Tiffany Larson, PhD
@tiffanyrlarson.bsky.social
Rebel with a cause. Literacy. The cause is literacy. Texan abroad. She/her
Uh. Did his firearm go off when he fell!?! 😱
Is there a limit to how many times you can watch ICE falling on ICE?
January 11, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Uh. Did his firearm go off when he fell!?! 😱
Hey teacher friends- I want to update the 10-20 poems I use to introduce poetry to sophomores. This is not my strong suit.
Send me your suggestions for any really great poems that you and your students love. #poetry #literacy
Send me your suggestions for any really great poems that you and your students love. #poetry #literacy
a woman says i could really use some help in front of a sign that says schitts creek
ALT: a woman says i could really use some help in front of a sign that says schitts creek
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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New Hampshire! They're coming for your right to read again! This time around, let's see if we can stop it in committee. Contact your State Senators!
PRESS RELEASE: House Lawmakers Push Yet Another Book Ban Bill | NEA-NH
Vote on SB 33 Follows Sustained Veto on 2025 Book Ban Bill
neanh.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
New Hampshire! They're coming for your right to read again! This time around, let's see if we can stop it in committee. Contact your State Senators!
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Feeling overwhelmed by book bans and censorship where you live?
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
A Pep Talk for Those of Us in “Red” States
Advocates in red states face real-time censorship but persist through accountability, community-building, and small wins, holding the line for students and democracy.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Feeling overwhelmed by book bans and censorship where you live?
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
This pep talk offers encouragement, acknowledges the real challenges advocates face, and highlights the meaningful ways people are making a difference even when wins feel small.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/a_pep_talk_f...
Trying to get back to work, but my cozy nook and books are calling!
December 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Trying to get back to work, but my cozy nook and books are calling!
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What will you stand for in 2026?
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What will you stand for in 2026?
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community.
#FreedomToRead #StopBookBans
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
Oh. Oh no. 😬
This is an incredibly illuminating video on what we're up against.
She thinks I'm with ICE
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Oh. Oh no. 😬
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Well said (and absolutely terrifying)👇
As Hannah Arendt put it: "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." Undermining that distinction will be a lasting legacy of generative AI.
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Well said (and absolutely terrifying)👇
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This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025
As many have already pointed out- this was a planned attack on the lecturer.
The same is true of the OU TA who was fired for doing their job.
Universities trying to sidle up with political power have entirely lost the thread of what a university education is for.
The same is true of the OU TA who was fired for doing their job.
Universities trying to sidle up with political power have entirely lost the thread of what a university education is for.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As many have already pointed out- this was a planned attack on the lecturer.
The same is true of the OU TA who was fired for doing their job.
Universities trying to sidle up with political power have entirely lost the thread of what a university education is for.
The same is true of the OU TA who was fired for doing their job.
Universities trying to sidle up with political power have entirely lost the thread of what a university education is for.
Merry Christmas to all my friends, and a wonderful holiday season!
a greeting card that says happy holidays
ALT: a greeting card that says happy holidays
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Merry Christmas to all my friends, and a wonderful holiday season!
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So, free speech is the freedom to censor those who think we should censor hate speech?
December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So, free speech is the freedom to censor those who think we should censor hate speech?
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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CBS NEWS: “We can’t report on the current murdering spree until we get the serial killer’s side of the story.”
December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
CBS NEWS: “We can’t report on the current murdering spree until we get the serial killer’s side of the story.”
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We're looking for signatures in Victoria, Texas!
Stop book bans in Victoria, Texas: They don’t speak for us
Removing and banning books of any topic is censorship; plain and simple. We cannot allow books to be removed because it creates a slippery slope. This is a PUBLIC library paid for by taxpayers, and th...
www.fightforthefirst.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We're looking for signatures in Victoria, Texas!
This is horrible. I understand but can’t believe that the adults allowed their own lack of tech savvy to perpetuate this non-sense. That principal should lose their job if they can’t keep all of their students safe.
apnews.com/article/scho...
apnews.com/article/scho...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is horrible. I understand but can’t believe that the adults allowed their own lack of tech savvy to perpetuate this non-sense. That principal should lose their job if they can’t keep all of their students safe.
apnews.com/article/scho...
apnews.com/article/scho...
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I wish we pushed for research on the political economy of academia more. It's what takes us beyond "oh why did this one person cite a fake journal article?" into "why do we have a system that rewards people who do not engage with prior research and simply churn out pubs?"
December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wish we pushed for research on the political economy of academia more. It's what takes us beyond "oh why did this one person cite a fake journal article?" into "why do we have a system that rewards people who do not engage with prior research and simply churn out pubs?"
There’s an Edu-bro on FB with the *worst* literacy takes. And he’s popular. Kids don’t need to read books. Fluency and PA aren’t real. Like..what?! It makes me cringe.
a woman says oopsie you said something super dumb ..
ALT: a woman says oopsie you said something super dumb ..
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
There’s an Edu-bro on FB with the *worst* literacy takes. And he’s popular. Kids don’t need to read books. Fluency and PA aren’t real. Like..what?! It makes me cringe.
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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#literacies folks, my institution is hiring for Fall 2026. Share widely. Very much an early reading position focused on STR/SoR. We're a very small program and teaching focused. Happy to connect before I'm told I'm on the hiring committee and HR tells me I can't talk to anyone.
Assistant Professor in Teacher Education — Literacy Emphasis (Fall 2026)
The Teacher Education Department within the Dreeben School of Education invites full-time faculty candidates for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Teacher Education-Literacy Emphasis for fall 2026. ...
jobs.uiw.edu
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#literacies folks, my institution is hiring for Fall 2026. Share widely. Very much an early reading position focused on STR/SoR. We're a very small program and teaching focused. Happy to connect before I'm told I'm on the hiring committee and HR tells me I can't talk to anyone.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
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PRESS RELEASE: ELA classroom teachers will lead the creation of a scalable framework for responsible AI use in the discipline through a new initiative led by #NCTE, courtesy of a national grant from Google.org, the company’s philanthropy. https://ncte.org/blog/2025/12/ela-ai-framework-press-release/
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PRESS RELEASE: ELA classroom teachers will lead the creation of a scalable framework for responsible AI use in the discipline through a new initiative led by #NCTE, courtesy of a national grant from Google.org, the company’s philanthropy. https://ncte.org/blog/2025/12/ela-ai-framework-press-release/