[threateningly] it’s baseball season.

Nurses demand Congress abolish ICE, invest in health care Nurses demand the removal of immigration enforcement agents from communities, the abolition of ICE, and accountability for this administration’s crimes against all residents of the United States.

Congress approved $10 billion for ICE to continue terrorizing our communities.

Trump's unchecked violence & militarization against Black, Latine, AAPI, and Native people must be stopped. We need to invest in health care, not terror.

Abolish ICE! https://bit.ly/45rhOvw

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Graphic. Phillies logo on a purple background with the text: Stand against bullying

Proud to join MLB in going purple for #SpiritDay as we take a stand against bullying and to show our support for LGBTQ+ youth. 💜

What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...

“It's a perfect game for a baseball day” 🥹

What I’ll Remember About The Phillies - defector.com/what-ill-rem...

Can’t get mad at one stinker with how they’ve been playing but man do you need a short leash on Nola come October. 4-5 innings max

ICE Is Said to Have Begun Operation in the Boston Area

EVERYONE IN THE BOSTON METRO REGION (YES THAT INCLUDES SOUTHERN NH): ALERT ALERT ALERT

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...

Trump’s Job Cuts Leave a Profession Looking for Its Next Act Niche researchers in a government-dependent education field are trying to pivot. “There are no crops coming out of this ground anymore.”

"It’s not like I’m losing my job," @betsyjwolf.bsky.social said.

"It’s like I’m losing my field, my entire career pathway."

Excellent, though harrowing, article on how the field of education research has been hit:

oh look guys it's the new stata version!!

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Supreme Court set to rule on if Maryland parents can opt kids out of LGBTQ books in school The Supreme Court is set to determine whether public schools can legally refuse to give parents the right to pull their children from lessons on LGBTQ topics.

It might not seem like a big deal to let parents opt kids out of LGBTQ books. But opt-outs put a HUGE burden on educators to provide advance notice of every book. To avoid that burden, educators may simply avoid LGBTQ books. Effectively eliminating them from schools.

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Rick in rainbow regalia

Greetings from Boston Pride parade, always a joyous time! And since tomorrow is Father's Day, sending big "Dad" vibes of unconditional love and acceptance to anyone who needs it!

NO KINGS MASS 50501 JUNE 14 11AM-3PM BOSTON PRIDE COPLEY SQUARE to BOSTON COMMON TABLE & PARADE CONTINGENT BUT YAAAS Come uplift the LGBTQIA+ community through solidarity during the joyful act of resistance that Pride has and always will be! QUEEN HERE TO STAY! • INDIVISIBLE MASS COALITION MASS mass50501.org 50. 50г BOSTON PRIDE FOR THE PEOPLE ! PARADE AND FESTIVAL 2025

Boston's No Kings parade tomorrow would have clashed with the Pride Parade so the city has decided to lump everything together and call it "NO KINGS, but YAAAAS Queen!"

Go Boston!

Thank you Josh and thank you NAED/Spencer--I never expected to get this fellowship and am incredibly honored to be part of this community. Congratulations to the other fellows, and I look forward to meeting y'all in the fall!

princess leia (crude phillies hat): Help me Ranger José Suárez. You're my only hope.

Trump's "biggest crowds ever" have finally materialized.

It is good that he is admitting that he showed up late.

This humility can help Dems, a lot.

if I were MLB dot TV, I would simply work on Opening Day

happy opening day we made it

Screenshot from EO at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/ : “The Department of Education currently manages a student loan debt portfolio of more than $1.6 trillion. This means the Federal student aid program is roughly the size of one of the Nation's largest banks, Wells Fargo. But although Wells Fargo has more than 200,000 employees, the Department of Education has fewer than 1,500 in its Office of Federal Student Aid.”

When you unintentionally highlight how efficient the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office is

The dismantling of NCES is insane and will critically hobble progress in improving education - this agency is so important it existed more than 100 years before the creation of Department of Education.

If you or someone you know has had a particular research project suspended by recent actions at IES, please get in touch either by DM or by replying here.

There are journalists who'd like to report on this.

post from @h_lee_justine on threads: AOC was just on live giving us advice of what to do and she had very specific instructions depending on if your reps were Dem or repub. I'll share them but first things first you know l've been begging you to call your reps. AOC highlighted that is the BEST THING to do right now and that they really do listen when they get non stop calls. So please pledge to me that you're gonna make some calls tomorrow to both LOCAL AND DC OFFICES of your reps. Tell me below. Now if your...

...rep is Democrat, she wants you to ask them to obstruct ALL CABINET PICKS until Elon is no longer committing illegal acts in the fed gov. It's the one power Dems have right now. Zero appointments, full obstruction until Elon is OUT! Ask for that Tom. Use the 5 calls app or website to make it easy. Again, LOCAL AND DC Now if your rep is Republican, you're going to tell them that you will start looking for and campaigning for a challenger in their district this week if they don't act to...

...protect our data, the value of the US dollar, and integrity in our fed gov. She said she knows this seems like it won't do anything but to trust her, these people care. And they're hoping you get so complacent you're silent and they don't have to worry about re election. If you have any kind of platform with a following, tell them you'll use that to campaign against them. If you're a part of a large community group, even just a community garden, tell them you'll tell everyone locally...

..what they are or aren't doing to protect us from the coup by Elon Musk. You know people in your community. You have a voice. Tell them specifically how you'll use it. It matters guys. Everyone is scared right now. Apply pressure and tell everyone you know to

thread with @aoc.bsky.social’s advice for this moment, and it involves calling your reps.

not sure how? use 5calls.org (they have an app too).

In addition to the good news

THIS IS A SIGN THAT PRESSURE WORKS

Don’t give in to fascists when you still have the option of resisting

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Educational Science Reform Act of 2002 as passed by Congress and signed into law: "There shall be in the Department the Institute of Education Sciences" www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a room on fire . Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a room on fire, saying, "this is fine."

I really love education research. I'm gonna need therapy for this.

Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.