Maggie
@mmcconnaha.bsky.social
Mom, gardener, doctoral student and researcher of school-to-prison nexus, young adult literature, and abolition.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41.
Here’s the President of the United States of America.
Here’s the President of the United States of America.
September 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
There have been 6 mass shootings in the USA over the past 24 hours. The casualty count stands at 41.
Here’s the President of the United States of America.
Here’s the President of the United States of America.
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Filling classrooms with computers didn't have the huge and positive impact on learning that was promised. Filling them with tablets hasn't done it either.
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Filling classrooms with computers didn't have the huge and positive impact on learning that was promised. Filling them with tablets hasn't done it either.
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
I know this might sound absurd to many (especially politicians) but what if we filled them with highly skilled and properly supported educators?
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Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
September 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.
And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
New Jersey PBS shutting down in July - New Jersey Globe
New Jersey PBS is expected to cease operations in July 2026 following WNET's decision not to renew its agreement, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The
newjerseyglobe.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NJ PBS shutting down next summer.
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”
newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...
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Hi, Bluesky! It’s God.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
September 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hi, Bluesky! It’s God.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Can't recommend enough buying a DVD player (or in our case old Playstation) and utilizing the local libraries to get movies from a certain company we no longer have a streaming subscription to!
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Can't recommend enough buying a DVD player (or in our case old Playstation) and utilizing the local libraries to get movies from a certain company we no longer have a streaming subscription to!
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8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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California Turns Down Another Chance to End Forced Prison Labor
California Turns Down Another Chance to End Forced Prison Labor
The Proposition 6 result has been devastating to people in California prison. We continue to mostly make less than 74 cents an hour.
prisonjournalismproject.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
California Turns Down Another Chance to End Forced Prison Labor
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I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'd really recommend doing this, especially if you have the opportunity to visit a 19 Century graveyard. Not only will you be shocked at how many babies and young children are there, but there will also be a sad and surprising number of women of childbearing age.
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Teachers are reportedly spending an average of $895 out-of-pocket on school supplies — a nearly 50% increase since 2015.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the dignity, support, and pay they deserve? https://youtu.be/AbBbhoHRPSU?feature=shared
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the dignity, support, and pay they deserve? https://youtu.be/AbBbhoHRPSU?feature=shared
The Republican War On Teachers | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Teachers are reportedly spending an average of $895 out-of-pocket on school supplies — a nearly 50% increase since 2015.
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the dignity, support, and pay they deserve? https://youtu.be/AbBbhoHRPSU?feature=shared
Is there a “teacher shortage,” or a shortage of jobs that treat educators with the dignity, support, and pay they deserve? https://youtu.be/AbBbhoHRPSU?feature=shared
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Release the Epstein files.
September 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Release the Epstein files.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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You think we weren’t prepared for the last pandemic ….
August 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
You think we weren’t prepared for the last pandemic ….
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Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers."
Do something about it, you evil bastards.
Do something about it, you evil bastards.
August 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Those who have the power to stop mass shootings can go to hell with their "thoughts and prayers."
Do something about it, you evil bastards.
Do something about it, you evil bastards.
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My piece for this week's #poemsabout #ceasefire. Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My piece for this week's #poemsabout #ceasefire. Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk
I'm a doctoral candidate with seven years' education experience making $24,161 before taxes/healthcare, probably no conference funding this year, TAs are apparently having to share crayons and not make copies, but here is my dean's publicly available salary: govsalaries.com/jackson-jerl...
Jackson Jerlando | GovSalaries
Information about Jackson Jerlando working as for Michigan State University.
govsalaries.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm a doctoral candidate with seven years' education experience making $24,161 before taxes/healthcare, probably no conference funding this year, TAs are apparently having to share crayons and not make copies, but here is my dean's publicly available salary: govsalaries.com/jackson-jerl...
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They miss the era of superpredator discourse so much. They yearn to lock up children. Imprisoning children does not solve any issues. Research has shown the harm that incarceration does to children, their families, their communities & society. It's all cost & no benefit. They do not care.
Jeanine Pirro: "I can't touch you if you're 14, 15, 16, 17 years old and you have a gun."
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They miss the era of superpredator discourse so much. They yearn to lock up children. Imprisoning children does not solve any issues. Research has shown the harm that incarceration does to children, their families, their communities & society. It's all cost & no benefit. They do not care.
"'When the principal would come in, she would . . . simply lift her eyes to the outline that resided on the desk and teach us from the outline. When the principal disappeared, her eyes went back to the book in her lap. . .'”
Noyes Academy's destruction highlights central role that fight for “freedom for literacy & literacy for freedom” plays in U.S. history & today, as Theresa Perry says in "Young, Gifted, & Black."
and the need for "fugitive pedagogy."
See book by Jarvis Givens ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fu...
and the need for "fugitive pedagogy."
See book by Jarvis Givens ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fu...
August 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
May I someday be blessed with the same focus and sense of purpose as my three-year-old mowing the lawn behind his dad.
August 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
May I someday be blessed with the same focus and sense of purpose as my three-year-old mowing the lawn behind his dad.
Now is a great time to get PBS passport and watch Call the Midwife season 14, episode 4. www.pbs.org/call-the-mid...
Season 14 Episode 4 | Call the Midwife | PBS
The sisters welcome a new postulant, Sister Catherine, to Nonnatus House.
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August 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Now is a great time to get PBS passport and watch Call the Midwife season 14, episode 4. www.pbs.org/call-the-mid...