"leverage" and "toddlers" don't belong in the same sentence

I'm reading @arishapiro.bsky.social 's book,The Best Strangers in the World. Chap 6 is titled, War People in War Places. He discusses how we don't understand what it means to live w/war. As a ret. teacher, the 1st thing I thought of was how great this would work with older students. #sschat ##edusky

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

@mattneil.bsky.social Awhile back you were looking for WW2 materials. I am cleaning out my stacks. Would like this?

The American Revolution - Our American Story share.google/qpgbHtu6QkZ6... #HATM #sschat #edusky

Discussion currently on Burns' The American Revolution using #HATM. #sschat ##edusky

NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson — Viral debate videos are popular, but are they helping resolve differences or making us more polarized? Discuss with this segment from Judy Woodruff's America at a Crossroads series! #sschat https://loom.ly/1o041wQ

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

2025’s Best Posts On Teaching English Language Learners – Part Two larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/10/2...

It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.

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Why do people buy pizza with EBT? Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money. It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.

Leila's Hair Museum, the most unusual attraction in Independence, Missouri, closed in September. Thanks to the founder’s granddaughter, the massive collection of wreaths made out of human hair is finding new homes at museums across the country.

Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally. So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

How can participatory geographical approaches offer alternative histories of post-war urban renewal in Britain? Aled Singleton (Cardiff University School of Geography and Planning) discusses in a new Geography Directions post 📝 Check it out here 👇https://ow.ly/Vi2c50XlBy8

Calling NCSS colleagues: co-sponsors welcome for my resolution promoting the importance of religious literacy & inquiry in K–12 social studies. Read more: religionmatters.org/2025/11/02/w... #religiousliteracy

Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.

Educators: It's #MediaLiteracyWeek📱 Do you have serious concerns about AI in education? Join this discussion w/ @404media.co's Jason Koebler, David Cutler & @lutzfernandez.bsky.social. RSVP: https://bit.ly/PBS-AI-Zoom10-30

What do these corporate donors expect in return for their money? It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

🧵2/2 Like Putin, Erdoğan, and Orbán, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader. Subscribe here 🔽🔽🔽 bit.ly/49lXFYJ

Today, exactly fifty years after the first, #Iceland sees another #women's #strike, in pursuit of full #gender #equality. Follow our live blog throughout the morning and afternoon for all the latest. https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-10-24-womens-strike-2025-live-blog-457024

PBS @pbsnews.org Classroom Lesson: What the United Nations means today It's #UnitedNationsDay today! Use this lesson w/ your students to choose one of the Sustainable Development Goals to explore. #sschat #whapchat #TeachSDGs #SDGs #UN https://loom.ly/3lF7jA8

Hey folks: Looks like @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I will be having a YouTube chat at 10:30 AM EST tomorrow (Saturday) morning. You can catch it here: m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

Teachers/librarians/admin: Come join us for a chance to be heard & listen to real stories about concerns over AI and school. #sschat #engchat @historians.org @newslit.org

Not all environmental issues should be seen through the lens of CO₂. While coral death could increase ocean CO₂ uptake—since calcification releases CO₂ and dissolution releases alkalinity and allows the ocean to take up CO₂—reefs are vital for biodiversity, food, coastal protection, and livelihoods.

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states. See if you can spot it! /s Then you can find today's story on p A23

Love this lady's shirt. #nokings

Folks: We have the right to peacefully protest. Don't surrender that right. Shout it out on Saturday. Friday AM I'll talk about why this kind of protest matters. Part of the answer? To prove that we still CAN do it. Join me Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

A Chicago teacher said tear gas deployed by ICE drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Join us Tuesday 10/21 for a special edition of @newamericanhistory.bsky.social Office Hours with historian Ed Ayers - In partnership with our friends from APT/PBS and other historical sites/museum partners Register here: bit.ly/NAHOfficeHoursOct2025

Bluesky, help? I can no longer search my own posts to find anything recent. I only get the older posts. Did I screw up the form of the query? Or is this happening for other people too? For example: from:me bovino only gets me 9 days ago.

📚 Keep the conversation going with #SlowChat and join us live every other Wednesday at 8pm EST/5pm PT. See you next time. #TLSkyChat

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Maps! #inquiry! #primarysources! Hands-on materials! Free stuff! Looking forward to learning alongside #txcss2025 teachers in a few weeks at #FIELDGuide session. You're gonna walk away smarter! #sschat @socialstudiestx.bsky.social @madisonteacher.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social

I haven't checked out all the links yet, but I'm intrigued by the titles. #sschat #edusky

A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings www.openculture.com/2025/10/digi...

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Right wing accounts on this platform are lying about what the GOP and Trump are doing to dismantle health care in this country. Here's the real story, with a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Because who needs clean air and water anyway? The Trump administration plans to reduce the EPA's workforce by 33% by the end of 2025, which will severely impact the EPA’s ability to enforce environmental regulations, conduct research, and oversee cleanup efforts.

Is AI running out of steam? Via Audrey Watters' newsletter, Second Breakfast. #sschat #edusky

Folks are looking for press covering ICE in Adelanto, CA. San Bernardino County.

One of the first books I read while training to be a teacher. #sschat #edusky

So Nexstar wants to feel the economic backlash NO PROBLEM The following are Nexstar companies boycott them, unsubscribe from them or picket outside of their headquarters THIS IS OUR POWER USE IT The CW Antenna TV Rewind TV WGN Radio The Hill SportsGrid www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom Lesson: What is "originalism"? What does it mean for the Constitution to be a living, amendable document? Hear from two scholars on differing philosophies of interpreting the Constitution. #sschat #apgov #EduSky https://loom.ly/2DY8O88

Something that would be genuinely helpful would be for anyone doing this in a local market -- say, Austin's KEYE-TV (channel 42) -- to write down a list of companies advertising in that specific market so that people can start calling and writing letters

Shana tova, peeps. May it be a year of health, of safety, and of collective liberation. ❤️‍