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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Seems like we've already learned more about Tyler Robinson than we ever heard about Thomas Crooks. I'm still baffled at how little we know about why Crooks shot at Trump.

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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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Rumeysa Ozturk: Free Speech is Not a Crime

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"Education, therefore, is a process for living and not a preparation for future living." John Dewey

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

If anyone at the Department of Education wants to add me to the “Let’s sell the federal student loan portfolio to SoFi for 12 cents on the dollar” group text I pinky-promise your secrets are safe with me.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Quote of the day: "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

None of this shit should be normalized.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'm going to bet there is no way Tony Stark would have eight of his rockets blow up before finding a solution.

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Dan "Mr. Bones and Me" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

english.elpais.com

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Researchers do research. Parents are not “doing their own research” on vaccines. They’re just googling. It’s the same tool the rest of us use to figure out “Mexican food near me” and “what happened to Richie from Family Matters.”

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Please show me data and evidence that white men have been materially disadvantaged by efforts to improve DEI.

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Chris Marsicano @chrismarsicano.com · 05/03/2025

The Trump administration plans to withhold funding to universities if students protest - a clear violation of the first amendment. This is a battle the Trump Administration will not win. BUT, winning isn't the point. The point is to make life hard for the university. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

wsj.com

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding From Universities Over Protests

Legal experts said holding back federal financing would violate First Amendment protections.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 04/03/2025

The more you know. #JointSession

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My attempt at trying to make sense of the many drivers behind the current Trump administration policies. What would you add/change?

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

“Millions of us are used by the wealthiest elites to perpetuate and do the dirty work of keeping systemic racism alive and thriving in the USA. It’s not our place to decide and tell Black and brown people that their reality does not exist.” www.linkedin.com/posts/synerg...

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A number of years ago, I heard the administrator over the air traffic controllers on NPR make an important point. "We're unique in that our job demands a 100 percent success rate. 99.9 percent isn't good enough. It has to be 100." I truly hope that mentality is still in place.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

There is an irony to an administration that decries the value of bureaucrats deploying a bunch of people that amount to bureaucrats to do their bidding

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I love examples of real braided funding. Well done!

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Why does someone in an unelected and unaccountable role have so much authority?

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 31/01/2025

Washington is full of rule-following valedictorians who were inspired by the West Wing and did Model UN and moot court and studied their heroes and who believe in using government to help people. That's nice, but you need to learn how to swing on the illiterate bullies who steal lunch money.

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

PSA!

HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS
CONSIDER THE SOURCE
Click away from the story to investigate the site, its mission and its contact info.
READ BEYOND
Headlines can be outrageous in an effort to get clicks. What's the whole story?
CHECK THE AUTHOR
Do a quick search on the author. Are they credible? Are they real?
SUPPORTING SOURCES?
Click on those links. Determine if the info given actually supports the story.
CHECK THE DATE
Reposting old news stories doesn't mean they're relevant to current events.
IS IT A JOKE?
If it is too outlandish, it might be satire.
Research the site and author to be sure.
CHECK YOUR BIASES
Consider if your own beliefs could affect your judgement.
ASK THE EXPERTS
Ask a librarian, or consult a fact-checking site.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/01/2025

a black kid admitted to a selective college under an affirmative action program in say 2019 is almost certainly more qualified to attend the institution than 90% of alums from the previous generation, just by virtue of the dramatically increased competition

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The focus has been the freeze, but absent or after the freeze, there will be huge losses. For example, will researchers be allowed to study health disparities? Will there be funding to investigate disparate environmental impacts? Heck, what about the student achievement gap? Is that too woke?

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Matt Salomone @matthematics.com · 01/01/2025

Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:

celestemdavis.substack.com

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?

We would rather talk about literally everything else.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I think we'd all prefer thinking that the Maui Invitational never happened. 😂 @evanmiya.bsky.social has some evidence that the Huskies are a good team despite that aberration.

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Evan Miyakawa @evanmiya.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Are You The #1 Team: December 15th Edition

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This has been living rent free in my head since reading it. It suggests the potential for all sorts of hiring biases for recent college grads based on undergrad institutions. How much do questions of selectivity and perceptions of quality of institutions have an impact on career choices?

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

It's Sunday and I'm trying to take advantage of quiet time to get work done. In the past hour, I've had phone calls from 5 different people and texts from 3 others. Why are you all reaching out to me at this moment?

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Pet peeve: iPhone users who give me grief for owning an Android-based phone instead of demanding Apple truly fix cross-platform texting. You are enforcing the company's marketing and not expecting them to do better.

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No Escalators @noescalators.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Vigorously tapping the sign

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Meanwhile in Higher Education @meanwhileinhe.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Meanwhile at U.S. rural colleges/universities... Due to program elimination rural students have fewer opportunities to major in humanities, languages, and other traditional majors. Some schools are seeing enrollment drop after the eliminations. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

washingtonpost.com

Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors

As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs ranging from music to chemistry.

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Too good - not sure of the source…

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I might agree with you entirely, but if you fill my timeline with 15+ posts per day, I'm likely to unfollow.

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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Just one strange cognitive bias?!? It's called: disinformation.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is such good reporting from the Harvard Crimson: There are about 27,000 high schools in the U.S. Over the past 15 years, 1 in 11 students at Harvard have come from just 21 high schools. So 9.1% of Harvard students come from 0.07% of US schools.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Even though Elvis Costello wrote this 22 years ago, it could easily be about what has been happening with Twitter now. youtu.be/qBfcyrj-TH4?...

youtu.be

Radio Silence

YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Free speech means you can express your viewpoint openly, but it does not mean you are free from consequences of that opinion.

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bvisger.bsky.social @bvisger.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just came over here from the other place. No ads for crypto. Haven't seen any trolls yet. Feels pretty nice.

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