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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
One of my favorite recent pubs, an interview with Min Layi Chan, a brilliant teacher/researcher working with TeacherFOCUS on the Thai-Burma border. #Myanmar #Research teacirclemyanmar.com/interview/be...
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Be a bee, not a mosquito: Research ethics on the Thai-Myanmar border - Tea Circle
11 Minutes To ReadRosalie Metro and Min Layi Chan reflect on the ethics of collaborative research on the Thailand-Myanmar border. When the bees leave, the garden grows. The researchers don’t just take...
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
So much fun today creating a Language Repertoire Flower with teachers from #Myanmar at the Inclusive Education Foundation’s EE5 conference in Mae Sot, Thailand. For more ideas on #translanguaging and #multilingual classrooms, see Ahlgren & Molina (2026) www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us... I want to try Tidal!
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Ditch Spotify: how to actually support the bands and artists you love
A musician offers tips to helping your favorite artists thrive – from switching streamers to buying merch
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I'm excited to be offering an interactive discussion on promoting #multilingualism in the classrooms on the #Myanmar border at the Inclusive Education Foundation's Education Everywhere (EE5) Conference in Mae Sot, #Thailand tomorrow! sites.google.com/inedfoundati...
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Great suggestions here. I already use DuckDuckGo and Mozilla Firefox, but I was excited to learn about Fairphone, and I will be thinking about switching to Proton mail!
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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Why I'm here, not on FB.
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The Last Facebook Post: Why Quit Now?
I started working for Facebook in 2007. I had recently begun a Ph.D. program, and I was living in upstate New York with my husband…
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Vanessa Lamb @drvanessalamb.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A great read for end of year reflections "The Politics of Acknowledgements" in Myanmar/Burma studies @rosemetro.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... part of our special issue on Decolonising Research Ethics in Asia Pacific Viewpoint @zalifung.bsky.social Anne Decobert & Sophia Htwe.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 01/12/2025
The current administration at the New College of Florida lack the necessary experience to run a higher ed institution. "Not only do the folks running New College not have what it takes to run a higher education institution, they don't trust the people who do know what they're doing."
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3 years later, the 'new' New College is a total failure | Opinion
The recent, damning Florida DOGE report proves that President Richard Corcoran and his crew have failed at New College of Florida.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
AI slop. it's what's for dinner. Thanks tech overlords! Keep looking in the mirror while you sing the song about your utopian genius!
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
One way to donate to flooding relief in Hat Yai, Thailand friendii.art/milkteatha
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Check out @tcpress.bsky.social's Professional Learning catalog, with offerings from me and other TCP authors. Do you and your colleagues want to know more about document-based, thematic history teaching? Let me know! #sschat www.tcpress.com/filebin/PDFs...
Image of TCP Professional Learning Catalog page with workshops offered by Rosalie Metro
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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The #US just terminated the #TPS for #Myanmar. This means, that the government considers Myanmar a safe place to return #refugees and all other immigrants from Myanmar to whose presence is now "opposed to ... the national interest of the US". An absolute disaster! www.uscis.gov/humanitarian...
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Temporary Protected Status Designated Country: Burma (Myanmar) | USCIS
The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country's nationals from returning safely, or in certain circum...
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jaimi.bsky.social @jaimi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Here’s the plaque at West Point with the relevant text highlighted
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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/11/2025
Our legal victory in AAUP v. Trump ensures that the Trump administration cannot use civil rights laws to pull federal research funds from universities, which undermines our 1st and 10th amendment rights. AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal explains why this is a major victory for higher ed workers.
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Great panel discussion the other night at Humboldt University IAAW about the #MilkTeaAlliance. Thanks to @jwassers.bsky.social and other panelists! Refreshments = Milk tea from Myanmar, Hong Kong, Taiwan, & Thailand 😀
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/07/2025
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests. We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
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United Academics @local6741.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Local 6741 is in the BlueSky house! We are an @aaup.bsky.social & @aft.org local, composed of all non-collectively bargaining AAUP chapter & at-large members of AAUP. Follow us for news on & organizing resources for faculty in pre-majority union contexts. Check out our website too! local6741.org
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Local 6741
Visit the post for more.
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Kristin Bowen @kristinbowencomo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Today the Missouri Senate has the extremist gun bill #HB1175 on their formal calendar. So I'm joining gun violence survivors and @momsdemand.bsky.social supporters in calling on #moleg to oppose SAPA. Sheriffs, police chiefs and unions from across the state went to Jeff City to testify against it👇
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This is where we are. It’s time for patriots to stand up for the principles in the Constitution.
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U.S. Constitution: Love it or lose it
President Trump may complain about judges challenging his executive orders, but we should be grateful his powers don’t go unchecked.
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New open-access article out with Ma Maysi and Joe Decker, on #Myanmar refugee-background students and their access to higher education in the US.
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Beyond Resilience: Barriers and Pathways in Higher Education for Double First-Gen Myanmar Refugee-Background Youth | Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies
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Rose Metro @rosemetro.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
www.facebook.com/share/14wbYG... one option for donating to earthquake relief in #Myanmar
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Let this be a lesson to everyone: Trump won't relent if you give in; he's a bully. The only thing that will get him to back off is to punch him back.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This is why self-described MAGA "conservatives" often feel uncomfortable in modern academia. Because amongst humanists and social scientists, the idea that race is a biological reality has generally been considered discredited nonsense longer than any currently living American has been alive.
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Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features
"The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture," an exhibit representing that "[slocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain sy gems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement." The exhibit further claims that "sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism" and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating
"Race is a human invention."|
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MW @mattyrdubs.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
1/2 - After today's devastating 7.7 earthquake in central Myanmar, the next few days may see significant aftershocks. Please share these images with those who may be impacted in Myanmar & the border regions. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/03/2025
If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights.
Black graphic with text
“You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings.
When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense. I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This isn’t funny but sanctioning the UN Human Rights Council for finding Israel guilty of systemic sexual violence against Palestinians is straight out of The Onion
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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AAUP @aaup.org · 10/03/2025
The AAUP wholly condemns this punitive weaponization of federal grant funding. This attempt to discipline & control a university campus is a transparent hallmark of authoritarian rule & harshly violates the central mission of education to serve the public good. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...
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White House Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia
The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.
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Sarah E. Minnis, PhD 🏔️ @saraheminnisphd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
From @aaup.bsky.social on FB
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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Trump: "We brought back free speech in America. Free speech." This is a flagrant lie. Today he told universities they would be punished if they allowed protests of or criticisms of Israel, a clear violation of the First Amendment.
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 05/03/2025
Trump spoke for 90 minutes—and didn't say one word about the stress the 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck are facing right now.
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy & Beijing is available for pre-order from @bookshop-org.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/the-... (I'll post info on June book launches, & on related pre-pub talks, eg one at Northeastern April 10 www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-move...
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The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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avvocato @avvocato.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Always been nothing more!
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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Bezos bends the knee. Pathetic.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 25/02/2025
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
How it feels trying to carry on with my doctorate whilst academic funding and its infrastructure was just drop kicked into the sun
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I think one of T’s bigger missteps was calling himself a King. Americans are more unnerved by the idea of being ruled by Kings than crushed by fascists
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
BREAKING: The Monitors were just hacked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to display an AI video of Trump licking Elon Musk’s toes. The caption over it read: “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power. (2/2)
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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