DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars https://theonion.com/dhs-releases-watchlist-of-mothers-driving-cars/

Remember on that old site when people would try to say teaching was not a political act? Not trying to start something… that statement was wrong then & it’s wrong now.

There are people who don't know, who didn't know. Moments like these are when they learn, and a window opens for people who want to turn their hunger for justice into action, for our numbers to increase. Stay mad and don't get jaded, in my opinion, get the newly passionate on board. 2/2

in these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2

IMAGINE WATCHING A WOMAN BE MURDERED WHILE SCROLLING THE INTERNET ON YOUR BREAK & THEN BEING EXPECTED TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT TOPIC SENTENCES & CONCRETE DETAILS. Whatever you imagine, it’s 10X harder. Being in the business of teaching with this level of violence & cruelty is impossible.

Educator friends: do the work. You know the work there is to do. Not sure? Reach out to your networks, I’m also happy to chat. Stay mindful of what you post & stay in it for the long haul. We are who we’ve got. 💛

Don’t worry, once we’ve helped them come for immigrants and trans people, they’re sure to be appeased and dedicated to solidarity in our great big tent and not come after anyone else, as history teaches

Minneapolis.

A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.

“No tests, no cases” Vermont does the absolute most to demonstrate that it truly has no concern for educator wellbeing: www.wcax.com/2026/01/06/b...

The whole issue is pretty great! rethinkingschools.org/magazine/

The military removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on US drug charges comes after Trump has freed other figures connected to narcotics trafficking. n.pr/4skk4yB

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

I realize this is a minor complaint in the larger scheme of things… AND this administration makes it really quite difficult to teach social studies 🤬🤦🏼‍♀️😭

Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"

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An important statement from the desk of Robin Ince

“...what’s divisive is not history. What’s divisive is denial about history.” We're so thankful for Kimberlé Crenshaw being here to speak on intersectional justice & her vision for a more inclusive, equitable educational system! #NCSS2025

DC in the morning for #NCSS2025 💛

Gutted. We have lost a brilliant voice in the world. Rest in peace Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social you were so inspiring to so many of us. Thank you for sharing all your words and for always shining a light on the disability community.

My favorite (but a bit of a drive) donut shop has teamed up with my favorite (and just down the road) indi-bookstore for weekend ordering 😳😭🥰

Man, do you know what rules? Actually loving other people, reminding us that we deserve a government that cares for us, and inspiring us to meet our neighbors.

And Zohran Mamdani also placed *joy* and more awareness of history + changemakers as staples in his campaign. He provided space for people to learn and bond rather than just spit out figures and hokum.

Is this what...joy feels like?

so it turns out that fascism is unpopular

Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse

The extent to which educators at my school this week were spending lunch periods & before & after school trying figure out & respond to ICE fears & immediate food needs is heartening & absolutely infuriating. I know I can’t stay this mad all the time without health impacts, but fuuuuuck.

I feel like people outside of Vermont should know that Bernie Sanders hands out king size candy bars every Halloween.

"But don’t tell me that excusing that tattoo is good politics. It is the exact same politics that the right is selling, in a different outfit."

“It means believing that racism is not a natural condition of poverty but a political weapon that rich men use to constrain poor people’s political power.” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

In addition to any monetary donations to local food banks & mutual aid efforts, donating grocery gift cards to local schools can be a great way to support your community through difficult times 💛

Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

There is a robust conversation already about supporting students digital literacy abilities. This is good & necessary & (from what I can see) happening. I would offer that there is an equally compelling case for the need to practice perspective taking. I wish this was more supported.

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

Assata Shakur

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

On this Indigenous People’s Day we began preparations to put Columbus on trial 💛 So very thankful to the wonderful resources from @zinnedproject.bsky.social www.zinnedproject.org/materials/pe...

surprise! the real challenge was always getting us to recognize the humanity of other humans! we can anthropomorphize the fuck out of wall-e but genocide is "really complicated"

“It’s not just these two reporters’ fates that are at stake here—and that’s important enough—but also the fundamental, constitutional right of a free press.”

Curious: who is heading to NCSS in December? My wonderful friend Emily & I are attending for the first time (alongside some of my badass colleagues!) Will be presenting a session on Creative Noncompliance 🥰

An amazing thread bringing in fashion and history. A great read for everyone, but especially teachers of World History. 🗺️

Going back to my “roots” a bit this year with book-whisperer-style reading joy in my advisory. Forever thankful to @donalynbooks.bsky.social who left such a mark on my practice so many years ago.

Doctors Without Borders has suspended operations in Gaza City because of the danger to its staff caused by the Israeli military’s ground offensive. The announcement came on the same day that the UN said four hospitals had been rendered unusable in the north of the territory over the past month.

The republishing of The Long Game as Lessons in Power… at this exact political moment. YA authors are brutal!