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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On the side of the house yesterday.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us. And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was the only person I knew who took Trump's initial campaign seriously from jump, and it was because I knew about Gamergate and Sad Puppies.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Obviously The Wire is the best TV show of the century. It's always my answer when someone asks: what's the Great American Novel?

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I also have a Levoit and it has maybe 3 buttons.Easy to use, not too loud, and I’ve been pretty darn healthy while using (knock on wood).

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the niche post written exactly for me.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fantastic statement that applies to so many fields.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026

it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

As an 80s kid with Russian heritage (great grandmother escaped during the revolution) I can confirm Russians were very much vilified during the Cold War.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Grated butter didn't work for me. I do small cubes and freeze. The tip that made the most difference to me was to place them close together on the tray. (I think I heard it from a Reese Witherspoon book.)

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

60 years ago #StarTrek The Original Series Premiered on NBC

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Government policy based on the "pet peeve" of a reality TV guy.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

So, are all the free speech warriors going to sign an open letter about this, or nah?

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wouldn't she be able to answer this from just twenty minutes of hanging out with her brother?

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've seen people I knew when I lived in Texas become raging Islamophobes over the past year, thanks to this rhetoric. I've had the "yes, in fact Islam is a religion," argument several times. They are convinced America is doomed, and yet think they are the rational ones. It's scary.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tomorrow our in-service week starts and it is one of the days I miss Texas the most... There will be no breakfast tacos. A Texas in-service almost always starts with breakfast tacos.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There was a concerted right wing attack on transgender rights, which leaked emails show, and which the Times will not report. But sure. It's "organic."

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s impossible to overstate how openly Islamophobic many GOP voters I know have become. They are convinced that Mamdani and El-Sayed are posing as progressives to get in office and impose “Sharia law.” It’s completely unhinged but they view their fear as “rational” and “common sense.”

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Praying for your community and for my home Spokane. It is a hard night in the Northwest.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Even in the 21-22 school year, we were constantly closing classrooms temporarily because the kids and teacher had Covid and there were no subs available to teach the remaining kids! This was in a place with generally decent precautions.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Worth noting that these folks live in Texas where the state party has made Islamophobia their brand; it diverts attention from the fact that they are now requiring kids to read the Bible in school and for teachers to put up the Ten Commandments.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

(contradictory views, I know). These were fairly normal Reaganite conservatives, Gen X and Boomers who are now virulent Islamophobes, scared of their own shadows. The degree to which they think they are simply expressing "common sense" is frightening.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I've been watching some former conservatives I know get radicalized by the Bad Place to an extreme level - they now think that there is a huge threat that Islamists will take over the country, that Mamdani is an existential threat to the US, and that the DSA will turn us all into commies

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In the West, we occasionally had fires that were catastrophic, but the regularity is now such that "Smoke Season" has become part of the vernacular.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Finally, check out the other sessions from the symposium here. I know I am excited to check out the sessions I wasn’t able to attend: youtube.com/@teachingtha...

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Teaching that Succeeds

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If you’d like more details about the routines I discussed, check out my book Reading Beyond the Basics: Key Routines for Engaging, Research-Informed Instruction in Grades 2–6 (Practical methods for effective reading instruction) a.co/d/0hJa1xA6

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My session from the Teaching That Succeeds Symposium is now up on YouTube: Increased Fluency and Increased Confidence in Special Education. The reading routines can be used with any readers! youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is… via @YouTube

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YouTube video by Teaching that Succeeds

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I taught in this area of Houston for many years; it is home to some of the most welcoming, hardest-working folks I’ve ever met. My heart breaks for this community.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Whenever anyone asks what the "Great American Novel" is, I say The Wire.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Right, it has its place - but you can't just ignore it. I've taught too many students who were taught three-cueing and ended up in reading intervention, unable to read books without pictures.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I mean, I've worked with many teachers who've been openly disdainful of phonics teaching, some of them going on to teach college. It's pervasive where I currently live.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A few simple ideas here for how we can improve literacy outcomes - it's not just about money, but spending money in the right ways so that students and schools can thrive.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I'll be presenting at this FREE virtual symposium along with other amazing educators. Sessions include real teachers talking about what works in their classrooms -- across reading, math, and writing. Find out more and register here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/teaching-t...

Picture of teachers collaborating, with the words: You're Invited: Teaching That Succeeds. June 30, 2026, 1-5 EST, Virtual Symposium: Learn From Remarkable Teachers.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If anything, the Trumpocene has made me more patriotic. I don’t want them to win in destroying the promise of America, as tarnished as that promises has been.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Banning cueing doesn't ban using context clues. They aren't the same thing. Cueing is a specific way of recognizing a word that doesn't require decoding (it can include it, but doesn't require it.) context clues refer to meaning, not word recognition.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Repost a cute meme about Mamdani, and a reactionary centrist gets his wings.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

2/3 of the way through a Wheel of Time re-watch, and if Jeff Bezos is worried that people don't like him, he could spend a huge amount of his money to continue the series with the original cast. While he's at it, fund the Buffy reboot.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Weird. I lived in one of America’s most diverse cities for 17 years and felt joy and amazement at being surrounded by terrific neighbors. Maybe Sohrab is doing it wrong.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Sanctuary cities are not "harboring illegal immigrants." They are making their cities safer, because when residents are afraid law enforcement will report them to ICE, they are less likely to report crimes.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Happy birthday, Mia May! You brought so many of us joy in difficult days.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Love this lighthouse. Also, the beach has very pretty rocks.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Let me proffer that The White Stripes are the best not-made-for-kids kids' music. Meg's drumming is Pied Piper level. Set some first graders loose when Seven Nation Army is playing... pure joy.

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@EvidentlyR @evidentlyreading.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Had someone argue with me today that a) the Chinese Exclusion Act wasn't racist; and b) America wasn't a country in the 100+ years when we didn't restrict immigration. Boy, white supremacy is a real head trip.

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