Esty Schachter
@estyschachter.bsky.social
Author of PICKLED WATERMELON, WAITING FOR A SIGN and ANYA'S ECHOES, clinical social worker, 12x12, SCBWI, she/her
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Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...
2026 Mock Caldecott List
Happy Picture Book Month! Colby Sharp and I teamed up to create a 2026 Mock Caldecott list. *** Principal Brian Sammons created a 2026 Moc...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...
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Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Three Democrats (Cuellar, Gonzalez, and Davis) joined the Republicans to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's federal ban on gender affirming care through the House of Representatives.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
It is repugnant that the federal government won't give people health care, but it will TAKE IT AWAY from trans people.
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The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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In June, we launched a writing contest for incarcerated people in PA in honor of our friend and colleague, Marco. The prompt was: Describe what legal representation means to you. After receiving more than 85 impassioned submissions, the winners were announced on Nov. 18, Marco’s release date.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In June, we launched a writing contest for incarcerated people in PA in honor of our friend and colleague, Marco. The prompt was: Describe what legal representation means to you. After receiving more than 85 impassioned submissions, the winners were announced on Nov. 18, Marco’s release date.
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This week on That '70s Movie Podcast, Michael & I are joined by none other than Ron Brownstein to discuss... Chinatown [!!!!]
I dubbed Chinatown "The Citizen Kane of the '70s Film"; Ron's book, Rock Me on the Water, is steeped in the production of this masterpiece
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
I dubbed Chinatown "The Citizen Kane of the '70s Film"; Ron's book, Rock Me on the Water, is steeped in the production of this masterpiece
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This week on That '70s Movie Podcast, Michael & I are joined by none other than Ron Brownstein to discuss... Chinatown [!!!!]
I dubbed Chinatown "The Citizen Kane of the '70s Film"; Ron's book, Rock Me on the Water, is steeped in the production of this masterpiece
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
I dubbed Chinatown "The Citizen Kane of the '70s Film"; Ron's book, Rock Me on the Water, is steeped in the production of this masterpiece
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
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Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
![Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to establish that the Government's choice to display biological sex "lack[s] any purpose other than a bare ... desire to harm a politically unpopular group." Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by declining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress expressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreigev37etpfwfdxjlnt3pz5qyueldxo3k6rfxw5ip477gp7inlrctq@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Honestly one of the worst, most disturbing paragraphs — on the basis of process, substance, and effect — I’ve read in a Supreme Court order or opinion in a very long time.
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NEW: Alabama is executing a man next week, Anthony Boyd, who was convicted entirely based on contradictory eyewitness testimony, including from a co-defendant who says he was pressured to testify under the threat he'd get death himself.
@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:
@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NEW: Alabama is executing a man next week, Anthony Boyd, who was convicted entirely based on contradictory eyewitness testimony, including from a co-defendant who says he was pressured to testify under the threat he'd get death himself.
@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:
@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:
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Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
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Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.
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Just back from catching The Weekend at Barrington Stage Company:
barringtonstageco.org/the-weekend/
Agree with Steve Barnes @timesunion.com review: www.timesunion.com/theater/arti...
"Acted with fluidity and nuance by a faultless cast"
Huge props esp. to MCC favorite Sasha Diamond
barringtonstageco.org/the-weekend/
Agree with Steve Barnes @timesunion.com review: www.timesunion.com/theater/arti...
"Acted with fluidity and nuance by a faultless cast"
Huge props esp. to MCC favorite Sasha Diamond
Review: ‘The Weekend’ a charming world premiere at Barrington Stage
The multilayered play “The Weekend” by Ben Diskant closes out Barrington Stage Company’s season with a clever, entertaining love story set in Stockbridge.
www.timesunion.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just back from catching The Weekend at Barrington Stage Company:
barringtonstageco.org/the-weekend/
Agree with Steve Barnes @timesunion.com review: www.timesunion.com/theater/arti...
"Acted with fluidity and nuance by a faultless cast"
Huge props esp. to MCC favorite Sasha Diamond
barringtonstageco.org/the-weekend/
Agree with Steve Barnes @timesunion.com review: www.timesunion.com/theater/arti...
"Acted with fluidity and nuance by a faultless cast"
Huge props esp. to MCC favorite Sasha Diamond
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war-ravaged
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
war-ravaged
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Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.
So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
September 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
This is a fantastic way to educate children
It’s a form of resistance.
Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more.
These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
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That '70s Movie Podcast is back with Five Easy Pieces:
open.spotify.com/show/7bTN0NQ...
Tune in and find out . . .
How Jackson Browne summarized the movie with a few lines from "You're Bright Baby Blues"
And why its Not that diner scene which is the key to the whole movie, but, actually, this one:
open.spotify.com/show/7bTN0NQ...
Tune in and find out . . .
How Jackson Browne summarized the movie with a few lines from "You're Bright Baby Blues"
And why its Not that diner scene which is the key to the whole movie, but, actually, this one:
August 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
That '70s Movie Podcast is back with Five Easy Pieces:
open.spotify.com/show/7bTN0NQ...
Tune in and find out . . .
How Jackson Browne summarized the movie with a few lines from "You're Bright Baby Blues"
And why its Not that diner scene which is the key to the whole movie, but, actually, this one:
open.spotify.com/show/7bTN0NQ...
Tune in and find out . . .
How Jackson Browne summarized the movie with a few lines from "You're Bright Baby Blues"
And why its Not that diner scene which is the key to the whole movie, but, actually, this one:
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An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. Felony murder laws allow prosecutors to charge defendants with the death of an accomplice, even when the killing was committed by someone else.
A Friend's Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for - Bolts
An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.
boltsmag.org
August 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. Felony murder laws allow prosecutors to charge defendants with the death of an accomplice, even when the killing was committed by someone else.
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"My sentence of life without parole... means I will likely never physically spend time with many of my family and friends ever again. But through these phone calls, I can still rely on their emotional support and encouragement... Without them, I would be lost."
NEW: The FCC under Biden passed rules to make phone calls from prison easier, to help keep people connected to their communities.
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
Phillip Smith, a man incarcerated in North Carolina, reports for Bolts on what this means for people behind bars:
Priced Out of Phone Calls Home - Bolts
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"My sentence of life without parole... means I will likely never physically spend time with many of my family and friends ever again. But through these phone calls, I can still rely on their emotional support and encouragement... Without them, I would be lost."
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He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
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May 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM