Tracy O’Connell Novick
@tracynovick.bsky.social
Yes, that Tracy Novick
she/her/hers
Education policy and finance
I speak here only for me/ nullius in verba
from the Heart of the Commonwealth
Sometimes random photos of the cat
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she/her/hers
Education policy and finance
I speak here only for me/ nullius in verba
from the Heart of the Commonwealth
Sometimes random photos of the cat
linktr.ee/TracyNovick
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NMDP (Formerly Be The Match) Global Nonprofit in Cell Therapy | NMDP
NMDP (formerly Be The Match & National Marrow Donor Program) is a global leader in bone marrow & blood stem cell transplant, driving life-saving research.
www.nmdp.org
Today is the 14th (!) anniversary of my stem cell donation, so I will ask, as I do every year: please sign up to be a stem cell donor!
And if you aren't eligible to donate stem cells, please consider donating money.
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And if you aren't eligible to donate stem cells, please consider donating money.
www.nmdp.org
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"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
"did you try to bribe the president of the united states by giving him your nobel peace prize so he will declare that you are in charge of venezuela after abducting its leader by military force" is just a thing that someone can be asked in an interview now and we all have to deal with that
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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Bold, assuming that this is a copy editing issue.
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Bold, assuming that this is a copy editing issue.
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I'm sorry but I hate whenever Dems talk about hugely important things like taking control of a country of 30 million people and threatening to take over a bunch of other countries as a "distraction."
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm sorry but I hate whenever Dems talk about hugely important things like taking control of a country of 30 million people and threatening to take over a bunch of other countries as a "distraction."
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What IS on people’s bingo cards?
January 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
What IS on people’s bingo cards?
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Thirty people, including one child, in Massachusetts have died from flu-related illness this season. The percent of hospitalizations associated with the flu has spiked in the last couple of weeks — a full month before last year's surge.
Mass. reports first flu-related death of a child as cases spike
The percent of hospitalizations associated with the flu has spiked in the last couple of weeks — a full month before last year's surge.
www.wbur.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thirty people, including one child, in Massachusetts have died from flu-related illness this season. The percent of hospitalizations associated with the flu has spiked in the last couple of weeks — a full month before last year's surge.
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
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“This is just one more example of the decisions coming out of HHS that are sowing confusion and making it harder for people to know what to do,” former CDC official Daniel Jernigan said. @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @helenbranswell.bsky.social at @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive
The number of recommended childhood shots drops from 17 to 11.
www.statnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
“This is just one more example of the decisions coming out of HHS that are sowing confusion and making it harder for people to know what to do,” former CDC official Daniel Jernigan said. @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social and @helenbranswell.bsky.social at @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/05/c...
well, look at that: Allston-Brighton represent!
Liz Breadon is the new Boston City Council president following an intense session of behind-the-scenes vote-wrangling and politicking during Monday's council meeting.
Breadon wins Boston City Council presidency in an upset
Liz Breadon is the new Boston City Council president following an intense session of behind-the-scenes vote-wrangling and politicking during Monday's council meeting.
www.wbur.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
well, look at that: Allston-Brighton represent!
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New comptroller's report from Tennessee on ESA schools' tuition: "Tuition at participating schools exceeds the amount of the ESA award by approximately $3,000, on average."
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
New comptroller's report from Tennessee on ESA schools' tuition: "Tuition at participating schools exceeds the amount of the ESA award by approximately $3,000, on average."
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You cannot value the librarian code of ethics while also being pro-genAI. GenAI is a direct violation of our code of ethics.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
You cannot value the librarian code of ethics while also being pro-genAI. GenAI is a direct violation of our code of ethics.
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"Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Canadian officials say US health institutions no longer dependable for accurate information
Misinformation from the Trump administration is cited as fuelling Canadians’ concerns over childhood vaccinations
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"Canadian officials and public health experts are warning that US health and science institutions can no longer be depended upon for accurate information, particularly when it comes to vaccinations." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social so very sorry about the loss of your father, and in such circumstances.
January 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social so very sorry about the loss of your father, and in such circumstances.
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NEW: More than 300 judges — including 33 appointed by Trump himself — have now rebuffed the Trump administration’s bid to dramatically expand efforts to lock people up while they fight deportation.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
NEW: More than 300 judges — including 33 appointed by Trump himself — have now rebuffed the Trump administration’s bid to dramatically expand efforts to lock people up while they fight deportation.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
www.politico.com/news/2026/01/05/trump-administration-immigrants-mandatory-detention-00709494
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Happy twelfth night everyone! It is still Christmas, and anyone who says different us weird and being weird.
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
January 5, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Happy twelfth night everyone! It is still Christmas, and anyone who says different us weird and being weird.
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
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In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime. n.pr/4skvoKV
In the U.S., hunger is often hidden. But it can still leave scars on body and mind
In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime.
n.pr
January 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM
In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime. n.pr/4skvoKV
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Pope Leo has received Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the US, in private audience today.
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Pope Leo has received Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the US, in private audience today.
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This is a very important point and if you’ve ever wondered why you’ve gotten suddenly blocked or soft blocked, this might be part of it! Some of y’all do this a LOT and anybody with more than a couple followers (esp if presenting as femme) gets a LOT of this in their mentions
*sits on chair backwards, youth pastor style*
Hey gang! Today we're going to talk about jokes, and how context makes them work, and one really common reason why someone who doesn't know you well might get upset with a joke that uses your good nature as the puchline to a raunchy or edgy joke.
Hey gang! Today we're going to talk about jokes, and how context makes them work, and one really common reason why someone who doesn't know you well might get upset with a joke that uses your good nature as the puchline to a raunchy or edgy joke.
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
This is a very important point and if you’ve ever wondered why you’ve gotten suddenly blocked or soft blocked, this might be part of it! Some of y’all do this a LOT and anybody with more than a couple followers (esp if presenting as femme) gets a LOT of this in their mentions
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Family member got stranded yesterday and sent this today and I hate that this makes sense in our would under this guy
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Family member got stranded yesterday and sent this today and I hate that this makes sense in our would under this guy
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One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack. n.pr/494xdUS
Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack.
n.pr
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack. n.pr/494xdUS
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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Ireland: preserving the last embers of civilization while the empire falls since 430 CE.
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Fewer Irish people using ChatGPT than in other countries, OpenAI told Taoiseach
Micheál Martin was told application had been rolled out to all secondary school students in Estonia ‘to complement the curriculum’
www.irishtimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Ireland: preserving the last embers of civilization while the empire falls since 430 CE.