Julie Pelkan
juliepelkan.bsky.social
Julie Pelkan
@juliepelkan.bsky.social
pro education; lifelong learning; personal development; societal progress; equitable access; character/community; empathy/responsibility; coach/consultant
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When satire needs government approval, it’s no longer satire. #holdfast
December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The bestselling author Geraldine Brooks’ collection of books at her Martha’s Vineyard home isn’t focused on fancy editions – it’s full of small treasures from a long literary life.
Geraldine Brooks takes us on a tour of her home library
The bestselling author’s collection isn’t focused on fancy editions – it’s full of small treasures from a literary life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Happy Holidays from the Trump family 🎄 🎁
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Admissions and higher-education experts say President Trump’s ban on DEI is likely to hit an underrepresented group of applicants: men, and particularly White men.

Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades. https://wapo.st/3MdZKyn
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Graduation Outcomes for 4-Year and 2-Year Degree-Seeking Students
What Are the Graduation Outcomes at Your Campus? Explore the Data.
See the percentage of bachelor’s- and associate-degree-seeking students graduating, transferring, still enrolled, or no longer enrolled at over 2,100 colleges.
chroni.cl
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Experts told The Chronicle that the universities that have declined the compact have taken up a strategy of saying their researchers are good enough on their own to secure federal dollars -- and don't need preferential treatment.
In Declining Compact, Colleges Try to Leverage ‘Merit’ to Turn the Tables on Trump
“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone,” MIT’s president said, using language that has since...
www.chronicle.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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You gotta give ‘em hop.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
He’s frothing. 🤮
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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“The right to read, to learn, and to access information must never be taken for granted,” she said. “I’m grateful for this platform and the chance to amplify this vital work.”
Thank you, @slj.com.
www.slj.com/story/Amanda...
Amanda Jones Named to 2025 TIME100 Next List
The 2021 School Librarian of the Year was recognized for her library advocacy and fight against censorship and book bans.
www.slj.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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🎃🎃
September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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With TikTok’s potential sale to a group of Donald Trump allies, “we should be far less worried about what foreign governments could do with our social-media information than about how our own government might abuse it,” David Karpf argues.
The MAGA Media Takeover
Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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September 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Robert Post is the former dean of #YaleLawSchool and one of our nation's preeminent scholars of free speech and the first amendment. This piece: Falling Far and Fast,
The Turn Against Free Speech in America, deserves to be widely read. verfassungsblog.de/turn-against...
Falling Far and Fast
verfassungsblog.de
September 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#HabitatLoss 🚨

Reminder: #LIVESTOCK farming is the leading driver of deforestation & biodiversity loss. The most important action we can take for animals, other humans & the planet is to live vegan 💚⚖️
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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September 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Dem Govs like Josh Stein are building a better country, one state at a time.
September 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Harriman Trail…vista rich 💚
September 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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The Fed was designed to be insulated from politics to maintain the stability and credibility of our financial system.

The President is breaking the law, abusing his power, setting a dangerous precedent, and undermining our economy.
August 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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To the Bluesky community and everyone who follows and fights.
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Found it
August 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM