Don't know, but I just tried to open a link from Bluesky and it worked. Sometimes, the servers get overloaded and I get timeout errors at random moments with many websites, not just Bluesky. Also, Edge updated this week, so a setting may have been changed without your knowledge.

This is so well done. 👌

Someone needs to tell Pete that the Crusades were a failure.

Moon rocket and weather are on NASA's side for the first astronaut launch in decades Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century.

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic protest song “All You Fascists Bound to Lose,” updated to fit the current moment and urge action ahead of the midterms.

You have to listen to this.

UPDATE: After sending billions to Kushner and Trump, Saudis lobby to escalate Iran War “I’m not going to start a war,” President Trump pledged during his November 2024 victory speech.

I suppose this means MBS is our commander-in-chief now. Whatever he wants the American military to do, Trump does:
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No War Is Holy Our faith demands a moral opposition to Trump and Hegseth’s Crusade

No War Is Holy (from William Barber II & Jonathan Hartgrove): open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

However, my experience with passkeys varies. Some sites are excellent; others not so much. I have one that demands a fingerprint but I never set up that option. 2/2

As I understand it, a passkey is stored on your device so no one without physical possession can hack into your account. A password is stored on the website's server and could be intercepted in transmission. 1/2

Hate Definitely Has a Home Here If there’s one question on the minds of my friend group these days—old friends, fellow teachers, new acquaintances, anyone paying attention—it’s this: How can anyone, let alone a third of the popul…

Turns out Americans hate each other. But teachers are still fighting against hatred and violence--they're heroes.

Read "Paper Girl"--Beth Macy's explanation of just what's going on in small-town America. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/03/11/h...

I love your book recommendations. I have placed a copy on hold at my local library.

An unsigned bill becomes law after 10 days. He will have to actively veto the other bills to stop them from becoming law.

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Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

Does Love Really Make the World (or Classroom) Go ‘Round? Some years ago, when talk radio ruled the discourse, I was listening to a national teacher union leader talk with a right-leaning—and nationally recognized—radio host. The topic was teachers as cat…

Do we have to love our students? No. That’s not reality—or practical.

But genuinely caring for each other may be the only thing that will save us, in these dark times.

Happy Valentine’s Day. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/02/13/d...

A short note to Kristi Noem To a current cabinet secretary from a former one

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Jeff Bezos Just Taught Liberal Elites How Oligarchy Really Works Bezos was feted as the savior of the Washington Post in 2013, now he's reviled for mass layoffs. But it's also Google who helped crush the paper. Liberal elites are starting to learn about oligarchy.

Jeff Bezos Just Taught Liberal Elites How Oligarchy Really Works ... a/k/a The Demise of Local Newspapers, in which tech companies take the content value of media to enrich themselves. open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

Italia Fittante: ‘What Sort of Nation Terrorizes Children?’: A Teacher’s View From Minneapolis - Network For Public Education Italia Fitante is a high school literature teacher in Minneapolis. This post ran in Education Week.  The past few weeks in Minnesota have been marked by relentless federal immigration operations. Agen...

Powerful piece on the NPE blog: networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content...

The Boomcession: Why Americans Hate What Looks Like an Economic Boom The models used by policymakers to understand wages, economic growth, and consumer spending are misleading. That's why corporate America is having a party, and everyone else is mad.

"What looks like an increase in real wages in aggregate might not be an increase for some, because poor people dollars don’t go as far as rich people dollars."
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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew

"But other reasons for older people to be vaccinated are also emerging. They are known, in doctor-speak, as off-target benefits, meaning that the shots do good things beyond preventing the diseases they were designed to avert."
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Is Now the Time to Demand a Clawback of the ICE BBB Slush Fund? Democrats in the Senate are about to vote on a 6-bill funding package that includes DHS, but ICE/CBP would stay open during a shutdown. So what do we do?

Is Now the Time to Demand a Clawback of the ICE BBB Slush Fund?
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A Man Was Lynched Yesterday Alex Pretti was killed by people who celebrated his death. They do not need better training. They demand a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy.

A Man Was Lynched Yesterday
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Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

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Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good

"Trump is proving the wisdom of [James] Madison’s words. Any legal or political system built around trust in the integrity of the president is doomed to failure. ...a bad and corrupt one ... will wield every tool, power and prerogative [for] oppression and greed."
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OPINION | Urban Meyer has no business in the Florida university system | Jacksonville Today Urban Meyer, the most universally reviled figure in Jacksonville Jaguars history is nominated as a trustee of New College.

New College (Florida) reaches a new low: jaxtoday.org/2026/01/04/o...

Damn, #Jaguars, where has this been the last 20 years? You know who I credit for the turnaround? #TonyBoselli

The Sad Gift of 2025 There is a lesson to learn this year, or maybe we can call it a demonstration.

"Real education is the process of helping young humans find a way to become their own best selves as they try to understand what it means to be fully human in the world."
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Going to be a fun flight home.

There was one moment during Trump's address when he couldn't pronounce the word on the teleprompter and he skipped it. Did you catch that moment?

So where's the Democrat response? Or is that another practice the legacy media is tossing in the trash to placate the toddler.