J. Woods Hayes
@occamshazer.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ Xennial Progressive
PhD candidate | Education policy nerd | 20-year public educator | Anti-maga : anti-fascist | Partner | Dad | Writer | Teacher | I love baseball
PhD candidate | Education policy nerd | 20-year public educator | Anti-maga : anti-fascist | Partner | Dad | Writer | Teacher | I love baseball
This isn’t a common topic for me, but I am going through a rough time with some pretty serious medical issues. I am starting to see that our insurance system doesn’t just “delay, deny, defend”… they actively impact HOW medical professionals practice. Expertise stifled for profit. #underinsured
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This isn’t a common topic for me, but I am going through a rough time with some pretty serious medical issues. I am starting to see that our insurance system doesn’t just “delay, deny, defend”… they actively impact HOW medical professionals practice. Expertise stifled for profit. #underinsured
Elon a few weeks ago: “Empathy is a weakness of western civilization.”
Elon in the F.O. Stage: “Why does the left hate me? I thought Democrats were the party of empathy.”
Elon in the F.O. Stage: “Why does the left hate me? I thought Democrats were the party of empathy.”
March 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Elon a few weeks ago: “Empathy is a weakness of western civilization.”
Elon in the F.O. Stage: “Why does the left hate me? I thought Democrats were the party of empathy.”
Elon in the F.O. Stage: “Why does the left hate me? I thought Democrats were the party of empathy.”
How many of the people screaming about “protecting women’s sports” have ever been to a women’s sports event beyond one their daughter played in? How many could name 3 WNBA teams? 1 pro fast pitch softball team? It’s just another spectacle to hang their bigotry on. Period.
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
How many of the people screaming about “protecting women’s sports” have ever been to a women’s sports event beyond one their daughter played in? How many could name 3 WNBA teams? 1 pro fast pitch softball team? It’s just another spectacle to hang their bigotry on. Period.
For the 1000th time… Introversion isn’t shyness. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
February 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
For the 1000th time… Introversion isn’t shyness. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
I support, affirm, love, and will fiercely defend trans people. I no longer care to play with the “define a woman” and bathroom arguments. I will fight for my trans sisters, brothers, and others. Period. #transrights #humanrights
February 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I support, affirm, love, and will fiercely defend trans people. I no longer care to play with the “define a woman” and bathroom arguments. I will fight for my trans sisters, brothers, and others. Period. #transrights #humanrights
Sometimes I feel like this has to be an experiment to see how much bullshit he has to pull before his supporters get wise. “We’re slashing frivolous spending at USAID. And also, we’re giving 80 million in new contract to Elon, and buying 400mil in armored Teslas.” Face, meet palm.
February 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sometimes I feel like this has to be an experiment to see how much bullshit he has to pull before his supporters get wise. “We’re slashing frivolous spending at USAID. And also, we’re giving 80 million in new contract to Elon, and buying 400mil in armored Teslas.” Face, meet palm.
Now watch carefully what happens in American schools. The right built the lie for years that schools were indoctrinating kids. They said schools should not teach ideology. But we are stating to see the push for their ideologies to be pushed into curricula.
February 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Now watch carefully what happens in American schools. The right built the lie for years that schools were indoctrinating kids. They said schools should not teach ideology. But we are stating to see the push for their ideologies to be pushed into curricula.
It’s hard to stand on principles, but if I am the enemy that JD Vance says I am, simply because I teach, then so be it. I won’t bend to tyrants who do not want the inconvenience of truth.
February 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It’s hard to stand on principles, but if I am the enemy that JD Vance says I am, simply because I teach, then so be it. I won’t bend to tyrants who do not want the inconvenience of truth.
Something that gives me some grounding is the fact that Trump won by a smaller margin this time than in 2016. Rather than focusing on his emboldened supporters, remember that even a few of them changing course wins in the long run.
February 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Something that gives me some grounding is the fact that Trump won by a smaller margin this time than in 2016. Rather than focusing on his emboldened supporters, remember that even a few of them changing course wins in the long run.
Hilarious that so many fellow Americans concluded long ago that Canada, the country that entered WW2 before us, and invented ice hockey, had no fight in them. Glad to see the Maple Leaf rising up. #canyouadoptme
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hilarious that so many fellow Americans concluded long ago that Canada, the country that entered WW2 before us, and invented ice hockey, had no fight in them. Glad to see the Maple Leaf rising up. #canyouadoptme
All of the anti-DEI moves are a smokescreen. Trump is trying to take complete power, to dismantle and privatize the government for the benefit of his cronies. DEI is bread and circus for his supporters, so they don’t see his motives.
February 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
All of the anti-DEI moves are a smokescreen. Trump is trying to take complete power, to dismantle and privatize the government for the benefit of his cronies. DEI is bread and circus for his supporters, so they don’t see his motives.
Keep speaking up. Our opponents are a bully mob, and want our self-imposed silence. They have name calling and straw man arguments. We have truth.
January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Keep speaking up. Our opponents are a bully mob, and want our self-imposed silence. They have name calling and straw man arguments. We have truth.
If you see someone cheating on an exercise at physical therapy, no you didn’t. #snitchesgetangrylooks
January 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you see someone cheating on an exercise at physical therapy, no you didn’t. #snitchesgetangrylooks
An estimated 75% (!!) of farm laborers in Bakersfield, CA didn’t come to work yesterday out of fear of ICE raids. That surely is mirrored elsewhere. I am interested to learn how the empty store shelves will be Biden’s fault.
January 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
An estimated 75% (!!) of farm laborers in Bakersfield, CA didn’t come to work yesterday out of fear of ICE raids. That surely is mirrored elsewhere. I am interested to learn how the empty store shelves will be Biden’s fault.
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Oligarchs showing their priorities.
December 20, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Oligarchs showing their priorities.
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Hillary beat Trump by a bigger margin than Trump beat Harris.
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
November 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Hillary beat Trump by a bigger margin than Trump beat Harris.
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
Why isn’t the corporate media hammering on this point all day every day?
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Dismantling the Dept of Ed isn’t because of clever lines about thinking or knowledge or the uneducated. That’s too simple. The right is furious that there is a captive population that they haven’t effectively monetized. This is about a massive transfer of wealth.
November 27, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Dismantling the Dept of Ed isn’t because of clever lines about thinking or knowledge or the uneducated. That’s too simple. The right is furious that there is a captive population that they haven’t effectively monetized. This is about a massive transfer of wealth.
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Bro-casts helped Trump win—so does the left need its own Joe Rogan?
Democrats lost young male voters, and many think they weren’t spoken to in a way that mattered. Maybe we weren’t even listening.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party can podcast itself out of this issue.” — @hasanthehun
[video🧵]
Democrats lost young male voters, and many think they weren’t spoken to in a way that mattered. Maybe we weren’t even listening.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party can podcast itself out of this issue.” — @hasanthehun
[video🧵]
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Bro-casts helped Trump win—so does the left need its own Joe Rogan?
Democrats lost young male voters, and many think they weren’t spoken to in a way that mattered. Maybe we weren’t even listening.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party can podcast itself out of this issue.” — @hasanthehun
[video🧵]
Democrats lost young male voters, and many think they weren’t spoken to in a way that mattered. Maybe we weren’t even listening.
“I don’t think the Democratic Party can podcast itself out of this issue.” — @hasanthehun
[video🧵]
It’s almost like he is fluid in his morals, depending on the access to power they afford.
Holy moly. MAGA is losing their mind over an uncovered video from 2016 where Donald Trump says people should use the bathroom they feel is inappropriate and speaks out against trans bathroom bills. Feel free to share this so MAGA implodes.
November 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
It’s almost like he is fluid in his morals, depending on the access to power they afford.
Leopards Eating Faces 2024
Trump just announced a 25% tariff on everything coming into the United States from Mexico and Canada. Hey MAGA - remember all those prices you were crying about? Get ready for things to be A LOT more expensive! This is what you voted for
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Leopards Eating Faces 2024
As discussions about education are popping up more and more, it will inevitably mean the standard word vomit misconceptions about teaching. Let’s start with pay. 1/x
November 25, 2024 at 10:52 PM
As discussions about education are popping up more and more, it will inevitably mean the standard word vomit misconceptions about teaching. Let’s start with pay. 1/x
So, the GOP assertion is that trans women, who face being disowned by family, fired from jobs, hated by an increasingly violent culture, being assaulted or even murdered (by men)… are just executing an elaborate ruse so they can catch a glimpse of Karens in bathrooms? FFS.
November 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
So, the GOP assertion is that trans women, who face being disowned by family, fired from jobs, hated by an increasingly violent culture, being assaulted or even murdered (by men)… are just executing an elaborate ruse so they can catch a glimpse of Karens in bathrooms? FFS.