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Shanna Peeples 🏳️‍🌈
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Ed. Professor | Harvard Ed.L.D. | 2015 National Teacher of the Year | Author: Think Like Socrates | www.drshannapeeples.com | my opinions ≠ my employer’s
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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More affordable career pathways are a good thing, but this seems like papering over a much larger problem related to rising college costs and stagnating teacher pay, ensuring first year teachers will be even *less* experienced. Why not pay student teachers for practicum time, for starters?
University of Northern Iowa to launch three-year elementary education degree
he University of Northern Iowa is working to fast-track elementary teacher training through a new three-year degree program.
www.ktiv.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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New from me: I went deep on the way that generative AI and chatbots act as wormholes, pushing us deeper into our own minds. They threaten to compound the problems of algorithmic targeting that have festered unaddressed for years and years—what comes next may be even more alienating and isolating (🎁)
The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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I’ve said this before but white guilt is useless. I don’t want people to feel guilty for things they had no part in, and guilt easily curdles into resentment. But everyone regardless should feel an obligation to correct injustice, especially if you somehow benefit. bsky.app/profile/mich...
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The best way to help folks impacted by SNAP withdrawal is to donate money to your local food bank. They multiply your monetary donation through bulk buying contracts that dwarf individual donations of items www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Unless the shutdown ends before Monday, Texans on SNAP will lose November benefits. WIC could also end later next month.

Please consider donating to Central Texas Food Bank if you can: www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/get-involved...
Donate | Central Texas Food Bank
www.centraltexasfoodbank.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Our North Star has always been that academic freedom, free expression and independence are essential for universities to make their vital and singular contributions to society. It must be preserved”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
University of Arizona becomes seventh US college to reject Trump’s ‘compact’
Administration has pushed nine universities to sign a deal that seeks to make changes in line with conservative ideas
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ve been flying all day and the TSA and airport staff have been professional and efficient. I’m so grateful for the folks who show up in this situation. Thank you, tower folks, for your work and your service
Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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You should read this by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social if you haven't already done so: organizingmythoughts.org/the-emergenc...
The Emergency Is the Atmosphere
“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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"A belonging story also honors and celebrates difference—race, gender, religion, and all types of group identity are not rendered invisible in service to a larger, universal story or short-term political project." - john a. powell

Full #FightForward Essay: belonging.berkeley.edu/belonging-st...
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.
October 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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I still don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well."
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

She was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure" in the once deeply divided opposition to the Maduro regime.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former op...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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While superintendents are reporting fewer overall stressors, a growing number of them still feel the job's stress isn't worth it.
A Growing Number of Superintendents Say the Job Stress Isn't Worth It
At the same time, superintendents this year identified fewer sources of job-related stress in a new survey.
www.edweek.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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If you want to look up if your book is part of the Anthropic Settlement (AI lawsuit) here's a search portal: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

#writersky #authorsky #booksky
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains

A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Mike Johnson: "The WIC program, the nutrition program -- women, infants, and children -- that program won't be funded. FEMA won't be funded."
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM