@lifelonglearner.bsky.social
Not done learning yet… Here for politics, books, and Hot Tooks (ok, mostly for Peregrin). Also education and parenting. AuDHD.
I’ve got a creepy ex and a public job, so this profile is happily anonymous. ✌️
I’ve got a creepy ex and a public job, so this profile is happily anonymous. ✌️
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A dispatch from Surprise AZ where residents gathered to protest plans for a warehouse concentration camp in their community by @azrww.bsky.social
“Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”
“Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”
A Surprise Zone of Interest
We are All Responsible for What Happens in our Community
www.welcometohellworld.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A dispatch from Surprise AZ where residents gathered to protest plans for a warehouse concentration camp in their community by @azrww.bsky.social
“Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”
“Despite this evidence of authoritarian power, it is possible for even the most local form of government to take a stand in the name of the people.”
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Trump and the Republicans are trying to rig the election. That's not being a "doomer," that's acknowledging reality.
Democrats need a coordinated, national response to these coordinated, national attacks. We need an "Elections Czar"
My latest solution in @thenation.com
Democrats need a coordinated, national response to these coordinated, national attacks. We need an "Elections Czar"
My latest solution in @thenation.com
Democrats Need to Get Serious About Stopping Trump From Rigging the Midterms
Here’s one idea for a coordinated response to Trump’s coordinated attacks.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Trump and the Republicans are trying to rig the election. That's not being a "doomer," that's acknowledging reality.
Democrats need a coordinated, national response to these coordinated, national attacks. We need an "Elections Czar"
My latest solution in @thenation.com
Democrats need a coordinated, national response to these coordinated, national attacks. We need an "Elections Czar"
My latest solution in @thenation.com
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Apparently this interview with my rockstar BFF has gotten more clicks than any of their other stories, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET IT EVEN MORE CLICKS
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/ho...
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/ho...
How AI is changing research, teaching, and learning
Assessment and User Experience Librarian, Mary Huissen (MH) sat down with one of Swarthmore’s campus experts on AI, Head of Digital Scholarship Strategies, Amanda Licastro (AL) for a conversation abou...
www.swarthmore.edu
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Apparently this interview with my rockstar BFF has gotten more clicks than any of their other stories, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN GET IT EVEN MORE CLICKS
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/ho...
www.swarthmore.edu/libraries/ho...
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This is just a guess, but maybe the rise in dramatic prose from district court judges is partly due to a growing belief among those judges that it's pointless to try to persuade SCOTUS and they must therefore focus on other potential audiences.
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This is just a guess, but maybe the rise in dramatic prose from district court judges is partly due to a growing belief among those judges that it's pointless to try to persuade SCOTUS and they must therefore focus on other potential audiences.
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Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
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I wonder how many in Congress grasp just how serious this is.
February 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I wonder how many in Congress grasp just how serious this is.
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I don’t have the emotional wherewithal to do this but it is illustrating — damning, really — to track all the companies that rejected DEI in 2025 now issue empty Black History Month statements, as if those are remotely compatible things to do. The corporate cynicism is off the charts.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I don’t have the emotional wherewithal to do this but it is illustrating — damning, really — to track all the companies that rejected DEI in 2025 now issue empty Black History Month statements, as if those are remotely compatible things to do. The corporate cynicism is off the charts.
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Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content
Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content
Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of X
Spain has proposed a ban on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against the technology, drawing personal insults against the prime minister from Elon Musk.
The government is preparing a series of measures including a social media ban for under-16s, the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said, promising to protect children from the “digital wild west” and hold tech companies responsible for hateful and harmful content. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content
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UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand should work together against Musk’s social media.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand should work together against Musk’s social media.
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Spain going for Musk too. PM Pedro Sánchez at the WGS earlier:
“Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
“First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
1/?
“Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
“First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
1/?
February 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Spain going for Musk too. PM Pedro Sánchez at the WGS earlier:
“Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
“First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
1/?
“Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:
“First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.
1/?
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Now the UK’s data watchdog has opened an investigation into Musk.
Coordinated with the French action?
Coordinated with the French action?
UK privacy watchdog opens inquiry into X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate whether Elon Musk’s companies have complied with data protection law
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Now the UK’s data watchdog has opened an investigation into Musk.
Coordinated with the French action?
Coordinated with the French action?
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France getting serious with Musk.
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live
The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
France getting serious with Musk.
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NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
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Federally recognized Tribes are Sovereign Nations.
Tribal citizens are being grabbed off the streets by Trump's masked ICE agents. Held for days or weeks while their family has no idea where they are.
A Republican's response? "There will be mistakes."
@rephuffman.bsky.social wasn't having it 👇
A Republican's response? "There will be mistakes."
@rephuffman.bsky.social wasn't having it 👇
February 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Federally recognized Tribes are Sovereign Nations.
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Parents are afraid to send their kids to school, classrooms sit half-empty, children are being taken to detention facilities. We’ve crossed a line.
I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.
I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Parents are afraid to send their kids to school, classrooms sit half-empty, children are being taken to detention facilities. We’ve crossed a line.
I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.
I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.
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“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
February 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
ICE detained multiple kids (all under the age of 10!) in the last week alone. Still kidnapping people based solely on the way they look. Still arresting parents at school pick up.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. Nice words from the Admin won’t change that. ICE leaving will.
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Notably this also applies to the social epistemics, knowledge, and sense-making available to billionaires and people in other positions of power. Having more real power at a social level makes you less knowledgable about the world because of the way it necessarily deforms your social relationships.
There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Notably this also applies to the social epistemics, knowledge, and sense-making available to billionaires and people in other positions of power. Having more real power at a social level makes you less knowledgable about the world because of the way it necessarily deforms your social relationships.
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Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Minnesota needs to know the number of children in federal detention, who they are, and where they’re being held.
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Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
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Renee Good's brother, Luke Ganger:
"And I still don't know how to explain to my 4-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by."
"And I still don't know how to explain to my 4-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by."
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Renee Good's brother, Luke Ganger:
"And I still don't know how to explain to my 4-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by."
"And I still don't know how to explain to my 4-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by."
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I wrote about how we're dealing with a war of attrition at the hands of a callous and cruel administration, and how we cannot let them whittle us down to their level. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
Opinion | One Thing Trump Can’t Do to Us
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I wrote about how we're dealing with a war of attrition at the hands of a callous and cruel administration, and how we cannot let them whittle us down to their level. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
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In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok
French prosecutors raid Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris
Tech billionaire and platform’s former chief Linda Yaccarino summoned for ‘voluntary interviews’ in April
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok
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This is from THE NATIONAL REVIEW
Getting officers out of combat gear will help cooler heads prevail.
Our DHS secretary cosplaying in full combat gear and ICE and CBP officers costumed like Delta Force have only raised the temperature in what’s already a heated situation. | Karl Marlantes
https://ow.ly/zP7j50Y7otc
Our DHS secretary cosplaying in full combat gear and ICE and CBP officers costumed like Delta Force have only raised the temperature in what’s already a heated situation. | Karl Marlantes
https://ow.ly/zP7j50Y7otc
The Troubling Trend of Combat-Uniform Creep | National Review
What law enforcement officers wear matters.
ow.ly
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
This is from THE NATIONAL REVIEW