Sara Ziemnik
@sziemnik2198.bsky.social
Professional history nerd-American History and World History grades 9-12-Gilder Lehrman Master Teacher-Ohio & National History Teacher of the Year, 2017. Truth-teller, hope-seeker.
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Sara Ziemnik
@sziemnik2198.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Teaching critical thinking skills is an act of resistance.
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Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
February 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Happy birthday to one of the greatest, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, he didn't know his actual birthday, but chose to celebrate it on this day.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Please read his books and essays; please teach your children his story when they are old enough to understand.
Something is rotten in the state of Ohio
MAGA Senator Took Donation From Epstein Friend Before Key Vote newrepublic.com/post/206564/... via @newrepublic.com
MAGA Senator Took Donation From Epstein Friend Before Key Vote
Ohio Senator Jon Husted received $3,500 from Les Wexner.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Something is rotten in the state of Ohio
Wrapping my head around the lengths powerful people are going to protect powerful people who are sex abusers/traffickers/pedophiles.
History won't be kind to those defending & downplaying the Epstein collaborators.
I say arrest them ALL-but at the very least, they shouldn't be in the CABINET FFS
History won't be kind to those defending & downplaying the Epstein collaborators.
I say arrest them ALL-but at the very least, they shouldn't be in the CABINET FFS
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Wrapping my head around the lengths powerful people are going to protect powerful people who are sex abusers/traffickers/pedophiles.
History won't be kind to those defending & downplaying the Epstein collaborators.
I say arrest them ALL-but at the very least, they shouldn't be in the CABINET FFS
History won't be kind to those defending & downplaying the Epstein collaborators.
I say arrest them ALL-but at the very least, they shouldn't be in the CABINET FFS
Old enough to remember when the Republican Party said "character matters"
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Old enough to remember when the Republican Party said "character matters"
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Epstein Files truly reveal that many powerful men believe rape is a thing you get to do if you’re rich enough
February 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Epstein Files truly reveal that many powerful men believe rape is a thing you get to do if you’re rich enough
Anyone have a screenshot of the NYT image yesterday quoting an NFL player saying they should have "picked an American" and "they're leaning into the international stuff" too much when they chose Bad Bunny?
They deleted the skeet-it's still in the article but was hoping to show my students the image
They deleted the skeet-it's still in the article but was hoping to show my students the image
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Anyone have a screenshot of the NYT image yesterday quoting an NFL player saying they should have "picked an American" and "they're leaning into the international stuff" too much when they chose Bad Bunny?
They deleted the skeet-it's still in the article but was hoping to show my students the image
They deleted the skeet-it's still in the article but was hoping to show my students the image
I'm so excited to be back as a @retroreport.org Teacher Ambassador for 2026! Looking forward to learning from and collaborating with this dream team of educators, and using and sharing the vast library of resources for teachers on Retro Report!
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I'm so excited to be back as a @retroreport.org Teacher Ambassador for 2026! Looking forward to learning from and collaborating with this dream team of educators, and using and sharing the vast library of resources for teachers on Retro Report!
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Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Meeting in solidarity with Haitians in Springfield, Ohio now - over 600 people and still growing.
Interrupting winter to share this yummy one-pot, 5 ingredient recipe that my family ate up: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7689...
One-Pot Tomato Grains and Greens Recipe (Gift Recipe)
Even with just five ingredients, this low-effort, wholesome weeknight dinner (or lunch) is deeply savory and satisfying. It relies on the two-for-one power of jarred marinated sun-dried tomatoes, whos...
cooking.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Interrupting winter to share this yummy one-pot, 5 ingredient recipe that my family ate up: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7689...
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Public school districts need to do everything in their power to bring back highly trained school media specialist or school librarian positions they've cut over the past decade plus. Media literacy is not a luxury. It needs to be in all levels of our schools.
And, as our 2024 teen survey showed, 94% of teens want #MediaLiteracy education. But just 39% of teens reporting receiving any such instruction: bit.ly/NewsLiteracy...
The need + the desire has never been more clear.
The need + the desire has never been more clear.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Public school districts need to do everything in their power to bring back highly trained school media specialist or school librarian positions they've cut over the past decade plus. Media literacy is not a luxury. It needs to be in all levels of our schools.
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
January 25, 2026 at 2:47 AM
i think about this picture of fred shuttlesworth looking at his bombed out house every day because it is in my classroom and so i see it five times a week. tired and defiant.
a face that says well, on we go
a face that says well, on we go
The uncomfortable truth here is that this is NOT limited to "just this moment in Minneapolis"-if you study actual, evidence-based U.S. History you are well aware that state sponsored violence is NOT without precedent. Wilmington, 1898 is a good place to start--also see Red Shirts, White League, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The uncomfortable truth here is that this is NOT limited to "just this moment in Minneapolis"-if you study actual, evidence-based U.S. History you are well aware that state sponsored violence is NOT without precedent. Wilmington, 1898 is a good place to start--also see Red Shirts, White League, etc.
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"The very frequent inquiry made after my lectures by interested friends is. "What can I do to help the cause?" The answer always is, "Tell the world the facts."
--Ida B. Wells
--Ida B. Wells
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"The very frequent inquiry made after my lectures by interested friends is. "What can I do to help the cause?" The answer always is, "Tell the world the facts."
--Ida B. Wells
--Ida B. Wells
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"For Quartering large bodies of troops among us:
For protecting them ... from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
US Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
For protecting them ... from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
US Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"For Quartering large bodies of troops among us:
For protecting them ... from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
US Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
For protecting them ... from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States."
US Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
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"He has ... sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people ...
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power." 1/
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power." 1/
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"He has ... sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people ...
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power." 1/
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power." 1/
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didn’t realise we were going to celebrate 250 years since the revolutionary war by doing it again
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
didn’t realise we were going to celebrate 250 years since the revolutionary war by doing it again
DHS is lying. Lying lying liars, murderers, ANYONE who watches the video will see it. I made myself watch it once; that was enough.
Tears in my eyes.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
Tears in my eyes.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
DHS is lying. Lying lying liars, murderers, ANYONE who watches the video will see it. I made myself watch it once; that was enough.
Tears in my eyes.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
Tears in my eyes.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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