Jenn Borgioli Binis
@jennbinis.bsky.social
Freelance editor, researcher, and/or fact-checker for education and academic authors. Writing a book about teachers. https://schoolmarmadvisors.com/ Luddite. Newsletter: https://dissertate.jennbbinis.com/. r/Askhistorians moderator.
Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says we won't have "troops on the ground" in Venezuela as a Fox News chyron says: "TRUMP: 'WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND.'"
GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks: "We don't want to have troops on the ground. Iowans don't want that, Americans don't want that. We do not want nation building. This is not what's going to occur."
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I wonder how CBS News would cover these stories from the "We love America and make no apologies for saying so" point of view
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Leave, delete the app, salt the earth behind you, do not look back.
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Leave, delete the app, salt the earth behind you, do not look back.
There are several Broadway shows I seen in person an embarrassing amount of times. I hung in with a show when the plot got wild and made no sense and still watch it religiously.
I've been part of fandoms my entire life.
The Heated Rivalry fandom is the best. By far.
I've been part of fandoms my entire life.
The Heated Rivalry fandom is the best. By far.
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
There are several Broadway shows I seen in person an embarrassing amount of times. I hung in with a show when the plot got wild and made no sense and still watch it religiously.
I've been part of fandoms my entire life.
The Heated Rivalry fandom is the best. By far.
I've been part of fandoms my entire life.
The Heated Rivalry fandom is the best. By far.
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I love making this list every year, and I never have any trouble coming up with 50 things I think were genuinely wonderful.
50 wonderful things from 2025
Each year, critic Linda Holmes looks back on the year and compiles a list of the things that brought her joy.
www.npr.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love making this list every year, and I never have any trouble coming up with 50 things I think were genuinely wonderful.
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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Any Detroit area teachers out there who want to take your pick of a large collection of office supplies? DM me for details ASAP if you’re at all interested.
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Any Detroit area teachers out there who want to take your pick of a large collection of office supplies? DM me for details ASAP if you’re at all interested.
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Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
I should have known as soon as I saw people quoting this that it was by @sarahjeong.bsky.social - it is *incredibly* good. (It's making me reconsider a whole bunch related to various projects I agreed to in 2026.)
Is it too late to make "wordcel" the word of 2025?
Is it too late to make "wordcel" the word of 2025?
Killing in the name of… nothing
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I should have known as soon as I saw people quoting this that it was by @sarahjeong.bsky.social - it is *incredibly* good. (It's making me reconsider a whole bunch related to various projects I agreed to in 2026.)
Is it too late to make "wordcel" the word of 2025?
Is it too late to make "wordcel" the word of 2025?
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We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We don't have a government. We have a bunch of guys who heard things on social media.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
We don't have due process. We have entire groups being punished for the alleged actions of a few.
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Awful, awful news. Her essay was magnificent: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Awful, awful news. Her essay was magnificent: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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This !@#$% year in review: the wrecking ball that was February 2025 brought the abrupt end to many Institute of Education Sciences contracts for data collection, evaluation and research. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... 🧵
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient | Brookings
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This !@#$% year in review: the wrecking ball that was February 2025 brought the abrupt end to many Institute of Education Sciences contracts for data collection, evaluation and research. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut... 🧵
I just got to use the phrase "a large boulder the size of a small boulder" in a context where it made perfect sense and it was one of the best feelings of my entire life.
December 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just got to use the phrase "a large boulder the size of a small boulder" in a context where it made perfect sense and it was one of the best feelings of my entire life.
I'm in the process of updating my website and one of the things I'm adding is a walk-through of what it means to hire a fact-checker, what to look for, and what it entails. I focus on education texts but it holds for most sub-genres!
This podcast keeps coming up so maybe I will actually have to sit down and read the transcript. But also yes, I hired a fact checker for my latest book because I was so appalled to find out that, just... NO ONE IS FACT-CHECKING NONFICTION??
Over and over during this episode, and over many If Books Could Kill episodes, my main thought was imagine how much chaos we could have avoided if only publishers had independent fact checkers.
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm in the process of updating my website and one of the things I'm adding is a walk-through of what it means to hire a fact-checker, what to look for, and what it entails. I focus on education texts but it holds for most sub-genres!
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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What the heck was going on in New York at #Christmas in the 1770s? /u/lord_mayor_of_reddit gifts us with a sprawling answer on how different the celebration was at the time #Skystorians!
What the heck was going on in New York at Christmas in the 1770s? Wikipedia's history of Santa Claus describes "aggressive home invasions," "sexual deviancy" and a weird parody of Dutch culture.
Explore this conversation and more from the AskHistorians community
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December 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What the heck was going on in New York at #Christmas in the 1770s? /u/lord_mayor_of_reddit gifts us with a sprawling answer on how different the celebration was at the time #Skystorians!
This #9Lc thing is all over my feed and I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is without leaving BlueSky. It's music? And singing? Possibly British?
Listening to #9LC on here with folks all over the world made me think about how this fits into your tradition based on when it happens for you in the day. For me, in New England, it's always part of the morning hustle and bustle of Christmas Eve.
December 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This #9Lc thing is all over my feed and I'm trying to figure out exactly what it is without leaving BlueSky. It's music? And singing? Possibly British?
Oh good lord.
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh good lord.
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That is a LOT more lucrative than being good at swimming
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
That is a LOT more lucrative than being good at swimming
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
I am pretty much firmly of the mind we're seeing the consequences of years of people repeating variations of the phrase, "schools haven't changed in 100 years."
There is a long list of teachers who participated in the writing of this report - each one has heard they MUST change schools. Now.
There is a long list of teachers who participated in the writing of this report - each one has heard they MUST change schools. Now.
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I am pretty much firmly of the mind we're seeing the consequences of years of people repeating variations of the phrase, "schools haven't changed in 100 years."
There is a long list of teachers who participated in the writing of this report - each one has heard they MUST change schools. Now.
There is a long list of teachers who participated in the writing of this report - each one has heard they MUST change schools. Now.
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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 1:06 PM
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.
Ha! Got two tickets to a Sabers game for donating blood - picked out seats over the weekend (still lots available) but didn't actually get them. Went to finish reserving them this morning and gone. All gone.
The game? Sabers v. Montreal.
The game? Sabers v. Montreal.
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ha! Got two tickets to a Sabers game for donating blood - picked out seats over the weekend (still lots available) but didn't actually get them. Went to finish reserving them this morning and gone. All gone.
The game? Sabers v. Montreal.
The game? Sabers v. Montreal.
On left:
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
Bari Weiss: 60 Minutes segment failed to show Government view that CECOT detainees are due judicial review
On right:
Judge Boasberg Dec 22: "The Government itself has not even contested that the detainees who now make up the CECOT class received inadequate process prior to their removal"
December 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Got some more information and although I haven't seen the full statement from her office, it's clearer what happened here and it's about word choice and policy.
And, YMMV, but it was probably the right call. (Or, it's not inherently a bad thing and not worth a kerfuffle.)
And, YMMV, but it was probably the right call. (Or, it's not inherently a bad thing and not worth a kerfuffle.)
It would be really good to know why @governor.ny.gov decided to VETO the NY Freedom to Read Act.
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
www.nyclu.org/press-releas...
Gov. Hochul Vetoes Freedom to Read Act - NYCLU
www.nyclu.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Got some more information and although I haven't seen the full statement from her office, it's clearer what happened here and it's about word choice and policy.
And, YMMV, but it was probably the right call. (Or, it's not inherently a bad thing and not worth a kerfuffle.)
And, YMMV, but it was probably the right call. (Or, it's not inherently a bad thing and not worth a kerfuffle.)