Christian Bednar, PhD
@chrisbednar.bsky.social
Higher education practitioner; student of critical whiteness studies; progressive Catholic; aspiring Buddhist; Dad; husband, son, brother etc. etc…Conflicted dude…
Found this Notebook LM feature pretty cool—and a bit nostalgic: tinyurl.com/bdcvmuxa
Behind the Discourse: Whiteness and Community College Culture (my dissertation, now mostly collecting dust).
#highered #communitycolleges
Behind the Discourse: Whiteness and Community College Culture (my dissertation, now mostly collecting dust).
#highered #communitycolleges
Behind the Discourse: Whiteness and Community College Culture
How do the words of self-described antiracist White faculty both resist and reproduce systems of whiteness? In this episode, we dig into the difference between White identity and whiteness in communit
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July 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Found this Notebook LM feature pretty cool—and a bit nostalgic: tinyurl.com/bdcvmuxa
Behind the Discourse: Whiteness and Community College Culture (my dissertation, now mostly collecting dust).
#highered #communitycolleges
Behind the Discourse: Whiteness and Community College Culture (my dissertation, now mostly collecting dust).
#highered #communitycolleges
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Salem Celebrates the 4th!
www.salemma.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.salemma.gov/CivicAlerts....
June 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Salem Celebrates the 4th!
www.salemma.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.salemma.gov/CivicAlerts....
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum closed abruptly Tuesday. Hours later — after pushback from members of the Kennedy family and the public — the National Archives said the library and museum would open Wednesday.
JFK Library closes indefinitely, then reopens, amid chaos from federal cuts
The library closed abruptly Tuesday, with visitors escorted out of the building after the Trump administration ordered the institution to fire critical employees.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum closed abruptly Tuesday. Hours later — after pushback from members of the Kennedy family and the public — the National Archives said the library and museum would open Wednesday.
What types of students go to North Shore Community College? Here’s one: youtu.be/C7kY4IOnZkw?...
Miki - Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin)
YouTube video by North Shore Piano Studio
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December 31, 2024 at 2:58 AM
What types of students go to North Shore Community College? Here’s one: youtu.be/C7kY4IOnZkw?...
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Mark your calendars for the City of Salem Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire!
Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 5:45 p.m.
Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows
(There will be no scheduled makeup date for weather-related cancellation.)
Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 5:45 p.m.
Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows
(There will be no scheduled makeup date for weather-related cancellation.)
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Mark your calendars for the City of Salem Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire!
Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 5:45 p.m.
Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows
(There will be no scheduled makeup date for weather-related cancellation.)
Thursday, January 2, 2025 - 5:45 p.m.
Dead Horse Beach at Salem Willows
(There will be no scheduled makeup date for weather-related cancellation.)
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On this anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, my prayers are with their families and community. But prayers are not enough, Congress cannot continue to allow other schoolchildren, educators, and communities to endure the pain of gun violence.
December 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
On this anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, my prayers are with their families and community. But prayers are not enough, Congress cannot continue to allow other schoolchildren, educators, and communities to endure the pain of gun violence.
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Bluesky wrapped: a 🧵 of my posts that generated the most conversation on this site.
Below is a clever visualization of the distribution of how land is used in the U.S. Cows roam over a lot of land!
But this is not a map - for example, the 100 largest landowning families aren't confined to Florida.
Below is a clever visualization of the distribution of how land is used in the U.S. Cows roam over a lot of land!
But this is not a map - for example, the 100 largest landowning families aren't confined to Florida.
December 12, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Bluesky wrapped: a 🧵 of my posts that generated the most conversation on this site.
Below is a clever visualization of the distribution of how land is used in the U.S. Cows roam over a lot of land!
But this is not a map - for example, the 100 largest landowning families aren't confined to Florida.
Below is a clever visualization of the distribution of how land is used in the U.S. Cows roam over a lot of land!
But this is not a map - for example, the 100 largest landowning families aren't confined to Florida.
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We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
(see alt text)
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
(see alt text)
December 12, 2024 at 2:17 PM
We often worry about the wrong things.
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
(see alt text)
People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪
(see alt text)
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Great performances by all the #SalemMA High School Music Students at tonight’s winter concert!
salemmahsmusicboosters.org
salemmahsmusicboosters.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Great performances by all the #SalemMA High School Music Students at tonight’s winter concert!
salemmahsmusicboosters.org
salemmahsmusicboosters.org
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The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, returns to the White House.
US bishops join pope, other groups urging Biden to commute 40 death sentences
The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the...
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December 10, 2024 at 5:29 PM
The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences before President-elect Donald Trump, who has sought to expand the use of capital punishment, returns to the White House.
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The potential of AI for multilingual learners – The Thinking Stick
Post navigation
www.thethinkingstick.com
December 2, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Interesting read.
November 28, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Interesting read.
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Anthropic Says Claude AI Can Match Your Unique Writing Style slashdot.org/story/2...
Anthropic Says Claude AI Can Match Your Unique Writing Style - Slashdot
Anthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI assistant that will give users more control over how the chatbot responds to different writing tasks. From a report: The new custom styles are available to all Claude AI users, enabling anyone to train it to match their own communication style or se...
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November 27, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Anthropic Says Claude AI Can Match Your Unique Writing Style slashdot.org/story/2...
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Looking for a community of Latinx/a/o scholars broadly throughout academia? With help from @larrylafountain.bsky.social I started this starter pack, now w/ 111/150 scholars. If you wanted to be added please reply to post.
Dr. @jorgenleal.bsky.social also has a starter pack!!
go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr
Dr. @jorgenleal.bsky.social also has a starter pack!!
go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr
November 24, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Looking for a community of Latinx/a/o scholars broadly throughout academia? With help from @larrylafountain.bsky.social I started this starter pack, now w/ 111/150 scholars. If you wanted to be added please reply to post.
Dr. @jorgenleal.bsky.social also has a starter pack!!
go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr
Dr. @jorgenleal.bsky.social also has a starter pack!!
go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr
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November 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ
November 16, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Starter pack of scholars whose work looks critically at schooling & efforts to interrupt the social reproduction of inequality through education in transformative ways (U.S. & global) - updated w/ requests (sorry if I missed your request - inundated with notifications today) go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ
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Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
go.bsky.app/BaXvoap
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
go.bsky.app/BaXvoap
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Community for Education Scholars in all areas and concentrations looking to find each other!
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
go.bsky.app/BaXvoap
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #EducationScholars
go.bsky.app/BaXvoap
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City of Salem Offers Free Thanksgiving Weekend Parking
***Community is encouraged to shop local during the upcoming holiday weekend
www.salemma.gov/home/news/ci...
***Community is encouraged to shop local during the upcoming holiday weekend
www.salemma.gov/home/news/ci...
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
City of Salem Offers Free Thanksgiving Weekend Parking
***Community is encouraged to shop local during the upcoming holiday weekend
www.salemma.gov/home/news/ci...
***Community is encouraged to shop local during the upcoming holiday weekend
www.salemma.gov/home/news/ci...
Not looking good out there, people. Stay safe…
November 26, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Not looking good out there, people. Stay safe…
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Jesus was at Walgreen’s again.
November 23, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Jesus was at Walgreen’s again.