Double Dee
@darcydaniels.bsky.social
Social Studies Teacher, tour guide, historian
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Paul Giamatti reprising his role as John Adams #AmericanRevolution #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Paul Giamatti reprising his role as John Adams #AmericanRevolution #HATM
Fantastic read.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Fantastic read.
There was a gunman in my school in 1990. Before Columbine. And it was a shock that reverberated.
Now when we talk about gunman in schools, it’s just another weekday.
Now when we talk about gunman in schools, it’s just another weekday.
Essay: Child psychologist Ellen Braaten often does media appearances, trying to reassure parents and kids in the wake of school shootings. She used to tell her audience that the adults in their lives do everything they can to keep them safe, but she doesn't say that anymore. We haven’t. We don’t.
The more I talk about gun violence, the less I have to say
Child psychologist Ellen Braaten wasn't an expert on gun violence when she received a call from a TV producer in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy. But I did know how to comfort and advise parents af...
www.wbur.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There was a gunman in my school in 1990. Before Columbine. And it was a shock that reverberated.
Now when we talk about gunman in schools, it’s just another weekday.
Now when we talk about gunman in schools, it’s just another weekday.
Battle Doomscrolling with 5 small pleasures in life.
1. The sound of my daughters’ laughter
2. The first sip of morning coffee
3. Hearing the first drops of rain hit the pavement
4. Clean sheets
5. Small love notes from my husband.
1. The sound of my daughters’ laughter
2. The first sip of morning coffee
3. Hearing the first drops of rain hit the pavement
4. Clean sheets
5. Small love notes from my husband.
5 small pleasures in life:
1) the feel of a brand new short sleeve sweatshirt (not one of those sleeve chopped hoodies)
2) the first pull on a pint of well kept Guinness
3) the weight of your favorite jacket the first time you *need* it
4) bouncing out of the barber's chair
5) no-alarm mornings
1) the feel of a brand new short sleeve sweatshirt (not one of those sleeve chopped hoodies)
2) the first pull on a pint of well kept Guinness
3) the weight of your favorite jacket the first time you *need* it
4) bouncing out of the barber's chair
5) no-alarm mornings
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1) the first open-windows morning of false fall in Texas
2) when the cat wants to hang out with you, specifically
3) cleaning the gunk out of the drain
4) the first sip of your favorite beverage
5) funding abortion
1) the first open-windows morning of false fall in Texas
2) when the cat wants to hang out with you, specifically
3) cleaning the gunk out of the drain
4) the first sip of your favorite beverage
5) funding abortion
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Battle Doomscrolling with 5 small pleasures in life.
1. The sound of my daughters’ laughter
2. The first sip of morning coffee
3. Hearing the first drops of rain hit the pavement
4. Clean sheets
5. Small love notes from my husband.
1. The sound of my daughters’ laughter
2. The first sip of morning coffee
3. Hearing the first drops of rain hit the pavement
4. Clean sheets
5. Small love notes from my husband.
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Bernie is right. Health care should be based on medical science. I’m glad I found out I needed a measles vaccine this summer. And it’s right to provide shingles shots to seniors and vaccines for kids. Let’s focus on health care costs instead of upending the CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bernie is right. Health care should be based on medical science. I’m glad I found out I needed a measles vaccine this summer. And it’s right to provide shingles shots to seniors and vaccines for kids. Let’s focus on health care costs instead of upending the CDC.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
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Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
3 Scottish brothers set a world record for fastest Pacific row
Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
bit.ly
August 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
Yes. Yes. Yes. The next right thing.
Mayor Michelle Wu knows we need literal war against Trump: "The founders, first with a protest, then with some tea in the harbor, then a skirmish, a battle, a war - they were trying to do the next right thing for their families in that moment. We are doing the next right thing for Boston families."
August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Yes. Yes. Yes. The next right thing.
Yes. It’s time.
August 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Yes. It’s time.
The greatest provocation of the mob during what would become the Boston Massacre was when the British troops loaded their weapons in front of the crowd. That’s when the crowd surged.
National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days, marking a major escalation in Trump’s crackdown.
August 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The greatest provocation of the mob during what would become the Boston Massacre was when the British troops loaded their weapons in front of the crowd. That’s when the crowd surged.
Each year, the federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education.
It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
August 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Each year, the federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education.
It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
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This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
Adopt A Station
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July 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
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This is brilliant. I had never thought about it like this before. It’s the same horrific irony as regulating access to voting while deregulating access to guns. And it’s all related.
July 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is brilliant. I had never thought about it like this before. It’s the same horrific irony as regulating access to voting while deregulating access to guns. And it’s all related.
The Shadow Docket is a rubber stamp.
July 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Shadow Docket is a rubber stamp.
Including funding for civics education.
Today, Gov Healey announced that Trump is denying Massachusetts schools & nonprofits $108mil of federal education funds that were already appropriated by Congress.
Another example of how Trump is stealing from our kids to fund his terror against immigrants.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/07/m...
Another example of how Trump is stealing from our kids to fund his terror against immigrants.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/07/m...
Trump administration withholds more than $100 million from Mass. schools - The Boston Globe
The state’s $108 million is part of more than $6 billion in funds the Trump administration is withholding from states across the country for education programs, including summer and after school servi...
www.bostonglobe.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Including funding for civics education.
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
REALLY hard to be a civics teacher right now.
June 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
REALLY hard to be a civics teacher right now.
Worth your time.
This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
It’s Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It’s Constitutional Failure | Washington Monthly
While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.
washingtonmonthly.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Worth your time.
History happens to everyone.
Despite DEI pushback, guides along Boston's Freedom Trail widen the lens of inclusion
Several tour groups say they are expanding efforts to spotlight Black, queer and other communities traditionally overlooked in historical accounts.
www.wgbh.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
History happens to everyone.
He’s being to careful, speaking to avoid sound bites. But sound bites are EXACTLY what we need right now.
June 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
He’s being to careful, speaking to avoid sound bites. But sound bites are EXACTLY what we need right now.
We need to flood the zone with more stories like this.
I hope you'll listen to Rachel as she shares her son’s story.
Nate is a disabled adult who relies on Medicaid. Medicaid makes Nate's life & dreams possible—it means freedom. Cuts to Medicaid eliminate those freedoms.
Help share Nate's story & join me in saying: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
Nate is a disabled adult who relies on Medicaid. Medicaid makes Nate's life & dreams possible—it means freedom. Cuts to Medicaid eliminate those freedoms.
Help share Nate's story & join me in saying: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
June 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We need to flood the zone with more stories like this.
I’m old enough to remember when he promised he wouldn’t do this.
Remember when RFK Jr. promised Sen. Bill Cassidy that he would not fire the CDC vaccine advisory panel? Guess what:
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC.
www.statnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I’m old enough to remember when he promised he wouldn’t do this.
Hallelujah
Truly great news!😊
18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva was released from ICE detention in Burlington, MA on Thursday.
Learn more about his story: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva was released from ICE detention in Burlington, MA on Thursday.
Learn more about his story: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
June 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hallelujah
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Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.