alexis
@alexisjennelle.bsky.social
alexis / lex | data analyst | soc MA | wannabe researcher | hoosier, for better or worse l she/her
Step 1. Expand access to charter schools so more students enroll in them
Step 2. Expand access to private schools so more students enroll in them
Step 3. Blame public school districts for falling enrollment numbers and threaten to convert them into charters.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Step 2. Expand access to private schools so more students enroll in them
Step 3. Blame public school districts for falling enrollment numbers and threaten to convert them into charters.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Legislation would dissolve IPS, four other school districts. Then charters take over
The proposed Indiana House Bill 1136 would dissolve Indianapolis Pubic Schools, Gary Community Schools, Tri-Township Schools, Union Schools, and Cannelton City Schools.
www.wfyi.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Step 1. Expand access to charter schools so more students enroll in them
Step 2. Expand access to private schools so more students enroll in them
Step 3. Blame public school districts for falling enrollment numbers and threaten to convert them into charters.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Step 2. Expand access to private schools so more students enroll in them
Step 3. Blame public school districts for falling enrollment numbers and threaten to convert them into charters.
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Grandma passed this week. I feel privileged to have had such a wonderful person in my life for so long. Not everyone does.
November 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Grandma passed this week. I feel privileged to have had such a wonderful person in my life for so long. Not everyone does.
Post-2016, I would watch episodes of CNN's The Sixties to ground me and put things in perspective, but that sure as fuck doesn't work anymore. I have to read about slavery now!!
November 16, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Post-2016, I would watch episodes of CNN's The Sixties to ground me and put things in perspective, but that sure as fuck doesn't work anymore. I have to read about slavery now!!
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping changes to federal agencies, but there’s one he wants to do away with altogether: the Department of Education.
Trump pledged to close the Education Department. What would that mean?
The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2024 at 10:00 PM
President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping changes to federal agencies, but there’s one he wants to do away with altogether: the Department of Education.
November 10, 2024 at 2:21 AM
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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
in a cruel irony, I have "My President is Black" stuck in my head
November 10, 2024 at 12:29 AM
in a cruel irony, I have "My President is Black" stuck in my head
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Mike Dukakis ran against the member of a yankee political aristocracy; Al Gore and John Kerry ran against the next generation of that aristocracy. Obama ran against a hedge fund guy, while Clinton ran against a guy who lived in a gold house.
But they were the elites!
But they were the elites!
November 9, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Mike Dukakis ran against the member of a yankee political aristocracy; Al Gore and John Kerry ran against the next generation of that aristocracy. Obama ran against a hedge fund guy, while Clinton ran against a guy who lived in a gold house.
But they were the elites!
But they were the elites!
I went back into the office yesterday and, partly due to an increasing level of sleep deprivation, was reallyyyy close to needing to call a crisis line
I just thought about all the folks younger than me who are scared, with less support, so I reached into my coping skill toolbox and got through it.
I just thought about all the folks younger than me who are scared, with less support, so I reached into my coping skill toolbox and got through it.
November 9, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I went back into the office yesterday and, partly due to an increasing level of sleep deprivation, was reallyyyy close to needing to call a crisis line
I just thought about all the folks younger than me who are scared, with less support, so I reached into my coping skill toolbox and got through it.
I just thought about all the folks younger than me who are scared, with less support, so I reached into my coping skill toolbox and got through it.
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This just hit my inbox, from the Trevor Project
November 8, 2024 at 9:00 PM
This just hit my inbox, from the Trevor Project
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i’ll say i am darkly amused by the increase in web searches for “what are tariffs”
November 9, 2024 at 2:56 PM
i’ll say i am darkly amused by the increase in web searches for “what are tariffs”
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I was quite shocked to see that Florida, plowed by 4 hurricanes in a row, voted against climate action, but this may partially explain it. It's scary to contemplate the consequences, but (maybe not surprisingly) it's easier for ppl to deny that they are in trouble than solving the problem...
Denying the existence of a climate crisis is not only convenient, but may feel psychologically necessary to many people https://buff.ly/4fzeKjD
🌎 #climatesky
🌎 #climatesky
Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial
Terror management theory explores the lengths our minds will go to to deny existential threats. Psychologists explain what that can mean for climate denial.
buff.ly
November 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM
I was quite shocked to see that Florida, plowed by 4 hurricanes in a row, voted against climate action, but this may partially explain it. It's scary to contemplate the consequences, but (maybe not surprisingly) it's easier for ppl to deny that they are in trouble than solving the problem...
talked with my mom this morning in depth about the election. we have a relative who works for a company contracted by the state to administer gov aid, who is struggling financially (being helped by multiple fam members), who implied they voted for trump 🧵
November 7, 2024 at 5:12 PM
talked with my mom this morning in depth about the election. we have a relative who works for a company contracted by the state to administer gov aid, who is struggling financially (being helped by multiple fam members), who implied they voted for trump 🧵
last night i watched a season of top chef i have already seen so many times i practically have it memorized (s12 boston).
also stardew on the switch.
also stardew on the switch.
strongly encourage people to find something mindless to do over the next few days. i'm watching THE SAINT for the podcast and the fact that this movie is terrible is actually a bit of a salve
November 7, 2024 at 1:14 PM
last night i watched a season of top chef i have already seen so many times i practically have it memorized (s12 boston).
also stardew on the switch.
also stardew on the switch.
will eventually use that thing that ids your twitter follows on bluesky and merge things over here + make this my new main account, but cba right now.
November 6, 2024 at 3:57 PM
will eventually use that thing that ids your twitter follows on bluesky and merge things over here + make this my new main account, but cba right now.
least shocking result
It appears Trump won Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Muslim-American population.
He won a plurality, 42.48%, whereas Harris won 36.26%. Jill Stein received 18.37%
Biden won the town with 68.8% of the vote in 2020. www.freep.com/story/news/p...
He won a plurality, 42.48%, whereas Harris won 36.26%. Jill Stein received 18.37%
Biden won the town with 68.8% of the vote in 2020. www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Trump wins Dearborn amid anger over Gaza and Lebanon; Jill Stein receives 18% of vote
Donald Trump won Dearborn and made gains in Hamtramck amid anger in Arab American and Muslim communities about deaths in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen.
www.freep.com
November 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
least shocking result
The Zach Braff/Donald Faison/Jason Momoa T-Mobile commercial is my favorite commercial in like. years. It delights me every time.
May 11, 2024 at 1:03 PM
The Zach Braff/Donald Faison/Jason Momoa T-Mobile commercial is my favorite commercial in like. years. It delights me every time.
Haven't actually listened to any of the diss tracks because I'm too busy listening to Country Grammar and Return of the Mack every single day.
May 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Haven't actually listened to any of the diss tracks because I'm too busy listening to Country Grammar and Return of the Mack every single day.
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"Professional agitator" is the term segregationists used to denounce Martin Luther King Jr. during the Birmingham campaign, and it was just as valid a criticism then as it is now.
May 1, 2024 at 7:45 PM
"Professional agitator" is the term segregationists used to denounce Martin Luther King Jr. during the Birmingham campaign, and it was just as valid a criticism then as it is now.
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OJ was about to give damning information about Hunter Biden to the FBI.
April 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
OJ was about to give damning information about Hunter Biden to the FBI.
For my birthday, I received a coupon in the mail for Buca di Beppo, a restaurant I have never been to
April 11, 2024 at 11:52 PM
For my birthday, I received a coupon in the mail for Buca di Beppo, a restaurant I have never been to
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this has been the defense for the first six months of this war but it’s not going to work anymore. the disproportionality is much too stark for even people somewhat sympathetic to israel to believe the genocide in gaza is retaliation for one terrorist attack.
www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/p...
April 3, 2024 at 11:46 AM
this has been the defense for the first six months of this war but it’s not going to work anymore. the disproportionality is much too stark for even people somewhat sympathetic to israel to believe the genocide in gaza is retaliation for one terrorist attack.
www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/p...
At this point I'm willing to pay black market prices for vanilla NadaMoo. I don't know what's going on with this brand but it's the best coconut milk-based ice cream I've had, and the one store nearby that is supposed to have vanilla did not.
April 3, 2024 at 2:32 PM
At this point I'm willing to pay black market prices for vanilla NadaMoo. I don't know what's going on with this brand but it's the best coconut milk-based ice cream I've had, and the one store nearby that is supposed to have vanilla did not.
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World Central Kitchen has shared the identities of the seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces.
April 2, 2024 at 11:21 PM
World Central Kitchen has shared the identities of the seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces.