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Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 7h

“Universities must stop falling in love with every new piece of software … that the tech industry pitches as essential. Administrators spend on software as if it is a durable investment, when all of the evidence shows that it … makes bloat worse.” globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-...

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College campuses need to be liberated from their administrators

Higher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students?

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026

This weekend at a political rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, Donald Trump took to the stage to rail against Democrats and transgender people. He falsely claimed Democrats "mutilize" transgender kids to "make them transgender." Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Trump Claims Democrats “Mutilize” Kids To “Make Them Transgender” In Ohio Rally For Jon Husted

Anti-trans campaigning has reached a fever pitch in Ohio.

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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Bay Area public transit #MeasureRTM polling shows 48% support, 34% opposed, 18% undecided. This means only 1 in 9 of the undecideds need to vote YES to get over 50%. Volunteer w the campaign now to help make this happen, opportunities listed here: 👇👇👇 luma.com/connectbayarea

“WHO IS LIKELY TO SUPPORT TRANSIT TAX?
Support for the regional transit tax that would fund BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit depends on age group and housing situation.

Registered voters
48% yes 18% not sure 34% no
By age group
18 to 34
69% yes
35 to 49
44% yes
50 to 60
35% yes
By housing situatlon
Renters
60% yes
Homeowners
34% yes

Source: Bay Area News Group/Joint Venture Silicon Valley poll of 1,801 adults in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, conducted online Aug. 5-18, 2026. Margin of error is +/- 2.6 percentage points.
BAY AREA NEWS GROUP”

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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 05/10/2026

They cut down the "grandmother" tree.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026

this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For #BannedBooksWeek & all year: We offer an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise public awareness about the threat of anti-history education laws & book bans; and the connection between education censorship & the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

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Teach Truth Campaign Display

To raise awareness about the threats to teaching people's history, we offer an interactive pop-up display. Learn more and order a box to display at Pride festivals, bookstores, farmers's markets, scho...

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Indivisible Ventura @indivisiblevent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We all focus on Prop. 40, and that's not an accident. Villain-aires are funding a huge "NO on 40" campaign. But if their sneaky Prop 41 & 42 scams get more votes than 40, 40 fails. Then, as our state's medical care crisis unfolds, out comes the "government bad - time to privatize" stage of fascism.

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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 04/10/2026

No parent should have to wonder how they’re going to feed their kids. Families are already stretched thin by rising gas, rent, & food costs. Now, cuts to SNAP are leaving more kids hungry & more parents struggling to put meals on the table. In the richest country on Earth, every kid should be fed!

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SNAP's funding model is starting to change. Here's what that means for the program

States will start to pay a larger share of the bill to run the food assistance program, as federal funding for operational costs shrinks.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

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Miriam Walden @educatoratlarge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So true. Also, can we get solidarity around being upstanders against genocide in Palestine too?

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I wrote about how the Trump administration's campaign to fight "campus antisemitism" is actually a campaign to define Jewish identity in a particular nationalized form, and to force that onto Jews who do not accept that form of identity definition. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/01/t...

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Trump Admin Trying to Deport Anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew “Home” to Israel

The Trump administration is trying to deport Yehonatan Ovadia, a Satmar Hasidic religious teacher in Rockland County, New York. His alleged offense: taking part in a 2023 protest against an Israeli fl...

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wrote about why the left has so little to say about public education (and why this is a big problem). educationwars.substack.com/p/whats-left...

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What’s Left for Public Education?

The left has no vision for public schools - and that’s a big problem

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Omg…did you read the ProPublica reporting on private schools?

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Jeff Luszcz @jeffluszcz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yet annother article about rising flu and Covid infections where the word mask doesn’t appear even in the section telling people what steps they can do to protect themselves. There seems to be an almost pathological aversion to talking about wearing a mask even in 2026 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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'Game on': Bay Area now epicenter of California flu cases

San Francisco reported the city's first flu fatality of the season this week.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/10/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct ErinReed The ACLU has sue a Minnesota school district which banned all non-approved stickers in order to get rid of the rainbow ones trans and gay kids were using. Are we _really_ this petty?? :-{

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ACLU Sues Minnesota School District That Banned All Stickers To Get Rid Of Rainbow Ones

“You created all of this disruption over a 2-by-3 inch sticker.”

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/10/2026

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank

Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I signed the petition and if you care about trans women you should sign it too. c.org/5t8Kkjh7Lj

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Sign the Petition

Repeal discriminatory gender role policy in georgia schools

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: We are outraged by Governor Newsom's veto of the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, AB 1537 by Asm Isaac Bryan. This veto leaves Californians completely in the dark. How many officers are secretly moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth! 1/

Black and red graphic with images of masked officers in background. Text reads: How many police are SECRETLY moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth. Gov Newsom VETOED AB 1537 "The No Side Jobs for ICE Act." His veto leaves Californians in the dark.

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KPFA Radio @kpfa.org · 30/09/2026

Howard Zinn served as a WWII bombardier. In this archival Against the Grain interview, he tells Sasha Lilley how reading accounts from Hiroshima changed his understanding of bombing. Zinn discusses civil rights organizing, war, and the experiences that shaped A People’s History of the United States.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Painting at the Guggenheim aka my department meeting

Painting of four men sitting looking completely forlorn and depressed

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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are you a nurse working in a hospital that’s using Palantir technology? Do you want to talk about how that affects your work for @motherjones.com ? Reach out on Signal at shurwitz.18–your anonymity will be protected

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Miriam Walden @educatoratlarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Best explanation of misogynoir, "scientific" racism, instagram algorithm...in language even an adult can understand.

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And just like that, ACCOUNTABLE by @dashkaslater.bsky.social, one of the most important non-fiction books written this century for teen readers is more relevant than ever. We shouldn’t be banning these books. We should be demanding that young people have access to these books. Books save lives.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People love threatening to murder people for legally riding bikes. Of course drivers regularly hit cyclists riding in painted bike lanes or shoulders. It's almost like motorists don't need any excuse to inflict violence upon bicyclists.

A Facebook comment that includes a comic of a car mowing down a group of cyclist with the text, "Cyclists! Move over and it won't happen!"

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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Californians, this is why you need to vote #YesOn40

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There is a huge movement growing across the Spanish State that has come to include an encampment in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol (like the 15M of 2011) in protest against the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen and the capitalist housing crisis. There are calls for encampments across the country.

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Madrid protests for 87-year-old Maricarmen and housing ends in sit in

Around 150 tents now occupy Madrid's Puerta del Sol after Saturday's protest over 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction. Protesters, mobilised by the Tenants' Union, demand a housing decree on Tuesday: "E...

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david i. backer @schooldaves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Went to a zine fest and got this awesome little zine that does such a great job explaining what’s up with social security and how it works, amazing. www.instagram.com/p/DcRwH57j_A...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#tdih 1962, "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson published, exposed impact of pesticides on environment. Carson was vilified: called a Communist, disloyal, unscientific, and hysterical. Sound familiar? Attacks on truth tellers, with media complicity. See⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/si...

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Sept. 27, 1962: Silent Spring Published

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was published.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2026

"Reading the World" is a new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic participation. We speak with one of its co-directors and a consulting producer.

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“Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World”

Reading the World is a remarkable new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic p...

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Brooke Mels @brookemelz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Are radicals actually radical if they're simply embracing a logical, empathetic, moral, and just worldview? The true shame lies with those who chose not be radicalized by the world we live in, instead opting to embrace the broken status quo.

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The movie about everyone's favorite Nazi and the leading donor to the Republican Party.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026

The AI superintelligence scare campaign distracts media, politicians, and much of the public from the many ways generative AI is already harming people and taking lives all around the world. That’s why it’s so essential to stop echoing the tech industry’s deception. disconnect.blog/the-media-ha...

When we talk about the threat of AI superintelligence, we’re not talking about how chatbots are aiding mass shooters. We’re not talking about how chatbot dependence is pushing people into mental health spirals and threatening people’s ability to learn and think critically. We’re not talking about the women and children who are victims of non-consensual deepfakes or how AI-generated false information is flooding social media platforms, sometimes just for profit, but other times for much more nefarious reasons.

That’s not to mention to threat to jobs in a whole range of sectors, or how employers are rolling out AI tools to further surveil and deskill workers. It’s also doesn’t get to the other major aspect of all those AI tools: the growing controversy around the hyperscale data centers needed to power them and the whole range of social and environmental consequences that accompany them.

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 26/09/2026

I have surpassed my personal fundraising goal of $3,600 but we're still $30K shy of our campaign goal. Help get us across the finish line by Simchat Torah!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026

The Congressional Equality Caucus has released the following statement in response to our story indicating they will not back candidates who "scapegoat transgender people." Kaptur does not appear as of this morning on their endorsed list. Several who took the same vote as her still do, sadly.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds Cisco violated the rights of pro-Palestinian tech workers. Escalate BDS pressure against Cisco now.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/09/2026

🇪🇸 Protests in Madrid after 87-year-old pensioner evicted Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Spain's capital to protest against the eviction of an 87-year-old pensioner from her lifelong home, in one of the harshest expressions of the country's chronic housing crisis

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WSJ: The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in US history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge US infrastructure projects — such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet.” (via Jefferies)

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