Heidi Park
@heidijpark.bsky.social
CPS science teacher (chemistry, sometimes physics), overall nerd. Fascinated by how students learn.
https://urbanscienceed.wordpress.com/
https://urbanscienceed.wordpress.com/
Koreans and Korean Americans def need to do better about addressing the anti-blackness and anti-miscegenation that we grew up with. I’m not really a K-pop fan but K-pop owes so much to Black music (esp hip-hop) and credit is long overdue. This is a fascinating read on KPDH that I hadn’t considered.
Folks who enjoyed K-pop Demon Hunters, which is an allegory built on biracial heritage experiences in Korean society but does not include any people of biracial heritage in it, should read about Insooni, a Black Korean whose career began with the Hee Sisters, and push for KPDH2 to do better!
Insooni - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Koreans and Korean Americans def need to do better about addressing the anti-blackness and anti-miscegenation that we grew up with. I’m not really a K-pop fan but K-pop owes so much to Black music (esp hip-hop) and credit is long overdue. This is a fascinating read on KPDH that I hadn’t considered.
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Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We don’t want or need them here.
Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
August 24, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Know your rights, Chicago. Ask for a warrant. Record the goons from a safe distance. We don’t want or need them here.
Word wall for classroom 1. I kind of love it 😍 and honestly I forget how much HS kids still like doing artsy things even if they don’t actually say it (inspired by @mrtomrad.bsky.social and cult of pedagogy)
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Word wall for classroom 1. I kind of love it 😍 and honestly I forget how much HS kids still like doing artsy things even if they don’t actually say it (inspired by @mrtomrad.bsky.social and cult of pedagogy)
Today I learned that other people don’t just poke around when things change on our digital platforms to figure out what’s going on. And this is how I inadvertently became known as a “tech expert”.
August 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today I learned that other people don’t just poke around when things change on our digital platforms to figure out what’s going on. And this is how I inadvertently became known as a “tech expert”.
Shared this with a few colleagues because we’re all looking for different ways to connect with our kids this year and 3 of us are trying the word wall next week!
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Shared this with a few colleagues because we’re all looking for different ways to connect with our kids this year and 3 of us are trying the word wall next week!
Going back to the Knowles Teacher Initiative annual conference for the first time in a minute, presenting on sustainability. The title of my part: “Meeting the human needs of your students (and yourself)”. (If you’re in PA that day, you can still register! knowlesteachers.org/annual-confe...)
July 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Going back to the Knowles Teacher Initiative annual conference for the first time in a minute, presenting on sustainability. The title of my part: “Meeting the human needs of your students (and yourself)”. (If you’re in PA that day, you can still register! knowlesteachers.org/annual-confe...)
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Protests should not only express dissent but also serve as credible threats of sustained action, such as strikes, boycotts, or other forms of collective withholding to compel systemic change.
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
truthout.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Protests should not only express dissent but also serve as credible threats of sustained action, such as strikes, boycotts, or other forms of collective withholding to compel systemic change.
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation with @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Really looking forward to this! I think it’s coming right as I really need it (been thinking about to finish this rough rough school year in integrity and alignment with my values because its so close but also so far)
Educators: doing anything tonight? Join my monthly pay-what-you-can workshop series at 7pm Eastern! We're talking about unconditional positive regard when the world is on fire. Serious learning, casual vibes, keep your camera off and eat dinner if you want!
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
Register – Sustaining care for the kids (and coworkers) who challenge us the most: unconditional positive regard in tough times – Zoom
In a trauma-informed school community, we stay in community even when challenge and conflict arise. This is way easier said tha...
www.tickettailor.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Really looking forward to this! I think it’s coming right as I really need it (been thinking about to finish this rough rough school year in integrity and alignment with my values because its so close but also so far)
Found this quote about hope today and just sitting with it.
March 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Found this quote about hope today and just sitting with it.
“The constitution doesn’t mean anything if no one enforces and defends it.”
Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
New piece:
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
New piece:
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“The constitution doesn’t mean anything if no one enforces and defends it.”
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The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan
On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...
www.federalregister.gov
March 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."
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How different the world might be if Americans learned to think in terms of power structures, to always ask why someone is seeking power, and not to accept answers that are only about ego and not about structural features of society
So many people only know "good/evil" as an analytic frame
So many people only know "good/evil" as an analytic frame
February 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
How different the world might be if Americans learned to think in terms of power structures, to always ask why someone is seeking power, and not to accept answers that are only about ego and not about structural features of society
So many people only know "good/evil" as an analytic frame
So many people only know "good/evil" as an analytic frame
My principal sent an email today expressing dismay at finding out at our LSC meeting that some staff don’t feel safe at work and said that his door is always open… but what @asv.bsky.social says about teachers and safety is true of school leaders and their staff too…
When I train teachers about trauma-informed classrooms, I emphasize that you cannot simply declare that a person or a place is safe and make it so. People determine safety for themselves based on explicit and implicit cues of safety. (🧵 1/4)
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My principal sent an email today expressing dismay at finding out at our LSC meeting that some staff don’t feel safe at work and said that his door is always open… but what @asv.bsky.social says about teachers and safety is true of school leaders and their staff too…
Reminding myself of @prisonculture.bsky.social’s thoughts on hope as a discipline from www.beyond-prisons.com/home/hope-is.... From 2018 but still so relevant.
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Reminding myself of @prisonculture.bsky.social’s thoughts on hope as a discipline from www.beyond-prisons.com/home/hope-is.... From 2018 but still so relevant.
I tried to call both of my democratic senators today to push them on this and of course their phone lines are busy and can’t leave a message 🙄
Every Dem Senator who didn't beat Schatz to this looks like an even bigger tool now
SCHATZ: “.. I will oppose unanimous consent. I will vote no. I will do maximal delays until this is resolved.”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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February 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I tried to call both of my democratic senators today to push them on this and of course their phone lines are busy and can’t leave a message 🙄
Attended an abstract art workshop this morning called “Release”.
There was an invitation to start with what draws us and then take opposite actions from our normal/default, which lead to this piece. A lot of sharp edges and harsh lines, but underneath there’s still softness and curves.
There was an invitation to start with what draws us and then take opposite actions from our normal/default, which lead to this piece. A lot of sharp edges and harsh lines, but underneath there’s still softness and curves.
January 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Attended an abstract art workshop this morning called “Release”.
There was an invitation to start with what draws us and then take opposite actions from our normal/default, which lead to this piece. A lot of sharp edges and harsh lines, but underneath there’s still softness and curves.
There was an invitation to start with what draws us and then take opposite actions from our normal/default, which lead to this piece. A lot of sharp edges and harsh lines, but underneath there’s still softness and curves.
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Do your best to communicate safety anyway. If you feel hurt or dismayed that someone doesn't see you as safe, work that out in your own time. Remember that more than a safe *person,* people need safe *communities* and webs of support, so don't go it alone. When in doubt, connect more. (4/4)
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Do your best to communicate safety anyway. If you feel hurt or dismayed that someone doesn't see you as safe, work that out in your own time. Remember that more than a safe *person,* people need safe *communities* and webs of support, so don't go it alone. When in doubt, connect more. (4/4)
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When I train teachers about trauma-informed classrooms, I emphasize that you cannot simply declare that a person or a place is safe and make it so. People determine safety for themselves based on explicit and implicit cues of safety. (🧵 1/4)
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When I train teachers about trauma-informed classrooms, I emphasize that you cannot simply declare that a person or a place is safe and make it so. People determine safety for themselves based on explicit and implicit cues of safety. (🧵 1/4)
If it wasn’t ICE then who was it??
CPS officials say federal immigration agents came to a school in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side Friday. However, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, denied it was the agency. www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Immigration agents attempted to enter Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, school district says
However, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was not their agency that attempted to enter the school.
www.wbez.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If it wasn’t ICE then who was it??
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It gives me no pleasure in saying it, but people like nurses, teachers, social workers, and innumerable other civil servants are going to be a first line of defense for children who belong to any number of vulnerable classes.
Talk about it with colleagues, come up with a real plan.
Talk about it with colleagues, come up with a real plan.
January 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It gives me no pleasure in saying it, but people like nurses, teachers, social workers, and innumerable other civil servants are going to be a first line of defense for children who belong to any number of vulnerable classes.
Talk about it with colleagues, come up with a real plan.
Talk about it with colleagues, come up with a real plan.
“For everyday people resisting fascistic policies… defiance must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal… What are we unwilling to passively accept? To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey.”
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“For everyday people resisting fascistic policies… defiance must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal… What are we unwilling to passively accept? To create as much justice and safety as possible, we have to defy authority and disobey.”
January 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I want to post this in my classroom for all the times I’m asked “what if I drink that?” But then I’m worried that they would start licking the Mg, Cu, or Zn pieces we use in labs 🙃
December 24, 2024 at 3:01 AM
I want to post this in my classroom for all the times I’m asked “what if I drink that?” But then I’m worried that they would start licking the Mg, Cu, or Zn pieces we use in labs 🙃