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Ants

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Why is my child crying this morning? He just found out @nytimes.com Kids Section is being discontinued. Taking any suggestions for kid-oriented journalism that appeals to upper elementary ages.

September 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM

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Drew Schnoebelen

@dschnoeb.bsky.social

Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!

May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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The New York Times

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An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1

March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM

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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.”

McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming.

Full text:

From: Linda McMahon
Subject: Our Department's Final Mission
When I took the oath of office as Secretary of Education, I accepted responsibility for overseeing the U.S. Department of Education and those who work here. But more importantly, I took responsibility for supporting over 100 million American children and college students who are counting on their education to create opportunity and prepare them for a rewarding career.
I want to do right by both.
As you are all aware, President Trump nominated me to take the lead on one of his most momentous campaign promises to families. My vision is aligned with the President's: to send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children. As a mother and grandmother, I know there is nobody more qualified than a parent to make educational decisions for their children. I also started my career studying to be a teacher, and as a Connecticut Board of Education member and college
trustee, I have long held that teaching is the most noble of professions. As a businesswoman, I know the power of education to prepare workers for fulfilling careers.
American education can be the greatest in the world. It ought not to be corrupted by political ideologies, special interests, and unjust discrimination. Parents, teachers, and students alike deserve better.
After President Trump's inauguration last month, he steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep his promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology, discrimination in admissions, promoting school choice for every child, and restoring patriotic education and civics. He has also been focused on eliminating waste, red tape, and harmful programs in the federal government.
The Department of Education's role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington.
This restoration will profoundly impact staff, budgets, and agency

As l've learned many times throughout my career, disruption leads to innovation and gets results. We must start thinking about our final mission at the department as an overhaul-a last chance to restore the culture of liberty and excellence that made American education great. Changing the status quo can be daunting. But every staff member of this Department should be enthusiastic about any change that will benefit students.
True change does not happen overnight—especially the historic overhaul of a federal agency. Over the coming months, as we work hard to carry out the President's directives, we will focus on a positive vision for what American education can be.
These are our convictions:
1. Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
2. Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning in math, reading, science, and history—not divisive DEl programs and gender ideology.
3. Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Removing red tape and bureaucratic barriers will empower parents to make the best educational choices for their children. An effective transfer of educational oversight to the states will mean more autonomy for local communities.
Teachers, too, will benefit from less micromanagement in the classroom-enabling them to get back to basics.
I hope each of you will embrace this vision going forward and use these convictions as a guide for conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals. I want to invite all employees to join us in this historic final mission on behalf of all students, with the same dedication and excellence that you have brought to your careers as public servants.
This is our opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. I hope you will join me in ensuring that when our final mission is complete, we will all be able to say

March 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@aoc.bsky.social

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM

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Jane Marie

@seejanemarie.bsky.social

I’m making a new show: DEAR JANE MARIE. It’s advice, like from ye olde blog days, when things were FUN. I’m inviting friends on to help me fix all your problems, or make them worse? Friends, death, roommates, cats, food, zits. Ask here: 323.248.1488

THANK YOU LOVE YOU BYE

January 10, 2024 at 11:01 PM

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Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam has won a seat on the New York City Council, more than three decades after he was wrongfully accused and convicted as a teenager

Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat

Exonerated “Central Park Five” member Yusef Salaam won a seat Tuesday evening on the New York City Council.

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November 8, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Ants

@ant5s.bsky.social

Have been waiting longer for my bag to come off the carousel than the actual flight. At what point do I cut and run and come back to Logan tomorrow?

November 6, 2023 at 7:05 AM

Ants

@ant5s.bsky.social

Remembering the simpler times, when we worried about things like poisonous spiders in our grapes.

modernfarmer.com/2013/12/spid...

Venomous Spiders Are Hiding in Our Grapes - Modern Farmer

All over the country - and the world - the innocent joy of eating grapes is being ravaged by an army of poison spiders.

modernfarmer.com

October 27, 2023 at 5:32 PM

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Sean Keeley

@seankeeley.bsky.social

I haven't seen a time when Jordan needed to step aside to allow Hakeem to ascend like this since 1993.

October 18, 2023 at 6:37 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

there seems to be some real larry cohen and robert downey sr. "lampooning of white american liberals' fetishization of black people" energy in this film and i'm here for it variety.com/2023/film/fe...