"The modern school librarian is an advocate for joyful reading and meaningful learning opportunities in 2025." @middleweb.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52622/making...

"Please do something, President Trump,” Regina Foley, a registered Republican who voted for Trump three times, wrote.

Speaking of sourcing... this from Google AI:

A mere 19 months ago, Trump’s net worth was $2.6B, and he owed hundreds of millions in civil penalties. Today, Trump is worth $7.1B, and most of the civil penalties have been tossed out. Presidential politics is by far the most lucrative business venture of Trump’s career. trib.al/BZC3lZB

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Go Frogs! resistancesentinel.substack.com/p/portlands-...?

More little street libraries needed!

In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million from an emergency food assistance program that delivered meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks across the country. Thousands of planned deliveries were canceled without warning.

A Chuck Lorre vanity card (637-Young Sheldon), originally posted 12/12/19. Tinted for easier reading. Prescient?

Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’ techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/t...

‘The cruelty is the point, @ as @adamserwer.bsky.social wrote

More great reporting on our western North Carolina disaster by ProPublica. A teacher couple featured here. #edusky

Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers: “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

FUN WITH AI: Let's play "Whose arm is it?" What's fun is that this stock image service wants $10 for this one!

With MAGA Republicans continuing their ghoulish campaigns to terrorize communities, crush dissent, and tear families apart, it’s more important than ever that we stand up, speak out, and make some good trouble. Join us on Thursday: goodtroubleliveson.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

We’re training a million Americans to lead a local resistance movement. This is how we dramatically ramp up defiance and non-cooperation tactics society-wide, whether it be at corporations, education, the media or neighborhoods. One Million Rising launches in three days and we hope you will join us.

MechaHitler isn’t a flaw—it’s a feature. Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and other techno-fascist billionaires subscribe to a neo-Nazi ideology, believing they’re meant to rule us. The endgame of Big Tech’s social media and AI is totalitarianism—surveillance, wealth, control.

"AI will not replace us, it will control us. Unless we program human oversight into it's internal biasis it will replace our financial religious and judicial beliefs," a WIRED reader said in response to this article. What do you think?

My first @wired.com piece: I asked over a dozen of the US's largest health insurers whether they would continue to cover currently routine shots for children if the RFK Jr. appointees on the federal vaccine panel were to stop recommending them. Only one said yes: www.wired.com/story/insure...

Elon Musk is attempting to manifest his "America Party" into reality. Hard-launching the party, which he first posted about through a poll on X, would involve filing official paperwork, such as FEC forms, and signing up to petition in individual states. He has not done any of that.

Great coverage of our local library controversy...which is gaining national attention. #edusky #bannedbooks #booksky @ryanestrada.com @readswithrachel.bsky.social Last-ditch legal effort tries to halt NC regional library system breakup over LGBTQ+ content. carolinapublicpress.org/71307/last-d...

A huge crowd and a peaceful, joyous, resolute day. Fantastic energy! Met lots of ex-Trump supporters. 😂

As someone said, great job of social distancing.

In case you're wondering... substack.com/home/post/p-...

While Trump throws an authoritarian-style military parade/birthday party for himself in DC, we the people will be participating in over 1000+ counter protests nationwide. Find a “No Kings,” protest near you on June 14th by visiting 🔎 nokings.org

Grocery store parking lot in rural western NC. 6/8/25.

National Guard arrives in L.A. after Trump order to intervene in protests of immigration raids www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Have you heard? 💥The pressure on Fox is building nationwide! 💥 50501 friends in CO and MO are joining us in hosting FOX protests this Sat. May 24th! Check out www.Foxtakedown.com ⬆️FIND or START a protest! #FoxTakedown #50501movement #FoxLies #wearetheflood @riseandresist.bsky.social

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

My statement on the charges filed against me:

Head Start changes lives. These parents shouldn’t have to beg Congress to protect the basics. Congressional Republicans are choosing cuts over kids—and families will pay the price.

DOGE initially promised to save taxpayers $2 trillion. Now it admits it's only delivered $160B in cuts. And even those minimal savings are nearly wiped out by the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts: $135B. We're losing vital government services (that are efficient!) for basically nothing in return.

Demonstrations against Trump are getting larger and louder. This is absolutely essential. But Trump’s regressive populism — cruel, tyrannical, bigoted, authoritarian — must be met by a bold progressive populism that strengthens democracy and shares the wealth.

Yes yes yes yes yes! "There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party..as its leaders shift...to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their own vision for the United States. That shift burst dramatically into the open last night..." heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-28-2...

I recently wrote: "Legacy media isn’t declining because people no longer value news; it’s because they value it more than ever." It elicited a ton of positive comments. Here is the context and a link to sign-up to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

Whoopsie! 🤷

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

On top of that, tariffs on steel and aluminium, and cars, are still there.

Here it comes: "Legislation filed Monday by state House Republican education leaders would eliminate class-size requirements in schools and allow school districts to hire unlicensed teachers." www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

And in the end, they even sacrificed their claim to “state’s rights” for which they enslaved, seceded, fought, segregated, assaulted and murdered, and in the name of which they degraded themselves, their families and their region.

I’m sharing a post I made to an African American Studies group on another platform. I’m sharing bc I believe that Social Studies teachers have a role to play in resisting fascism. I know that not everyone can do this, see below, but those of us who can, should… #EduSky 🗺️ 🧵 1/6

I've just written this post for @edweek.bsky.social --- The Trump Administration Is Bullying Educators. We Can Fight Back www.edweek.org/leadership/o...

How Trump is “effectively institutionalizing disinformation,” pushing a “new era of post-truth politics” that enables his administration to use fictions to promote its agenda. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b...

Wait. What??

Spotted via Wired's newsletter... relax, they're just letting you help train their AI... Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

Insightful piece from @peterbakernyt.bsky.social comparing the Trump administration’s recent actions to the early days of Putin’s reign in Russia, which Peter covered nearly 25 years ago. Here’s a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

These guys are terrific. A good place to invest some "resistance" money!