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I’m READY!

#PoemADayJuly with @marcusluther.bsky.social, @thevogelman.bsky.social, and myself is going to be 🔥

UnitedHealth's stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may mean trouble for more insurers The warning sign from a health-care giant seen as the insurance industry's bellwether may mean trouble for companies with Medicare Advantage plans.

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/u...

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

“Radical departure”

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Warfare Analysis post: how to flirt - "You are like the night when tyrants fall in revolutions prevail"

That's hot.

@juliusgoat.bsky.social

taking black kids away from their parents and putting them on farms seems really familiar to me! what could it be?

Book cover: Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

"The Christian Right's emphasis on homeschooling is also an emphasis on isolation from the world at large, a protective measure to preserve zealotry while telling the general public a story of parents robbed of control of their own children" (242).

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

I have a new term for the spineless faction of the De mocratic Party (That’s you Schumer, Booker, Fetterman, et al):

To me, you are, and will ever be,
the Vichy-Democrats.

Pissing your big boy pants in fear of losing your cushy setups.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

TheVichyDemocrats

@samzpearson.bsky.social

Federal government starter pack.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

jamelle is correct

Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

Evangelical education nearly ruined me. Now the Christian right is coming for public schools From Bible stories to the Ten Commandments, public schools are starting to look a lot like the fundamentalist system I escaped

"These efforts test the boundaries of the constitution’s establishment clause, reversing a century of civil rights victories in public schools, and have the potential to fundamentally alter the way American children learn – and what they learn about."

🚨 WATCH, SHARE: “I did vote for Trump. We are possibly going to lose our farm.”

Farmers all across 🇺🇸 face bankruptcy because of what Trump and Musk are doing to the federal government, defunding Biden programs they count on to survive.

scooby doo is holding a stack of sandwiches and ice cream ALT: scooby doo is holding a stack of sandwiches and ice cream

We don't watch the sup e r b o w l, but I did get all my grading done and am going to make Reuben sandwiches and have a beer

Book Cover: Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin

"The idea of 'parental rights' obviates the notion that society has a collective responsibility to secure the welfare of children.... Freedom from cruelty or danger [and] access to health care...are all more or less irrelevant to this movement, whose sole principle is control" (205).

"Choose Love" is a pretty good message to put out there. Just sayin'.

“‘I’m gathering evidence of learning.’ That shift in language in how I approach the assessment process opened so many doors for how I assess students and what I pay attention to in order to determine where a student’s at in their learning.” —Tyler Rablin, Teacher

— @mrrablin.bsky.social

Resisting AI Mania in Schools - Part II Here are more messages to push back on

“This *you can’t beat them, so you must join them* plea may sound familiar—because it’s what we heard about cell phones. Told it was our job to teach responsible phone use snd even integrate them…teachers were given an impossible job. A decade later, cell phone bans are sweeping the nation.”

For the start of #BlackHistoryMonth, resharing this Virtual Picture Book Read Aloud Library - a Google Slideshow covering 233 titles, in 7 categories, with book covers linking directly to copyright-compliant video read alouds of recommended picture books.

heisereads.com/bhm2024-ralib/

And so it begins…

mrskellylove.com/2025/02/02/c...

(d) “Patriotic education” means a presentation of the history of America grounded in: (i) an accurate, honest, unifying, inspiring, and ennobling characterization of America’s founding and foundational principles; (ii) a clear examination of how the United States has admirably grown closer to its noble principles throughout its history; (iii) the concept that commitment to America’s aspirations is beneficial and justified; and (iv) the concept that celebration of America’s greatness and history is proper.

I'm about to teach about the Indian Wars. Any advice on how to adhere to this K-12 EO while doing so*?

*Just kidding I will go to my grave before I adhere to that piece of racist transphobic sexist garbage