Christie McBride
@cgmcbride.bsky.social
Bleeding Heart Liberal. Writing Professor. Dog Mom. Photographer. Stoic Learner. Book Lover. Ex-Evangelical. Wife of @jamcbride.
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17 states and D.C. now have laws restricting smartphone use in schools. Perhaps surprisingly, many students are on board: About 40% of Gen Z support phone-free schools and say they wish social media had never been invented.
By Margaret Murray @umich.edu:
theconversation.com/school-smart...
#edusky
By Margaret Murray @umich.edu:
theconversation.com/school-smart...
#edusky
School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health and academic performance
Across the US, parents are leading the charge to limit cellphone use in schools.
theconversation.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
17 states and D.C. now have laws restricting smartphone use in schools. Perhaps surprisingly, many students are on board: About 40% of Gen Z support phone-free schools and say they wish social media had never been invented.
By Margaret Murray @umich.edu:
theconversation.com/school-smart...
#edusky
By Margaret Murray @umich.edu:
theconversation.com/school-smart...
#edusky
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Multistate salmonella outbreak linked to recalled frozen sprouted beans: CDC, FDA
Multistate salmonella outbreak linked to recalled frozen sprouted beans
Federal food and health officials have connected a salmonella outbreak impacting patients in 10 states to frozen sprouted beans that have been recalled.
myfox8.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Multistate salmonella outbreak linked to recalled frozen sprouted beans: CDC, FDA
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Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) tore into Republican colleagues on MSNBC for projecting concern about rural hospital closures, immediately after passing a bill for hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts that put their funding at risk in the first place.
'Crocodile tears': Senator hammers Republicans expressing buyer's remorse
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) tore into Republican colleagues on MSNBC for projecting concern about rural hospital closures, immediately after passing a bill for hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts that put their funding at risk in the first place.This comes as Markey introduces legislation to further uni...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) tore into Republican colleagues on MSNBC for projecting concern about rural hospital closures, immediately after passing a bill for hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts that put their funding at risk in the first place.
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Just an absolute failure by Democratic leadership. This is exactly what they should be messaging about.
@joshtpm.bsky.social reports today that defenders of science research have proposed that senators visit the NIH (and invite the media) to hear about the research on cures being shut down there. Yet Democratic Senate staff have declined, saying it doesn't fit with their comms strategy. [head desk]
Fight or Don’t Fight and Take the Consequences
It’s become almost commonplace in recent years, and especially in the last...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Just an absolute failure by Democratic leadership. This is exactly what they should be messaging about.
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Thanks to Trump's disastrous USDA cuts, DMV food banks have lost 1.4 MILLION meals and food banks nationally are struggling to meet growing demand.
There's nothing "efficient" about taking food from people in need. It's just more cruelty from Trump and his cabinet of billionaires.
There's nothing "efficient" about taking food from people in need. It's just more cruelty from Trump and his cabinet of billionaires.
Local food banks have lost 1.4 million meals to Trump’s cuts
As local food banks struggle to meet demand, the Trump administration has cut USDA funding meant to provide meals for those in need.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thanks to Trump's disastrous USDA cuts, DMV food banks have lost 1.4 MILLION meals and food banks nationally are struggling to meet growing demand.
There's nothing "efficient" about taking food from people in need. It's just more cruelty from Trump and his cabinet of billionaires.
There's nothing "efficient" about taking food from people in need. It's just more cruelty from Trump and his cabinet of billionaires.
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WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
Trump on his Middle East trip: "They gave us a nice contribution of about $5 trillion."
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
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Sofia and I are praying for
Pres Biden and his family.
Cancer sucks
Pres Biden and his family.
Cancer sucks
May 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sofia and I are praying for
Pres Biden and his family.
Cancer sucks
Pres Biden and his family.
Cancer sucks
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FOUR years too late you SPINELESS Mike Pence..
We will NOT praise you for having “the courage to certify the 2020 election which Biden won”, because THAT was your damn job!!
Trump organized and led a COUP against our Constitution, and that coup continues TODAY with his 145 UNconstiturional EOs
We will NOT praise you for having “the courage to certify the 2020 election which Biden won”, because THAT was your damn job!!
Trump organized and led a COUP against our Constitution, and that coup continues TODAY with his 145 UNconstiturional EOs
May 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
FOUR years too late you SPINELESS Mike Pence..
We will NOT praise you for having “the courage to certify the 2020 election which Biden won”, because THAT was your damn job!!
Trump organized and led a COUP against our Constitution, and that coup continues TODAY with his 145 UNconstiturional EOs
We will NOT praise you for having “the courage to certify the 2020 election which Biden won”, because THAT was your damn job!!
Trump organized and led a COUP against our Constitution, and that coup continues TODAY with his 145 UNconstiturional EOs
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He also halted arms shipments to Ukraine without telling anyone, until congressional Republicans found out about it and got it reversed.
P.S. - Biden is old.
P.S. - Biden is old.
May 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
He also halted arms shipments to Ukraine without telling anyone, until congressional Republicans found out about it and got it reversed.
P.S. - Biden is old.
P.S. - Biden is old.
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Overseeing the presidential gift rules was among my duties as White House Ethics Czar -- so I know how it's supposed to work
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The gift of this plane to Trump is illegal & unconstitutional
The AG & the WH Counsel oughtta be ashamed of themselves for allowing it
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered
He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office
And he's going to keep using it after he leaves!
Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal
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We cannot harm those deemed “undeserving” without also harming many who are supposedly “deserving.” These false dichotomies serve only the most wealthy/elite. MLK was on point when he said that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” We ignore that wisdom to our own peril.
My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
May 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We cannot harm those deemed “undeserving” without also harming many who are supposedly “deserving.” These false dichotomies serve only the most wealthy/elite. MLK was on point when he said that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” We ignore that wisdom to our own peril.
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I corrected the propaganda.
May 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I corrected the propaganda.
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Really incredible story unraveling in this thread, where Amazon and other sites have seemingly been able to sell an academic textbook that was withdrawn in 2021 and never actually printed or published, without the knowledge of the press, editors or contributors. Something has gone deeply wrong!
Hi Chloe,
This is news to me (and to my editor at Routledge.) I'm shocked to find this out. I assume that this is somehow a pirated edition. Does it include the section on Neurodiversity? Part VIII?
This is news to me (and to my editor at Routledge.) I'm shocked to find this out. I assume that this is somehow a pirated edition. Does it include the section on Neurodiversity? Part VIII?
May 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Really incredible story unraveling in this thread, where Amazon and other sites have seemingly been able to sell an academic textbook that was withdrawn in 2021 and never actually printed or published, without the knowledge of the press, editors or contributors. Something has gone deeply wrong!
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Several Columbia Univ student journalists are suspended after covering protests (while wearing press ID) in the main library.
Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams.
Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams.
Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
Barnard suspends WKCR and Spectator reporters who covered Butler Library protest
Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions Thursday afternoon to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library, citing “information received” from Pub...
www.columbiaspectator.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Several Columbia Univ student journalists are suspended after covering protests (while wearing press ID) in the main library.
Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams.
Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams.
Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
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Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON
Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
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We can flip some if we run candidates who follow the tried-and-true strategy of "attack, attack, attack" instead of the proven-loser of "emphasize your common ground with Republicans."
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We can flip some if we run candidates who follow the tried-and-true strategy of "attack, attack, attack" instead of the proven-loser of "emphasize your common ground with Republicans."
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As @danielharper.bsky.social & I warned would happen, the 'cultural marxism' and 'great replacement' conspiracy theories have been completely normalised and mainstreamed within US politics. Both descend *directly* from neo-nazi ideology.
Reporters:
Here's a simple question that will generate viral stories.
"How exactly is it Marxist?"
The response will be a dodge, so you've got to stay with it and follow it up.
"No, you said DEI was Marxist. What did you mean by that? Specifically?"
Here's a simple question that will generate viral stories.
"How exactly is it Marxist?"
The response will be a dodge, so you've got to stay with it and follow it up.
"No, you said DEI was Marxist. What did you mean by that? Specifically?"
May 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
As @danielharper.bsky.social & I warned would happen, the 'cultural marxism' and 'great replacement' conspiracy theories have been completely normalised and mainstreamed within US politics. Both descend *directly* from neo-nazi ideology.
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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About to be Jokerfied by this blandly tossed-off statement in a piece about how the lie machines will never stop lying. Why concede that AI is "useful" in writing term papers? What is the purpose of writing assignments in education? Is AI accomplishing that purpose? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
May 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
About to be Jokerfied by this blandly tossed-off statement in a piece about how the lie machines will never stop lying. Why concede that AI is "useful" in writing term papers? What is the purpose of writing assignments in education? Is AI accomplishing that purpose? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
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