Kari Enge
@txteach.bsky.social
Teacher, middle grade lit lover, dyslexia interventionist, deconstructing in the wake of CN
Pretty sure policy in this current administration is guided merely by whatever personal petty whims the leaders have. There is no consideration of science, long-term consequences, public good, or even the thought that companies are private.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Pretty sure policy in this current administration is guided merely by whatever personal petty whims the leaders have. There is no consideration of science, long-term consequences, public good, or even the thought that companies are private.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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At minimum, there should be a tax on AI use and a tax on the land they use for data centers and they should provide their own energy.
September 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
At minimum, there should be a tax on AI use and a tax on the land they use for data centers and they should provide their own energy.
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Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
September 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
A student today mentioned that he has a safety plan for *every classroom* he is in.
I told the kids in class that I am so sorry that this is part of their lives.
I told the kids in class that I am so sorry that this is part of their lives.
"I've had an escape plan for every classroom I've been in for the last twelve years." Student leaders from Evergreen High School share their candid thoughts with our @marcsallinger.bsky.social following last week's shooting.
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
A student today mentioned that he has a safety plan for *every classroom* he is in.
I told the kids in class that I am so sorry that this is part of their lives.
I told the kids in class that I am so sorry that this is part of their lives.
This is very, very true.
people who constantly think you are lying are probably telling you all the kinds of lies
September 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is very, very true.
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For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For decades, Republicans in Washington have told us that tax cuts would trickle down to workers.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
Instead, wealth and power have accumulated in the hands of the richest 1% at the expense of the rest of us.
Trickle-down economics was never supposed to work.
It was a hoax.
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The voiceover is like a bedtime story 🛏️ 🤣
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The voiceover is like a bedtime story 🛏️ 🤣
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Zingerman's Bakehouse
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard at Costco:
5yo: Daddy, I like these [Bluey] toothbrushes.
Dad: why do you need a new toothbrush? You don't even brush your teeth?
5yo: Mine is boring.
5yo: Daddy, I like these [Bluey] toothbrushes.
Dad: why do you need a new toothbrush? You don't even brush your teeth?
5yo: Mine is boring.
August 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Overheard at Costco:
5yo: Daddy, I like these [Bluey] toothbrushes.
Dad: why do you need a new toothbrush? You don't even brush your teeth?
5yo: Mine is boring.
5yo: Daddy, I like these [Bluey] toothbrushes.
Dad: why do you need a new toothbrush? You don't even brush your teeth?
5yo: Mine is boring.
When teachers as public servants are given ridiculously small increases every year ($200ish), and other public servants receive higher raises year after year, the problem isn't money.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
When teachers as public servants are given ridiculously small increases every year ($200ish), and other public servants receive higher raises year after year, the problem isn't money.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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We found the waste, fraud, and abuse…
August 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We found the waste, fraud, and abuse…
PSA for parents of middle schoolers and high schoolers: Their teachers would super appreciate if you sent them to school with a big box of tissues, one per teacher, (the softer the better) and a container of antibacterial wipes.
July 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
PSA for parents of middle schoolers and high schoolers: Their teachers would super appreciate if you sent them to school with a big box of tissues, one per teacher, (the softer the better) and a container of antibacterial wipes.
If you haven't watched Shiny Happy People season 2, yet, set aside some time to watch. It is educational and horrifying. I think that this movement is what is shaping so much of our current politics. #ShinyHappyPeople
July 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you haven't watched Shiny Happy People season 2, yet, set aside some time to watch. It is educational and horrifying. I think that this movement is what is shaping so much of our current politics. #ShinyHappyPeople
Good news! The stores will now pay YOU money to take their meds home.
July 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Good news! The stores will now pay YOU money to take their meds home.
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Heads-up: Medical debt can now go back on your credit report, thanks to a federal judge appointed by Trump.
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Heads-up: Medical debt can now go back on your credit report, thanks to a federal judge appointed by Trump.
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FUN FACT: You harm fewer fellow Americans when you *watch* TV (regardless of how many hours) than when you get *on* TV to lie about supplements, medicines, Medicare, politics, or which state you live in.
July 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
FUN FACT: You harm fewer fellow Americans when you *watch* TV (regardless of how many hours) than when you get *on* TV to lie about supplements, medicines, Medicare, politics, or which state you live in.
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I don't expect Ketterling or the people who have made both-sides-need-to-calm-down their whole career to change; but the story is the violent radicalization of the american right driven by anti-abortion rhetoric in churches. that's the story. decades of domestic terrorism fueled by this rhetoric.
June 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I don't expect Ketterling or the people who have made both-sides-need-to-calm-down their whole career to change; but the story is the violent radicalization of the american right driven by anti-abortion rhetoric in churches. that's the story. decades of domestic terrorism fueled by this rhetoric.
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In this clip from Ep 3 of my podcast "Highest Power: Church + State," Janet Kellogg Ray discusses the relationship between vaccine conspiracies and cultural gnosticism.
March 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In this clip from Ep 3 of my podcast "Highest Power: Church + State," Janet Kellogg Ray discusses the relationship between vaccine conspiracies and cultural gnosticism.