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Mara Power

@marainthewoo.bsky.social
486 followers 422 following 157 posts

Ph.D. in Ed Psych from UConn, IMTSS Early Career Scholar, former long-time special educator, she/her

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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
begging with all my heart for more Democrats running in this election cycle to pick up what Jon Ossoff is putting down CALL 👏 THEM 👏 NAZIS 👏 TO 👏 THEIR 👏 FACE
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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 08/10/2026
You know who else did public executions? Nazis.
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Cornbread Countess @breadbae.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
I know everybody is outraged about the Cornell case, but this rape at LSU isn’t getting the same attention it deserves. And the school did find the student guilty of forcible rape. youtu.be/SI35s6GKbL0?...
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EXCLUSIVE: LSU student says university failed her after Title IX finding in alleged sexual assaul...
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I managed to mostly not know any of this until today. This detail is new to me. The horror coursing through my body feels like poison. My God, men. Decide RIGHT FUCKING NOW what you'll do if a woman is sexually harassed or assaulted in your vicinity. Ask another man to do the same. TALK ABOUT IT.
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Etel Haxhiaj (ha-jee-eye) @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The National Law Homelessness Center sent a five page letter telling city council + manager to scrape the awful anti-homeless camping ordianance. Cited multiple examples how this just does not work. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce pits biz vs. unhoused folks, citing not a single solution.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/09/2026
"This claim that journalists are a threat to national security is the kind of narrative we frequently hear from autocrats," says Jodie Ginsberg. "It's intended to stir up public distrust of the media and to perpetuate a government-led narrative." to.pbs.org/3UUcYER
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Trump's attacks on free press echo rhetoric used by autocrats, Jodie Ginsberg says
To discuss President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, Amna Nawaz spoke with Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Mara Power @marainthewoo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yes!!! The solidarity should have happened with his first ban, with his first insult toward female reporters!!!
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i pledge my sword to the politician who just says: let’s leave trans people alone, i don’t know or care what a hasan piker is, and i condemn the genocide in gaza. stop hiring consultants that make you say weird stuff that nobody likes.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When I first heard “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” I thought it was a bad ass choice. Now I realize it’s not a “choice.” It’s a reaction. Something happens: you stand up, or you cower. Sheeran cowered. Macklemore stood up.
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Mara Power @marainthewoo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the way.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Trump is a bully and a braggart, a self-confessed sexual predator and a purveyor of racial slurs... Most people would not welcome such a man into their home, and the majority of Irish people will not welcome this visit.” Irish Times editorial on Trump in Ireland.
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The Irish Times view on Trump’s visit: a less than welcome guest
Most people would not welcome such a man into their home but political leaders must make a different calculation
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone can become disabled at any time. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not laziness or a lack of effort. It’s a part of the human condition. People get sick. Bodies break down. It’s a minority group you can join any time.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
There are 5 K through 12 trans athletes. Five. Imagine if Dems said you're worried about five athletes meanwhile millions of people can't afford food... like Al Sayed has. It's a non-issue and should be treated as such. And I'm not trying to deny Democrats a Senate seat. Stop being hysterical
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Christy Austin @christyaustin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Misinformation about dyslexia is often spread by well-intentioned advocates—and it steers families toward fad treatments that don't work. Our new open-access article addresses common myths and points to what the evidence actually supports: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Dispelling Myths and Misunderstandings About Defining and Remediating Dyslexia
Despite a strong base of scientifically supported research on dyslexia, pervasive misunderstandings continue, particularly in the United States, where state legislation, instructional practices and p....
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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This is not a 'masculinity crisis', it's a misogyny crisis. This is not a problem with 'masculinity'-- millions of men model positive masculinity every day. This is a problem of male violence. Stop calling it 'masculinity'. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says
Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I guess I always thought if we had an Administration full of Nazis who support traditionally Nazi shit it would at least be a pretty big story
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
Perspective.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Happy Seth Moulton Loses Day to all who celebrate!
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Odd Future Wolfgang Pauli @ofwp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm not thrilled Markey is running again but it's not a hard choice between benevolent grandpa with nonthreatening Boston accent vs. sweaty middle-aged loser who can't stop talking about how much he hates trans kids
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/08/2026
“Why didn’t scientists warn us?”
Newspaper clipping:

Thr Rodnen & Otamatea Times
WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE
PRIOE~10s perannum in adrance
WARKWORTE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1912
3d per Copy.
Science Notes and News.
COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECT.
ING CLIMATE.
The furnaces of the world are now
burning about
2,000,000,000 tons of
coal a ycar.
When this is burned,
uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly. This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the carth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries.
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
yes. whatever you agree can legally be done to someone else, you have agreed can legally be done to you and people you care about. so. think about it carefully.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton is credited in at least 37 research papers on the COVID vaccine, including the first phase I trial results published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2020.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 25/08/2026
my favorite thing about Dolly... she was a baddie... but also a goodie I love baddies that use it to do good
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Obviously no school has ever *medically* transitioned a student, with or without the parent’s knowledge. She’s talking about stuff like “using a student’s preferred name” and hoping the dimwitted base will imagine covert medical procedures.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
13 and 14 year old white boy terrorists is a foreseeable consequence of creating systems on which white kids are "too young" to learn about racism.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/08/2026
"This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and their hidden base on Hoth. This technology will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-wing." www.404media.co/darth-vader-...
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'Darth Vader' Wants Flock in San Diego
"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum," Vader said during the meeting.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026
"This was never about saving women’s sports. It was always dehumanizing trans people and using them as a societal scapegoat and cudgel against Democrats, who still haven’t figured out how to effectively deal with this non-issue." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
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Transgender athletes are a red herring
It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
An entire article dedicated to Special Education & not once is the word Black used-as in the impacts on the cuts to services for Black children are not ever mentioned. Black disabled children often experience impacts of cuts more severely but yet again, they are erased from the conversation
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Schooling was so huge in my culture that I cannot imagine wanting to make school less…educational. It may be my biggest blind spot. It might even explain why I chose my subfield. School was everything to us.
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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 10/08/2026
There's just something gut wrenching about a man who comes from the first Republic founded by ex-enslaved people to end up fucking shackled in 2026.
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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are trans athletes in youth sports.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This by CNN is genuinely reprehensible. Everyone involved should be embarrassed. -The 'new pain' case vs Mamdani is *solely* his religion. -He was in NYC on 9/11, at grade school -Soon after attack GWB himself gave famous speech warning against blaming all Muslims for terrorism -25 yrs later, this.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Not wanting to attend a large public event in the presence of a Muslim man isn’t a valid opinion, even if something terrible and tragic happened to you. You are free to feel it, but not free to have it treated as acceptable
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
OK FOLKS! We all know the Fauci hearing was meant to intimidate scientists…holding him in contempt of court was a HUGE BAD PRECEDENT. So, we are yelling. @standupforscience.net SIGN OUT PETITION TO SENATE TO REVERSE HOLDING DR FAUCI IN CONTEMPT: zurl.co/SLjT8
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Anna Stokke (Host of Chalk & Talk Podcast) @rastokke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Conceptual understanding before procedures? This idea is not supported by evidence but it's used to justify so many bad instructional choices! More on this below and in the episode. 🎧 Full episode in the link below #MathEducation #ScienceOfLearning #ChalkandTalk
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026
As an educator, I can confidently say that the impacts on education were as much from the 1) dying of so many caregivers of students & 2) mass death that students witnessed, as it was from social isolation from lockdowns.The grief that children carried when they came back to school was real.
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COINTREAUPRO @strings.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So… they’re working
Atlanta says these bike barriers are protecting cyclists. Drivers keep crashing into them.
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Mara Power @marainthewoo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I love this.
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