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Jane Garver
@janegarver.bsky.social
Middle school teacher 💗
Executive Director @PetoskeyMuseum
Spring!
April 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
April 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Crazy for You (1985)
Madonna
April 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ready for some A1 teaching!
April 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just finished reading the upcoming Ann Braden novel Into the Rapids. Amazing! She really understand kids and her books have a great message.
April 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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We Need Diverse Books will celebrate the first We Need Diverse Books Day on April 3; senators call on acting director of IMLS to continue funding programs as directed by Congress; Suzanne Collins talks philosophy and Sunrise on the Reaping; and more. www.slj.com/story/Inaugu...
Inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day Set For April 3 | News Bites
We Need Diverse Books will celebrate the first We Need Diverse Books Day on April 3; senators call on acting director of IMLS to continue funding programs as directed by Congress; Suzanne Collins talk...
www.slj.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I made a new poster for my classroom in solidarity with the Idaho teacher who was told to remove hers. #SavePublicEducation
#EveryoneIsWelcomeHere
March 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." ~Thomas Jefferson
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy." ~James Madison
March 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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You can't keep a fired fed down! GREAT new initiative launched in part by former #USAID Science Fellows! Check them out and take the survey!

fedscienceimpacts.org
IMPACTS
Tracking impacts on our nation's science & technology enterprise and the American public
fedscienceimpacts.org
March 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’m writing postcards in preparation for #IdesofTrump and I hope you will, too!
March 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:

oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
oldgoats.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is such a wonderful story- and its dedication page makes my heart sing! ❤️
"Confidently, she shares her idea with her trusted teachers and friends so she can implement it. You’ll wonder throughout the story what her idea is. Will you guess?" — @imaginationsoup.bsky.social imaginationsoup.net/picture-book...
March 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just a reminder that we’ve been king-free since 1776.

youtu.be/3R1tZ6l876Q?...
No More Kings - Schoolhouse Rock Boston Tea Party
YouTube video by Schoolhouse Rock
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Northern Michigan supports Ukraine! We had a great crowd for such a cold day.
March 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I used the Dept. of Ed portal to report their own discrimination against trans women athletes. You can too! enddei.ed.gov/thankyou
Department of Education FormLock
enddei.ed.gov
March 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
March 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Great Lakes fish are in danger due to Musk and DOGE cuts
www.mlive.com/environment/...
Sea lamprey control in Great Lakes may fall victim to Trump jobs purge
Staff cuts, hiring freeze at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service jeopardizes fishery program.
www.mlive.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...
Friday Night Massacre in the Military
Friday night, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (who is black) and the Navy's top admiral (who is female) were fired, along with the most senior Judge Advocates General (JAGS) for the Army, Navy, ...
joycevance.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that Girl Scouts supports all girls, including trans and non-binary scouts? Order some cookies today! www.girlscouts.org/en/cookies.h...
Girl Scout Cookies® | Girl Scouts
Find out how to buy Girl Scout Cookies, explore Girl Scout Cookie flavors, try delicious recipes, see how girls learn essential life skills, and more.
www.girlscouts.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
February 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Keep going, Dems! #SaveOurDemocracy
February 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM