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Eddy Conroy
@econroy.bsky.social
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“There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for”

Running comms for National College Attainment Network,
Forbes Education Contributor:
www.forbes.com/sites/edwardconroy

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The party with a health care plan, folks!

Can someone remind me what happens to premiums when the only people enrolled in insurance are very sick and file lots of claims?
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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I believe this is what the “concept of a plan” looks like
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Ok, that’s a good start, now:
A gold and blue lapel pin with an image of the White House in the center, and gold stars in the blue border. At the top of the pin, a line of text says, “what’s next?”
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Races being called before I can finish my second cocktail of the night is a delightful outcome for my liver and the country
Two cocktails in short rocks glasses with orange twists in them. In the background are bottles of Campari, Carpano antica sweet vermouth and Bulleit Rye whisky.
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Really encouraging to see a massive line for early voting in Fairfax.
@abigailspanberger.com is going to win the VA Governor’s race!
A long line of people waiting to vote during early in person voting in Fairfax, VA. A white man with brown hair, a reddish beard, wearing dark green framed glasses and a blue flannel over a white t-shirt. He has an “I voted” sticker on the shoulder of his flannel.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I took two weeks off before I start the new job, so naturally I’ve spent all of the first week sick in bed.

Finally felt well enough yesterday to start on making my new desk.

So. much. Sanding.
A large slab of live edge maple wood. The wood is pale gold in colour, with lots of nice wood grain appearance. The slab is sitting on top of two saw horses in a driveway. A large slab of live edge maple wood. The wood is pale gold in colour, with lots of nice wood grain appearance. The slab is sitting on top of two saw horses in a driveway. A close up of a maple slab showing its good colour, with flame like patterns in the wood grain.
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Jet lag and waking up at 4am has some benefits
The sunrise over San Diego looking out of a high hotel window
October 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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UT seems quite keen to bend the knee
October 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I am not an expert on trade policy, but this bad
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
a graphic from the linked news article. The graphic title says: "have U.S. tariffs been helpful or harmful to your business? underneath is a break down of the responses, with 29% of business leaders who answered the question answering with, "helpful" and 71% "harmful"
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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This is a choice.
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The smells are extra interesting this evening
Two black and brown springer spaniels sniffing at the ground. One dog has a red harness with a matching leash. The other dog has a blue harness and leash. The dogs are sniffing at the grass
September 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I can’t wait for conservatives lining up for this to see the salary for assistant professors of education
A screenshot of a tweet that’s says “all public universities should be required to have minimum 50% of their staff be conservative professors by spring 2026. In each Department
September 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Decided this week hasn’t been stressful enough, so thought we’d start a family fight
A monopoly board on a dark wood table with bowls of potato chips
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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MIL is visiting. So tonight’s trivia team name in her honor, after she said “I can taste a lot of pepper” about the blandest meal we’ve ever made
A white and purple background with a trivia night team name of “midwestern spicy”
September 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I’ve been fully indoctrinated it turns out
A white man wearing a dark blue t-shirt that says “Michigan” on the front.
August 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Bought a new mattress and the old one is in my office until we get rid of it, so now I am being lorded over by Cosmo
A black and white cat peeking over the top of a white mattress propped up on its side. A black and white cat walking along the top of a mattress on its side. In The foreground is a Lego model of the millennium falcon from Star Wars
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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I think we all call it extortion
Screenshot of headline text that reads: “Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.”
August 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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In fairness, if anyone knows about career ending budgets
A headline with a picture of Kwasi Kwarteng below it. The headline says “Rachel Reeves, a property tax will be the end of your career”
August 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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This is the guy that we are meant to herald as an AI genius!?

This guy?
A screenshot of text. It’s a conversation between Sam Altman and Theo von. Sam Altman: I do guess that a lot of the world gets covered in data centers over time. Theo bin: do you really? Altman: but I don’t know, because maybe we put them in space. Like, maybe we build a big Dyson sphere around the Solar system and say, “hey, it actually makes no sense to put these on earth.” Von: yeah. Altman: I wish I had, like, more concrete answers for you but we’re stumbling through this.
August 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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5/n
The other type of org clearly being targeted are immigration services organizations.
I am not an expert on immigration law, but given the twisting of anti-discrimination law we have seen from this admin, I'd be willing to bet a lot we will see similar takes on what counts as a violation here.
a screenshot of text that reads (i) aiding or abetting violations of 8 USC 1325 or other Federal immigration laws;
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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2/n
Up first under orgs that will be considered as having a "substantial illegal purpose"

Given that ED is arbitrarily investigating and deciding that any university it does not like, which is almost all universities, has engaged in discrimination, this threatens PSLF for university employees
screen shot of text that reads: (5) engaging in a pattern of aiding and abetting illegal discrimination; or
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Calling it quits for the week, can’t top this perfection on the first draught
A pint of Guinness that’s been drunk down to split the g on the glass.
August 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Varying Degrees, New America’s public opinion survey is 9 years old.

We are lucky to have @adamhsays.com moderating a conversation about this years data with @michelledimino.bsky.social @sunychancellor.bsky.social and Harrison Keller

Get the data here:
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
A stage with three people sitting on it in white chairs. Two of the people on the stage are Black men with short dark hair, both men are wearing dark suits. The woman is white, has dark shoulder length curly hair and is wearing a red dress. On a tv monitor to one side is a white man with light blond hair, wearing a blue check suit.
July 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I’m sure starvation doesn’t make pre existing conditions worse or anything like that.
July 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I give you ADHD in beverages
Three drinks sitting on a dark wood table. One is a glass of water, the second is a cortado, the third is a dark and stormy
July 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM