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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 16h

“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com

Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.

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Liz Ahern 🌈🧜🏼‍♀️🇲🇽🍉 @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 5h

Veterans have lined up outside the ICE detention center in Portland, standing in solidarity and calling for accountability and lawful conduct by federal officers.

Their message: Those who once defended the Constitution are now standing to ensure it's upheld at home.

#VeteransDay #Portland #NoICE

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 3h

interesting question! I went down the Wiki rabbit hole after watching CODA. learning to read seems doubly hard because American sign language isn’t English (for example British Sign Language is a whole other language). So it seems like speaking Japanese at home but learning to read in Spanish 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 7h

So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora

A bright red curtain of light surrounded by green glow rains down from the sky behind the silhouettes of spruce trees

A bright red curtain of light surrounded by green glow rains down from the sky behind the silhouettes of spruce trees. The light is reflected in the thin layer of ice covering the pond in the foreground.

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Joel the noodge @digbie.bsky.social · 6h

Minneapolis

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 5h

Twin Cities aurora tonight is directly overhead and in overdrive!

curtains of red and green light directly overhead with silhouettes of leafless trees visible on the edges of the photo

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 7h

But to use context clues well, you have already have so many other building blocks of reading in place, and you need general knowledge about the world. It helps build vocabulary, but it’s an advanced skill

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 7h

say you are reading historical romance and run into the word ‘pelisse’. You automatically sound it out but that doesn’t help if it’s not part of your vocabulary and you haven’t heard it spoken. It’s totally unfamiliar. Then context clues can really help. ‘She donned her pelisse quickly for warmth’

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 7h

So for example if as a kid you read the word ‘scissors’, sounding it out is better than using context clues. Because you know what scissors are and what the word sounds like.

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 7h

I think the distinction is between being able to recognize a written word whose verbal meaning you already know, versus being able to figure out the meaning of a word you haven’t heard before, even if you can read it aloud accurately.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 7h

Lots wrong with the world right now, but at least Iowans can go outside and see the Northern Lights.

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 7h

As a little girl who was super into reading about horses I’m offended that he thought ‘horse’ and ‘pony’ were basically the same. Also in the cueing prompt where the sentence was ‘the cowboy rides a…’ and the word started with ‘p’ my brain chose ‘palomino’ 😛

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WhatSaraSaid @whatsarasaid.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting result for the Why Vote It’s Not Like My Vote Changes Anything crowd

civicAPI ☑️ @civicapi.org · 9h

Seattle Mayor -- UPDATE:

- ☑️ Katie Wilson - 137,217 (50.25%)
- Bruce Harrell - 135,871 (49.75%)

We project that Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

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Capital Weather Gang @capitalweather.bsky.social · 8h

UPDATE: A CHANCE to see NORTHERN LIGHTS in DC area TONIGHT (Tues into Wed).
A strong geomagnetic storm is hitting Earth NOW (8p Tuesday) w/ aurora erupting to our north. It could get stronger & reach severe levels into Wed. Clouds are an impediment though. Read more: www.facebook.com/capitalweath...

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 8h

I would imagine as an older struggling reader taught by cueing you would have absorbed the idea that total reading accuracy isn’t important if you think you get the gist, which in itself leaves you really unprepared to deal with adult life

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 8h

(Con) word, it’s much quicker to just look at the picture on the page and guess, so it becomes a default. sounding out each syllable is harder for little kids but literally rewires the brain to assimilate written language much more quickly over time, and that’s when the literacy gap starts to show

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 8h

The linked original article also explains that the cueing method allows beginning readers to feel like they are having success reading faster. It feels easier and more fun to the student and no doubt the teacher. Even when phonics are taught as one of several strategies for figuring out an unknown

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 9h

Note this is based on 2016-2018 detention

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE

Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE

A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

The high court's decision keeps in place a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing. n.pr/3WRo8HZ

Supreme Court extends its order blocking full SNAP payments, with shutdown potentially near an end

The high court's decision keeps in place a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 9h

Now expanded to *all* ByHeart products.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3d

NEWS — FDA announces 13 cases of infant botulism across 10 states after babies were given ByHeart powder formula from two specific lots.

Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula

Do not use certain lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.

www.fda.gov

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 9h

It's not just the NHS (though that's a huge component) most care facilities rely on immigrant labor. Babies, seniors, you name it, and there's a layer of the labor force in the West (US, UK, Canada, etc) that is composed almost entirely of immigrants from lower income countries.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 9h

The elephant in the room when it comes to UK immigration discourse these days is the NHS. Immigrants are the lifeblood of the system, and across the spectrum the political class is quite simply in denial about the impact some of the policies being proposed would have on hospitals.

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mattachine meowppy machine @spookybiscuits.com · 1d

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 13h

A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.

It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 12h

It was a straightforward, simple and short letter too. No fancy words.

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theoriginalhare 💍 @rabbittopia.bsky.social · 12h

The money wasn’t credited to my account and I had to jump through several hoops and read the letter aloud to customer service over the phone even though they were simultaneously looking at it. Several agents hadn’t read the whole thing past the first paragraph and struggled with the meaning.

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