Teachacari
@teachacari.bsky.social
Ed Prof teaching people how to be critical Social Science teachers and advocates for gender expansive kids; single, queer mom of a beautiful trans human - you have to go through me. PDX. GenX.
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I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
They still don’t get it. The Dems are using rules to try to protest people who have absolutely no regard for rules. The rules don’t matter anymore and dems are not caught up to that reality.
New development: filibuster happening. Please call your reps and put pressure on them to participate and speak.
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
They still don’t get it. The Dems are using rules to try to protest people who have absolutely no regard for rules. The rules don’t matter anymore and dems are not caught up to that reality.
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
January 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
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Practice non-compliance. If it isn't your habit, start small. Try jaywalking. Park a little weird. Only read your email once a day. Get slow. Prioritize taking care of each other above everything else.
The machine is meaningless. We are all that matters.
The machine is meaningless. We are all that matters.
January 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Practice non-compliance. If it isn't your habit, start small. Try jaywalking. Park a little weird. Only read your email once a day. Get slow. Prioritize taking care of each other above everything else.
The machine is meaningless. We are all that matters.
The machine is meaningless. We are all that matters.
I’m expecting to go to campus tomorrow to find disarray amongst my grant-funded colleagues, students on assistance, full programs that keep the college running. Meanwhile, my teacher candidates are learning how to protect their students if ICE shows up. Chaos and pain is the point. On repeat.
January 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I’m expecting to go to campus tomorrow to find disarray amongst my grant-funded colleagues, students on assistance, full programs that keep the college running. Meanwhile, my teacher candidates are learning how to protect their students if ICE shows up. Chaos and pain is the point. On repeat.
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What drives me nuts about the trans youth "debate" is how much of it consists of people who don't know anything demanding compromises that already exist.
Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.
Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.
December 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
What drives me nuts about the trans youth "debate" is how much of it consists of people who don't know anything demanding compromises that already exist.
Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.
Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.
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i will NOT post doomy shit
i will INSTEAD post a donation link
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December 5, 2024 at 3:15 AM
i will NOT post doomy shit
i will INSTEAD post a donation link
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i will INSTEAD post a donation link
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the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans
Kavanaugh also brings up "detransitioners," people who "regret" their decision to transition genders. Like Alito, he cites European countries that are "pulling back" from gender-affirming care for minors, saying it's a "yellow light" or "red light" for the court that Europe is "pumping the brakes."
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 PM
the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans
Thank you @Saeed. Had the worst stomach ache all day but spent the evening with my ally community of trans folks and parents of trans kids and I’m so grateful to have a community of care to help each other in our practice of hope even in the darkest times.
It made me physically ill following updates from the Supreme Court today. Sending love to trans people, trans kids especially, and their families because… whew. Enduring this kind of hostility is an experience us cisgender will never fully understand.
December 5, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Thank you @Saeed. Had the worst stomach ache all day but spent the evening with my ally community of trans folks and parents of trans kids and I’m so grateful to have a community of care to help each other in our practice of hope even in the darkest times.
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Wondering what's happening with the U.S. vs. Skrmetti Supreme Court case this week?
Here are some resources 🧵
Here are some resources 🧵
December 4, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Wondering what's happening with the U.S. vs. Skrmetti Supreme Court case this week?
Here are some resources 🧵
Here are some resources 🧵
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Justice Jackson asks about a child who does not want to grow breasts. Notable that thousands of boys have cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted breast tissue from their chests.
December 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Justice Jackson asks about a child who does not want to grow breasts. Notable that thousands of boys have cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted breast tissue from their chests.
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Barrett essentially: We haven't discriminated against trans people enough to warrant equal protection.
That's fucking asinine, lady.
That's fucking asinine, lady.
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Barrett essentially: We haven't discriminated against trans people enough to warrant equal protection.
That's fucking asinine, lady.
That's fucking asinine, lady.
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Amy Coney Barrett saying she'd never heard of cross dressing bans and Kavanaugh saying that trans people can't be given legal protections because then we'll be allowed to play sports pretty much shows the bubble that cis people are in. We're NPCs to them.
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Amy Coney Barrett saying she'd never heard of cross dressing bans and Kavanaugh saying that trans people can't be given legal protections because then we'll be allowed to play sports pretty much shows the bubble that cis people are in. We're NPCs to them.
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Today is a very good day to read Shuli Branson's For A Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Struggle and Care. Transition has always been much more than the medical and legal legitimacy of our very lives, and we have long known how to help one another transition without and against the state
For a Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Care and Struggle
by Shuli Branson
This is an essay I published last year (2023) in the free-access academic journal Coils of the Serpent. It fits in with some of the other writing I have done, but due to its academic...
www.cawshinythings.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Today is a very good day to read Shuli Branson's For A Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Struggle and Care. Transition has always been much more than the medical and legal legitimacy of our very lives, and we have long known how to help one another transition without and against the state
@katelynburns.com also has a great article up on msnbc today. As a mom of a trans daughter and bonus mom to four other trans kids that already are refugees I am terrified about this case but ready to help build the support communities we’ll need.
My guess is that a lot of trans people will be feeling a ton of stress and worry over SCOTUS today.
If you are a cis person, quote this and say why you support trans people and what you are willing to do to support us if the government comes for us.
If you are a cis person, quote this and say why you support trans people and what you are willing to do to support us if the government comes for us.
December 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
@katelynburns.com also has a great article up on msnbc today. As a mom of a trans daughter and bonus mom to four other trans kids that already are refugees I am terrified about this case but ready to help build the support communities we’ll need.
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The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.
November 21, 2024 at 4:13 AM
The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.
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I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
November 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM
I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
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Well said! Every attack on trans people is an effort to both:
- manufacture rage for distraction/fundraising purposes
- drive trans people out of public life
And the logistics of the policies always boil down to Republicans making cis women less safe while simultaneously blaming trans people.
- manufacture rage for distraction/fundraising purposes
- drive trans people out of public life
And the logistics of the policies always boil down to Republicans making cis women less safe while simultaneously blaming trans people.
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 4:44 AM
Well said! Every attack on trans people is an effort to both:
- manufacture rage for distraction/fundraising purposes
- drive trans people out of public life
And the logistics of the policies always boil down to Republicans making cis women less safe while simultaneously blaming trans people.
- manufacture rage for distraction/fundraising purposes
- drive trans people out of public life
And the logistics of the policies always boil down to Republicans making cis women less safe while simultaneously blaming trans people.
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The anti-trans obsessives cannot fathom that a trans woman be viewed as their equal, let alone that we'd elected to public office or work the same job as them.
And no amount of capitulation will sate their rage. That is why it's imperative that we resist their efforts at each and every turn.
And no amount of capitulation will sate their rage. That is why it's imperative that we resist their efforts at each and every turn.
And there you have it.
Nancy Mace comes out and says, "It's offensive that a man in a skirt thinks that he's my equal"
That is what is driving them so mad. That a transgender person, duly elected to represent 1,000,000 people, could ever be her equal.
Nancy Mace comes out and says, "It's offensive that a man in a skirt thinks that he's my equal"
That is what is driving them so mad. That a transgender person, duly elected to represent 1,000,000 people, could ever be her equal.
November 21, 2024 at 4:38 AM
The anti-trans obsessives cannot fathom that a trans woman be viewed as their equal, let alone that we'd elected to public office or work the same job as them.
And no amount of capitulation will sate their rage. That is why it's imperative that we resist their efforts at each and every turn.
And no amount of capitulation will sate their rage. That is why it's imperative that we resist their efforts at each and every turn.
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What if we just occupied all the capitol hill bathrooms so nobody gets to piss?
November 20, 2024 at 10:27 PM
What if we just occupied all the capitol hill bathrooms so nobody gets to piss?
The incoming administration making rape culture its dominant goal has turned me into more of a rage screamer than I already thought I was.
November 21, 2024 at 3:36 AM
The incoming administration making rape culture its dominant goal has turned me into more of a rage screamer than I already thought I was.