Dr. Cara Berg Powers

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Not that kind of doctor. Jewish mother, Educator, Public School Parent, perpetual project starter. Roller Derby as Professor Killjoy. It fits.

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This guy with full immunity for “official acts,” plus the unlimited ability to pardon any official who would implement such orders = “limited government” Republican style.

Mark Esper says Trump suggested they "just shoot" protesters in 2020www.youtube.com “He says, ‘Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.’” That’s what former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper recalls Pres. Trump saying in...

In an incredible act of bravery (or self humiliation), I gifted my septegenarian Albanian neighbor a few of the grape leaves I made along with the jar of unstuffed grape leaves I will never, ever finish.

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The (over)use of background sources, allowing DC insiders to push their preferred storyline without the reader knowing who they are and what their particular interests in the matter at hand are is one of the most maddening things about DC political coverage. No one even questions it anymore.

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Holy crap. While I was in a much needed temporary coma, y'all boosted this so hard there's only $367 of this ask left. This journey's been rough. I frequently feel like I'm hustling backwards. Thank you for helping me make my tiny corner of healthcare less brittle, less racist, and less punitive.

Hi again! I'm a Black SFFH writer who left pediatrics to retrain as a midwife because Dobbs is killing people and birth was already deadly for Black families. Fundraising since 2022 and 5 days left to raise the rest of my tuition - $1205 I haven't been able to cover with 5 PT jobs gofund.me/fa575291

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"This was meant to be a book review of the excellent if infuriating The Originalism Trap by Madiba Dennie. However, the Trump Immunity ruling, among others, have pretty much made her argument irrefutable." www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

"A Republic If You Can Keep It": A Review of the Roberts Court and The Originalism Trapwww.dailykos.com This was meant to be a book review of the excellent if infuriating The Originalism Trap by Madiba Dennie. �However, the Trump Immunity ruling, among others, have pretty much made her argument ...

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I’ve seen a lot of “X won’t solve the problem, Y will” and with respect, nothing we individually can do will solve the problem, which is why the problem is not solved. The thing we can do is to solve problems together.

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If anyone can point me to a comparable New York Times subhead shoe-horning in a statement that "Donald Trump, under scrutiny since his conviction on 34 felony counts, was not arrested for any new crimes today" I'd sure be appreciative.

What the actual fuck, NYT?

Four nights in a row I have made tasty, nutritious meals that I planned ahead and actually bought ingredients for. Four nights! We've eaten at a reasonable hour, I haven't had to compost any vegetables. I even have eaten leftovers for lunch! I feel like I've earned a prize.

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I can definitely suggest “find a thing that helps people that plays directly to your areas of expertise” as a total existential despair coping mechanism, speaking as someone with a life-long existential despair problem

I’m working on gathering support for research and policy work focused on strategies for protecting civilians from deadly attacks (both kinetic and information/data based) from small drones, which is an area that desperately needs more attention.

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WE MUST BUILD GRASSROOTS POWER IN SOLIDARITY ACROSS COALITIONS

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The number of replies to this post that game out the actuarial table possibilities for the current justices of the court simply underscores my point. Waiting for people to die is not a solution to a problem this profound.

The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?

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so biden should just go HAM now

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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

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“The founding fathers” has got to me the corniest turn of phrase that people routinely use. “Won’t someone consider what George Washington—who, by the way, is my daddy—would have to say about this!!?!”

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Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.

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For the entirety of this century, Democrats have been naive institutionalists while Republicans have been destructionists. Institutions cannot save you if they do not exist. Conservatives are trying to kill us while liberals are still bitching about following the norms.

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🧵A brief history of education reform in the 21st century US: ◾ GW Bush dismantles the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, creating the Institute of Educational Sciences with the call to create a "science of education," with the "Gold Standard" of RCTs

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So “let’s just do it and be legends” is the official way the presidency works now

I use this with my students and I find it to be a pretty solid training in how to spot trolls and/or bots online even if I don't 100% agree with their usage of terminology. spotthetroll.org

Internet Troll and Disinformation Quizspotthetroll.org Learn the signs of online disinformation and internet trolls. The Spot the Troll quiz asks you to examine real social media profiles and posts and decide whether they are legitimate.

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What happens when you put business interests in charge, instead of educators.

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

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I keep on thinking about how John Roberts messed up nitrogen oxide with nitrous oxide in a ruling on how the courts were better suited to provide expertise than experts.

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it's fucked up that in the united states there are so many jobs that require tips to make a living wage. like baristas and supreme court justices

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Y’all, Octavia’s Bookshelf in Pasadena needs our help. Please kick in if you can to keep this fantastic Black women-owned bookshop open!

Let’s keep Octavia’s Bookshelf open!, organized by Portlan Highwww.gofundme.com Hi, OB Community- We managed to open last year to great support and lots of exci… Portlan High needs your support for Let’s keep Octavia’s Bookshelf open!

Reasons we started a video store number a zillion

Sony Group Corp. will reportedly cut around 250 jobs from its recordable media business' key manufacturing hub “It will also gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs, according to the sources”

Sony Group to cut 250 jobs from recordable media business' key hubmainichi.jp TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sony Group Corp. will cut around 250 jobs from its recordable media business' key manufacturing hub in northeastern Japan and offer e

I actually have fresh basil growing and even hazelnuts just on hand, and I'm thinking "finally, I am the person whose pantry 'just some basic pantry staples' makes sense in these nonsense recipes" but then, wtf is "fresh rocket"? (Turns out arugula? We'll use baby spinach)

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Can't get over how much an asshole Roberts sounds like here

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Flood the zone with greenshit, as it were.

The correct response to Chevron being overturned is for every single environmental group to start filing millions of lawsuits, right now, today, arguing that various regulatory decisions didn't go far enough. Absolutely flood the zone.