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Have you heard this recent This American Life piece about exactly this playing out in Utah? School nurses did the outreach, and the piece is a really beautiful recounting of how approaching the community without judgement can work really well: www.thisamericanlife.org/896/i-know-w...

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Not Throwing Away My Shot - This American Life

In Utah, some communities have been fighting measles outbreaks for 14 months.

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 5h

Feels like there are even more helicopters than usual yesterday and today in already extremely over-helicoptered DC.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 16h

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 20h

No matter how much we futz with the clock, the ultimate problem is that there just isn’t enough sun like November to April. The whole “daylight savings” argument was manufactured to keep us from asking the real question: why has science not figured out how to make the days longer year-round?

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 19h

I think this and housing costs (and how they affect available space) have a whole lot to do with it.

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 21h

You know what, it might also have been one of hers--her Instagram account is full of AI-generated campaign materials.

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 21h

There was definitely one in the primaries, which also featured a wonky capitol building but had a blue background. I can picture it but can't remember the candidate!

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A Person Of Real Intellectual Influence @defaultvalue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

no i don’t want to go to bed, i want to SLEEP IN, it’s different

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 05/10/2026

Convinced that mRNA vaccines are gonna go down in history like the invention of antibiotics

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's really crucial to remember that a "gas tax holiday" means starving states of revenue. That means fewer resources for public needs. Who do you think wins in a fight between funding for preschools and highways?

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Joint task forces have historically been used to fight drug cartels and terrorism. In DC, Trump is using them to police children on their way to school and harass people simply for being outside.

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Time on Task - The American Prospect

The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"We closed all the third spaces and now we can't figure out why folks aren't driving to the three that remain when gas is $7 a gallon." Not to mention the fact that if you're lucky enough to live near one, that doesn't guarantee you can afford it. The framing of this piece is insane work. Mental.

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also, 42% of college presidents had NO OPINION on CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT? You can't be bothered to agree or disagree with a sentence about the sexual assault risk of half your student body? That's disqualifying. Get another job.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)

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Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools

According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 04/10/2026

The purpose of teaching is to deliver that correct knowledge to students while showing them how much remains unknown and contested. Why would we do research if we weren't supposed to communicate what is true to others? Oh yeah - this is why they want to end humanities & social science research.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 04/10/2026

I'm not sure if she's aware of it but this 2022 @rebeccajtiffany.bsky.social tweet is basically an article of faith at @liberalcurrents.com ( @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com quoted it in www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit... and I've referenced it countless times ever since)

My YIMBY take: Every trans 18 year old who is stuck living w unsupportive family should be able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space w transit on a min wage job. (+raise the min wage). Build so much housing that that is the norm. Same for others stuck in bad situations

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Sameer Ashar @sameer-ashar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is my nephew, please forward to your networks, esp any University of Maryland students.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here, and elsewhere, people talk about “efficiency” when what they really mean is “efficacy”. People want government that works, that can deliver desired results, and that’s absolutely possible with the right people in charge.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Jose Andres is also doing battle with left-NIMBYs in the replies. King of my heart and the true big boss.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

a graph of roadway and mass transit lights

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026

"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is fucking horrifying, and I’m so sorry it happened to you.

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Daphna @dapati.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is all so lovely! Your students are lucky to have you.

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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When you have departments that produce fewer numbers of majors why is that always the fault of the department and not of the administrators? “Only two students taking Akkadian. We have to fire you.” “No, you’re supposed to get me more Akkadian students. You’ve failed your job. I fire you!”

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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 02/10/2026

This sucks.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

meanwhile people have been telling us since 2025 that we have to vote for him in 2028

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No, YOU contradict myself because you contain multitudes, *I* contradict myself because I don’t remember what I said earlier, I was hangry

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 01/10/2026

The new Commanders Stadium would have "the largest parking garage ever built in DC history, with 3,600 parking spaces at nine stories high.” Residents are rightly outraged for what is way, way too much parking for a dense urban neighborhood. 3,600 spots is not "transit first." #washingtondc

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D.C. Residents Push Back on RFK Stadium Master Plan

Testimony revealed deep anxieties over massive parking structures, transit gaps and environmental protections surrounding the 180-acre campus.

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i don't think the state has any business torturing anyone to death

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 01/10/2026

End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sad to see this happening yet again in yet another state, with politicians & university leaders making the same bad faith arguments as in all the previous places. “We’re going to have to do less with less” is the only honest & serious position.

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 30/09/2026

This is the job, and it’s the best job

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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 30/09/2026

Who the fuck am I supposed to sing along with if everyone has their own fucking personalized music. What communal experience does that engender, how do I feel closer to others when we have nothing to bond over

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 30/09/2026

A Democratic governor celebrating a hedge fund billionaire's donation to a private university feels very on brand for the party's higher ed agenda.

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Ben Harris @benharris1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seen on my walk to the metro this morning. Has any national Dem running for office even acknowledged that the city is under occupation, let alone said they would work to address this?

A group of guard members walking down a quiet residential street.

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josh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

people like my parents or people back home often ask me if the reason why the industry is being killed in slow motion is due to AI, and it's a 15 minute long conversation to understand the real reasons why, at the heart of which are: people who own TV don't make TV and don't want to make TV

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Consent training isn’t going to stop a gang rape.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026

This is why the Vanderbilt/WashU report cannot be understood apart from both institutions‘ massive investments in AI. Their leaders needed to discredit those disciplines and forms of knowledge asking hard questions about the cultural, social, political, and environmental costs of AI.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And that brings us to present day. The most reliable way for a campus sexual assault story to make it into a newspaper is for the survivor to file a lawsuit against their school. And the two main vehicles survivors used to do that have been closed for years.

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