflects the "let idiots privatize space" ethos.
Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures. This reflects a new "fail-fast, learn-fast" ethos of spacecraft development.
Failure is an option. Here's why some new space ventures go sideways
Within the span of a few days, another SpaceX Starship broke up on re-entry, and two other space companies faced failures. This reflects a new "fail-fast, learn-fast" ethos of spacecraft development.
www.npr.org
March 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No. This reflects the "let idiots privatize space" ethos.
My grandfather was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Fall ‘11, he was gone February ‘12. By the time they detected it, it was too late. This is an amazing breakthrough. NIH funded research and vaccines matter
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My grandfather was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Fall ‘11, he was gone February ‘12. By the time they detected it, it was too late. This is an amazing breakthrough. NIH funded research and vaccines matter
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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
Let’s start hearing from all the PA Dems ready to primary Fetterman.
February 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Let’s start hearing from all the PA Dems ready to primary Fetterman.
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Selfcare is choosing not to argue with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.
February 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Selfcare is choosing not to argue with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.
Go Birds! Who needs cookies and lives in DelCo?
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Go Birds! Who needs cookies and lives in DelCo?
Dr. Pug
Artwork by M, age 9
Artwork by M, age 9
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Dr. Pug
Artwork by M, age 9
Artwork by M, age 9
PA could have had Senator Kenyatta instead of Fetterman.
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
February 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
PA could have had Senator Kenyatta instead of Fetterman.
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Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
February 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.