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Katie McFarland Ed.D.

@katiemc827.bsky.social
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Mom, wife, learner. #SheLeadsEDU #Meliora #EdtechleadHer #Resist

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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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NYSAWA_ROCFLX on X: "Come cook with us in Canandaigua! Join NYSAWA for cooking and connection on 1/29. Register at: https://t.co/N8pYjxIDtv https://t.co/xjUtOrSlG8" / X
Come cook with us in Canandaigua! Join NYSAWA for cooking and connection on 1/29. Register at: https://t.co/N8pYjxIDtv https://t.co/xjUtOrSlG8
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Ice out of Minnesota Now
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 25/11/2025
Instructional coaches, these three free tools can help you balance trust with accountability: edut.to/49Wq8Xa #InstructionalCoach #EduSky
Free template download: How Instructional Coaches Can Balance Confidentiality and Accountability. 3 free downloadables!
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Great first day at NYSCATE
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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend 😌 @craigweekends.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
So far, Republicans would rather shut down the government. So Americans face flight delays, reduced services, and mounting economic damage. It's time for Trump and Republicans to change course on health care and reopen the government.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.

His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.

That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate. 

Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
How are the MAGAs liking Musk today? 😂 We agree the bill is an abomination, but don’t get it twisted, Musk. It only took an international boycott to get you to change your tune. We’re still boycotting you. We haven’t forgotten. Foxtrot Echo Mike.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
When something in the news makes me furious, I see if there's something I can *do*, even if it's as small as spending on time on books they don't want us reading or writing. (author friends, join @authorsabb.bsky.social, publisher friends get involved w/ anti book banning efforts in your houses!)
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
My tulips and petunias. #bloomscrolling #spring #findthejoyinthedarkness
Tulips Feathered tulips Black petunias
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it. www.wwltv.com/article/news...
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Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles
The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
See also Joy Buolamwini’s #AlgorithmicJusticeLeague
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is BACK! Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now. Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
Teaching Towards Freedom
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy
July 9 and 10

ONLINE GATHERING FOR 
ORGANIZING. 
fortifying. 
RESISTING.

Join us in BUILDING 
a toolkit for humanity
to MEET THIS MOMENT.

Learn more at TheIREL.org
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
What a disgusting soulless man.
RFK JR News conference quote: Speaking of kids with autism, Kennedy said "these are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted."
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Cso Z. V. W. @czvw.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Tomorrow, April 1, is Election Day in Wisconsin and Florida, and don’t be fooled: the stakes could not be higher. Luckily, Team Big Picture is here with all you need to stay informed.
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Election Preview: Wisconsin and Florida Edition
Elon Musk is trying to buy a state Supreme Court seat and prevent a Democratic House upset
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/03/2025
This isn’t about fixing bureaucracy in Washington. This is about defunding your local public school. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
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Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics
The US Education Department said it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.
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John Lis 🇺🇦 @jjlis.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Link to Senate resolution text and list of cosponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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John Lis 🇺🇦 @jjlis.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Write to urge your representatives to support Ukraine by co-sponsoring House and Senate resolutions. House resolution is H. Res. 154. Link to House resolution text and list of cosponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
To Presidents Zelenskyy from embarrassed Americans - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
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To President Zelenskyy, From Embarrassed Americans
Please help the voices of the American people reach President Zelenskyy, the people of Ukraine, the US Government, and the world.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Sorry, 1 x 2 5/8", as someone pointed out! But most of these are 2x4"
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Took 5 min today and whipped up simple designs in Canva. Sized to fix 2 x 4" and 1 x 1 5/8" mailing labels. Print them by the sheet and stick them up: lampposts, parking meters, sidewalks. (Just don't be a jerk.) Remind people this isn't normal & they're not alone, and encourage them to act.
2"x4" block that reads "I DIDN'T VOTE FOR ELON. DID YOU? Call Congress: reps.fyi"1 x 1 5/8" block that reads: "NO KINGS. Call Congress: reps.fyi"
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A Ph.D. Read that again. Most people can’t endure what it takes to complete a bachelor’s degree under the best circumstances. #BlackHerStory #KnowHerName Anna Julia Cooper nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...
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Anna Julia Cooper: Educator, Writer and Intellectual
Anna Julia Cooper dedicated her life to writing, teaching, and activism, with a strong emphasis on advocating for the education of Black people, especially Black women. In addition to her dedication t...
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Resist.
Resist Bear sticker.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
If you dis not know Audre Lorde (1934–1992) was a poet, essayist, librarian, feminist, and equal rights activist. #BlackHerStoryMonth
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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Despite being "socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition," she concludes that "it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken." Such an important insight in the struggle against fascism. ❤️✊
Screenshot of Lorde's "Transformation of Silence":

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the
same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.
For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own
needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence
for that final luxury of fearlessness, the weight of that silence
will choke us.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an at,
tempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences
between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but
silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
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Shelley @shelley112.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is a quote that we should be thinking about. Will we be silent?
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s the rule.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The rules are the rules.#TomHollandUmbrellaLaw
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/02/2025
Public education is the backbone of American democracy. In the richest country in the history of the world, we cannot abandon our teachers and our public schools.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This gives me Hope. Continue to resist. www.headsupnews.org/p/what-you-c...
headsupnews.org
What you can do to fight the Trump agenda
A list of lists of how to resist
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This is a really useful collection of pieces written in defense of the U.S. Department of Education. Nice work, @newamerica.org
newamerica.org
Defending the Department of Education
This page collects research, analysis, and commentary related to the Department of Education and a push by the Trump administration to shutter it.
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roc-flx-nysawa.bsky.social @roc-flx-nysawa.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join us for our fantastic March event. Learn, network, and grow. www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/Activ...
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join me for an evening if networking and learning. Registration www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/Activ...
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John Lis 🇺🇦 @jjlis.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“If you are in a blue state or a Democratic district, you need to push your representatives to engage the battle relentlessly, to “leave no power on the table,” and to use all of the tools available to them to resist.” sherrilyn.substack.com/p/democracy-... 2/2
sherrilyn.substack.com
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Keep calling.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Call your reps (again!)--find their info at reps.fyi. Tell them to join AOC. 👇
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Don Watkins @linuxnerd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I called Rep. Nicholas Langworthy 5calls.org/issue/protec...
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Protect Medicaid Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
Medicaid is a health insurance program serving 72 million low-income and disabled Americans that is jointly funded and administered by …
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It only takes a moment to call. Resist.
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NY residents go to this link: www.votervoice.net/mobile/CFEC/... We cannot let this happen to our children.
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Oppose Cancellation of Critical Education Research
It is being reported that up to 169 contracts at the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) in the U.S. Department of Education have been canceled. Members of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC...
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
There is so much right now. You can't do everything. But you don't have to. There are a lot of us and we are going to share the load. We make progress *together*. Ask yourself honestly: what can I do to help TODAY? Then do it. Tomorrow, try to do a little more. You got this. ❤️👊
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
www.linkedin.com/posts/abiada...
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Abi Adamson “The Culture Ajagun”🪬 on LinkedIn: 🏈 Yesterday’s Super Bowl was more than just a football game and let me… | 1,349 comments
🏈 Yesterday’s Super Bowl was more than just a football game and let me educate y’all on why. Samuel L. Jackson dressed up as Uncle Sam in front of a bigoted… | 1,349 comments on LinkedIn
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Katie McFarland Ed.D. @katiemc827.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I can’t believe we are here.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.
Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.
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