Shannon Carey
@scmaestra.bsky.social
High school history teacher. Anti-fascist. Oakland. she/her.
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Shannon Carey
@scmaestra.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hey! Happy to be here! I teach high school history in a big public high school and I really hate fascism!
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Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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What actually happened: capital plundered the former colonies throwing their societies into violence and chaos; the refugees were welcomed as cheap labor by their former imperial overlords; those refugees were then scapegoated for social problems
Eyes wide open, folks. They're revealing the supervillain plot.
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
What actually happened: capital plundered the former colonies throwing their societies into violence and chaos; the refugees were welcomed as cheap labor by their former imperial overlords; those refugees were then scapegoated for social problems
the Dulles brothers are ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES
look, it doesn’t matter if maduro was a good guy or a bad guy. there is a way we are supposed to do things, and it is covert CIA ops
January 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
the Dulles brothers are ROLLING IN THEIR GRAVES
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Look around you. This is what comes from Democrats not talking about climate change.
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Look around you. This is what comes from Democrats not talking about climate change.
There seems to be basic historical illiteracy everywhere, and it's especially obvious in the press. The emphasis on CS, STEM and "career readiness" we've seen in public school the past decades is coming home to roost.
So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
There seems to be basic historical illiteracy everywhere, and it's especially obvious in the press. The emphasis on CS, STEM and "career readiness" we've seen in public school the past decades is coming home to roost.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
Can you imagine if school districts adopted, I dunno, some classroom electrical system, that then regularly killed multiple kids, and when asked to pull the systems, districts were like, the benefits outweigh the harms, it's the future, chill out everyone.
That is what's happening here.
That is what's happening here.
OpenAI is now facing a total of 8 wrongful death lawsuits from grieving families....who claim that ChatGPT, in particular, the GPT-4o version, drove their loved ones to suicide. Soelberg’s complaint also alleges that company executives knew the chatbot was defective before it pushed it to the public
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
January 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Can you imagine if school districts adopted, I dunno, some classroom electrical system, that then regularly killed multiple kids, and when asked to pull the systems, districts were like, the benefits outweigh the harms, it's the future, chill out everyone.
That is what's happening here.
That is what's happening here.
Honestly, can any interview actually call out the blatant misinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine? Our job as history teachers is hard enough as it is.
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Honestly, can any interview actually call out the blatant misinterpretation of the Monroe Doctrine? Our job as history teachers is hard enough as it is.
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Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part.
January 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part.
shout out to all the teachers out there who, tomorrow, have to explain an inane and rapidly developing international crisis to teenagers with several teaspoons of information
godspeed, siblings!
godspeed, siblings!
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
shout out to all the teachers out there who, tomorrow, have to explain an inane and rapidly developing international crisis to teenagers with several teaspoons of information
godspeed, siblings!
godspeed, siblings!
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
the thing about being a high school teacher who keeps in touch with former students is that you may be receiving texts right now from kids scared of the draft being reinstated
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
the thing about being a high school teacher who keeps in touch with former students is that you may be receiving texts right now from kids scared of the draft being reinstated
I spent a summer in Chavez's Venezuela in the early 2000s, and I very much doubt trump and co have any idea how much Simon Bolivar and his ideas mean to the people of VZ.
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I spent a summer in Chavez's Venezuela in the early 2000s, and I very much doubt trump and co have any idea how much Simon Bolivar and his ideas mean to the people of VZ.
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It's VERY important to call reps in red districts re: Venezeula. Trump is far weaker than he was 6 months ago and we've seen many cracks in GOP solidarity. Attacking Venezuela was only polling at 25% WITHOUT the illegal surprise aspect. Script below, use @resist.bot or @5calls.org
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's VERY important to call reps in red districts re: Venezeula. Trump is far weaker than he was 6 months ago and we've seen many cracks in GOP solidarity. Attacking Venezuela was only polling at 25% WITHOUT the illegal surprise aspect. Script below, use @resist.bot or @5calls.org
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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"I’m absolutely disgusted by President Trump’s attempt to start a war with Venezuela without first putting in the years of tedious, brain-breaking propaganda work."
Whatever Happened to the Art of Brainwashing America Before Plunging It into an Unnecessary War?
“President Donald Trump on Wednesday assailed his White House predecessors for not pushing back against Venezuela earlier and stated that his inten...
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"I’m absolutely disgusted by President Trump’s attempt to start a war with Venezuela without first putting in the years of tedious, brain-breaking propaganda work."
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Excellent thread from one of the best scholars of US FP, and FPDM in general.
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Iran didn’t surprise me, but I think it’s because I study FP in a case with a longer history of authoritarian populist leadership than the US has. But I also can’t say I predicted this.
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Iran didn’t surprise me, but I think it’s because I study FP in a case with a longer history of authoritarian populist leadership than the US has. But I also can’t say I predicted this.
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Excellent thread from one of the best scholars of US FP, and FPDM in general.
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Iran didn’t surprise me, but I think it’s because I study FP in a case with a longer history of authoritarian populist leadership than the US has. But I also can’t say I predicted this.
Trump’s actions in Venezuela and Iran didn’t surprise me, but I think it’s because I study FP in a case with a longer history of authoritarian populist leadership than the US has. But I also can’t say I predicted this.
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
![A Canva-mocked up call script re: calling electeds Trump Administration's actions in Venezuela
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling [MOC] to demand they condemn the U.S.’s actions in Venezuela tonight. The Trump administration has carried out an illegal attack and capture of Maduro that is a clear violation of international sovereignty and will impact relationships will alienate international allies, and [ELECTED] must speak out about this.
YOU: I am also calling on [MOC] to:
1. Speak plainly about this to their constituents. They can acknowledge the Maduro regime’s abuses AND recognize this as an unlawful extraterritorial detention,
2. Demand a legal written justification from the Administration,
3. Hold IMMEDIATE House/Senate Foreign Affairs hearings on the the decision-making, legality, and diplomatic risks of the Maduro operation,
4. Demand an immediate classified briefing for the Gang of Eight.
YOU: What happened tonight will have ramifications across the world in the days, weeks and months to come, and we need answers and action taken.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS - DEMAND A RESPONSE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreiekz6akttflsgwcc74eyuq6m6e2lrbgxzouhdmvi5lds4qm6x4fou@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
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Where’s Congress?
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Where’s Congress?
oh I'm awake in the middle of the night lemme just check my phone
wtf
wtf
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
oh I'm awake in the middle of the night lemme just check my phone
wtf
wtf