Mark Loundy
@markloundy.bsky.social
School makerspace founder, AI and Maker Ed speaker, former journalist, five-time Ignited fellow, Google Certified Educator and Product Expert, in Silicon Valley. Constructionism not Instructionism. PBL.
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Did I miss the meeting where we decided the polite newspaper word for racism, extremism et al was “populism?”
A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.
German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen
Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Did I miss the meeting where we decided the polite newspaper word for racism, extremism et al was “populism?”
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I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/xfVHa6H
The Washington Post Has Become
Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought
It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/xfVHa6H
And more of it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And more of it.
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The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit alongside 25 states to restore SNAP food assistance during the federal shutdown.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
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The Epstein Files aren’t the only thing Donald is covering up.
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Epstein Files aren’t the only thing Donald is covering up.
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On a completely unrelated topic, did you know that household bleach, saltwater, and other chlorides can trigger "bronze disease", an "an irreversible and nearly inexorable corrosion process" that can completely destroy bronze objects?
Feels symbolic that a Confederate statue first installed in 1901, at the peak of the consolidation of the Jim Crow system—when the states of the former Confederacy were in the midst of revising their constitutions to disfranchise Black citizens—has been reinstalled.
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A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On a completely unrelated topic, did you know that household bleach, saltwater, and other chlorides can trigger "bronze disease", an "an irreversible and nearly inexorable corrosion process" that can completely destroy bronze objects?
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This is how they claim you were 'over the line'. They pull you over and start the riot for themselves.
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is how they claim you were 'over the line'. They pull you over and start the riot for themselves.
“But Atlas is a browser that actively fights against the web, and in doing so, it's fighting against the very idea that you should have control over what you see, where you go, and what watches you while you're there.”
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ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“But Atlas is a browser that actively fights against the web, and in doing so, it's fighting against the very idea that you should have control over what you see, where you go, and what watches you while you're there.”
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“The tragedy isn't that PBL died—it was never fully alive in most places claiming to use it.” #EduSky
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PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS DEAD: THE QUESTION NOW. IS IT WORTH SAVING THE REST?
Picture this scenario, and if you work in education, you've likely witnessed some version of this: A school announces it's "going PBL." Teachers receive a day or two of training.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“The tragedy isn't that PBL died—it was never fully alive in most places claiming to use it.” #EduSky
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Jose (50501/Indivisible)” - Join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS San Jose (50501/Indivisible) · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Jose (50501/Indivisible)” - Join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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They’re going to have to fire nearly everyone, you know.
October 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They’re going to have to fire nearly everyone, you know.
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uh, if it's no longer protecting consumers, it's because Russell Vought decimated it
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT
White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers
White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.
reut.rs
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
uh, if it's no longer protecting consumers, it's because Russell Vought decimated it
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Oh, no.
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Oh, no.
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“I announced…I’m a journalist, I’m press.” The woman to my left hissed, “We don’t give a fuck,” and the other dug her nails into my scalp and pulled me by my hair across the port.”
U.S. allies abducting and torturing American journalists isn’t a problem to this administration.
U.S. allies abducting and torturing American journalists isn’t a problem to this administration.
October 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“I announced…I’m a journalist, I’m press.” The woman to my left hissed, “We don’t give a fuck,” and the other dug her nails into my scalp and pulled me by my hair across the port.”
U.S. allies abducting and torturing American journalists isn’t a problem to this administration.
U.S. allies abducting and torturing American journalists isn’t a problem to this administration.
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Jeff Freeman, a photojournalist for WLS-TV, was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests at an ICE facility in Broadview, IL, on Sept. 27.
ICE officers had warned local police that there would be a “sh*t show” that day.
ICE officers had warned local police that there would be a “sh*t show” that day.
TV photographer shot with crowd-control munitions at Illinois protest
Jeff Freeman, a photojournalist for WLS-TV, was shot with pepper balls while reporting on protests outside a U.S. Immigration and …
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October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Jeff Freeman, a photojournalist for WLS-TV, was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests at an ICE facility in Broadview, IL, on Sept. 27.
ICE officers had warned local police that there would be a “sh*t show” that day.
ICE officers had warned local police that there would be a “sh*t show” that day.
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Apple and Facebook are enemies of the open web, and they've shown it by removing apps or pages where people report sightings of Trump's ICE thugs.
The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.
This is why we have to save the open web.
The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.
This is why we have to save the open web.
October 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Apple and Facebook are enemies of the open web, and they've shown it by removing apps or pages where people report sightings of Trump's ICE thugs.
The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.
This is why we have to save the open web.
The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.
This is why we have to save the open web.
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Zero surprise that the new GOP is manufacturing these horrible young men www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Zero surprise that the new GOP is manufacturing these horrible young men www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" are fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise.
And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.
www.politico.com/new...
And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.
www.politico.com/new...
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" are fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise.
And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.
www.politico.com/new...
And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.
www.politico.com/new...
I have always contended that it’s dangerous to characterize journalism as a profession rather than an activity. Even outside of journalism, photographing something in a public place is inherently protected by the First Amendment. No actual journalism is required. @nppa.org @nppalawyer.bsky.social
The hate crime charge against Alexa Wilkinson for photographing vandalism of the New York Times building is a dangerous precedent, no matter what you think of Wilkinson.
Journalist or not, photography isn’t a hate crime
Gatekeeping over hate crime charges misses the forest for the trees
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October 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I have always contended that it’s dangerous to characterize journalism as a profession rather than an activity. Even outside of journalism, photographing something in a public place is inherently protected by the First Amendment. No actual journalism is required. @nppa.org @nppalawyer.bsky.social
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YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement
YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement
YouTube follows Meta and X in settling with the president.
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September 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
YouTube caves to Trump with $24.5 million settlement
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This is one reason why @fsc.bsky.social has been so active in fighting these laws, and what groups like @fightforthefuture.org @eff.org @aclu.org @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social @thefireorg.bsky.social and others have warned about.
Sex is the canary in the coal mine of free speech.
Sex is the canary in the coal mine of free speech.
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is one reason why @fsc.bsky.social has been so active in fighting these laws, and what groups like @fightforthefuture.org @eff.org @aclu.org @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social @thefireorg.bsky.social and others have warned about.
Sex is the canary in the coal mine of free speech.
Sex is the canary in the coal mine of free speech.
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Missouri's Governor just signed the GOP's illegal map. It will now be sued.
September 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Missouri's Governor just signed the GOP's illegal map. It will now be sued.
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A moral society would make guys like this absolute pariahs, basically excommunicated from all sources of social belonging and support. There's no excusing beliefs like this. They're products of an entirely malformed being.
Border Patrol agent talks about how he knows that the people he's arresting at this nutrition bar factory in NY are "literal street rats" who would "eat our kids"
September 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A moral society would make guys like this absolute pariahs, basically excommunicated from all sources of social belonging and support. There's no excusing beliefs like this. They're products of an entirely malformed being.