As social studies teachers, we are TRULY on the front lines. #EduSky

"While reporting on war is essential to expose its human costs and security, environmental coverage is equally important. Climate change will not pause for a ceasefire, and neglecting it risks overlooking a crisis that affects everyone." #IranDrought

Senator Jeff Merkely leads the First-ever resolution in the U.S. Senate to formally recognize a Palestinian state This is long overdue and a critical step forward. www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-lead...

"You took with you almost everything that was ours, but you couldn't take with you our determined will to be free." -Excerpt from one of Paolo Freire's Exercise Workbooks (Reading the Word and the World, 1987) #paulofreire #solidarity #weshallovercome

"What we should name in the face of abusive power is not our fellow citizens and residents but the acts of injustice that harm others and – for those of us who remain silent – ourselves."

Vive la Palestine!

"To describe activism and peaceful protests against the genocidal violence in Gaza as “pro-Palestinian” is disparaging. Opposing the strategic starvation of a trapped population is hardly pro-Palestinian. It is pro-humanity."

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

How much stronger and unifying would the following statement be if the 36 deputies had replaced "Jewish values" with "human values"? “The inclination to avert our eyes is strong, as what is happening is unbearable, but our Jewish values compel us to stand up and to speak out,” they wrote.

I first created online content to combat post 9/11 Islamophobia. Now as we see Gaza genocide, devastation of women in Afghanistan, war consuming Sudan, & war drums to invade Iran—I'm launching "Islam Today" to combat disinfo & hate Check it out. (No Paywall) islamtoday.substack.com/p/launching-...

While unsurprising, the study gives us levels of measurement - Using LLMs to write essays decreases the learning value in all ways. Much as if you used machines to life the weights at a gym, it defeats much of the training and strengthening purpose, leading to weaker learning and development.

How can we teach caring about the stranger in new creative ways?

I see posts of professors fed up with students using AI. Imagine being a student who watches peers constantly use AI in an English program. I’ve no idea if my 3.96 GPA is because I’ve produced exceptional work or if I’m actually horrible but they’re like, “HUMAN WORK: A!” 😭😅 #AcademicSky

Twenty years ago, the US warned prematurely of the 'birth pangs' of a new Middle East. Now they have arrived in full force - and they will not end in Iran. Read my latest: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

Btw, if you can see the grotesque injustice that is the National Guard violently occupying LA for even 1 day against the will of Los Angelenos, then you can certainly see the grotesque injustice that is the Israeli military violently occupying Palestine for 75 years against the will of Palestinians.

"...The most powerful form of Jihad is the Jihad of the Pen. To struggle against ignorance with education. To struggle against hate with compassion. To struggle against apathy with activism. That’s what I’m trying to do here—win the Jihad of the pen, the struggle against injustice." 🖋️🕊️⚖️

Ben Cohen is an old white guy worth $150M. He has no need to risk his comfort & get arrested for protesting a genocide all the way in Gaza. But Ben has values lacking in most people of his wealth & privilege—empathy, humanity, & justice. Ben Cohen is what a true leader looks like. God bless him.

"What is happening in Gaza demands explicit political statements and mass mobilisation - not vague appeals centred on Israeli captives or Jewish national security, but because infants and children are dying as the world watches." www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

The Truth About the India-Pakistan Crisis: What you need to know about the crisis, its history, and what resolution might look like www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-truth-...

"Every act of conquest implies a conqueror & someone or something which is conquered. The conqueror imposes his objectives on the vanquished, & makes of them his possession. He imposes his own contours on the vanquished, who internalize this shape & become ambiguous beings housing another." -Freire

Recent selections for word of the year: 2016 Post truth 2017 Fake news 2018 Misinformation 2019 Cancel culture (also They) 2020 Pandemic 2021 Vax/vaccine 2022 Gaslighting 2023 AI 2024 Brain rot Notice a teend? My prediction for 2025: Bad faith.

Here are the 5 corporate Dems joining MAGA Republicans to pass HR 867, which would impose 20 years in prison & a $1 Million fine for participating in or supporting boycotts against the state of Israel We need all hands on deck to stop this assault on free speech www.qasimrashid.com/p/house-atte...

The inevitable result of centuries of colonisation, exploitation, & worse I'm afraid. Not sure if it's better or worse that it almost certainly isn't intentional...bias in models is a consequence of bias in training data which is a consequence of bias (conscious or not) in available information.

Silence is a source of great strength. ― Lao Tzu

Success in education isn't about being perfect - it's about being consistent. Keep showing up!

"Contrary to the popular perception that Muslims or Islam are new to America, Muslims have thrived in America since before America even existed, and have fought to defend this nation in every battle since the Revolutionary War, and to expand national participation in democracy." #writethebook 🙏

The Museo del Prado has digitized its library collection and now offers free online access to more than 11,500 publications from the late fifteenth century to the early twentieth century. www.codart.nl/public...

I tried in this piece...he's yet to listen. But we can hope. Mar a Lago's doomed. ❄️🧪💙📚 #scicomm #climate #UVMresearch #science 🌎 🔬 ⚒️ #geosky #ClimateHealth #ClimateAction undark.org/2025/01/23/o...

“The Palestinians will win because this war has another front!" We, the people of the world, are with you! 🍉🫒🕊️ youtube.com/shorts/o5KdU...

With each read I’m reminded of Letter from Birmingham Jail. #mlk “I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear.” - #MahmoudKhalil inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...

The number of kids who read for fun at ages 6-8 decreases by *24 PERCENT* by the time those kids are 12-17. 😬 Lots of factors are at play, some of them systemic. But we ARE in control of one big factor: Which books we encourage (or even force) kids to read... 🧵 (1/14) #BookSky #books #kidlit

"I don’t see a dead baby and ask who started it. I would only ask who had killed the baby. In front of my own eyes is a parent’s whole universe brought to a halt and my entire political structure begging me to be OK with it." Heartfelt post by Danaka Katovich from @codepink.bsky.social 🍉🕊️🩷

Teaching during troubling times. youtube.com/watch?v=2DWD...

Plans for fascist art move ahead, as occurs in all authoritarian countries. deadline.com/2025/03/trum...

Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.

Complaining chains you to the problem; action sets you free. Take control—energy flows where attention goes.

Ah, our ambassador to the US has been expelled for "hating America & Donald Trump." (Also for suggesting the US governments assault on DEI stems from right-wing fears that whites will become an ethnic minority in their "own" country.) (You know, the one they took from the native inhabitants.)

The battle for democracy won’t be won in press conferences—it will be won in streets, in libraries, in schools, in voting booths. Because history teaches us that when democracy is in danger, it isn’t rescued by those in power. It is clawed back by those who refuse to surrender to the twilight.By us!

Do you suppose that future historians will refer to the current regime as the Orange Death?

Call each of these Senators to NOT vote with the GOP & instead grow a spine. Each number starts with 202-224 Schumer - 6542 Hassan - 3324 Peters - 6221 Durbin - 2152 Schatz - 3934 King - 5344 Shaheen - 2841 Fetterman - 4254 Cortez Masto - 3542 Gillibrand - 4451

Methods of war left out of Western media... “Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination.” news.un.org/en/story/202...

"An opposition only has depth when, alongside all that it stands against, it presents people with a vision of a better future..." Who else is hopeful this is Pete saying he's going to make a run in 2028? open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...

Different skin tones and a rainbow-like color palette are not inherently “political, religious, or ideological views.” #EveryoneIsWelcomeHere #IStandWithInama www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/e...