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Phil S @phil-stokoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This absolutely insane letter is just begging for a response along the lines of the Cleveland Stadium Letter

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants. Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.

THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON, DC 20202
May 5, 2025
Dr. Alan Garber
Office of the President
Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
Dr. Garber,
The Federal Government has a sacred responsibility to be a wise and important steward of American taxpayer dollars. Harvard University, despite amassing a largely tax-free $53.2 billion dollar endowment (larger than the GDP of 100 countries), receives billions of dollars of taxpayer largess each year. Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right. Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these "students" come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public?
Harvard University has made a mockery of this country's higher education system. It has invited foreign students, who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the United States of America, to its campus. In every way, Harvard has failed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor. It had scrapped standardized testing requirements and a normalized grading system. This year Harvard was forced to adopt an embarrassing "remedial math" program for undergraduates.
Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple and basic mathematics, when it is supposedly so hard to get into this "acclaimed university"? Who is getting in under such a low standard when others, with fabulous grades and a great understanding of the highest levels of mathematics, are being rejected?
Harvard has even been embroiled in humiliating plagiarism scandals, exposed clearly and plainly in the media, with respect to your then…

$running the institution in a totally chaotic way. Harvard alumnus and highly successful hedge fund manager Bill Ackman noted that, under her leadership, Harvard has become "a political advocacy organization for one party." Ackman has called for the resignation of Pritzker, concluding that the "[t)he mismanagement here is Penny Pritzker" and noting that any serious corporation would have removed her after a litany of recent failings and the fact that, incredibly, "Harvard is not in a good financial position." According to Ackman, one of the world's foremost finance experts, Harvard's so-called S53 billion endowment is "massively overstated as far as what it's really worth," and Harvard has irresponsibly taken out $8 billion in debt. If this is true, it is concerning evidence of Harvard's disastrous mismanagement, indicating an urgent need for massive reform-not continued taxpayer investment. If Harvard prefers not to change, then Harvard should have no problem using its overflowing endowment to fund its bloated bureaucracy. At its best, a university should fulfill the highest ideals of our Nation, and enlighten the thousands of hopeful students who walk through its magnificent gates. But Harvard has betrayed this ideal. Perhaps most alarmingly, Harvard has failed to abide by the United States Supreme Court's ruling demanding that it end its racial preferencing, and continues to engage in ugly racism in its undergraduate and graduate schools, and even within the Harvard Law Review itself. Our universities should be bastions of merit that reward and celebrate excellence and achievement. They should not be incubators of discrimination that encourage resentment and instill grievance and racism into our wonderful young Americans. The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard's consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the fede…$

Federal Agencies. The Administration's priorities have not changed and today's letter marks the end of new grants for the University.
These requests will advance the best interests of Harvard University, so it can reclaim its status as a respected educational institution for the future leaders of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Sincerely,
Linda E. McMahon
Secretary of Education

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Alex Wright @alexwr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I have a boy turning 21 soon and want to get him 21 fiction/ non fiction books. He was an avid reader, now attached to a phone.All recommendations welcome!

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Save The Hellfire @savethehellfire.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Mother, Formed from the depths beneath your heart, You know us from the inside out. No deeds or seas or others Could ever erase that. Blessing For a Mother by John O’Donohue #mothersday2025 #sunrise #sundayvibes

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SmidgenDublin @smidgendublin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Morning Bluesky! This is the #speirgorm blue sky at Newgrange, (Brú na Bóinne) Co Meath, with the entrance to the megalithic passage tomb. Newgrange is older than the Pyramids at Giza and the attention-grabbing Stonehenge. Photo credit Ailbhe/OPW. heritageireland.ie/places-to-vi...

Photo of the entrance to the megalithic passge tomb at Bru an Boinne, Newgrange, Co Meath, Ireland. The large entrance stone is decorated in craved large and small swirls.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West. It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏

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chauntel21.bsky.social @chauntel21.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Dictator vs. Democracy. The stark contrast could not be any greater. 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 28/02/2025

The idea that JD Vance—who has never been to Ukaine and chalks up his knowledge to shit he read on the internet—believes he knows more about the situation in Ukraine than the man who has led it for the past 5.5 years is a perfect encapsulation of the havoc this administration is wreaking worldwide

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BValentin @bvalentinel.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The last crop of Robber Barons gave back to the country in the form of philanthropy. I am reminded of the Carnegie libraries. This current crop of billionaires give nothing back. But in fact want more. Their insatiable greed is appalling.

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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelensky is a Hero

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A tough day for humanity, but this too will pass. Resist division. Build community. Build resilience. Build relationships. Show your neighbour you care, and show those who have lost their hearts to anger and darkness that there is a better way. No pasaràn. Not now. Not ever. 🇺🇦🇮🇪🇸🇪❤️

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Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ @uilliammac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Mae Jemison was the first black woman to reach outer space on the Endeavour shuttle in 1992. The next year she was invited to join the crew of the Enterprise C 🖖

A woman in a Starfleet uniform standing at a computer console.

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Margaret O'Connell🌻 @margaretoc6.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

She turned to the sunlight and shook her #yellow head, And whispered to her neighbour: “Winter is dead.” ~ A.A. Milne #Daffodils 🌿💛🌿 #Cork #Ireland

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Susan G @susangriff.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Let there be light. Let there be hope. #AGrandStretch #Speirgorm

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Eoin Lawlor @lozzywozzy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I have to mention before we finish that it is a scandal that the recent guidelines have not referenced the SENCO role. It needs to be recognised, standardised, formalised and supported. The current system is too onerous and the level of support for AEN teams varies from school to school! #edchatie

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Irish Primary Teacher @ipteacher.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Nurture room. Trauma informed practices. Building relationships. Low arousal approaches. Making connections. Starting from where the child is at. Seeking to understand. Co-regulation leading to self regulation. #edchatie

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Wow! What a great cover!

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Dr. Orla M @orlanimh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

One of my students is doing a final push for participants who are over 25 for her research project, looking at birth order and attachment style. If anyone has a few minutes to fill it in and/or share. Thank you 😀 dcusurveys.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #DCU #Speirgorm #speirgorm

The poster details are on the link in the main post

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HurdyGurdyRadio Museum @hurdygurdyradio.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

#SpeirGorm A family escaped with their lives - please donate what you can & share this. Instead of buying a pint at the #6nations today or a coffee - help this poor family gofund.me/4248b737 Let's give racism the boot out of #Ireland www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

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Six people hospitalised after arson attack in Ballyfermot

Six people, including two children, have been hospitalised following an arson attack at a house in Ballyfermot, Dublin.

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red, Violets are blue, A regular verb in the past tense gets a séimhiú

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 04/02/2025

No stone should be left unturned to find the #Tuam babies. No stone should be left unturned to find the #Bessboro babies. No stone should be left unturned to find the #SeanRossAbbey babies. The government need to stop dragging their heels. #Speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

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'We want no stone left unturned', say group campaigning for Sean Ross Abbey dig

The We Are Still Here group to continue campaign for archaeological dig after excavation at the site was ruled out

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The unstinting champion of women's rights consistently regards his wife's work with great praise.

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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 11/02/2025

One of my favourite bits of graffiti:

A sign for Bóthar Mhuirfean/ Merrion Road (in the old irish typescript), that has been altered for say "Jesus Merrion Joseph Road"

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eolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

While I go pour more tea, here's a #painting earlier - a few years earlier. "Pine Island" I painted because I find the iconic scene of Connemara's Lough Derryclare irresistible so have painted it a few times. Knowing me I'll paint it again. #SpeirGorm #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtYear

Landscape format in acrylics on canvas. Lake with islet of orange and grey and olive ground, from which grow a couple of dozen Scots Pines with tall trunks and no branches or foliage until high up where there are lateral dark green blotches. Behind is a strip of land, of orange and pink bog with grey rocks, that slopes down to the lake which runs across the full width of the painting. Behind are several rocky jagged, almost pyramidal, blue mountains, their shade of blue being lighter as the mountains recede. The reflections of the mountains and the trees can be seen in water in blues and blacks rippling diagonally. The sky is pale blue with a feint white cloud on the left half, also reflected in the water in diagonal strokes. A small amount of land of grasses of orange and green peeps up along the bottom edge. Signed bottom right: Liam Daly

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Ciara Quill @ciaraquill.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Jennifer O’Connell wrote a disparaging article about teachers in @irishtimes.com during Covid lockdown in 2020 titled “If hairdressers ran our schools every child would be going back in September”. Same Jennifer now gives workshop to teachers via @newsbrandsireland.bsky.social? Seriously? #edchatie

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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Alex Wright @alexwr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi, I’m supporting this fundraiser on GoFundMe-please consider supporting by donating or sharing the link. Every bit of support helps. Have a look at this young man’s TikTok account-The strength of character to deal with war in Gaza with so much dignity and grace. #Gaza #Speirgorm

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Mental Health Ireland @mentalhealthirl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

No-one says it like Maya Angelou....

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Citizen of Gilead @citizenofgilead.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This lady, this sign 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 05/02/2025

Please follow @freetrees.ie We don’t talk about it so much, we just do it! #climateAction

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

If making America great again requires you to pay more for everything, lose your retirement savings, work more for less pay, be unable to afford health insurance, become an indentured servant to the oligarchs, maybe you were better off with the no so great version.

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Shawna Gawreluck @shawnagawreluck.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I snort laughed when I got to China.

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Mx. Robbie Bobbie Berta Boeing @captainbobbie.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman

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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 02/02/2025

We at @freetrees.ie gave away 80,000 trees this morning on our website. We could give 1 million trees a year to be planted, create habitats for wildlife, and mitigate climate change… If only we could only get the funding. #spéirgorm ideas?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Historians will write books about this dark period in US democracy. This will be the cover photo. It was taken inside the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia on Wednesday. (📸 Anonymous source, printed in The Washington Post)

A man is seen painting grey paint to cover up a mural with the words "FAIRNESS, LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION and DIVERSITY" in large multicoloured print.

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