Strands #636 “What a piece of work!” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Join Me Dec. 16th At A Free Webinar On How To Support ELLs In Content Classes larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/28/j...

Strands #635 “If all else fails ...” 🔵💡🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵 Really?

I’ve given to @norcalresist.bsky.social ——- Give to Groups Defending Immigrants From ICE www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...

h/t @adamwren.bsky.social Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."

This. This. This. A kajillion times, this. Think hard about where this happens in your organization.

Strands #634 “With gratitude” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Deer Premair, I was told that measuring twice and cutting once means you can expect to have something longer than what you started from. You should try it on, for size. Twice.

In related news, the Ford government tries to boil water and makes ice instead.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Strands #633 “All aboard!” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵

Last night on The National we honoured Colleen Jones. I’m so grateful for everyone who played a role in putting it together and lending their voice to celebrating Colleen’s life and legacy. She was iconic, memorable and so loved. The full piece here: youtu.be/YNCnibXE--8?...

Deer My Friends Today I heard the mayers of Toronto and Ottowah installed sine poles yeers ago that dont fit the huge speed sines I made to keep Ontario safe by getteen rid of speed camerahs. This is outrayjess so i will be takeen over both city counsels and investuhgateen Marit Stiles. Premair

Oh #Edmonton, please protest Saturday! They are fundraising off their hate, charter violations, & corruption?! Help give Danielle a surprise 📢 before she takes the stage at the Edmonton Expo Centre ✊🏳️‍⚧️ #CorruptCare #NWC #HumanRights #CSF #AbPoli #AbEd #Healthcare #YEG #FUCP

Sidekicks Thick as Thieves is phenomenal! Absolutely worth the wait. My second and fifth grade sons were completely captivated. I cannot wait to share it with my 5th graders. Book releases January 6, 2026. #bookaday

my uni did a post on my minicomic syllabus and its Ai statement! (plus a bit on my keynote in Portugal this summer) - hope it sparks at least one conversation with someone higher up... campusmemo.sfsu.edu/2025/Septemb...

I'm excited to have updated our color naming in different languages project to use the new Oklab/Oklch color space. The new views highlight the differences in how English and Korean divide blues, greens and purples. idl.uw.edu/color-naming... @jheer.org @uwcse.bsky.social @ischool.uw.edu

Infographic: Historical Pandemic Timeline larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/26/i...

Teachers, if you wonder if you matter, this thread is for you.

In 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the content of fat, disabled, and queer users. In 2020 they claim a “glitch” caused the suppression of George Floyd content. Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale. These systems are operating as intended.

The tools change , but uh there’s a reason every major post chattel slavery technological advance focuses on stereotyping… But people want to add more Black people Not to be correct but to attain what a lot of these people dream of Control of Blackness

Strands #632 “Tip top” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

Remembering the force that was Colleen Jones. The woman was something else. youtu.be/hp2rjfwJMQU?...

Hey you

NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.

Average electricity cost increase since Jan: Missouri ⬆️ 37% Iowa ⬆️ 30% North Dakota ⬆️ 30% Oklahoma ⬆️ 30% New Jersey ⬆️ 27% Nebraska ⬆️ 25% Montana ⬆️ 25% Wyoming ⬆️ 23% NATIONWIDE ⬆️ 11% Instead of working to lower costs, Trump is boosting power-hungry AI data centers.

This is hilarious. Kids are so weird.

I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Propaganda is increasingly a global issue. Education in the forms it takes, levers and strategies deployed, has never been more important. I created this Udemy course to empower people to see through coordinated operations, understand influence and evaluate credibility. www.udemy.com/course/propa...

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It’s a day to raise awareness around all forms of violence against women and girls and to call for an end to gender-based violence. #InternationalDayForTheEliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #EndGenderBasedViolence

You can now watch the recording of our 6th Annual @futureready.org Librarians App Smash, where 24 inspiring librarians and educators joined me to share their favorite digital tools and resources. Find it all here, friends ➡️ buff.ly/PDzML9o #tlchat #futurereadylibs #TLSky #EduSky #edchat #edtech

Strands #631 “Horsing around” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

Yes, and there is a podcast called "Octavia Tried to Tell Us". The guy running for President in her 1993 novel had the slogan, Make American Great Again! I mean.... She KNEW. But she said she just saw what was happening already and imagine the next 30 years, but too spot on.

Strands #630 “Sweet tooth” 🔵🔵🔵💡 🔵💡🔵🟡 I almost never need two hints....

Volunteer @ a local school, day care or library to read to kids & @ seniors homes to read to adults.

Add your voice to this campaign in a final push to flood MPP mailboxes with the plea to defeat #Bill60 and protect tenant rights! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4A...

“Because the sun notably does not get harder to get the more you harvest it. It just remains just as easy to get on the 5 millionth unit as it is on the first.”

Strands #629 “Ivy League” 🔵💡🔵🟡 🔵🔵🔵🔵

Thank you to the Assembly of First Nations for standing up for the human and charter rights of 2SLGBTQQIA+ Albertans. The UCP government must immediately withdraw Bill 9 and uphold the inherent rights, teachings, and responsibilities of all first peoples.

OLYMPIC CURLING 🥌 TRIALS BEGIN Good afternoon curling fans across Canada and around the world. The Olympic curling trials in Halifax start now. Massive crowd here to begin. ROLLLLLL CALLLLLL — where are you watching from today?

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

I was honoured to join the Speaker's ceremony remembering the millions of Ukrainians who perished in the Holodomor, a man-made genocide. We remember their stories and recommit ourselves to the simple promise that must guide us always: never again. www.youtube.com/live/ldmlWbz...

Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action. Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions. You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice. The working class has much more power than they think.

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.