Shanna Peeples 🏳️🌈
@shannapeeples.bsky.social
Ed. Professor | Harvard Ed.L.D. | 2015 National Teacher of the Year | Author: Think Like Socrates | www.drshannapeeples.com | my opinions ≠ my employer’s
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
“The danger is not confined to any one doctrine or term. It lies in the normalization of a judiciary that no longer sees, hears, or understands the country as it actually exists—and therefore cannot meaningfully claim to judge it” @LiberalCurrents www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“The danger is not confined to any one doctrine or term. It lies in the normalization of a judiciary that no longer sees, hears, or understands the country as it actually exists—and therefore cannot meaningfully claim to judge it” @LiberalCurrents www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
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Epstein survivors released a powerful Super Bowl ad demanding justice from a Justice Department that has failed them for years.
The crimes were real.
The harm was real.
The silence is deliberate. Survivors deserve answers, not cover-ups.
Watch it.
Share it.
Demand justice.
The crimes were real.
The harm was real.
The silence is deliberate. Survivors deserve answers, not cover-ups.
Watch it.
Share it.
Demand justice.
February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Epstein survivors released a powerful Super Bowl ad demanding justice from a Justice Department that has failed them for years.
The crimes were real.
The harm was real.
The silence is deliberate. Survivors deserve answers, not cover-ups.
Watch it.
Share it.
Demand justice.
The crimes were real.
The harm was real.
The silence is deliberate. Survivors deserve answers, not cover-ups.
Watch it.
Share it.
Demand justice.
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Republicans want to make it even more difficult for millions of eligible Americans to vote by passing the SAVE Act.
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Republicans want to make it even more difficult for millions of eligible Americans to vote by passing the SAVE Act.
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
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Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Can't say it enough, if you are going to build ANYTHING, you are going to be criticized much more than you will be praised. Do not be deterred. Build what you want to exist. Find your people and seek their counsel. Keep it moving.
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“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare…”
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
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The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
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New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare…”
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
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The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
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We had nearly 200 people sign up for tonight's @runforsomething.net & Dirt Road Organizing rural leadership recruitment call -- we're all-in to help people run in rural communities, even & especially when it's hard.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
We had nearly 200 people sign up for tonight's @runforsomething.net & Dirt Road Organizing rural leadership recruitment call -- we're all-in to help people run in rural communities, even & especially when it's hard.
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Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
“It all feels eerily similar to the pandemic, school leaders said. To their frustration they said, this time, the crisis is man-made.
“You have taken away the basic human right of children to be at school”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
“You have taken away the basic human right of children to be at school”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
A Minnesota School District Guards Against ICE, From Dawn to Dusk
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“It all feels eerily similar to the pandemic, school leaders said. To their frustration they said, this time, the crisis is man-made.
“You have taken away the basic human right of children to be at school”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
“You have taken away the basic human right of children to be at school”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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I wanted to do an episode that grapples with the fresh horrors our feeds deliver to us and how to balance bearing witness, activism, and not falling into doomerism. @amandalitman.bsky.social is the perfect guest. *highly* recommend her insights to fellow bluesky posters!
I chatted with @cwarzel.bsky.social about the politics & impact of posting in this moment, why virtue signaling is good, and how to say sane in this media environment. A fun convo! youtu.be/DVKWwworess
How to Be a Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane)
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I wanted to do an episode that grapples with the fresh horrors our feeds deliver to us and how to balance bearing witness, activism, and not falling into doomerism. @amandalitman.bsky.social is the perfect guest. *highly* recommend her insights to fellow bluesky posters!
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“One of my general rules of thumb for online content conception, especially as it relates to the news, is to only take the poison I have the antidote for.”
How to Survive the Information War
There’s more information than ever—and that could be a good thing.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“One of my general rules of thumb for online content conception, especially as it relates to the news, is to only take the poison I have the antidote for.”
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New finding: leaders developing complex skills showed decreased confidence even as capacity increased. We might be misreading growth as failure & pulling support at exactly the wrong moment
@belmasoffice.bsky.social
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-con...
@belmasoffice.bsky.social
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-con...
The Confidence Paradox: Why Leadership Growth Through Racial Consciousness Feels Like Regression - BELMAS
In this timely and thought-provoking blog, Shanna Peeples and Mandi Palmer illuminate the often-unspoken emotional and developmental realities of leading racial equity work in schools...
www.belmas.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
New finding: leaders developing complex skills showed decreased confidence even as capacity increased. We might be misreading growth as failure & pulling support at exactly the wrong moment
@belmasoffice.bsky.social
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-con...
@belmasoffice.bsky.social
www.belmas.org.uk/blog/the-con...
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Starring the great @heymrsbond.com and her equally fantastic students——To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Starring the great @heymrsbond.com and her equally fantastic students——To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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This five year old is still in jail
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This five year old is still in jail
“Opinion change requires new information to meet 5 conditions: received by enough people, relevant to the issue, discrepant with prior beliefs & credible. When sustained coverage of undeniable evidence satisfies all 5 conditions at once, opinion can move quickly”
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...?
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The ICE shootings are a tipping point
Donald Trump's approval on immigration has collapsed 17 points since taking office, and support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement has swung 50 points since Sept. 2024.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“Opinion change requires new information to meet 5 conditions: received by enough people, relevant to the issue, discrepant with prior beliefs & credible. When sustained coverage of undeniable evidence satisfies all 5 conditions at once, opinion can move quickly”
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...?
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...?
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Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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i suppose it makes sense but it is completely demoralizing that we live in a moment where there is more video/photographic evidence (often from multiple angles) than ever before and also a durable system in place for propagandists to gaslight or convince others into not believing their eyes
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 PM
i suppose it makes sense but it is completely demoralizing that we live in a moment where there is more video/photographic evidence (often from multiple angles) than ever before and also a durable system in place for propagandists to gaslight or convince others into not believing their eyes
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I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I wonder if I’ll ever stop being angry all of the time.