MrsMisfit
@lizflemister.bsky.social
When it comes to rising costs, women are more worried than men — about everything 19thnews.org/2025/09/poll... via @19thnews.org
When it comes to rising costs, women are more worried than men — about everything
A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll found that women — especially women of color — were more worried about covering the cost of groceries, housing, medical bills, child care and rent.
19thnews.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When it comes to rising costs, women are more worried than men — about everything 19thnews.org/2025/09/poll... via @19thnews.org
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Proud to announce, Hidden Voices: Latines in United States History is in print and digital! NYC’s Dept of Social Studies & Civics worked w/ lead scholar Johanna Fernández & ~20 other scholars on this 575 page book w/ bios, primary sources, and teaching materials. www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proud to announce, Hidden Voices: Latines in United States History is in print and digital! NYC’s Dept of Social Studies & Civics worked w/ lead scholar Johanna Fernández & ~20 other scholars on this 575 page book w/ bios, primary sources, and teaching materials. www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
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👋 Hi! If you, like us, are ENRAGED by the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, remember: you have a voice—and now’s the time to use it.
Congress is on recess. That means your reps are back home—and they need to hear from you. ⬇️
Congress is on recess. That means your reps are back home—and they need to hear from you. ⬇️
Attend a May Recess Town Hall to Oppose Passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act ⭑ 5 Calls
The House of Representatives is in recess from May 23rd to June 2nd with the Senate joining them in recess from May 24th to - June 1st. This time is …
5calls.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
👋 Hi! If you, like us, are ENRAGED by the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, remember: you have a voice—and now’s the time to use it.
Congress is on recess. That means your reps are back home—and they need to hear from you. ⬇️
Congress is on recess. That means your reps are back home—and they need to hear from you. ⬇️
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Jason Stanley's Erasing History is a compelling source in educators' efforts against ignorant & racist re-writing of history. @zinnedproject.bsky.social released an interview w/him, also providing a helpful list of resources for educators navigating all of this: www.zinnedproject.org/news/erasing...
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
Scholar Jason Stanley, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, discussed his book, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which exposes the ways a...
www.zinnedproject.org
May 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Jason Stanley's Erasing History is a compelling source in educators' efforts against ignorant & racist re-writing of history. @zinnedproject.bsky.social released an interview w/him, also providing a helpful list of resources for educators navigating all of this: www.zinnedproject.org/news/erasing...
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As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene.
In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.
As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene.
In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.
May 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene.
In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.
As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene.
In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.
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“Some people have said, ‘I wish this author existed.’ Well, he doesn’t. We must understand that we build our own narratives. If we don’t, the far right will monopolize the narratives, create myths, and we will spend our lives fact-checking while they write history.”
A Philosopher Released an Acclaimed Book About Digital Manipulation. The Author Ended Up Being AI
Italian essayist Andrea Colamedici tells WIRED "Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality" was a “philosophical experiment and a performance.” The book’s Chinese author does not…
wrd.cm
May 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Some people have said, ‘I wish this author existed.’ Well, he doesn’t. We must understand that we build our own narratives. If we don’t, the far right will monopolize the narratives, create myths, and we will spend our lives fact-checking while they write history.”
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Join us on May 5 to hear from @imaniperry.bsky.social and Jarvis Givens about the Black Teacher Archive: learn about a pedadgogy of organized resistance.
These are lessons we can use today to defend #FreedomtoLearn
Free. ASL and PD certificates provided.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/black-t...
These are lessons we can use today to defend #FreedomtoLearn
Free. ASL and PD certificates provided.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/black-t...
Black Teachers: A Pedagogy of Organized Resistance
Historians Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry will discuss the Black Teacher Archive, which centralizes materials created by professional organizations of African American educators. This session is part o...
www.zinnedproject.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Join us on May 5 to hear from @imaniperry.bsky.social and Jarvis Givens about the Black Teacher Archive: learn about a pedadgogy of organized resistance.
These are lessons we can use today to defend #FreedomtoLearn
Free. ASL and PD certificates provided.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/black-t...
These are lessons we can use today to defend #FreedomtoLearn
Free. ASL and PD certificates provided.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/black-t...
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Lessons on Brown v. Board of Ed should not begin with the 1954 Supreme Court decision but, instead, with the decades of activism by young people, families, teachers, & principals that led to historic ruling.
We recommend book ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/gi...
We recommend book ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/gi...
The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement
Book — Non-fiction. By Teri Kanefield. 2014. 56 pages. Illustrated book of a teenager who led a student walk out to protest substandard conditions at a Virginia high school in 1951.
www.zinnedproject.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Lessons on Brown v. Board of Ed should not begin with the 1954 Supreme Court decision but, instead, with the decades of activism by young people, families, teachers, & principals that led to historic ruling.
We recommend book ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/gi...
We recommend book ⬇️ #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/gi...
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Want to share 5 Calls with friends? Download printable flyers you can use locally to spread the word!
They make for great hand outs at school, rallies, organizing meet ups, or your next 50501 event. 😎🪧
Get them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
They make for great hand outs at school, rallies, organizing meet ups, or your next 50501 event. 😎🪧
Get them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Want to share 5 Calls with friends? Download printable flyers you can use locally to spread the word!
They make for great hand outs at school, rallies, organizing meet ups, or your next 50501 event. 😎🪧
Get them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
They make for great hand outs at school, rallies, organizing meet ups, or your next 50501 event. 😎🪧
Get them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
Vote NO on the SAVE Act!
The SAVE Act is a trick to undermine our voting rights. Urge Congress to vote no on the SAVE ACT.
act.standupamerica.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act: act.standupamerica.com/letters/no-o...
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And no, for the 150th time—150-year-olds are not getting Social Security benefits. www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #ElonMusk #FoxNews
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation.
www.wired.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And no, for the 150th time—150-year-olds are not getting Social Security benefits. www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #ElonMusk #FoxNews
Really appreciate @5calls.org for making it so easy to call my reps.
Trump signed an EO to dismantle the Department of Education, which can only legally be done through an act of Congress. This executive overreach will only benefit right-wing extremists who seek to privatize education.
🔥📞🔥 Call your reps - 5calls.org/issue/educat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
🔥📞🔥 Call your reps - 5calls.org/issue/educat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Education Department
The complete elimination of the department would require the approval of Congress.
www.nbcnews.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Really appreciate @5calls.org for making it so easy to call my reps.
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Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people suppo...
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
All we have as a latestagecapitalisteconomy is advertising. Ad revenue drives every industry & we’re over it. Ads targeting kids. Devices always listening to generate targeted sm ads. Every sporthobby&home entertainment access point is littered w loud boring ads selling stuff nobody wants. Gross.
Users in the test group are unimpressed by the video ads, which play automatically. Customers say they will be eager to toss their Roku devices if the ads become permanent.
Roku Tests Showing Ads Before the Home Screen Loads
Users in the test group are unimpressed by the video ads, which play automatically. Customers say they will be eager to toss their Roku devices if the ads become permanent.
wrd.cm
March 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
All we have as a latestagecapitalisteconomy is advertising. Ad revenue drives every industry & we’re over it. Ads targeting kids. Devices always listening to generate targeted sm ads. Every sporthobby&home entertainment access point is littered w loud boring ads selling stuff nobody wants. Gross.
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We must keep ICE out of schools. And your local police and SROs might be the ones to feed the school to deportation pipeline. Here’s an Action Kit to advocate for protections.
Immigrant communities and schools as sanctuaries of learning are being targeted—but students and organizers are fighting back.
We've created a new resource to provide you with the tools to demand that school districts protect immigrant students and families ⤵️
policefreeschools.org/resources/pr...
We've created a new resource to provide you with the tools to demand that school districts protect immigrant students and families ⤵️
policefreeschools.org/resources/pr...
March 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We must keep ICE out of schools. And your local police and SROs might be the ones to feed the school to deportation pipeline. Here’s an Action Kit to advocate for protections.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Hundreds of people gathered at Patriots Park right now in Tarrytown for a Stop the Cuts Rally — holding Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) accountable for his vote to decimate Medicaid.
March 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hundreds of people gathered at Patriots Park right now in Tarrytown for a Stop the Cuts Rally — holding Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) accountable for his vote to decimate Medicaid.
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Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
March 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts
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New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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NEW: Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
propub.li
March 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW: Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Complacency is perhaps our greatest risk for avoiding a future pandemic from H5N1.
And, uh, maybe lay off the raw milk.
#hpai #birdflu
nymag.com/intelligence...
And, uh, maybe lay off the raw milk.
#hpai #birdflu
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Complacency is perhaps our greatest risk for avoiding a future pandemic from H5N1.
And, uh, maybe lay off the raw milk.
#hpai #birdflu
nymag.com/intelligence...
And, uh, maybe lay off the raw milk.
#hpai #birdflu
nymag.com/intelligence...
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BREAKING: Starting at 6 pm today and through tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Education offices and regional offices will be closed “for security reasons.”
Multiple sources shared the email to employees — which doesn’t explain more.
Do you have info? Let me + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social know.
Multiple sources shared the email to employees — which doesn’t explain more.
Do you have info? Let me + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social know.
March 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
BREAKING: Starting at 6 pm today and through tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Education offices and regional offices will be closed “for security reasons.”
Multiple sources shared the email to employees — which doesn’t explain more.
Do you have info? Let me + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social know.
Multiple sources shared the email to employees — which doesn’t explain more.
Do you have info? Let me + @jsmithrichards.bsky.social know.