Elizabeth she/her
@eisraeldavis.bsky.social
Always striving to better understand how we translate learning research into educational practice, especially in literacy.
Also enjoy most things Star Trek, cheese, mythology/folklore, language nerdery, cool things in Portland, OR, and union solidarity.
Also enjoy most things Star Trek, cheese, mythology/folklore, language nerdery, cool things in Portland, OR, and union solidarity.
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For people outside of the Twin Cities, the closest thing I can compare it to is 2020.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
For people outside of the Twin Cities, the closest thing I can compare it to is 2020.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
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The defense attorney for one of the people shot by Border Patrol in East Portland Thursday spoke exclusively to OPB about his client.
Read more here: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/09/defense-attorney-disputes-police-narrative-in-portland-border-patrol-shooting/.
Read more here: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/09/defense-attorney-disputes-police-narrative-in-portland-border-patrol-shooting/.
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
The defense attorney for one of the people shot by Border Patrol in East Portland Thursday spoke exclusively to OPB about his client.
Read more here: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/09/defense-attorney-disputes-police-narrative-in-portland-border-patrol-shooting/.
Read more here: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/09/defense-attorney-disputes-police-narrative-in-portland-border-patrol-shooting/.
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Our responsibility is to make sure the facts are gathered carefully and lawfully, and the integrity of the investigation process is protected.
If you have information about the January 8 shooting involving federal agents in Portland, leave us a voicemail on our DOJ Tip Line: 971-673-3900
#orpol
If you have information about the January 8 shooting involving federal agents in Portland, leave us a voicemail on our DOJ Tip Line: 971-673-3900
#orpol
January 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Our responsibility is to make sure the facts are gathered carefully and lawfully, and the integrity of the investigation process is protected.
If you have information about the January 8 shooting involving federal agents in Portland, leave us a voicemail on our DOJ Tip Line: 971-673-3900
#orpol
If you have information about the January 8 shooting involving federal agents in Portland, leave us a voicemail on our DOJ Tip Line: 971-673-3900
#orpol
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I watched a news segment of J6ers “retracing their steps” and placing flowers “in honor of” Ashli Babbit at the Capitol. Reminded of how the Nazis mythologized the Beer Hall Putsch and turned the 16 people who died into martyrs who were ritually honored on the attempted coup’s anniversary each year
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I watched a news segment of J6ers “retracing their steps” and placing flowers “in honor of” Ashli Babbit at the Capitol. Reminded of how the Nazis mythologized the Beer Hall Putsch and turned the 16 people who died into martyrs who were ritually honored on the attempted coup’s anniversary each year
Super fun list!
And there's a continuation embedded at the end!
And there's a continuation embedded at the end!
I have a long-running list of surprising eponyms, and in this dark time I wish to share my amusement with you.
To clarify, an eponym is something named for a person. “Newton’s Laws” are called that for Isaac Newton. A surprising eponym is just that.
So, let’s begin.
Eponyms/0
To clarify, an eponym is something named for a person. “Newton’s Laws” are called that for Isaac Newton. A surprising eponym is just that.
So, let’s begin.
Eponyms/0
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Super fun list!
And there's a continuation embedded at the end!
And there's a continuation embedded at the end!
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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Congress must immediately act to impeach & imprison Donald Trump.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. will “run” Venezuela for now, until a “proper transition” can take place
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Congress must immediately act to impeach & imprison Donald Trump.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
And if they fail to do so, the rest of the world should punish the USA just as heavily as was done to Russia for attacking Ukraine.
We should not get to kidnap heads of state & "run" sovereign countries like vassals.
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I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I would like to direct all speeders to this chart
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
I waited until after I got to watch it to read this thread and it did not disappoint.
(because I specifically wanted a take that comes from a deep lived experience and love (the kind that acknowledges the warts) of Catholicism and the same of story and storytelling)
(because I specifically wanted a take that comes from a deep lived experience and love (the kind that acknowledges the warts) of Catholicism and the same of story and storytelling)
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I waited until after I got to watch it to read this thread and it did not disappoint.
(because I specifically wanted a take that comes from a deep lived experience and love (the kind that acknowledges the warts) of Catholicism and the same of story and storytelling)
(because I specifically wanted a take that comes from a deep lived experience and love (the kind that acknowledges the warts) of Catholicism and the same of story and storytelling)
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ME: it’s boxing day
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
December 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
ME: it’s boxing day
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT: oh shit oh fuck
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
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Today is Décadi the 30th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate shovels.#JacobinDay
More information on shovels
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate shovels.#JacobinDay
More information on shovels
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Décadi the 30th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate shovels.#JacobinDay
More information on shovels
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate shovels.#JacobinDay
More information on shovels
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.
Article in the Times today.
JKR has set her pre action attack team on a school supporting trans youth.
A father is threatening to sue for allowing trans children to use the loo they‘ve always used.
“I don’t wish trans people any ill”, he says, after casting them as voyeurs and sexual predators.
JKR has set her pre action attack team on a school supporting trans youth.
A father is threatening to sue for allowing trans children to use the loo they‘ve always used.
“I don’t wish trans people any ill”, he says, after casting them as voyeurs and sexual predators.
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.
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Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
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I’m rereading the STAR TREK novel DARK MIRROR by @diane.dianeduane.com. It’s the TNG take on the Mirror Universe and it has one of my favorite things in all of Trek, not just Trek Lit, the whole franchise.
Picard reads his counterpart’s Shakespeare collection and notes how it’s DIFFERENT there
Picard reads his counterpart’s Shakespeare collection and notes how it’s DIFFERENT there
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’m rereading the STAR TREK novel DARK MIRROR by @diane.dianeduane.com. It’s the TNG take on the Mirror Universe and it has one of my favorite things in all of Trek, not just Trek Lit, the whole franchise.
Picard reads his counterpart’s Shakespeare collection and notes how it’s DIFFERENT there
Picard reads his counterpart’s Shakespeare collection and notes how it’s DIFFERENT there
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
I just watched Idiocracy for the first time ever* and, wow.
Especially the White House scenes.
I almost couldn't laugh about it.
*(shut up! I had a newborn and preschooler when it came out)
Especially the White House scenes.
I almost couldn't laugh about it.
*(shut up! I had a newborn and preschooler when it came out)
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I just watched Idiocracy for the first time ever* and, wow.
Especially the White House scenes.
I almost couldn't laugh about it.
*(shut up! I had a newborn and preschooler when it came out)
Especially the White House scenes.
I almost couldn't laugh about it.
*(shut up! I had a newborn and preschooler when it came out)