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Gabriella P Reyes
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Researcher, writer, digital nomad 🇵🇭🇺🇸 UCL IOE PhD candidate | Brown ‘17 🐻 Ever True
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cindyphanauthor.com
RIP Alice Wong 🖤
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15d
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
"The U.S. Department of Education has pulled funding for programs in eight states aimed at supporting students who have both hearing and vision loss ... 'How low can you go?' said Maurice Belote, co-chair of the National DeafBlind Coalition. 'How can you do this to children?'"
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
That is in fact what this administration has done.
May 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
“When the IOC finally admitted lacrosse to the Games in October 2023, its president, Thomas Bach, noted…’This is the sport —if I may say—of the First Nations of the US.’ Despite that…the IOC stated that its official position was that the Olympic charter prevents Haudenosaunee participation”
They Invented the Game. Will They Be Allowed to Play It in the Olympics?
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
“Without a fully functioning Dept. of Education, states will not be held accountable for meeting even the minimum requirements of IDEA… We will see an erosion of the promise of FAPE for students w/ disabilities and fewer ways for parents and advocates to do anything about it.”
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Every Parent and Child for Themselves
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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alsobrooks.senate.gov
Dr. Carla Hayden is a trailblazer who spent her tenure working to make the Library of Congress accessible to all Americans.

It’s no surprise this callous President fired our nation’s librarian. Another attempt to shut our country out from history, progress, and learning.
May 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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nazlinbhimani.bsky.social
Information Literacy means examining not just what research claims, but who produces it, where it's published and how it's framed. References to groups imply neutrality and colour-blindness, but they can surreptitiously legitimise race science. #IOEIDL #InfoLit #PsychHist #HistEd
danhicks.bsky.social D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · Apr 25
Happy to share that "Race Science in Mainstream Psychology, 1960-2010" with @rhacodactylus.bsky.social is now forthcoming at Quantitative Science Studies. osf.io/preprints/ps...

#philsci #philsky #sts #css
Abstract Anthropologists and human geneticists have long rejected race science, research that can be utilized to purportedly justify racial inequality and colonialism. But race science has persisted, at the very least on the margins of the mainstream scientific community. In this study, scientometric and text mining methods were used to trace the appearance of race science discourse in both mainstream behavioral science journals and the parascholarly journal *Mankind Quarterly* from 1960 to 2010. Our analysis found two distinguishable lines of race science discourse. One is strongly associated with *Mankind Quarterly*, while the other — emphasizing race and intelligence — is more prevalent with mainstream psychology journals, especially *Intelligence* and *Personality and Individual Differences*. We compare psychology's response to race science to those of other fields, and discuss the social responsibility of scientists with respect to race science.
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
We need the best educated workforce in the world.

We need the best teachers in the world.

We need to pay our teachers fairly for the important work they do.

No teacher in America should begin at less than $60,000 a year.
April 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
gabriellapreyes.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing, Nazlin!
nazlinbhimani.bsky.social Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · Apr 25
'Cataloguing the Empire: Classification as a Colonial Project' by @gabriellapreyes.bsky.social. How classification systems uphold colonial knowledge structures & contribute to epistemicideas as they disregard indigenous knowledges. journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an... #DeweyDecimal #LCSH #Libraries
Cataloguing the Empire: Classification as Colonial Project | Catalogue and Index
journals.cilip.org.uk
April 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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ecislibrarysig.bsky.social
Join us on Wednesday, April 9th for a look at critical information literacy with Gabriella Reyes! Register here to attend or get the recording: ecis.org/event/librar...
Libraries SIG Webinar - Lessons from the Library: Critical Information Literacy and the International School Library: What It Is and How to Teach It: 09 April
15:00 (London time) Hosted by the ECIS Library and Information Services Special Interest Group Presenter: Gabriella Reyes This webinar explores how educators can empower students to critically navigat...
ecis.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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rachelernst.myatproto.social
Gabriella Reyes sharing her framework of Critical Information Literacy.
Title: Critical Information Literacy Interrogating Authority Understanding Information Ecosystems Information Evaluation Cultural and Contextual Awareness Critical Thinking Information Ethics Empowerment and Activism
April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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pembrokecenter.bsky.social
The Pembroke Center marks the passing of feminist philosopher Sandra G. Harding March 5. Harding contributed her papers to the Pembroke Center’s Feminist Theory Archive, and appears in the Archive’s Society for Women in Philosophy records. Both collections are open for study: buff.ly/xImzEbW
Image of Sandra G. Harding
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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edrabinski.bsky.social
Happy National Library Week! If you don't have a library card, go get one. If you have one, use it!

Public goods thrive when everybody uses them. That's why they push kids to charter, home, and private schools, why they sow doubt and fear of libraries and our collections.

Use it or lose it!
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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hillaryclinton.bsky.social
It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful.

Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Sen. Cory Booker putting his hand over his heart as he beats Strom Thurmond's floor address record
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."

Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Take action: ala.org/showup
White House "cutting off opportunity" for Americans as administration cuts IMLS staff. American Library Association, Show Up for Our Libraries. “Whether on a campus, in the neighborhood, on a military base or elsewhere, libraries mean opportunity for everyone in our communities. By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially. “Congress created IMLS by law, with bipartisan support. Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018. Any significant reductions to the IMLS’ small and talented workforce would undermine the agency’s ability to carry out that law. “To the dedicated staff of IMLS, you have the full support of ALA. We thank you for your service to America’s libraries. We are exploring all possible policy and legal responses to this order, and we promise to mobilize library supporters nationwide to return you to the vital work entrusted to you." ALA President Cindy Hohl
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
gabriellapreyes.bsky.social
Thank you!! ❤️
cpaucl.bsky.social UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment @cpaucl.bsky.social · Mar 18
Congratulations to CPA @ioe.bsky.social doctoral student Gabriella Reyes (and their supervisors!) on this important and interesting article on cataloguing and the imperial archive and power/knowledge! #WeAreCPA journals.cilip.org.uk/catalogue-an...
March 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
#StPatricksDay #tdih Did you know that during the first winter of famine, 1846-47, as perhaps 400,000 Irish peasants starved, landlords exported grain, cattle, pigs, flour, eggs, poultry — food that could have prevented those deaths. #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/st...
March 17: St. Patrick's Day
Challenging myths about the Irish Potato Famine.
www.zinnedproject.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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ioe.bsky.social
"Nothing about us, without us!" We're celebrating Neurodiversity Celebration Week, a time to recognise and support the neurodiverse community by raising awareness and promoting inclusion.

Read on for a round-up of resources, support and events around @ucl.ac.uk:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025 | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Neurodiversity Celebration Week aims to recognise, support and celebrate the neurodiverse community by challenging misconceptions, raising awareness and promoting inclusion and understanding.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
gabriellapreyes.bsky.social
Thank you, @kamenopoulou.bsky.social ❤️
March 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
Madeleine L'Engle; this is why they want you illiterate
[“The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”]
March 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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edrabinski.bsky.social
The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM