Michelle Parrinello-Cason
@michelledpc.bsky.social
Book nerd. 📚 Educator. Secular homeschooling mom. She/her.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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Why is Al Green not the US president?
If your representative is not matching your energy, they are not representing you. Drive them out and replace them. #3E #SOTU
If your representative is not matching your energy, they are not representing you. Drive them out and replace them. #3E #SOTU
EXCLUSIVE: I recently spoke with Rep. Al Green who was just escorted from Donald Trump’s speech. We’ll have a chance to ask him more questions this evening.
Here’s what he told me:
Here’s what he told me:
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Cruelty and chaos are designed to rile us up and burn us out.
We must keep our calm without betraying our hearts.
Plant our feet without losing our heads.
Take a breath without looking away.
We must keep our calm without betraying our hearts.
Plant our feet without losing our heads.
Take a breath without looking away.
February 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Cruelty and chaos are designed to rile us up and burn us out.
We must keep our calm without betraying our hearts.
Plant our feet without losing our heads.
Take a breath without looking away.
We must keep our calm without betraying our hearts.
Plant our feet without losing our heads.
Take a breath without looking away.
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Elmo praises SZA following #SuperBowl Halftime show:
“May Elmo just say, Ms. SZA, YOU WERE FANTASTIC!!! ⭐️❤️🙌”
“May Elmo just say, Ms. SZA, YOU WERE FANTASTIC!!! ⭐️❤️🙌”
February 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Elmo praises SZA following #SuperBowl Halftime show:
“May Elmo just say, Ms. SZA, YOU WERE FANTASTIC!!! ⭐️❤️🙌”
“May Elmo just say, Ms. SZA, YOU WERE FANTASTIC!!! ⭐️❤️🙌”
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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!
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Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.
February 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Quick reminder that if you see a headline from a source you’ve never heard of that isn’t being reported by anyone else, you really should do some due diligence before spreading it around as fact. There’s enough misinformation floating around already; no need to add more.
Hey #BookSky, here’s what I read in January. (Heavy on #TournamentOfBooks selections.)
The Wedding People was my favorite.
Orbital felt like meditation.
World of Wonders was full of delightful metaphors.
The Wedding People was my favorite.
Orbital felt like meditation.
World of Wonders was full of delightful metaphors.
February 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hey #BookSky, here’s what I read in January. (Heavy on #TournamentOfBooks selections.)
The Wedding People was my favorite.
Orbital felt like meditation.
World of Wonders was full of delightful metaphors.
The Wedding People was my favorite.
Orbital felt like meditation.
World of Wonders was full of delightful metaphors.
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
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Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
bookshop.org
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
A few days after the election, I decided my family needed a puppy.
Now, as I wake up and read the news, this is at my feet.
Have to take a long walk later.
Tug on a rope and release aggression.
I’m not saying everyone should go get a puppy, but I am not NOT saying that, either.
Now, as I wake up and read the news, this is at my feet.
Have to take a long walk later.
Tug on a rope and release aggression.
I’m not saying everyone should go get a puppy, but I am not NOT saying that, either.
January 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A few days after the election, I decided my family needed a puppy.
Now, as I wake up and read the news, this is at my feet.
Have to take a long walk later.
Tug on a rope and release aggression.
I’m not saying everyone should go get a puppy, but I am not NOT saying that, either.
Now, as I wake up and read the news, this is at my feet.
Have to take a long walk later.
Tug on a rope and release aggression.
I’m not saying everyone should go get a puppy, but I am not NOT saying that, either.
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BREAKING: Philadelphia workers have won the first Whole Foods union under Amazon with UFCW.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
January 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
BREAKING: Philadelphia workers have won the first Whole Foods union under Amazon with UFCW.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
Since Amazon bought the chain, workers have lost benefits and felt the squeeze.
Now they're fighting back against the multi-trillion dollar giant and hoping this win will be the first of many.
Def cannot choose just one!
Erasure by Percival Everett, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Zami by Audre Lorde, Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Erasure by Percival Everett, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Zami by Audre Lorde, Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Quote post this and tell me about your favorite book written by a Black author. 📝
January 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Def cannot choose just one!
Erasure by Percival Everett, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Zami by Audre Lorde, Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Erasure by Percival Everett, Deacon King Kong by James McBride, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Zami by Audre Lorde, Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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#Homeschool families: Here's a free multidisciplinary mini unit study for your kiddos. Go to the grocery store tomorrow & make a list of different brands and varieties of coffees. Put the data into a spreadsheet and explore how you can sort the data by columns. Next, research top coffee exporting /2
January 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#Homeschool families: Here's a free multidisciplinary mini unit study for your kiddos. Go to the grocery store tomorrow & make a list of different brands and varieties of coffees. Put the data into a spreadsheet and explore how you can sort the data by columns. Next, research top coffee exporting /2
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Reminder for anyone who sees Trump as a savior: He lobbied to have tiktok banned in the first place, and now he’s positioning himself as the hero by unbanning it. It’s theatrics.
January 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reminder for anyone who sees Trump as a savior: He lobbied to have tiktok banned in the first place, and now he’s positioning himself as the hero by unbanning it. It’s theatrics.
Here for the new weird little guy!
NEW WEIRD LITTLE GUY JUST DROPPED
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
January 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Here for the new weird little guy!
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lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
January 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
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Send All Available Softness Gentle Gentle. Risograph, wheat paste on wood panel. Nathaniel Russell.
January 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Send All Available Softness Gentle Gentle. Risograph, wheat paste on wood panel. Nathaniel Russell.
The rapid and consistent decrease in basic functionality in the world around us has been one of the strangest parts of living in “the future.”
It’s as if a commitment to make everything a little bit worse every day actually makes them a lot worse pretty quickly.
It’s as if a commitment to make everything a little bit worse every day actually makes them a lot worse pretty quickly.
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The rapid and consistent decrease in basic functionality in the world around us has been one of the strangest parts of living in “the future.”
It’s as if a commitment to make everything a little bit worse every day actually makes them a lot worse pretty quickly.
It’s as if a commitment to make everything a little bit worse every day actually makes them a lot worse pretty quickly.
So much of my academic training (and what was modeled there) was basically “find a quote you can argue against” as a way to “critically engage.”
Is academia the origin of this impulse? Or just a symptom of it?
Is academia the origin of this impulse? Or just a symptom of it?
I think that the tweet genre of “this person (who might be a bot) had a bizarre opinion that made me think less of humanity and so the right thing by to do is screenshot it and show it to the largest number of people” is silly.
January 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So much of my academic training (and what was modeled there) was basically “find a quote you can argue against” as a way to “critically engage.”
Is academia the origin of this impulse? Or just a symptom of it?
Is academia the origin of this impulse? Or just a symptom of it?
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Amen to this whole thread.
And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.
And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.
The Finspan announcement dropped today (by the way, it looks GORGEOUS!!). I'm really excited for the whole Finspan team!
Being a year removed from the Wyrmspan release, I'm reminded of the rollercoaster of emotions I experienced then #boardgames 🧵
Being a year removed from the Wyrmspan release, I'm reminded of the rollercoaster of emotions I experienced then #boardgames 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Amen to this whole thread.
And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.
And if you hear anyone complaining about this delaying the next Wingspan expansion, tell them they now owe a $50 donation to their local hospice organization for being an asshole. Findpan doesn't have a thing to do with the delay but my dad's cancer sure as hell does.
I run #secularhomeschool online book clubs. You Call This Democracy? is smart and action-focused.
Many of the kids I know feel scared and frustrated with politics. Knowledge and action combat that.
I've decided to offer the self-paced materials free: daylalearning.teachable.com/p/tween-book...
Many of the kids I know feel scared and frustrated with politics. Knowledge and action combat that.
I've decided to offer the self-paced materials free: daylalearning.teachable.com/p/tween-book...
November 2024 Tween Book Club: You Call This Democracy?
daylalearning.teachable.com
December 27, 2024 at 10:43 PM
I run #secularhomeschool online book clubs. You Call This Democracy? is smart and action-focused.
Many of the kids I know feel scared and frustrated with politics. Knowledge and action combat that.
I've decided to offer the self-paced materials free: daylalearning.teachable.com/p/tween-book...
Many of the kids I know feel scared and frustrated with politics. Knowledge and action combat that.
I've decided to offer the self-paced materials free: daylalearning.teachable.com/p/tween-book...
I will also add that if you only tried Storygraph when it first came out, please take another look! The features are so much better than they were before!
It's truly a Goodreads replacement for me, and I was a HEAVY Goodreads user.
It's truly a Goodreads replacement for me, and I was a HEAVY Goodreads user.
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
December 16, 2024 at 7:06 PM
I will also add that if you only tried Storygraph when it first came out, please take another look! The features are so much better than they were before!
It's truly a Goodreads replacement for me, and I was a HEAVY Goodreads user.
It's truly a Goodreads replacement for me, and I was a HEAVY Goodreads user.
Bayo the #bernedoodle has doubled in size in less than three weeks. 😬
Gonna need to adjust the dog food budget!
#DogsOfBluesky
Gonna need to adjust the dog food budget!
#DogsOfBluesky
December 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Bayo the #bernedoodle has doubled in size in less than three weeks. 😬
Gonna need to adjust the dog food budget!
#DogsOfBluesky
Gonna need to adjust the dog food budget!
#DogsOfBluesky