Alexios
@kojakacademic.bsky.social
Scholar of Urban Education Policy: social reproduction, community engagement, law and education.
Riffing on:
NBA/Art/Cinema/Theater/Politics
Riffing on:
NBA/Art/Cinema/Theater/Politics
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Experts condemn Trump's attack on a civilian boat in the Caribbean as premeditated murder. If convicted in an international court, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, and Pete Hegseth could find themselves charged.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Experts condemn Trump's attack on a civilian boat in the Caribbean as premeditated murder. If convicted in an international court, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, JD Vance, and Pete Hegseth could find themselves charged.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago act.berniesanders.com/signup/rsvp-...
Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders in Chicago
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act.berniesanders.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Hm. This is nice.
Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...
Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.
www.engadget.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hm. This is nice.
A 4/4 teaching load is like broken glass pointed at your head!!!
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A 4/4 teaching load is like broken glass pointed at your head!!!
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It bears repeating that the new paper showing that the U.S. has significantly higher rates of pediatric deaths than similar countries demonstrates that these deaths are primarily caused by:
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Trends in US Children’s Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms
This study aims to determine how US children’s health has been changing from 2007 to 2023 using multiple data collection methods and a comprehensive set of health indicators.
jamanetwork.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It bears repeating that the new paper showing that the U.S. has significantly higher rates of pediatric deaths than similar countries demonstrates that these deaths are primarily caused by:
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
Firearms
Motor vehicle crashes
Substance use
Homicide
And are driven by:
Economic and racial disparity
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
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Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."
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Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.
June 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Protesters instigating violence in Boston, March 5, 1770.
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I will allow myself one armchair protest tactics take re: LA
this rules
this rules
A full Tejano band in a big truck rolled into the Olvera St, the lead singer has a Fuck ICE shirt on, and this protest is now a dance party
June 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I will allow myself one armchair protest tactics take re: LA
this rules
this rules
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see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health secretary removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on how vaccines should be used.
June 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines
Peak Handmaid's Tale AI account on X.
June 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Peak Handmaid's Tale AI account on X.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
June 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.
Paramount has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from CBS News, one of the people said. All people involved in the deal clearing understand the payment as the price of merger approval
Exclusive | Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit. Trump Wants More.
The president’s team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks.
www.wsj.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Openly negotiating the price of the bribe being paid to the President to grant approval to a regulatory merger. Happening right in front of us.