Laura Clos
@sirona7.bsky.social
Boston-based scholarly publishing pro + teaching and learning, writing and editing. Love time spent reading, in nature, & w/ grandchildren.💙 #education #scholarlyjournals #libraries #inclusion https://linktr.ee/laura.clos
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So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
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In 1931, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center pooled their wages to buy a Christmas tree during the depths of the Great Depression. They decorated the balsam fir with handmade tin can ornaments, paper garlands and strings of cranberries. It provided a feeling of HOPE for all! 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In 1931, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center pooled their wages to buy a Christmas tree during the depths of the Great Depression. They decorated the balsam fir with handmade tin can ornaments, paper garlands and strings of cranberries. It provided a feeling of HOPE for all! 🙏
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Trump is giving perks and preferential treatment to Ghislaine Maxwell while in prison to keep her quiet. 😡 This bitch sex trafficked, abused and raped young girls and was sentenced to 20 years. She was moved to a minimum security prison in August with NO explanation.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump is giving perks and preferential treatment to Ghislaine Maxwell while in prison to keep her quiet. 😡 This bitch sex trafficked, abused and raped young girls and was sentenced to 20 years. She was moved to a minimum security prison in August with NO explanation.
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Susan Collins needs to go. 😡
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Susan Collins needs to go. 😡
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A special HALLOWEEN paper bag this week at Wilson Farm, Lexington, MA!
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A special HALLOWEEN paper bag this week at Wilson Farm, Lexington, MA!
More beauty new harvest apples from Wilson Farm in Lexington; Macoun, Jonagold, Cortland, & Mutsu.
October 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
More beauty new harvest apples from Wilson Farm in Lexington; Macoun, Jonagold, Cortland, & Mutsu.
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whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.
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Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities?
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.
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and that's why we don't trust private equity
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
and that's why we don't trust private equity
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This is the lesson of 2025
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the lesson of 2025
So happy to have some new harvest MA apples, Macoun, McIntosh, and Cortland.
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So happy to have some new harvest MA apples, Macoun, McIntosh, and Cortland.
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Happy birthday, “Wish You Were Here” — the Pink Floyd album released today in 1975.
The title track “came to me very easily,” Roger Waters once said. “David Gilmour had been playing the riff .. I said, ‘And then what happens?’
“He said, ‘No, that’s it.’
“And I went, ‘I like it.’”
The title track “came to me very easily,” Roger Waters once said. “David Gilmour had been playing the riff .. I said, ‘And then what happens?’
“He said, ‘No, that’s it.’
“And I went, ‘I like it.’”
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Happy birthday, “Wish You Were Here” — the Pink Floyd album released today in 1975.
The title track “came to me very easily,” Roger Waters once said. “David Gilmour had been playing the riff .. I said, ‘And then what happens?’
“He said, ‘No, that’s it.’
“And I went, ‘I like it.’”
The title track “came to me very easily,” Roger Waters once said. “David Gilmour had been playing the riff .. I said, ‘And then what happens?’
“He said, ‘No, that’s it.’
“And I went, ‘I like it.’”
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I really can't believe that after all the controversy and learning loss from COVID lockdowns anyone on the planet would suggest that AI can replace teachers, or that 2 hours of school per day on a laptop is all kids need to learn. I just... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You
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September 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I really can't believe that after all the controversy and learning loss from COVID lockdowns anyone on the planet would suggest that AI can replace teachers, or that 2 hours of school per day on a laptop is all kids need to learn. I just... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
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Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
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NEW: We conducted a survey of all school leaders in Michigan in 2024-25 about their attendance strategies. Our report offers the most comprehensive evidence thus far of what schools are actively doing to reduce chronic absenteeism. @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social
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August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW: We conducted a survey of all school leaders in Michigan in 2024-25 about their attendance strategies. Our report offers the most comprehensive evidence thus far of what schools are actively doing to reduce chronic absenteeism. @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social
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Maybe Democrats should be visiting with their base instead of using the recess to go to Republican districts... just a thought.
July 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Maybe Democrats should be visiting with their base instead of using the recess to go to Republican districts... just a thought.
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Just to be clear, without any oral briefs or hearing, the Supreme Court just allowed the executive branch to dismantle a department created by Congress. In a shadow docket. No nothing. The admin said they are wrecking it actually but not officially. And scotus says okey dokey
The Supreme Court agreed to allow the Trump administration to proceed with dismantling the Education Department by firing thousands of workers. trib.al/RDmgOEa
July 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just to be clear, without any oral briefs or hearing, the Supreme Court just allowed the executive branch to dismantle a department created by Congress. In a shadow docket. No nothing. The admin said they are wrecking it actually but not officially. And scotus says okey dokey
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The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education.
This will also allow them to dismantle civil rights oversight, dismantle protections for students with disabilities, and enable the funneling of public money into private schools.
This will also allow them to dismantle civil rights oversight, dismantle protections for students with disabilities, and enable the funneling of public money into private schools.
July 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to dismantle the Department of Education.
This will also allow them to dismantle civil rights oversight, dismantle protections for students with disabilities, and enable the funneling of public money into private schools.
This will also allow them to dismantle civil rights oversight, dismantle protections for students with disabilities, and enable the funneling of public money into private schools.
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This Herblock cartoon was published 71 years ago, and it’s just as pertinent now.
July 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This Herblock cartoon was published 71 years ago, and it’s just as pertinent now.
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My book, Sanctuary School, is now available for pre-order from @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social ! 📚 It shares the story of a high school that remained a refuge for immigrant youth during the Trump years—built on love, care, and activism. Order here & help spread the word! bit.ly/sanctuary_sc...
Sanctuary School
A compassionate examination of a topic of urgent concern in US education In Sanctuary School, Chandler Patton Miranda highlights the many ways that K–1...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My book, Sanctuary School, is now available for pre-order from @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social ! 📚 It shares the story of a high school that remained a refuge for immigrant youth during the Trump years—built on love, care, and activism. Order here & help spread the word! bit.ly/sanctuary_sc...
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(1 of 4) What is the future of news? Here's WHY we built the matrix protocol news use case: www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
[ANALYSIS] The future of news
What will survive in the age of machines? Investigative journalism built on an ecosystem of federated news organizations anchored on facts.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
(1 of 4) What is the future of news? Here's WHY we built the matrix protocol news use case: www.rappler.com/voices/thoug...
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Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, according to a federal court filing issued Thursday.
ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.
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June 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen, according to a federal court filing issued Thursday.
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Canada and EU sign defense pact amid strained US relations and global instability
Canada and EU sign defense pact amid strained US relations and global instability
Amid Trump’s disrespect of old allies, EU and Canada vow more support for Ukraine and joint work on climate crisis
Canada has signed a wide-ranging defence pact with the EU, as Donald Trump and global instability prompt traditional US allies to deepen their alliances.
Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, on Monday joined European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and head of the European Council, António Costa, in Brussels, where they signed a security and defence partnership, pledged more support for Ukraine, as well as joint work on issues from the climate crisis to artificial intelligence. Continue reading...
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June 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Canada and EU sign defense pact amid strained US relations and global instability
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“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
June 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.