Erinn O'Dear
@erinnthered.bsky.social
Redhead. Texan. Vagabond.
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What makes me angriest about the fake AI videos where people yell at ICE is that there’s a million actual videos, there’s actual priests being pelted with pepper balls, it’s just that the real priest didn’t say “we worship the real God not your ORANGE one” so he wasn’t quippy enough
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Finland is one comparatively successful model, but not just because schools teach critical thinking. Finland has high social trust, strong public-service media and coherent institutions. The whole system supports verification and open deliberation, you can’t copy the surface without the structure.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Finland is one comparatively successful model, but not just because schools teach critical thinking. Finland has high social trust, strong public-service media and coherent institutions. The whole system supports verification and open deliberation, you can’t copy the surface without the structure.
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Having taught for several years now in a district where every student has a Chromebook from 5-12 grade, I have my own observations. Indulge me in a short thread:
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Having taught for several years now in a district where every student has a Chromebook from 5-12 grade, I have my own observations. Indulge me in a short thread:
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Amtrak's restored service between New Orleans and Mobile has far exceeded initial ridership projections since launch in August, just like what happened when the Borealis service was established between Chicago and St. Paul last year.
Amtrak is currently expecting to double the first-year estimates.
Amtrak is currently expecting to double the first-year estimates.
Gulf Coast train line is among the most successful in Amtrak’s history. See ridership totals.
The route’s early success has raised hope for some advocates of regional train travel. See how many people have taken the train since its launch in August.
www.nola.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Amtrak's restored service between New Orleans and Mobile has far exceeded initial ridership projections since launch in August, just like what happened when the Borealis service was established between Chicago and St. Paul last year.
Amtrak is currently expecting to double the first-year estimates.
Amtrak is currently expecting to double the first-year estimates.
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A friend saw several of these ornaments in a thrift store, still in their original packaging & texted me. I didn't see his message, and he didn't know if I already had one/would want it, so he hid it behind the display, so I could come find it if I wanted it. My partner retrieved & bought it today.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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The goal of a course is to teach students certain skills, not give them an opportunity to live journal. The assignments are designed to teach and assess the development of those skills. That’s the deal. Instructors teach you what they plan to teach you. Not what your mommy told you to want to learn.
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The goal of a course is to teach students certain skills, not give them an opportunity to live journal. The assignments are designed to teach and assess the development of those skills. That’s the deal. Instructors teach you what they plan to teach you. Not what your mommy told you to want to learn.
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This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This is in fact the material point:
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
He's one of the bedt actors of his generation, and a brilliant Shaggy. Team Lillard
Scream and Five Nights at Freddy's star Matthew Lillard has admitted it "it f***ing sucks" to be on the receiving end of an insult from Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino. https://bit.ly/3KD9PnN
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
He's one of the bedt actors of his generation, and a brilliant Shaggy. Team Lillard
AI is fascistic. Do not use it. Do not post or repost it. Do not positively engage with it. Make sure your mutuals are aware. It is never worth it.
this is AI, as should be obvious by the PICE vest, please stop sharing it.
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
AI is fascistic. Do not use it. Do not post or repost it. Do not positively engage with it. Make sure your mutuals are aware. It is never worth it.
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anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
See also: upper middle class white lefties longing to send poor marginalized people to die for them while they sit in an office outlawing cars and deciding which yogurt flavors get to stay. They should have read about the French Revolution beyond the Jacobin takeover.
these stupid assholes think they’re going to be able to have a firefight in the morning, walk away from a cool explosion at lunch and take the family out to chili’s for dinner and I cannot stress enough that is not what civil war looks like
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
See also: upper middle class white lefties longing to send poor marginalized people to die for them while they sit in an office outlawing cars and deciding which yogurt flavors get to stay. They should have read about the French Revolution beyond the Jacobin takeover.
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People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
People don’t understand that stripping the guardrails of regulation and oversight doesn’t just apply to like better business bureau type shit but also like on a practical level when I get into an elevator I expect that it has passed a safety inspection & that type of security will be gone soon
As a lover of kitch I am mesmerized by these snippets of a book I will never buy (first hand).
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As a lover of kitch I am mesmerized by these snippets of a book I will never buy (first hand).
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has anyone ever conclusively proven that olivia nuzzi *didn't* write my immortal
I promise I will stop soon but I have to share this insane three-page sequence about immigration policy with a payoff you will absolutely not see coming.
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
has anyone ever conclusively proven that olivia nuzzi *didn't* write my immortal
Guiducci is still in charge, and they allowed the firing to be framed as a mutual decision. This was not consequences.
I'm seeing some folks refer to VF axing Olivia Nuzzi as "consequences," which is a generous interpretation of the magazine trying to -- belatedly -- save its own ass.
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Guiducci is still in charge, and they allowed the firing to be framed as a mutual decision. This was not consequences.
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The press *wants* this to be a sex scandal so that they can focus on the designated "wh*re", Olivia Nuzzi, as the villain.
It's not a sex scandal and Olivia Nuzzi is not the real villain. The scandal is that the culture of US journalism is corrupt to the core and this is just one example of it.
It's not a sex scandal and Olivia Nuzzi is not the real villain. The scandal is that the culture of US journalism is corrupt to the core and this is just one example of it.
No one is sneering at Kennedy’s sexual behavior. We all just assume that’s a thing men get to do! but when women do it, they are just the most evil bitches in the world who are ruining the workplace - nay, the entire country
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The press *wants* this to be a sex scandal so that they can focus on the designated "wh*re", Olivia Nuzzi, as the villain.
It's not a sex scandal and Olivia Nuzzi is not the real villain. The scandal is that the culture of US journalism is corrupt to the core and this is just one example of it.
It's not a sex scandal and Olivia Nuzzi is not the real villain. The scandal is that the culture of US journalism is corrupt to the core and this is just one example of it.
The in-patient rehab my mom is in has one of these weirdos. They forced decaf on all the big coffee machines so that the only caffeinated coffee is a lone, old keurig in the lobby.
Most offensive headline yet in the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/d...
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Quit Caffeine
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The in-patient rehab my mom is in has one of these weirdos. They forced decaf on all the big coffee machines so that the only caffeinated coffee is a lone, old keurig in the lobby.
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worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
worth saying that some portion of the freed slaves were themselves illegal aliens having been brought illegally into the united states by smugglers. if the birthright clause applies to them, it applies to undocumented immigrants
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this article goes to some hilarious lengths to normalize the fact that Paramount's new executives are assholes
Feelings Don’t Matter: How the Ellison Era Is Transforming Paramount
It’s a brand-new day at the legacy studio, where prestige films are out, testosterone-heavy tentpoles are in and Brett Ratner is back on the call sheet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
this article goes to some hilarious lengths to normalize the fact that Paramount's new executives are assholes
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This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine
The CDC's ACIP panel voted to recommend delaying the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ending a policy that has reined in the virus.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This regressive move will literally kill people. It's making kids' liver cancer great again. And it's a sign of more harm to come.
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
CDC panel recommends delaying birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c... via @statnews.com
As a side note, watching all these carmakers move to almost exclusively SUV models as Toyota continues to dominate is a separate crash out in the pipeline.
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As a side note, watching all these carmakers move to almost exclusively SUV models as Toyota continues to dominate is a separate crash out in the pipeline.
It'll be so much better with SkyDance, they said. They care about film and tv and know what they're doing, they said.
Over the summer, after David Ellison torpedoed a "South Park" deal with WBD when it was at the finish line, David Zaslav expressed outrage in private.
Now, the soured relationship between the two Davids is erupting into plain view.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
Now, the soured relationship between the two Davids is erupting into plain view.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
The Davids, Divided
A failed summer deal over "South Park" helped poison the well between David Zaslav and David Ellison—tensions now erupting into plain view as the WBD auction nears its endgame.
www.status.news
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It'll be so much better with SkyDance, they said. They care about film and tv and know what they're doing, they said.
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Describing Halle Berry - the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar - as “The Catwoman actress” is a CHOICE.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Describing Halle Berry - the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar - as “The Catwoman actress” is a CHOICE.