Conscientious Objectives
@knownasclay.bsky.social
Melanated Educator • Social Studies Provocateur • Activist JEDI • Radical Haikuist • Other Things
In the year 2525...
Quick reminder: Donald Trump is the worst president in U.S. history.
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In the year 2525...
Kolvet's profile says Christian. First thing. Really?
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Kolvet's profile says Christian. First thing. Really?
Gave my Government student a survey task based on the article, “Must the president be a moral leader?” by Michael Blake.
I gave them the article to read and asked them to use their phones to engage in the survey activity on #Mentimeter.
I am actually shocked by how engaged they actually are.
I gave them the article to read and asked them to use their phones to engage in the survey activity on #Mentimeter.
I am actually shocked by how engaged they actually are.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gave my Government student a survey task based on the article, “Must the president be a moral leader?” by Michael Blake.
I gave them the article to read and asked them to use their phones to engage in the survey activity on #Mentimeter.
I am actually shocked by how engaged they actually are.
I gave them the article to read and asked them to use their phones to engage in the survey activity on #Mentimeter.
I am actually shocked by how engaged they actually are.
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is also true at the high school level. It’s a crisis that seems to be escalating.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is also true at the high school level. It’s a crisis that seems to be escalating.
An essential read.
As an educator, it’s hard to know things like this and also try to teach about it authentically and with an eye towards critical analysis.
As an educator, it’s hard to know things like this and also try to teach about it authentically and with an eye towards critical analysis.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An essential read.
As an educator, it’s hard to know things like this and also try to teach about it authentically and with an eye towards critical analysis.
As an educator, it’s hard to know things like this and also try to teach about it authentically and with an eye towards critical analysis.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Thank you.
Service is the truest measure of patriotism. On Veterans Day, we honor all who have taken the oath and worn the uniform - and our nation recommits to keeping its promises to every veteran who served our country.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thank you.
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
Radical Haikuist.
#Haiku is alive in '25!
The three judges @haikucrush.bsky.social selected a haiku by Ellis Clay @knownasclay.bsky.social, #SanDiego #California US, for The Best Haiku 2025, available via tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/
"Classical #Issa has inspired me the most... "
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry
The three judges @haikucrush.bsky.social selected a haiku by Ellis Clay @knownasclay.bsky.social, #SanDiego #California US, for The Best Haiku 2025, available via tinyurl.com/TheBestHaiku/
"Classical #Issa has inspired me the most... "
#poetrycommunity #poetry #micropoetry
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Radical Haikuist.
Saying the quiet part out loud: “They happen to be white.” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Saying the quiet part out loud: “They happen to be white.” thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Empires don’t fall when they run out of money. They fall when they run out of mercy.
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Empires don’t fall when they run out of money. They fall when they run out of mercy.
We now live in the kind of nation that we used to teach kids in school to be fearful of.
I am having a hard time teaching kids today otherwise.
And some of them are asking questions I can’t answer objectively.
The struggle is real.
#TeachingGovernment #Civics #Education #EduSky
I am having a hard time teaching kids today otherwise.
And some of them are asking questions I can’t answer objectively.
The struggle is real.
#TeachingGovernment #Civics #Education #EduSky
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We now live in the kind of nation that we used to teach kids in school to be fearful of.
I am having a hard time teaching kids today otherwise.
And some of them are asking questions I can’t answer objectively.
The struggle is real.
#TeachingGovernment #Civics #Education #EduSky
I am having a hard time teaching kids today otherwise.
And some of them are asking questions I can’t answer objectively.
The struggle is real.
#TeachingGovernment #Civics #Education #EduSky
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
#Diversity is NEVER a weakness. Seeing diversity AS a weakness IS a weakness.
November 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Diversity is NEVER a weakness. Seeing diversity AS a weakness IS a weakness.
If this anger doesn’t include the man at the top of the party, then it’s an empty statement.
MARGE: “I’m so angry at my own party, and these weak and pathetic men in house and senate leadership… I’m beyond pissed off.” 👀
#TrumpShutdown
#TrumpShutdown
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If this anger doesn’t include the man at the top of the party, then it’s an empty statement.
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Tomorrow, we'll begin announcing the #poets whose #haiku were selected by the 3-judge panel @haikucrush.bsky.social for publication in *The Best Haiku* #anthology #book
#poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #monoku #poetrybook #poems #poetrybooks
Tomorrow, we'll begin announcing the #poets whose #haiku were selected by the 3-judge panel @haikucrush.bsky.social for publication in *The Best Haiku* #anthology #book
#poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #monoku #poetrybook #poems #poetrybooks
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please repost reminder...
Tomorrow, we'll begin announcing the #poets whose #haiku were selected by the 3-judge panel @haikucrush.bsky.social for publication in *The Best Haiku* #anthology #book
#poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #monoku #poetrybook #poems #poetrybooks
Tomorrow, we'll begin announcing the #poets whose #haiku were selected by the 3-judge panel @haikucrush.bsky.social for publication in *The Best Haiku* #anthology #book
#poetry #poetrycommunity #micropoetry #senryu #writingcommunity #monoku #poetrybook #poems #poetrybooks
Honored.
The three judges @HaikuCrush added more finalists to today's shortlist for possible publication of their entries in The Best #Haiku 2025 #book.
Ellis Clay @knownasclay.bsky.social
thomas david
Maeve Spears
Ahmad Roberts
R. Chen
Ila Reese
and Lee W. Haas
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Ellis Clay @knownasclay.bsky.social
thomas david
Maeve Spears
Ahmad Roberts
R. Chen
Ila Reese
and Lee W. Haas
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Honored.
The mayor of Portland should be asking the governor of Oregon to activate the Oregon National Guard to protect peaceful protesters.
The federal government is out of control.
The federal government is out of control.
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The mayor of Portland should be asking the governor of Oregon to activate the Oregon National Guard to protect peaceful protesters.
The federal government is out of control.
The federal government is out of control.
“The *wrong* political party.”
Language matters. What they say is as telling as what they do.
Language matters. What they say is as telling as what they do.
Pam Bondi, who Trump is pressuring to prosecute his political rivals: "We are ending this weaponization. Our FBI is targeting violent criminals, child predators, and other law breakers—not sitting senators who happen to be from the wrong political party."
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“The *wrong* political party.”
Language matters. What they say is as telling as what they do.
Language matters. What they say is as telling as what they do.