LukeAF
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
Public education advocate, craft beer enthusiast, union strong, spouse of @cjmoose
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LukeAF
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Taxing the ultra-wealthy doesn’t come from a sense of greed or a desire to punish. Instead, it’s a necessary precondition to restoring a healthy democracy and providing power to the historically disenfranchised. 4/4
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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I sometimes think that being a competent writer actually hurts your career prospects as a reporter because editors and publishers at major outlets consider clear, crisp descriptions of Republicans' actions more biased than muddled, passive-tense argle bargle.
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I sometimes think that being a competent writer actually hurts your career prospects as a reporter because editors and publishers at major outlets consider clear, crisp descriptions of Republicans' actions more biased than muddled, passive-tense argle bargle.
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Florida’s Social Studies standards are getting another update next month.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Florida’s Social Studies standards are getting another update next month.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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"We need better democrats" - @jeremymatlow.bsky.social (at an FSU Dems event) speaking on the failures of Tallahassee Democratic leadership.
Matlow is they type of progressive leadership Tallahassee needs, he's not just another Democrat.
Matlow is they type of progressive leadership Tallahassee needs, he's not just another Democrat.
October 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"We need better democrats" - @jeremymatlow.bsky.social (at an FSU Dems event) speaking on the failures of Tallahassee Democratic leadership.
Matlow is they type of progressive leadership Tallahassee needs, he's not just another Democrat.
Matlow is they type of progressive leadership Tallahassee needs, he's not just another Democrat.
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All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?
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Parent needs a hand coming up with a fantastical story at bedtime whose details may resemble fact but are impossible to verify?
Congratulations, Nature has already filled this void: what you're looking for is 'an uncle''
Congratulations, Nature has already filled this void: what you're looking for is 'an uncle''
Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Parent needs a hand coming up with a fantastical story at bedtime whose details may resemble fact but are impossible to verify?
Congratulations, Nature has already filled this void: what you're looking for is 'an uncle''
Congratulations, Nature has already filled this void: what you're looking for is 'an uncle''
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The most important thing to remember about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is that Puerto Rico is a colony whose residents are US citizens and pay taxes but don't get to vote for the president, have no voting representation in Congress,
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The most important thing to remember about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is that Puerto Rico is a colony whose residents are US citizens and pay taxes but don't get to vote for the president, have no voting representation in Congress,
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Let’s be real: the struggle isn’t about avocado toast. It’s about billionaires hoarding power and keeping wages flat—all while costs rise.
Workers aren’t the problem. Billionaires are. Until we flip that script, nothing changes.
Workers aren’t the problem. Billionaires are. Until we flip that script, nothing changes.
September 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Let’s be real: the struggle isn’t about avocado toast. It’s about billionaires hoarding power and keeping wages flat—all while costs rise.
Workers aren’t the problem. Billionaires are. Until we flip that script, nothing changes.
Workers aren’t the problem. Billionaires are. Until we flip that script, nothing changes.
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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Since Antifa isn’t really an “organization”, this is just carte blanche to arbitrarily declare people terrorists.
BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.”
Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.
Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Since Antifa isn’t really an “organization”, this is just carte blanche to arbitrarily declare people terrorists.
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September 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Fred’s First #Caturday!
This morning Fred graduated from the guest bathroom to the guest bedroom! He has already mastered his SureFeed microchip feeder that is activated by his collar (which is a super-fast learning curve). Once he gets chipped, he won’t even need the collar.
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
This morning Fred graduated from the guest bathroom to the guest bedroom! He has already mastered his SureFeed microchip feeder that is activated by his collar (which is a super-fast learning curve). Once he gets chipped, he won’t even need the collar.
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fred’s First #Caturday!
This morning Fred graduated from the guest bathroom to the guest bedroom! He has already mastered his SureFeed microchip feeder that is activated by his collar (which is a super-fast learning curve). Once he gets chipped, he won’t even need the collar.
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
This morning Fred graduated from the guest bathroom to the guest bedroom! He has already mastered his SureFeed microchip feeder that is activated by his collar (which is a super-fast learning curve). Once he gets chipped, he won’t even need the collar.
@1lukeaf.bsky.social
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When our working families are strong, Minnesota is strong.
That’s why we’ve established paid leave, expanded the right to collectively bargain, and why we’re investing in the projects creating the union jobs of the future.
Happy Labor Day, Minnesota.
That’s why we’ve established paid leave, expanded the right to collectively bargain, and why we’re investing in the projects creating the union jobs of the future.
Happy Labor Day, Minnesota.
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When our working families are strong, Minnesota is strong.
That’s why we’ve established paid leave, expanded the right to collectively bargain, and why we’re investing in the projects creating the union jobs of the future.
Happy Labor Day, Minnesota.
That’s why we’ve established paid leave, expanded the right to collectively bargain, and why we’re investing in the projects creating the union jobs of the future.
Happy Labor Day, Minnesota.
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Yes. Once you start seeing this (Institution X probably wanted do this conservative thing anyway but now can blame it on Trump), it's everywhere. It's not capitulation, it's agreement. "We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2014-2020 because of woke/progressive/anti-racist pressure."
circling back to @perrybaconjr.bsky.social on how institutions are *using* Trump threats to do much of what their leadership (including boards & investors) want to do
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Why So Many Key Institutions Have Folded Rather Than Challenge Trump
Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe a lot of these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing. Just remember: Trump was defeated once before.
newrepublic.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Yes. Once you start seeing this (Institution X probably wanted do this conservative thing anyway but now can blame it on Trump), it's everywhere. It's not capitulation, it's agreement. "We can stop doing this thing we started doing from 2014-2020 because of woke/progressive/anti-racist pressure."
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“If you’re too far left you can’t win conservative voters” is the kind of thing that sounds sensible - until you see the “too far left” guy win 23% support from them
August 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“If you’re too far left you can’t win conservative voters” is the kind of thing that sounds sensible - until you see the “too far left” guy win 23% support from them
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I once thought the point of a business was to create a product or provide a service that people liked so much they paid for it and told others about it.
But that's not American-style capitalism. The point of American capitalism is simply to extract wealth from consumers by any means necessary.
But that's not American-style capitalism. The point of American capitalism is simply to extract wealth from consumers by any means necessary.
Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I once thought the point of a business was to create a product or provide a service that people liked so much they paid for it and told others about it.
But that's not American-style capitalism. The point of American capitalism is simply to extract wealth from consumers by any means necessary.
But that's not American-style capitalism. The point of American capitalism is simply to extract wealth from consumers by any means necessary.
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The state’s tool (which comes at a much higher price tag for taxpayers) is just about ready. The description of the tool no longer includes that it will allow access to review materials in their entirety - noting it is “protecting publisher rights.”
www.tegtech.io/success-stor...
www.tegtech.io/success-stor...
August 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The state’s tool (which comes at a much higher price tag for taxpayers) is just about ready. The description of the tool no longer includes that it will allow access to review materials in their entirety - noting it is “protecting publisher rights.”
www.tegtech.io/success-stor...
www.tegtech.io/success-stor...
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"The right wins when people believe that a hero is coming to save them.
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
No One is Coming to Save Us
Building collective power in the age of individualism.
graceblakeley.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The right wins when people believe that a hero is coming to save them.
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
If the left is going to win, we have to provide an alternative: one that empowers people through collective struggle, rather than the false promises of powerful men."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
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🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 2)
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 2)
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FEA Vice President Carole Gauronskas joined @sanders.senate.gov, Sen. Edward Markey, @aft.org, and @neatoday.bsky.social for a powerful town hall today on teacher pay and the fight to save public education.
🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 1)
🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 1)
July 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
FEA Vice President Carole Gauronskas joined @sanders.senate.gov, Sen. Edward Markey, @aft.org, and @neatoday.bsky.social for a powerful town hall today on teacher pay and the fight to save public education.
🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 1)
🎥 Watch as Carole breaks down why the Pay Teachers Act is urgently needed. (Pt. 1)
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Thinking about this piece from yesterday as I read the news of Columbia's breathtaking cowardice.
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thinking about this piece from yesterday as I read the news of Columbia's breathtaking cowardice.
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My basic response to the question of pronouns defaults to, "Why would I speak to someone in a way that hurts them on purpose?" A lot of people - maybe most people - in this country apparently don't feel that way, and I guess I'll just never understand that.
July 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
My basic response to the question of pronouns defaults to, "Why would I speak to someone in a way that hurts them on purpose?" A lot of people - maybe most people - in this country apparently don't feel that way, and I guess I'll just never understand that.