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“I might be a writer with whatever is conventionally known as success. But the things I write about and the people that I write about are being beaten, even as we speak today. They are being starved in Gaza, they are being broken, they’re being occupied.”
The closest thing we have to an Orwell of our time?
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“I might be a writer with whatever is conventionally known as success. But the things I write about and the people that I write about are being beaten, even as we speak today. They are being starved in Gaza, they are being broken, they’re being occupied.”
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We are watching resegregation happen in real time. It's neo Jim Crow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We are watching resegregation happen in real time. It's neo Jim Crow.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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One side thinks I should not be considered a human being. I disagree! But of course the problem is my incivility.
August 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One side thinks I should not be considered a human being. I disagree! But of course the problem is my incivility.
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Councilors react to NIMBY delegation today.
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Councilors react to NIMBY delegation today.
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“It doesn’t matter if you’re minding your business, fighting back, or hiding somewhere quietly—tyranny comes for everyone.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social rejects the fear-motivated calls for obedience to President Trump's police occupation of Washington, D.C. No, you cannot hide from fascism.
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social rejects the fear-motivated calls for obedience to President Trump's police occupation of Washington, D.C. No, you cannot hide from fascism.
Another way out: Hiding and obedience won't stop fascism
By being obedient to the point of giving up all self-determination, we’re poised to return to what many before us fought to overturn
prismreports.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“It doesn’t matter if you’re minding your business, fighting back, or hiding somewhere quietly—tyranny comes for everyone.”
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social rejects the fear-motivated calls for obedience to President Trump's police occupation of Washington, D.C. No, you cannot hide from fascism.
Columnist @williamcson.bsky.social rejects the fear-motivated calls for obedience to President Trump's police occupation of Washington, D.C. No, you cannot hide from fascism.
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Jamelle Bouie's TikTok on the nonsense about less than 2% of white Americans "owned slaves" is much better than the comment deserves.
(And I think he's able to talk like that with family happening in the background, which is in the DSM as a superpower.)
(And I think he's able to talk like that with family happening in the background, which is in the DSM as a superpower.)
for a variety of perspectives on slavery and economic develop check out these books: "slavery's capitalism" "time on the cross: the economics of negro slavery" "the political economy of slavery: studi...
TikTok video by b-boy bouiebaisse
www.tiktok.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jamelle Bouie's TikTok on the nonsense about less than 2% of white Americans "owned slaves" is much better than the comment deserves.
(And I think he's able to talk like that with family happening in the background, which is in the DSM as a superpower.)
(And I think he's able to talk like that with family happening in the background, which is in the DSM as a superpower.)
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The very act of comparison (between races, sexes, classes, ideas of society etc) replaces rational analysis. Defining superiority-inferiority becomes an end in itself. This is much more than pragmatism: justifying selfishness and oppression becomes its own goal.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/18/n...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/18/n...
Notes from the US: The MAGA war on empathy - Freedom News
This month something different: a contribution towards understanding why the appeal of selfishness grips so many people so fiercely ~ Louis Further ~ Right-wing beliefs are ultimately attempts to rati...
freedomnews.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The very act of comparison (between races, sexes, classes, ideas of society etc) replaces rational analysis. Defining superiority-inferiority becomes an end in itself. This is much more than pragmatism: justifying selfishness and oppression becomes its own goal.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/18/n...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/08/18/n...
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White and Black descendants of enslavers and enslaved have come together where their ancestors once lived in Alabama, working to address the plantation’s legacy and promote healing.
At Alabama plantation, families of enslavers and enslaved strike a deal
The descendants of enslavers and enslaved have come together where their ancestors once lived, working to address the plantation’s legacy and promote healing.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
White and Black descendants of enslavers and enslaved have come together where their ancestors once lived in Alabama, working to address the plantation’s legacy and promote healing.
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USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
USAID funded roughly half the world’s supply of ready-to-use therapeutic food. The dismantling of the agency has disrupted the global supply chain that provides the packets, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.
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⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
Leadership as an Attentional Practice
Attention as a Leadership Act in School Improvement School improvement is often framed around structures: improvement plans, strategic goals, and systems of accountability. However, beneath these f…
researcherteacher.home.blog
August 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
⚠️New Post: Attention ⚠️
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
"What we attend to, we amplify."
Attention is an element of school leadership.
Are we considering the attention of school leaders?
How often is this spread across multiple areas?
Read by thoughts below:
researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/17/l...
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Hey fam, my new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart, comes out in three months. That means now is the critical window for preorders, which help get books on shelves, in libraries, and into the hands of the people who need them most. www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/vCQt68D...
August 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Trump’s deal with Nvidia and AMD is completely unprecedented.
Disregarding the Constitution’s ban on export taxes, the administration has struck an arrangement to grant them export licenses in exchange for a 15% cut of chip sales to China—despite national security restrictions.
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Disregarding the Constitution’s ban on export taxes, the administration has struck an arrangement to grant them export licenses in exchange for a 15% cut of chip sales to China—despite national security restrictions.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump’s deal with Nvidia and AMD is completely unprecedented.
Disregarding the Constitution’s ban on export taxes, the administration has struck an arrangement to grant them export licenses in exchange for a 15% cut of chip sales to China—despite national security restrictions.
trib.al/qhEkdIC
Disregarding the Constitution’s ban on export taxes, the administration has struck an arrangement to grant them export licenses in exchange for a 15% cut of chip sales to China—despite national security restrictions.
trib.al/qhEkdIC
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This is great - read it! It offers inspiration in both what the Danish did and what we're already seeing at home today www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
www.thenation.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is great - read it! It offers inspiration in both what the Danish did and what we're already seeing at home today www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Study by Michael Gerlich at Swiss Business School found reliance on AI tools is linked to DIMINISHED CRITICAL THINKING abilities; cognitive offloading is a primary driver of the decline.
650+ participants in UK in 3 age groups (17–25, 26–45, 46 and older), varying education levels
#OpenAccess
650+ participants in UK in 3 age groups (17–25, 26–45, 46 and older), varying education levels
#OpenAccess
August 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Study by Michael Gerlich at Swiss Business School found reliance on AI tools is linked to DIMINISHED CRITICAL THINKING abilities; cognitive offloading is a primary driver of the decline.
650+ participants in UK in 3 age groups (17–25, 26–45, 46 and older), varying education levels
#OpenAccess
650+ participants in UK in 3 age groups (17–25, 26–45, 46 and older), varying education levels
#OpenAccess
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Preparing students for white racial resentment is why I have an entire section in my philosophy of race on whiteness across gender and sexuality. It would be CRIMINAL of me not to do so in our contemporary time.
Oh, so y'all want to see it? Sure. I'll oblige.
Oh, so y'all want to see it? Sure. I'll oblige.
December 20, 2023 at 12:38 AM
Preparing students for white racial resentment is why I have an entire section in my philosophy of race on whiteness across gender and sexuality. It would be CRIMINAL of me not to do so in our contemporary time.
Oh, so y'all want to see it? Sure. I'll oblige.
Oh, so y'all want to see it? Sure. I'll oblige.
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Calling out the (tiny) DC National Guard is one of the *only* things President Trump can do to DC without new legislation.
Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:
Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:
172. "Federalizing" D.C.
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.
www.stevevladeck.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Calling out the (tiny) DC National Guard is one of the *only* things President Trump can do to DC without new legislation.
Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:
Today’s “One First” goes deep into the history of the federal government’s relationship with the nation’s capital—and the significance of the 1973 Home Rule Act—to explain why:
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This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.
COVID, the flu and other viral infections can re-awaken dormant breast cancer cells, new study in mice shows
This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.
tcnv.link
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.
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That Katrina documentary was so eye opening! The way the media depicted victims trying to get food as animals and looters who were just trying to survive….wild!
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That Katrina documentary was so eye opening! The way the media depicted victims trying to get food as animals and looters who were just trying to survive….wild!
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1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
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At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
Texas Battle Triggers National Gerrymandering War—These States Could Redistrict Next
At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
www.forbes.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
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CNN Senior National Correspondent David Culver investigates how underground networks are using social media and digital apps to warn undocumented workers of possible immigration raids by ICE agents, while also working to dispel rumors, hysteria, and misinformation.
August 8, 2025 at 2:07 AM
CNN Senior National Correspondent David Culver investigates how underground networks are using social media and digital apps to warn undocumented workers of possible immigration raids by ICE agents, while also working to dispel rumors, hysteria, and misinformation.
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The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
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The racial wealth gap today remains where it was in the 1960s: around six to one. The ratio hasn’t budged. What went wrong?
What We Miss When We Talk About the Racial Wealth Gap
Six decades of civil-rights efforts haven’t budged it, and the usual prescriptions—including reparations—offer no lasting solutions. Have we been focussing on the wrong things?
www.newyorker.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The racial wealth gap today remains where it was in the 1960s: around six to one. The ratio hasn’t budged. What went wrong?