Marta R. Stoeckel, PhD, NBCT
@martastoeckel.bsky.social
she/her
Getting students doing science as a 6-12 science specialist and studying gender equity in physics classrooms
Located near St. Paul, MN
Getting students doing science as a 6-12 science specialist and studying gender equity in physics classrooms
Located near St. Paul, MN
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Trying a #Teach180 this year, but for my non-classroom role. I’ve been the HS science curriculum specialist, but adding MS science and 6-12 digital learning specialist this year, so lots to learn!
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This thread is gold.
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This thread is gold.
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After 10 weeks of terror and violence, DHS announced it’s ending the surge of ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Residents stood strong, protected each other, and the regime flinched.
But we know this isn’t over. Instead of relaxing, we're turning up the volume.
Residents stood strong, protected each other, and the regime flinched.
But we know this isn’t over. Instead of relaxing, we're turning up the volume.
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
After 10 weeks of terror and violence, DHS announced it’s ending the surge of ICE agents in Minneapolis.
Residents stood strong, protected each other, and the regime flinched.
But we know this isn’t over. Instead of relaxing, we're turning up the volume.
Residents stood strong, protected each other, and the regime flinched.
But we know this isn’t over. Instead of relaxing, we're turning up the volume.
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PSA for non-Minnesotans: The politicians who are taking victory laps on TV today haven’t been in the streets and don’t know what’s happening right now. Please listen to the public servants who are on the front lines, like @elliottpayne.org @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @doronclark.bsky.social
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
PSA for non-Minnesotans: The politicians who are taking victory laps on TV today haven’t been in the streets and don’t know what’s happening right now. Please listen to the public servants who are on the front lines, like @elliottpayne.org @jchavezmpls.bsky.social @doronclark.bsky.social
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Please notice the lack of action from her.
Scroll to see that at no point at all has she meaningfully engaged.
She's said a few things (very late).
Proposed no prosecutions, done no fundraising, patrolled nowhere.
No legislation to help.
No calling in of favors to protect.
Scroll to see that at no point at all has she meaningfully engaged.
She's said a few things (very late).
Proposed no prosecutions, done no fundraising, patrolled nowhere.
No legislation to help.
No calling in of favors to protect.
Minnesotans stood together, stared down ICE, and never blinked.
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Please notice the lack of action from her.
Scroll to see that at no point at all has she meaningfully engaged.
She's said a few things (very late).
Proposed no prosecutions, done no fundraising, patrolled nowhere.
No legislation to help.
No calling in of favors to protect.
Scroll to see that at no point at all has she meaningfully engaged.
She's said a few things (very late).
Proposed no prosecutions, done no fundraising, patrolled nowhere.
No legislation to help.
No calling in of favors to protect.
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If you are wondering how Mpls is, please consider how f***ed it is that
"school dismissal is always a peak time for them"
We and our schools and our kids are not okay. Our communities are not okay.
"school dismissal is always a peak time for them"
We and our schools and our kids are not okay. Our communities are not okay.
Today ICE caused a multi-vehicle crash in St Paul so bad that someone was sent to the hospital. This is the opposite of keeping us safe.
They have been active around NE today & we know school dismissal is always a peak time for them so please get out if you can & help keep our community safe.
They have been active around NE today & we know school dismissal is always a peak time for them so please get out if you can & help keep our community safe.
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
If you are wondering how Mpls is, please consider how f***ed it is that
"school dismissal is always a peak time for them"
We and our schools and our kids are not okay. Our communities are not okay.
"school dismissal is always a peak time for them"
We and our schools and our kids are not okay. Our communities are not okay.
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Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Everyone here has had to decide what they will and won’t do. Will you take someone in your house? Will you bring them groceries? Will you patrol streets with a whistle? Will you do some other kind of work, of which there are many. And how many of these types.
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This is true (and not confined to Minneapolis)
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This is true (and not confined to Minneapolis)
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Adding radium to the analogy list - alongside lead and asbestosis.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Adding radium to the analogy list - alongside lead and asbestosis.
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“The majority of violence perpetrated at protests is state violence against often peaceful demonstrators and language used by journalists describing ‘clashes with law enforcement’ or ‘protests turning violent‘ obscure the direction violence is delivered.”
ICE is State Violence at Scale
What we're seeing in Minneapolis was always the plan
buttondown.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
“The majority of violence perpetrated at protests is state violence against often peaceful demonstrators and language used by journalists describing ‘clashes with law enforcement’ or ‘protests turning violent‘ obscure the direction violence is delivered.”
Folks across the Twin Cities have been gathering on their neighborhood lakes to say what we think of the occupation. Yesterday, White Bear Lake took our turn.
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Folks across the Twin Cities have been gathering on their neighborhood lakes to say what we think of the occupation. Yesterday, White Bear Lake took our turn.
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If they said 3,000 agents were leaving MN today, I would not fully rejoice. Because those 3,000 would be headed elsewhere.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
If they said 3,000 agents were leaving MN today, I would not fully rejoice. Because those 3,000 would be headed elsewhere.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
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Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
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This is a very thorough article worth reading
One legal expert said even up until recently, “it would have been pretty unthinkable” for ICE to come onto school grounds like agents did at Roosevelt High in Minneapolis.
ICE is ‘at the school yard gate.’ Here’s what it means that agents are getting closer.
One legal expert said even up until recently, “it would have been pretty unthinkable” for ICE to come onto school grounds like agents did at Roosevelt High in Minneapolis.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
This is a very thorough article worth reading
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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I get why yall say it, but it’s not “ice out of mn” it’s “ice out EVERYWHERE”
It’s not okay for them to pack up and just go somewhere else with this. No one deserves this, so we need to stop it here completely. That’s defunding, demoralizing, abolishing.
That’s the goal.
It’s not okay for them to pack up and just go somewhere else with this. No one deserves this, so we need to stop it here completely. That’s defunding, demoralizing, abolishing.
That’s the goal.
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I get why yall say it, but it’s not “ice out of mn” it’s “ice out EVERYWHERE”
It’s not okay for them to pack up and just go somewhere else with this. No one deserves this, so we need to stop it here completely. That’s defunding, demoralizing, abolishing.
That’s the goal.
It’s not okay for them to pack up and just go somewhere else with this. No one deserves this, so we need to stop it here completely. That’s defunding, demoralizing, abolishing.
That’s the goal.
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There are four more students from Liam's MN school district in federal detention in Dilley, TX, two of them from the same school as Liam. A second grader, a fourth grader, a fifth grader, and a high-schooler.
i am so grateful that liam ramos as home. this is also a story about the importance of observation and getting these stories out there. how many children are detained that don’t get the same treatment because they don’t have powerful photos
February 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
There are four more students from Liam's MN school district in federal detention in Dilley, TX, two of them from the same school as Liam. A second grader, a fourth grader, a fifth grader, and a high-schooler.
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DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 AM
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
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Kao Kalia Yang at @literaryhub.bsky.social - "If they take me and leave the children." One of our great local writers at this moment of crisis.
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
lithub.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Kao Kalia Yang at @literaryhub.bsky.social - "If they take me and leave the children." One of our great local writers at this moment of crisis.
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A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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AND we don’t just want them bringing this elsewhere.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
THIS!!! They’re not gone until they’re GONE.
We can’t get complacent, they’ll still be here kidnapping & brutalizing our neighbors until we kick them out permanently
We can’t get complacent, they’ll still be here kidnapping & brutalizing our neighbors until we kick them out permanently
dont let a few ICE agents leaving mn fool you. nothing on the ground has changed yet. this is a way for them to distract and give a scapegoat so the rest of the world will turn a blind eye.
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
AND we don’t just want them bringing this elsewhere.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
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It better not stop here. Dems better not use this as an excuse to bury their heads in the sand. ICE still needs to be abolished no matter who at the top gets replaced
January 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It better not stop here. Dems better not use this as an excuse to bury their heads in the sand. ICE still needs to be abolished no matter who at the top gets replaced
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
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The Supreme Court forced schools to educate Black children.
Education has always been political.
Education has always been political.
January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The Supreme Court forced schools to educate Black children.
Education has always been political.
Education has always been political.
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People aren't just being released out the door like this. Volunteers drive around and check the parks and areas around Whipple because ICE is just dumping people hoping no one sees
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 AM
People aren't just being released out the door like this. Volunteers drive around and check the parks and areas around Whipple because ICE is just dumping people hoping no one sees