Michelle Voelker
@mev26.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, re-run aficionado.
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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Another way of framing this is that Bill Gates does not want your kid to grow up to be a doctor. Or anything else, for that matter. In Gates's future, we're all supposed to spend our time developing and selling AI apps to each other.
It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Another way of framing this is that Bill Gates does not want your kid to grow up to be a doctor. Or anything else, for that matter. In Gates's future, we're all supposed to spend our time developing and selling AI apps to each other.
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i think these people are in the grip of a genuine delusion www.nbcchicago.com/news/busines...
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
i think these people are in the grip of a genuine delusion www.nbcchicago.com/news/busines...
Where is Mahmoud Khalil? Has he been found yet? #abolishice
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Where is Mahmoud Khalil? Has he been found yet? #abolishice
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I am very sympathetic to the constraints teachers work under, but there are examples in the article that amount to giving up on teaching students to write (and read) and it really worries me. This is what I'm fighting against in More Than Words. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
Destruction of critical thinking continues apace.
How AI is affecting the way kids learn to read and write
Teachers are increasingly relying on AI to boost their student's reading and writing skills.
www.usatoday.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I am very sympathetic to the constraints teachers work under, but there are examples in the article that amount to giving up on teaching students to write (and read) and it really worries me. This is what I'm fighting against in More Than Words. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
“Reducing good writing to correctness drains it of its humanity.” - @biblioracle.bsky.social
Can’t wait to share this with a few teachers on Monday.
Can’t wait to share this with a few teachers on Monday.
blsky.social
biblioracle.blsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Reducing good writing to correctness drains it of its humanity.” - @biblioracle.bsky.social
Can’t wait to share this with a few teachers on Monday.
Can’t wait to share this with a few teachers on Monday.
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We gotcher Muskovites here (what’s it called when you coin something simultaneously with others?).
We have more and going to update. Send us more names.
We have more and going to update. Send us more names.
NEW: Elon Musk's buddies and DOGE underlings are working in the dark to make drastic changes to the US government.
@propublica.org is shining light on them with our new tracker.
Read. Share. Most importantly, send us your Musk tips: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
@propublica.org is shining light on them with our new tracker.
Read. Share. Most importantly, send us your Musk tips: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We gotcher Muskovites here (what’s it called when you coin something simultaneously with others?).
We have more and going to update. Send us more names.
We have more and going to update. Send us more names.
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At some point elon’s destruction squad has to come out of the buildings.
Protesters need to be watching every exit 24/7.
This is a siege.
Protesters need to be watching every exit 24/7.
This is a siege.
February 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
At some point elon’s destruction squad has to come out of the buildings.
Protesters need to be watching every exit 24/7.
This is a siege.
Protesters need to be watching every exit 24/7.
This is a siege.
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It's surreal doing all the "normal" things--watching my kid's soccer game, folding laundry, grocery shopping--in the middle of a kleptocratic coup.
February 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's surreal doing all the "normal" things--watching my kid's soccer game, folding laundry, grocery shopping--in the middle of a kleptocratic coup.
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Democrat Lawmakers…
Start going into the offices of EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY…
DEMAND TO MEET WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOGE IN THOSE OFFICES.
DEMAND THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
PUBLISH THEIR NAMES.
IF THEY REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, POST THEIR PICTURE AND WE’LL IDENTIFY THEM.
Start going into the offices of EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY…
DEMAND TO MEET WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOGE IN THOSE OFFICES.
DEMAND THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
PUBLISH THEIR NAMES.
IF THEY REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, POST THEIR PICTURE AND WE’LL IDENTIFY THEM.
February 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Democrat Lawmakers…
Start going into the offices of EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY…
DEMAND TO MEET WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOGE IN THOSE OFFICES.
DEMAND THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
PUBLISH THEIR NAMES.
IF THEY REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, POST THEIR PICTURE AND WE’LL IDENTIFY THEM.
Start going into the offices of EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY…
DEMAND TO MEET WITH ANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOGE IN THOSE OFFICES.
DEMAND THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
PUBLISH THEIR NAMES.
IF THEY REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, POST THEIR PICTURE AND WE’LL IDENTIFY THEM.
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This is literal neo-Nazi stuff, storm front-levels of white power
Trump is suddenly concerned about South Africa. Gee, I wonder where that came from.
February 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is literal neo-Nazi stuff, storm front-levels of white power
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So glad Senate Dems confirmed his picks without a fight. That really showed him! That's how you fight for all of us absolutely devastated and confused by his excellency's every whim.
Senators’ phones have been ringing off the hook with nonstop calls from hospitals, police departments, volunteer firefighters, food pantries, drug treatment centers, on and on and on.
January 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So glad Senate Dems confirmed his picks without a fight. That really showed him! That's how you fight for all of us absolutely devastated and confused by his excellency's every whim.
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Ain’t gon lie but it’s definitely been troubling seeing folks either wishing deportation on folks or hinting at calling ICE.
That’s the modern day Gestapo, full stop. Fuck is wrong with you?
That’s the modern day Gestapo, full stop. Fuck is wrong with you?
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ain’t gon lie but it’s definitely been troubling seeing folks either wishing deportation on folks or hinting at calling ICE.
That’s the modern day Gestapo, full stop. Fuck is wrong with you?
That’s the modern day Gestapo, full stop. Fuck is wrong with you?
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Not sure we've talked enough about how the Lafayette Reservoir tower is seismically unsafe, putting everyone at risk of catastrophic failure, so EBMUD wants to shorten the tower, but Lafayette keeps objecting on aesthetic grounds
www.ebmud.com/about-us/con...
www.lovelafayette.org/city-hall/ci...
www.ebmud.com/about-us/con...
www.lovelafayette.org/city-hall/ci...
Lafayette Reservoir Tower Project
EBMUD will shorten the Lafayette Reservoir Tower for a seismic upgrade.
www.ebmud.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Not sure we've talked enough about how the Lafayette Reservoir tower is seismically unsafe, putting everyone at risk of catastrophic failure, so EBMUD wants to shorten the tower, but Lafayette keeps objecting on aesthetic grounds
www.ebmud.com/about-us/con...
www.lovelafayette.org/city-hall/ci...
www.ebmud.com/about-us/con...
www.lovelafayette.org/city-hall/ci...
Teaching is a tough job. Coupled with the uncertainty of the next four years, I’ve been going through it. But the joy my juniors are finding in their chosen book clubs is giving me hope for the future. Love seeing them laugh and make meaning together.
November 21, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Teaching is a tough job. Coupled with the uncertainty of the next four years, I’ve been going through it. But the joy my juniors are finding in their chosen book clubs is giving me hope for the future. Love seeing them laugh and make meaning together.
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I love teaching.
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
I love teaching.
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
AND
I am so ready for Thanksgiving Break!
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People talk about echo chambers online but, heck, in real life I don't hang out with horrible people.
November 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM
People talk about echo chambers online but, heck, in real life I don't hang out with horrible people.
I was a voyeur on the bird app for a long time now. I’ll try to engage more here since the vibes seem better!
November 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I was a voyeur on the bird app for a long time now. I’ll try to engage more here since the vibes seem better!