Reposted by Carrie MatternShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026there are 32 starting quarterbacks in the NFL and they found a way to put the 39th and 40th best ones in primetime 929519
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m less than $100 away from a class set of non fiction books for AP Lang. Pls help if you can or share within your networks! As always, I couldn’t do this work without your continued support & positive thoughts! Thank you. www.donorschoose.org/project/come...donorschoose.orgCome Hang With AP Lang!, a project from Mrs. MatternHelp me give my students a non fiction text for AP Language that covers an array of social justice issues, superb models of writing, and a deep dive into the American justice system for synthesis w... 000
Reposted by Carrie MatternThe Detroit Lions Podcast @detlionspodcast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Lions vs Bills Week 2 Wednesday game status Lions vs Bills Week 2 Wednesday game statusdetroitlionspodcast.comLions vs Bills Week 2 Wednesday game statusLions vs Bills Week 2 Wednesday game status 022
Reposted by Carrie MatternViolet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 07/09/2026📣 Brand new zine published to celebrate Labor Day: "Don’t Cross the Picket Line : Strike Solidarity for Beginners." Free to print or read online at violetbfox.info/dontcross/. This 24-page zine was created for anyone who's *not* part of a union and doesn't know much about unions or strikes. 4335172
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026AP Language choice reads! The kids in the desert have made some really awesome initial choices: Jennette McCurdy, Trevor Noah, Hanif Abdurraqib, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bryan Stevenson, and more. 020
Reposted by Carrie MatternCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea) 293121254196
Reposted by Carrie MatternWill McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"It's given a lot of people permission to be themselves, to not dream it, be it, which is the motto of the movie, really. I would like to be remembered for that." Farewell to Tim Curry (1946-2026) #RIP 64120453685
Reposted by Carrie MatternDork @readdork.com · 25/08/2026Olivia Rodrigo has shared her fiery new track, ‘serena joy’ New single benefits the Daisy Chain Fields Fund tied to her Irvine festival.readdork.comOlivia Rodrigo has shared her fiery new track, ‘serena joy’New single benefits the Daisy Chain Fields Fund tied to her Irvine festival. 031
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It’s that time of the year again! Any help you can send my classroom is appreciated. Here is the donation link: acesse.one/hgkrkw6 Art by @liberaljane.bsky.social 0173
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Switching it up & starting this year with hero cycle and Odyssey given the film plus Spider-Man’s release. What are your best hacks to keep ninth graders engaged with epic poetry? @theedcollab.bsky.social @educolor.org @jessycamathews.bsky.social @melaltersmith.bsky.social @bnjmnkwdcck.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Carrie MatternMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Abdul El-Sayed understands the assignment. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u... 583165413
Reposted by Carrie MatternAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November. 592241564469
Reposted by Carrie MatternAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?" 491277526140
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Teaching novels never implied giving students packets.static.klipy.comWoman with Literature BookAlt: Woman with Literature Books walking confidently. 030
Reposted by Carrie MatternShana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026Thanks RFK jr. 052
Reposted by Carrie MatternHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/07/2026This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”wxyz.comNeighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their livesOne Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives. 331876957
Reposted by Carrie MatternPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Many many people in this country cannot recognize Islamophobia because they are swimming so deeply in it on a daily basis and have so internalized it that it isn't actually legible to them as racism. It's why it's so casually deployed in a way that other forms of racism in the country are not. 141440327
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Here’s to year 24, my unhinged era. #obsession #nononononono 000
Reposted by Carrie MatternDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.” 1670811754
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Two years today since our family moved across the country! 000
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The smoke is clearing and the loon is calling. 000
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Come home this summer, they said. It will be fun, they said. #michigan 012
Reposted by Carrie MatternThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n... 44178902665
Reposted by Carrie MatternPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Three Lebanese journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a clearly marked press vehicle. We are up to what? 189 journalists killed by Israeli forces at this point?deadline.comIsraeli Strike Kills 3 Lebanese Journalists; Committee To Protect Journalists Decries “Disturbing Pattern” Of Targeting Media WorkersThree Lebanese journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to officials. 429379
Reposted by Carrie MatternDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25/03/2026Last summer, a pilot wrote to the agency to “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers at LaGuardia reportedly failed to disclose that other airplanes were nearby. democracynow.orgCNN: Concerns Raised About Safety at LaGuardia Airport Before Deadly Runway CrashCNN is reporting that pilots repeatedly pleaded with NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System to address safety concerns in New York’s LaGuardia Airport for months before a deadly airplane crash Sunday... 517584
Reposted by Carrie MatternPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."organizingmythoughts.orgThe Zombie Dressed Up as an Ordinary Tuesday“The forced choreography of everyday life continues, even as the stage is dismantled beneath our feet.” 16518173
Reposted by Carrie MatternZach Heltzel @zachheltzel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Kat Abughazaleh used her campaign to try a lot of things that the party should been embracing a long time ago. The entire left coalition is better off because she ran. 9695351109
Reposted by Carrie MatternPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.” 514419951
Reposted by Carrie MatternSarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 18/03/2026And more from Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."medium.comMarch 18, 2026Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement: 6448194
Reposted by Carrie MatternDiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 16/03/2026Ryan Coogler accepts his first-ever Oscar to a standing ovation “To my parents who are here, thank you for making me believe in myself… Memories are all we have. I hope we give you some great ones.” 133077694
Reposted by Carrie MatternCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 16/03/2026Ryan Coogler joins Jordan Peele as the only Black filmmakers to ever win Best Original Screenplay at the #Oscars 4739112
Reposted by Carrie MatternJustin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Will never get tired of hearing Ryan Coogler talk, just infectious sincere energy that is also as palpably anxious as the rest of us 2676
Reposted by Carrie MatternLetterboxd @letterboxd.social · 16/03/2026Autumn Durald Arkapaw wins Best Cinematography for Sinners #Oscars 91047272
Reposted by Carrie MatternThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 16/03/2026Ludwig Göransson won the #Oscar for original score for “Sinners.” Göransson previously won original score Oscars for 2018’s “Black Panther” and 2023’s “Oppenheimer.”bit.ly‘Sinners’ wins Oscar for best original scoreLudwig Göransson is taking home the Oscar for original score for “Sinners.” The win marks his third Academy Award. 426736
Reposted by Carrie MatternMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2 11962691905
Reposted by Carrie MatternPinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Two Black Boys in Paradise: The queer film you probably don’t know that just won a BAFTA www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/23/two-…thepinknews.comTwo Black Boys in Paradise: The queer film you might not know just won a BAFTASunday’s BAFTA ceremony was glaringly light on LGBTQ+ stories. But in the British Short Animation category, Two Black Boys in Paradise won. 06826
Reposted by Carrie MatternChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026Fuck BAFTA for not nominating him and fuck BAFTA for this and fuck BBC for censoring “free Palestine” and fuck BBC for not censoring the N word variety.com/2026/film/aw...variety.comDelroy Lindo Wishes ‘Someone From BAFTA Spoke to Us’ After N-Word Was Shouted While He and Michael B. Jordan Presented: We ‘Did What We Had to Do’Delroy Lindo says no one from BAFTA contacted him or Michael B. Jordan after the N-word was shouted out loud as they presented an award. 6671143
Reposted by Carrie MatternMark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Nothing about this is legal. The US is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by #ICE to the occupied West Bank via private jet owned by an Israeli-American property tycoon & friend of President Trump, with two such flights taking place in coordination w the Israel: www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...972mag.comU.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with IsraelPalestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals. 2270182
Reposted by Carrie MatternPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/02/2026After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.organizingmythoughts.org“We Belong to Each Other Now”: Lessons from Minneapolis“This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis. 91483562
Reposted by Carrie MatternDheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 13/02/2026CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJshorturl.at7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol CustodyThe girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them. 18454063164
Reposted by Carrie MatternJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I realize that dunking on the NYT is passé; but, motherfuckers, the reason Americans consume a shitton of weed is that it’s cheaper than the physical and mental healthcare we can’t afford. 11889199
Reposted by Carrie MatternSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The silence from the game broadcast crew when they returned was cowardly and very, very rude. They didn’t even acknowledge the show or the artist. #NFLhalftime 1694203560
Reposted by Carrie MatternJonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 09/02/2026If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comWashington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto RicoThe island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster. 4352422092
Reposted by Carrie MatternKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/02/2026OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit 174286784955
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Rest in power Dr. Morrell. Thank you for your lessons in leadership, language as a craft, and the application of social justice as a literary lens. 020
Reposted by Carrie MatternG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 04/02/2026Today is a great day to unsubscribe from WaPo if you've been holding out thus far 1020636
Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Beyond proud of the thousands of students exercising their rights today. And thank you to their teachers for reminding them of their right to protest, right to stay in class working if they choose, and right to freedom of speech.media.tenor.coma block of ice is being lit up by a flame .ALT: a block of ice is being lit up by a flame . 000
Reposted by Carrie MatternRicci @riccisergienko.bsky.social · 28/01/2026It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have 2634822255
Reposted by Carrie MatternWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing. 23697104908