Megan Robertson
@megan72.bsky.social
It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.
(William Carlos Williams)
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.
(William Carlos Williams)
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1 5 gift ideas that won't make the billionaires richer:
15 Gifts You Can Make, Buy Locally, or Find in a Drawer, So You Don’t Have to Give Money to Billionaires This Holiday Season
We’re done passing meaningless tokens back and forth to fill some arbitrary holiday obligation.
www.thestranger.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
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Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh no. Tom Lehrer gone. At his great age, it’s not a tragedy, I know, but it just does feel bad not having his genius in the world.
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I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
July 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.
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The ADA was signed into law 35 years ago today, and remains the most comprehensive civil rights law protecting people with disabilities.
This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.
This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.
July 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The ADA was signed into law 35 years ago today, and remains the most comprehensive civil rights law protecting people with disabilities.
This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.
This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.
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A lesson on how to write a headline.
Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA
Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.
www.rollingstone.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A lesson on how to write a headline.
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While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States’ falling birth rate, a new poll finds that relatively few U.S. adults see this as a priority or share the White House’s concerns.
US adults want the government to focus on child care costs, not birth rates, AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans do not want the government to focus on increasing birth rates, despite efforts by the Trump administration to make this a priority.
bit.ly
July 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While the Trump administration explores ways to encourage Americans to have more babies and reverse the United States’ falling birth rate, a new poll finds that relatively few U.S. adults see this as a priority or share the White House’s concerns.
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This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is what’s on CNN right now, an hour after Republicans passed a bill stripping healthcare from 17 million Americans, gutting food assistance to the tune of $300 billion, and exploding the deficit by $4 trillion.
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Can we start talking about the war on children?
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs—and more
#Trump
#Trump
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs—and more
Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
The ...
www.dailykos.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Can we start talking about the war on children?
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I am proud to be a fanatical member of the #KEXP community.
“I almost am overjoyed that this happened, because it showed what we could do as a staff and as a community when everything seemed impossible,” @djjohnrichards.bsky.social
current.org/2025/06/slee... #PublicMedia #Radio #Leadership
“I almost am overjoyed that this happened, because it showed what we could do as a staff and as a community when everything seemed impossible,” @djjohnrichards.bsky.social
current.org/2025/06/slee... #PublicMedia #Radio #Leadership
KEXP hosts 27-hour marathon broadcast for public media - Current
KEXP's community turned out to show support for the station and public media.
current.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am proud to be a fanatical member of the #KEXP community.
“I almost am overjoyed that this happened, because it showed what we could do as a staff and as a community when everything seemed impossible,” @djjohnrichards.bsky.social
current.org/2025/06/slee... #PublicMedia #Radio #Leadership
“I almost am overjoyed that this happened, because it showed what we could do as a staff and as a community when everything seemed impossible,” @djjohnrichards.bsky.social
current.org/2025/06/slee... #PublicMedia #Radio #Leadership
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Just in case anyone is looking for it:
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just in case anyone is looking for it:
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I’m really proud of my new @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column, & I hope you’ll read & share as we have much to learn from how the early 20C built to the (previously) most exclusionary period in our history. 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/06/cons...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/06/cons...
Considering History: How Individual Ideas and Policies Built America’s Most Exclusionary Era | The Saturday Evening Post
A climate of exclusion doesn’t happen in a vacuum; decades of racist views and policies shaped America’s attitudes toward immigrants throughout the 20th century.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’m really proud of my new @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History column, & I hope you’ll read & share as we have much to learn from how the early 20C built to the (previously) most exclusionary period in our history. 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/06/cons...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/06/cons...
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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There it is. The first ever Heat Advisory issued in Alaska. This is the first year it has been an option. @alaskawx.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 4:48 AM
There it is. The first ever Heat Advisory issued in Alaska. This is the first year it has been an option. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.
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Aside from the questionable conclusion of this answer, which is both stupid and dangerous, Mike Johnson was literally a constitutional lawyer before becoming a lawmaker.
Q: The president said that if he were Tom Homan he would arrest Gavin Newsom. Do you believe Newsom should face consequences in a legal way?
MIKE JOHNSON: Um, that's not my lane. I'm not gonna give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tar and feathered.
MIKE JOHNSON: Um, that's not my lane. I'm not gonna give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tar and feathered.
June 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Aside from the questionable conclusion of this answer, which is both stupid and dangerous, Mike Johnson was literally a constitutional lawyer before becoming a lawmaker.
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Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️🌈
June 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️🌈
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A win! A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to eliminate Job Corps a Department of Labor program that provides job training to young people entering the workforce.
June 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A win! A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to eliminate Job Corps a Department of Labor program that provides job training to young people entering the workforce.
“GenAI can simulate all of the steps: it can summarize readings, pull out key concepts, draft text, and even generate ideas for discussion. But that would be like going to the gym and asking a robot to lift weights for you.”
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“GenAI can simulate all of the steps: it can summarize readings, pull out key concepts, draft text, and even generate ideas for discussion. But that would be like going to the gym and asking a robot to lift weights for you.”
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This is happening in Florida.
May 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is happening in Florida.
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The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)
May 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)