Me reading Lindsey Vonn Olympics ski crash story: this is awful Also me: wait what

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Happy Superb Owl Day, to those who observe. (Please share your favorite “field mice for a crowd” recipes.)

Mister Jones ready for #WinterOlympics Snow Jump.

With journalism layoffs in the news, @edwriters.bsky.social has a round-up of practical tips and strategies for reporters: ewa.org/members-news...

"Donald Trump’s video is blatantly racist, disgusting, and utterly despicable," said Derrick Johnson, national president of the NAACP, a civil rights group, in a statement. "Voters are watching and will remember this at the ballot box."

My latest: Minnesota school districts, @educationmn.bsky.social go to court seeking reinstatement of the 'sensitive locations' rule, which would keep immigration enforcement actions away from schools, bus stops, churches, healthcare facilities, etc. Was the rule of the land for 30+ years 1/

New: Maryland grants in-state tuition to undocumented students if they submit three years of tax returns. But now the IRS is working with ICE, and students fear they'll be deported. It means that some of Maryland's best students aren't going to college. www.thebanner.com/education/hi...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

The Washington Post Guild just set up a GoFundMe. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

That afghan hound is floating on air but I’m rooting for the chocolate goofball retriever. #WKC

Punxsutawney Phil basically just said stay inside and read for six more weeks 📖

Heads up, @edwriters.bsky.social members! Plenty of story ideas in this AHA resource.

What do US history classes have in common across the vast landscape of 50 states, 13,000 school districts, and 90,000 schools? Read the AHA’s American Lesson Plan to get a sense of national patterns and regional differences. 🗃️

Some important context for anyone writing about that Texas special election shocker

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws. n.pr/4k9Yo4m

Day 9, give it up for Day 9! 25K households in Nashville (probably still some apartment complexes and whatnot too) remain without power. Schools are still closed. The kiddos will have school on Presidents Day to make up for it. Today’s high is expected to be a balmy 44 degrees.

Look for a two-part series in @edweek.org this week featuring several educators sharing their suggestions for how to teach during these chaotic times. Contributors include @christienold.bsky.social , @scmaestra.bsky.social and others!

I have been waiting for a good narrative history on Black soldiers in Vietnam since I read the oral histories in BLOODS when I was in grad school. @mattdelmont.bsky.social’s UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS SILENT is exactly what I hoped for. Best way to spend a Sunday.

The Education Writers Association is deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists in connection with their reporting at an anti-ICE demonstration in Minnesota. We vigorously support First Amendment protections for the press and the public. freedom.press/issues/fpf-s...

i once bought a new blazer for a schitts creek panel, and when i walked into the green room, catherine o'hara complimented me on it, and also noted that i had forgotten to cut all the threads off the vents. and then she leaned in and said, "it's because you're going to return it, isn't it"

The Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists strongly condemns the wrongful arrests of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon for reporting on a church protest in St. Paul. Read our full statement here: www.mnspj.org/2026/01/30/m...

As a fan of good camera work, it's genius here to have him purposefully stride out the frame -- forward momentum! -- instead of a fade out or fast cut.

So many Catherine O’Hara gifts to the universe but she will always be one of “The Lunts of Blaine” to me. youtu.be/fggXs7oIP7Q

I LOVE HER

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

This is a FANTASTIC opportunity and Jessica, a legacy @edwriters.bsky.social member, is amazing.

This is excellent advice for journalists, as well.

What if Mackenzie Scott bought The Washington Post?

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

Thinking about the outstanding journalists at The Washington Post, especially the edu. beat folks.

Husband asked if protein source in my smoothie is “Smurf” and now I can’t drink it.

This is an extraordinarily good piece of journalism: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.

My former student Sofia wrote this story for @startribune.com. She’s less than a year out of college and helping cover the biggest story in the country. I am very proud of her.

This is a great breakdown from @inquirer.com on the exhibits that were removed from President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. #NationalParks 🗃️ www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Fear, arrests and know-your-rights: How one school district is grappling with ICE coming to town NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They took her, they took her, they took her.” Those were some of the words Assistant Principal Cora Muñoz could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students.…

I know I don't have a ton of media followers, but I'll put this out there anyway: if you need someone to comment/offer context on the removal of the slavery exhibit at the President's House site in Philly, get in touch. I just finished an entire book on Americans' fight over Washington and slavery.

I, along with many others, have been waiting a long time for @ralstonreports.bsky.social's definitive, and never-more-timely biography of the inimitable Harry Reid. Buy it! Read it! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

Hannah Natanson is a legacy @edwriters.bsky.social member, and an outstanding journalist. wapo.st/4jUxQEe

Don’t ask us for advice. We’ll just point you to a book 📖

Anyone else feel like they’re on that runaway bus?

A brief, worthwhile read this MLK weekend: “The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.“ kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/...

Such an honor to be back at @umwallacehouse.bsky.social speaking to this year’s Knight Wallace Class, a decade after my own memorable year in Ann Arbor. Application deadline for next year’s class close Feb 1: wallacehouse.umich.edu/knight-walla... To all mid-career journalists, DO IT!

Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it. So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!

Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested. It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...

We’re excited to welcome @adamhsays.com back to The Atlantic’s staff to host a new weekly video podcast. More here: www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...