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Cristina Paul

@cristinapaul333.bsky.social
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dancer. teacher. chingona interested in justice & joy, writing to better understand myself & the world, and learning in community she/ her/ ella

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The headline of this article is becoming a theme of the higher ed movement and the anti-authoritarian movement in general: rank-and-file folks are forging ahead of our nominal "leaders."
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This really feels like a defining post of our time
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
NEW— "A lot of children have passed the point of no return...The gut lining has started to auto-digest & will no longer [absorb] water or nutrition. Death is imminent for 1000s" An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us: www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
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‘Past The Point Of No Return’: Doctor Describes How Starvation In Gaza Is Driving Mass Death
"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, to...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/07/2025
make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 08/06/2025
Matching up to 2,500 USD to Immigrant Defenders Law Center, for the first people to DM or reply with receipts. They're EIN 47-4473312 for quickly looking up if you have a DAF.
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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
The issue for many is not the genocide itself, but the fact that we’re talking about it. They want an event of such violent, brutal, and bloody scale to go unmentioned, undiscussed, uncriticized, and unanalyzed. Because their feelings are fragile, we are expected to stay silent!
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Why are we using technology to pursue racist and ecologically disastrous forms of plagiarism (AI)? I just want technologies that ensure smoke alarms don’t beep in the middle of the fucking night!
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Collage/ painting by 6-8 yr old students inspired by José Ramírez’ work, LA artist. We read his books, studied his work, & sketched before creating a plant/animal on black paper w/ oil pastels. Kids used acrylic paint on canvas & re-outlined plants/animals & abstract shapes w/ oil pastels. #edusky
Collage/ painting created by 6-8 year old children of Sonoran Desert plants and animals. The large canvas includes many saguaros and bold colors inspired by the work of José Ramírez, an LA artist and teachers. Cover of children’s book, Mi papá es un agrícola, with art by José Ramírez. This beautiful book, with a man carrying produce and fields in the background on the cover, highlights the important work of farm workers and is an excellent read aloud during a time when immigrants are being scapegoated by the US government. Cover a children’s book illustrated by José Ramírez, Quinito’s neighborhood. This book is a wonderful bilingual (Spanish/ English) read aloud that highlights the roles of many community helpers.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is really important for teachers to be aware of as we speak with families considering having their children assessed. #edusky
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I’m proud of the student thinking & work in my latest article in Rethinking Schools magazine - subscribe to this valuable resource! If you’re interested in using #primarysources & music to build empathy & support perspective-taking, read: rethinkingschools.org/articles/wha... #duallanguage #edusky
Picture of article with children reading Nina, a picture book about Nina Simone. Cover of Rethinking Schools spring issueChildren shared a song they created of Nina Simone’s thoughts after listening to and looking at primary sources
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Rally and March this Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles #handsoff our students #resist #edusky
Poster that reads: Hands off our students
Stop visa revocations
Stop deportations
Friday April 11 at noon
Rally at Murphy Hall West Entrance, UCLA
Saturday April 12 at 3 pm
March to ICE Field Office
Meet at Corner of Broadway and Temple, Downtown LA

Join Southern California Faculty, Staff, and Students to demand that ICE and DHS take their hands off our students

Everyone is welcome! Wear academic regalia if you have it.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The most real fortune ever! #twentytwentyfive #duallanguage #edusky 8-year olds are the smartest
Fortune written by an 8-year old: tu futuro es asqueroso
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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
1/2 My spring issue of @rethinkingschools.bsky.social arrived yesterday! In spite of everything, our little magazine keeps on keepin' on. rethinkingschools.org/magazine/
Rethinking Schools magazine. "Teaching LGBTQ+" Movement History."
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
LA folks! Wanna stop scrolling and start singing? Be in community with my drop-in, no-commitment #chorus. All identities, levels of experience, and ages are welcome. Email onwardvoices@gmail.com for exact location in LA. You can follow onwardvoices on IG too.
Image of California lupines with the following text: See what blooms! Sing with Onward Voices Sunday, April 13th 2-3:45p.m. Bring everyone!
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 28/03/2025
hi, cis folks in cali! there’s a thread here about AB 89, cali’s own anti trans sports ban. call your rep & tell them “trans people belong in society.” dems like gavin newsom are floating test balloons about trans rights—again/still. this going down in flames is a message. tap in. call. please. ⬇️
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Find Your California Representatives
Use your residential address to find your California State Senate and Assembly representatives.
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Must-read book for every university president
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The world’s chaotic but reading grounds us. Pitu le baila al mar is the story of an afrolatina girl who loves to dance. She navigates challenges w/ 2 loving mothers who affirm that any body type can dance. Perfect story to discuss family structure, body stereotypes, & identity. #duallanguage #edusky
Cover of Pitu le baila al mar by Gamaliel Valle
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Travels With Brindle is still composing a silent movie score @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#DidThisToday Entered public comments on the executive orders barring trans people from using their correct names and gender markers on their passports
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FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
Three people in sky blue shirts and jeans climbing the steps of the US Capitol, including a young blonde girl wearing a red and white bandanna around her head and turning to look at the camera
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Looking for a ways to take a break from scrolling and be in community in LA? Sing with my drop-in, no commitment chorus. All identities, level of experience, and ages are welcome. Email onwardvoices@gmail.com for exact location in LA. You can follow onwardvoices on IG too.
Picture of pincushion flowers. Text says: Spring is nigh! Sing, shout, sigh! Onward Voices Sunday, March 16th 2-3:45pm. All are welcome.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
As an educator, I’m striving to humanize and highlight folks who are being dehumanized and othered. #Readalouds are an amazing tool. This is a great read about unhoused people. Read about trans people, BIPOC, immigrants, activists, poor people… #edusky
Cover of Una historia diferente by Santi Beascoa Amat
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The world’s a cliff crumbling into the sea, but we have books. Una historia diferente is about a child trying to understand unhoused people in her community. This conversation starter can help launch a canned food drive, care packages for unhoused people, volunteering opportunities… #edusky #langsky
The cover of Una historia diferente by Santi Beascoa Amat shows a child offering an umbrella to an unhoused person with a dog
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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
just over here photoshopping muppets onto the cover of w magazine: thread
Beaker as Ariana Grande on the cover of W magazine.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In an effort to share small acts of resistance, I’m going to share some beautiful #readalouds that my #duallanguage students loved & that sparked fruitful conversations. My Brother is Away/Mi hermano está lejos is about a girl whose brother is incarcerated. Read on to hear student ideas. #abolition
Cover of Mi hermano está lejos/ My brother is away  y Sara Greenwood. The book is based on the author’s experience as a child when her brother was incarcerated.
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Library Innovation Lab @harvardlil.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you’re looking for a way to be in community in LA, sing with my drop-in, no commitment chorus. All identities, level of experience, and ages are welcome. Email onwardvoices@gmail.com for exact location in LA. You can follow onwardvoices on IG too.
Colorful background from St. Elmo’s Village in Los Angeles with text:
Sing with Onward Voices Sunday, February 16th 2-3:45pm
All are welcome! Fuck up LOUD!
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought.” -Audre Lorde, 1977 (Sister Outsider, Crossing Press,1984) #everynightapoem #BlackHistoryMonth
At this point in time, I believe that women carry within ourselves the possibility for fusion of these two approaches so necessary for survival, and we come closest to this combination in our poetry. I speak here of poetry as a revelatory distillation of experience, not the sterile word play that, too often, the white fathers distorted the word poetry to mean - in order to cover a desperate wish for imagination without insight.
For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Joe Schmidt @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Educators! Another Civics for All Comics Group comic to help your students contextualize the current moment, Historias de Resistencia #1! art Louie Chin & Gabs Contreras, cover art @jgonzo.bsky.social, & story/lettering @henrybarajas.bsky.social! Download here: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Returning to school & holding Mary Oliver’s words in my heart. “it is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world… It could mean something. It could mean everything.”
Invitation
Mary Oliver

Oh do you have time
        to linger
                for just a little while
                       out of your busy

and very important day
        for the goldfinches
                that have gathered
                       in a field of thistles

for a musical battle,
        to see who can sing
                the highest note,
                       or the lowest,

or the most expressive of mirth,
        or the most tender?
                Their strong, blunt beaks
                       drink the air

as they strive
        melodiously
                not for your sake
                       and not for mine

and not for the sake of winning
        but for sheer delight and gratitude—
                believe us, they say,
                       it is a serious thing

just to be alive
        on this fresh morning
                in the broken world.
                       I beg of you,

do not walk by
        without pausing
                to attend to this
                       rather ridiculous performance.

It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Le sigh
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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Los Angeles teachers, if you lost your classroom library in the fire, I am a HS English teacher and YA author and I will get you books whenever you're ready for them. The bookish community is here for you. There is no expiration date. tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDo...
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Just donated and shared on social media. Donate or foster if you can. I’m cuddling my dog and so grateful to be safe at home with her in LA.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Happy new year! Divesting from Amaz*n & its companies is 1 small thing we can do in addition to community building & organizing. If you use goodreads, I recommend switching to The StoryGraph - it has great recs & interesting ways to visualize your reading habits. www.thestorygraph.com
thestorygraph.com
The StoryGraph
We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 01/01/2025
ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy new year! Reflecting on this quote from Christina Sharpe @hystericalblkns.bsky.social this morning: I’ve been revisiting what beauty as a method might mean or do: what it might break open, rupture, make possible or impossible. How we might carry beauty’s knowledge with us and make new worlds.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Absolutely gorgeous conversation about our interdependence with non-human beings and the meaning of intelligence. Listen if you’re in need of some grounding and light this week. emergencemagazine.org/interview/th...
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The World Is a Prism, Not a Window – with Zoë Schlanger
Pushing the limits of our Western scientific imagination, Zoë Schlanger speaks about her book The Light Eaters, and how embracing plant intelligence can upend the hierarchies we’ve placed around livin...
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Good morning #edusky and #langsky. Enjoy this utterly delightful poem written by a 7 -year-old. My students have been learning about ritmo, onomatopeya y personificación. I’m totally tickled by this kid’s voice and the conceit. Teach poetry! Let kids write about what they want.
La luna y el sol
¡Bam! Están peleando. 
El sol y la luna son como Mike Tyson y Jake Paul. 
¡Ting Ting Ting! Jake Paul ganó. 
¿Vez? Te lo dije. 
Yo soy más brillante. 
Yo soy brillante también.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Recently, I’ve read many damning stories about malpractice in the medical world here & elsewhere. As an educator operating in a deeply broken system of higher & lower ed, I have thoughts. There are principled doctors & bad actors in healthcare. There are principled educators & bad actors in ed.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI. Dr Timnit Gebru, Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble, Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Dr Buolamwini And many many more within/outside academia. Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1... 👑👑👑
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These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI
Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears
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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
each winter for the past 3 years, I've offered this personal writing workshop for educators needing a space for processing, healing, and community. applications for this winter are open now. come write and heal with us, fam. 💜 bit.ly/trulylight
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... This episode was really heartening. Sarah McBride is so smart and her grounded optimism is helpful for me. Check it out—her both/and thinking may let a little light in for you too.
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Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights
Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · 11/26/2024 · 41m
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I run a no-commitment, drop-in #chorus for all identities, levels of experience, abilities, and genders in Los Angeles. We usually meet outdoors the first Sunday of the month. All are welcome. Email onwardvoices@gmail.com for more information www.instagram.com/p/DDCzW_pSFk...
Monterey Cypress trees in the background. Texts reads: Sing it out! Sunday, December 8th 2-3:45pm
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/11/2024
Some writing about this from AI ethicists for folks who are curious: www.noemamag.com/the-exploite...
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The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence | NOEMA
Supporting transnational worker organizing should be at the center of the fight for “ethical AI.”
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Note to self
Image of the ocean and land overlaid with “There is enough if we share”
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here’s the Play-Doh Vocabulary Dance—engaging & appropriate for generating creative movement for kinder through adults. I structure all creative movement lessons in this way: warm-up, exploration, composition, and presentation & feedback.
Four 1st/2nd grade dual language students choreographing a short dance inspired by the verbs they generated using Play-DohFour 1st/2nd grade dual language students performing a short dance inspired by the verbs they generated using Play-Doh1st/2nd grade dual language students exploring Play-Doh to generate ideas for a dance
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
New followers: I’m interested in joyful & expansive ideas about language& knowledge. I’m passionate about experiential learning. Play-Doh’s a great tool to lower anxiety & generate language/ideas. Here’s a fun pre-writing use for Play-Doh. I’ll post soon about a vocabulary dance using Play-Doh too.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
1. Pick an issue you find really important (abortion? climate? immigrant defense?) 2. research what organizations in your area are focused on it 3. figure out how to volunteer 4. if no orgs exist in your area, consider making a local chapter with friends
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