Zagata
@zagata.bsky.social
Literature teacher, plant lover, and daily NYT crossworder
Last night I found this lightning bug in a lilac bush.
June 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Last night I found this lightning bug in a lilac bush.
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The DeVos family is back at it and about to write some big, big checks to try to turn *everything* in Michigan red.
There's a lot more to this story – so I want to break it down 🧵
There's a lot more to this story – so I want to break it down 🧵
May 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The DeVos family is back at it and about to write some big, big checks to try to turn *everything* in Michigan red.
There's a lot more to this story – so I want to break it down 🧵
There's a lot more to this story – so I want to break it down 🧵
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"While in the interrogation room … a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: 'We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.'"
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"While in the interrogation room … a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: 'We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.'"
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
My kindergartner does active shooter drills.
Someone asked how many kids have to die from measles? Likely higher than we can count.
April 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My kindergartner does active shooter drills.
We listened to the end of this while eating dinner. My daughter admonished me for the phone at first, but then asked some great questions.
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
We listened to the end of this while eating dinner. My daughter admonished me for the phone at first, but then asked some great questions.
I found this show a few weeks ago, and it is incredible. Seriously, go watch it.
Common Side Effects is the best show that I hear too little about. Animated show on Max by Mike Judge and the folks behind Scavenger’s Reign (another banger.) It’s hilarious, surprising, moving and profoundly relevant. Full recommendation.
March 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I found this show a few weeks ago, and it is incredible. Seriously, go watch it.
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The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES.
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved):
Hey @peters.senate.gov, your constituents are disappointed in you.
Nine Democrats and one Independent (King).
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
March 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hey @peters.senate.gov, your constituents are disappointed in you.
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One year later, Tre Holloman leads MSU with 20 points as the Spartans blow out Michigan and win the Big Ten by three games.
And he defends the midcourt logo from U-M players for the senior day kisses.
And he defends the midcourt logo from U-M players for the senior day kisses.
March 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One year later, Tre Holloman leads MSU with 20 points as the Spartans blow out Michigan and win the Big Ten by three games.
And he defends the midcourt logo from U-M players for the senior day kisses.
And he defends the midcourt logo from U-M players for the senior day kisses.
There's a recent graduate from my school whose family came as refugees. This move is terrifying. kyivindependent.com/trump-admin-...
Trump's team plans to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees, Reuters reports
The plan predates U.S. President Donald Trump's public spat with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 28 and is part of broader efforts to revoke the legal status of more than 1.8 million people stayi...
kyivindependent.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There's a recent graduate from my school whose family came as refugees. This move is terrifying. kyivindependent.com/trump-admin-...
I'm currently reading students' rhetorical analyses of Kendrick's halftime show. The kids are alright.
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm currently reading students' rhetorical analyses of Kendrick's halftime show. The kids are alright.
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March 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
Eagerly watching this little flower spike grow on my classroom orchid.
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Eagerly watching this little flower spike grow on my classroom orchid.
It was really cool to see @miriamanzovin.bsky.social explore Talmud with our students today. Now excuse me while I head down a King Solomon Sefaria rabbit hole.
February 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It was really cool to see @miriamanzovin.bsky.social explore Talmud with our students today. Now excuse me while I head down a King Solomon Sefaria rabbit hole.
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“Seminar on best practices for integrating AI into your teachi—“
Stop.
Stop.
This was always the plan for AI. Plausible deniability for plutocrat plunder.
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.
www.nbcnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
“Seminar on best practices for integrating AI into your teachi—“
Stop.
Stop.
This whole thread is incredible
Briefly going to use this as a jumping off point to talk about art! There's a concept in art history called kunstwollen or "will to art" introduced by Alois Riegel, who was a late 19th century Austrian art historian. It is often used to explain why certain motifs appear at certain times in history.
As part of this, I think it is also useful to emphasise that Henry Ford was a big fan of Hitler. Big technology has always been a close ally of authoritarianism, as we are witnessing in our own times, & that point needs to be made more frequently.
February 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This whole thread is incredible
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