John M. Fredericks
@johmattfred.bsky.social
ASU ed policy PhD student • education writing in Newsweek, Hechinger Report, Clarion Ledger, and others • creative writer, sort of • link below 👇
https://linktr.ee/johnmattfred
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
This is a good example of how Trump’s obsession with exaggerated/fake news forms his initial point of view on a subject and then, when confronted with actual facts, he’s basically forced to change course on a major policy initiative.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Trump to Resume Sending Weapons to Ukraine
The U.S. will send additional defensive arms because Moscow is hitting Kyiv “very hard,” the president said.
www.wsj.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is a good example of how Trump’s obsession with exaggerated/fake news forms his initial point of view on a subject and then, when confronted with actual facts, he’s basically forced to change course on a major policy initiative.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
America every two years
a close up of a man with a beard says to war
ALT: a close up of a man with a beard says to war
media.tenor.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
America every two years
Figured it was always Haley Barbour
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Figured it was always Haley Barbour
Gods country is the rooftop bar in Nashville where he was arrested for throwing a chair off the ledge
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Morgan Wallen abruptly leaves 'SNL' stage: 'Get me to God's country'
Country singer Morgan Wallen has sparked backlash after abruptly exiting the stage at the end of "SNL," failing to stick around for the full signoff.
www.usatoday.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Gods country is the rooftop bar in Nashville where he was arrested for throwing a chair off the ledge
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
The right’s obsession with holding onto their guns in case they need to defend themselves against a hostile government is a misrecognition of their true desirec which is to facilitate violence on others through a hostile government
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The right’s obsession with holding onto their guns in case they need to defend themselves against a hostile government is a misrecognition of their true desirec which is to facilitate violence on others through a hostile government
Y’all acting like you’ve never accidentally added a journalist to your conspiracy to commit war crimes group chat.
March 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Y’all acting like you’ve never accidentally added a journalist to your conspiracy to commit war crimes group chat.
Me in the national security group chat
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March 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Me in the national security group chat
This is an absolute gem from this article.
“We’re actually quite busy. We’re actually doing our job,” said Geskin. Medical doctors and scientific researchers “are trying to save lives. We don’t have the time to ruminate on all this.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
“We’re actually quite busy. We’re actually doing our job,” said Geskin. Medical doctors and scientific researchers “are trying to save lives. We don’t have the time to ruminate on all this.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Faculty-on-Faculty War Erupts at Columbia as Trump Targets Elite School
Humanities professors clash with scientists over the handling of campus protests.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is an absolute gem from this article.
“We’re actually quite busy. We’re actually doing our job,” said Geskin. Medical doctors and scientific researchers “are trying to save lives. We don’t have the time to ruminate on all this.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
“We’re actually quite busy. We’re actually doing our job,” said Geskin. Medical doctors and scientific researchers “are trying to save lives. We don’t have the time to ruminate on all this.”
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
“Nobody is using Microsoft Teams!!” is how you know a CEO is in charge.
February 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Nobody is using Microsoft Teams!!” is how you know a CEO is in charge.
Monday: “Trump does insane thing.”
Tuesday: “Can Trump really do insane thing? Experts weigh in.”
Wednesday: “Judge temporarily blocks insane thing.”
Thursday: “Inside the 24 hours where insane thing was in place.”
Friday: “Insane thing: a retrospective.”
Tuesday: “Can Trump really do insane thing? Experts weigh in.”
Wednesday: “Judge temporarily blocks insane thing.”
Thursday: “Inside the 24 hours where insane thing was in place.”
Friday: “Insane thing: a retrospective.”
February 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Monday: “Trump does insane thing.”
Tuesday: “Can Trump really do insane thing? Experts weigh in.”
Wednesday: “Judge temporarily blocks insane thing.”
Thursday: “Inside the 24 hours where insane thing was in place.”
Friday: “Insane thing: a retrospective.”
Tuesday: “Can Trump really do insane thing? Experts weigh in.”
Wednesday: “Judge temporarily blocks insane thing.”
Thursday: “Inside the 24 hours where insane thing was in place.”
Friday: “Insane thing: a retrospective.”
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baby’s first polemic!
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
Against the Female Gaze
To my mind, what we need is not a “female” gaze, but a feminist one. I have a confession: I’m getting sick of all the cultural conversation about “girlhood.” Perhaps this is a bad position fo…
mid-theory.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
baby’s first polemic!
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
i wrote about why i object to the term “the female gaze” for @mid-theory.bsky.social’s forum on the gaze 👀
mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/a...
A Different Man is a terrific, weird, dissonant movie. Loving this Sebastian Stan career 180.
February 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A Different Man is a terrific, weird, dissonant movie. Loving this Sebastian Stan career 180.
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Many stopped waiting and hoping in 2020. Some did before the first of two impeachments. I did when he published that newspaper ad condemning five innocent young men. We need to be honest about why others still support this incompetent, divisive, lying hypocrite. That is the real question.
January 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Many stopped waiting and hoping in 2020. Some did before the first of two impeachments. I did when he published that newspaper ad condemning five innocent young men. We need to be honest about why others still support this incompetent, divisive, lying hypocrite. That is the real question.
We keep waiting — hoping — that somehow Trump will act presidential in the face of a tragedy. This day will never come. His playbook was and is race baiting. Nothing more.
January 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We keep waiting — hoping — that somehow Trump will act presidential in the face of a tragedy. This day will never come. His playbook was and is race baiting. Nothing more.
The thing about Trump is he provides equal opportunity to all grifters even remotely close to his orbit. That has always involved the press, no matter whether they fall on the ideological spectrum.
Scoop: Privately, there are both tensions and a quiet sense of optimism among the White House press corps around covering Trump 2.0. WHCA prez Eugene Daniels traveled down to Mar-a-Lago to address concerns with the Trump transition team www.cjr.org/political_pr...
The White House Press Corps Gears Up for Another Trump Term
Plenty to worry about—but some are looking forward to the press having better access.
www.cjr.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The thing about Trump is he provides equal opportunity to all grifters even remotely close to his orbit. That has always involved the press, no matter whether they fall on the ideological spectrum.
Dithering over whether this was or wasn’t does not dilute its meaning to those who are always looking to the trump camp for affirmation.
don’t shoot me but my contentious view is that it probably wasn’t a Nazi salute - despite obvious similarities - and we shouldn’t claim to *know* that it was one
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Dithering over whether this was or wasn’t does not dilute its meaning to those who are always looking to the trump camp for affirmation.
This is absolutely both a failure to communicate to the general public with narrative-driven arguments that humanize data combined with a profession that insists it’s a hard science and is impervious to critique.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is absolutely both a failure to communicate to the general public with narrative-driven arguments that humanize data combined with a profession that insists it’s a hard science and is impervious to critique.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
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I was out in the backyard when the local wolf chorus started up. Such an amazing sound. There was one calling from north east of my cottage and the pack was answering from the southwest. I apologize for my breathing. I had to run into the house and find my phone. I’m still vibrating.
January 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I was out in the backyard when the local wolf chorus started up. Such an amazing sound. There was one calling from north east of my cottage and the pack was answering from the southwest. I apologize for my breathing. I had to run into the house and find my phone. I’m still vibrating.
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Letter: School vouchers undermine public education https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/letter-school-vouchers-undermine-public-education #SchoolVoucherScam
Letter: School vouchers undermine public education
Janet Midthun writes, "For those North Dakotans that live in rural communities, the question of “school choice” is moot – who would send their kid 100 miles to the closest private school?"
www.inforum.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Letter: School vouchers undermine public education https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/letter-school-vouchers-undermine-public-education #SchoolVoucherScam
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Mid Theory Collective (@mid-theory.bsky.social) is BACK from our holiday hiatus, with an absolute powerhouse of a piece from Sarah Sgro and Mike Walton on digital afterlife services and the economics of grief in the digital age:
mid-theory.com/2025/01/08/m...
mid-theory.com/2025/01/08/m...
Mourning On-Demand: Digital Afterlife Services and Lamentation Economics
When the dead become avatars for the living they are always present, but as on-demand services rather than messy intrusions, as applications to open or close. Last year your mother died–now, …
mid-theory.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mid Theory Collective (@mid-theory.bsky.social) is BACK from our holiday hiatus, with an absolute powerhouse of a piece from Sarah Sgro and Mike Walton on digital afterlife services and the economics of grief in the digital age:
mid-theory.com/2025/01/08/m...
mid-theory.com/2025/01/08/m...
Who’s seen CONCLAVE? Apparently it’s triggering Megyn Kelly on the other place.
January 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Who’s seen CONCLAVE? Apparently it’s triggering Megyn Kelly on the other place.
From avocado toast to millennials all want a big house, more paternalism from baby boomers. One thing I will say about this essay is maybe speak to one or two people who don’t live in NYC or LA.
www.wsj.com/economy/what...
www.wsj.com/economy/what...
Essay | What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?
As American 30-somethings increasingly bypass the traditional milestones of adulthood, economists are warning that what seemed like a lag may in fact be a permanent state of arrested development.
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
From avocado toast to millennials all want a big house, more paternalism from baby boomers. One thing I will say about this essay is maybe speak to one or two people who don’t live in NYC or LA.
www.wsj.com/economy/what...
www.wsj.com/economy/what...