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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Our collective survival requires hope. Don't lose it.

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Matt Novak

Ah yes, Belfast famously calm and peaceful in the 19fucking70s

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This is Stephen Miller's law firm. They're also currently repping a TV reporter suing CBS-LA for being anti-white, which as a former CBS-LA reporter I think is absolutely laughable. But they're trying to create still more legal precedent for a racist takeover, it's clear

The Northwestern lawsuit is an example of the White gaze in action: “White gaze is the operational norm of White space wherein Black people are scrutinized through the lens of Whiteness, resulting in their exclusion, subordination, and objectification.” www.reuters.com/legal/legali...

Northwestern law school sued for discrimination against white men in faculty hiringwww.reuters.com A conservative group on Tuesday sued Northwestern University, claiming its law school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring and in the selection of articles that appear in its flagship law review.

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my website expired because my bank account is negative meaning i wasnt able to pay for it this month. i haven’t been able to sell my art to make income but now i wont be able to since you cannot access my website 😓 im tired of asking for help, its embarrassing ☹️ Venmo: @zzz22 Cashapp: $ziizzzii

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never forget the usa today “heatwave” infographic

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Hello, a client hasn’t payed on time and it has really left me in hot water. If any of you have ever wanted a print of my work I couldn’t recommend a better time to do so, thank you, buy 10 🌞 www.sonnyross.com/shop #illustration #print

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SHOUT OUT to @clairewillett.bsky.social who has now raised $12,000 for Fair Fight & VoteRiders with this incredible grantwriting class WHICH IS NOW SOLD OLD!!! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Deeply ironic that immediately before the 4th of July--the annual celebration of the Founders' decision to break away from monarchy--the Supreme Court justices who profess loyalty to the founding era understanding of the Constitution decided to make the president a king tinyurl.com/originalismtrap

The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookstinyurl.com A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as...

One thing I think is important to remember, because even many of us that were adults when this happened forget, is that ICE is only 21 years old. This horror is not inevitable. It was created and it can be dismantled.

ICE created a fake university in order to defraud, rob, and deport students. The depths of depravity there know no bounds. www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court ruleswww.freep.com An appeals court ruled in favor of students who said they were tricked by ICE into enrolling at a fake university in metro Detroit.

Used the leftover lemon pasta from the alfredo I made the other night to make a pasta salad. Dressing is red wine vinegar, garlic olive oil, vegetarian Parm, dried herbs. Massaged kale (I know, but it DOES taste better) multicolor tomatoes, and chopped fresh mozzarella. It's delicious.

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

Thank you! Listened to some parts with the kid on our way to day camp this morning. She was more engaged than I expected.

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Deva Woodly

As a longtime media literacy educator yes 100% yes. Exactly that.

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Moral of the story: your teens are also concerned about what misinformation YOU have encountered on the World Wide Web.

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I came to my 14 year old with a concern about social media. He literally took his glasses off, rubbed his temples, and asked: “what have the moms on the internet said now?” 😯🫤😆

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I feel like a fool, a real rube, for having not previously predicted cops demanding free OnlyFans access arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops sayarstechnica.com Cops want more access to OnlyFans to detect more child sex abuse, report says.

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Michael Hobbes

If you're so concerned about the stakes of this election you could just... spend the next four months writing about the stakes of this election. A constant drip of articles calling the Democratic nominee unfit is also not a great strategy for winning!

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To quote a frequent question my 10 year old daughter has these days, "does that make you hypocritical?"

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“These are not just threats,” Rep. Ayanna Pressley said about extremist plans under the authoritarian Project 2025 agenda. “They are promises.” www.democracynow.org/2024/6/24/pr...

“These Are Not Just Threats”: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Project 2025 & Dangers of a Second Trump Termwww.democracynow.org Democratic Congressmember Ayanna Pressley is a founding member of a congressional task force aiming to stop the right-wing Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” the moniker given to a Donald Trump-ass...

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I wrote for More Perfect Union about the Biden administrations proposal to implement new protections for workers who are agonizing under extreme heat.

Biden Proposes Protecting Workers from Extreme Heat and Their Own State Governmentssubstack.perfectunion.us “This regulation will save lives,” one union leader said.

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I know it's not the same and this feels really similar to the conversations I have with folks about personal choices for school for their children. Even folks that support good policies for public schools often opt out of the communities they claim to fight for.

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This is almost word for word what I tell students. Even if you’ve been disillusioned by what’s happening at the state and federal level, you need to get out and shore up your local politics.

It's not going to come down to a president or red states or blue states. It's going to come down to electing mayors and city council members that are brave enough to say "you're going to need to send in the National Guard if you want that shit enforced here." This is why we vote.

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I actually did it much simpler. We did about equal parts peanut butter and plain Greek yogurt and then a little bit of agave in the food processor. Froze in a mold. Once it was frozen melted some semi-sweet chocolate chips with a little bit of almond milk and dipped frozen bars in that and froze.

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Congrats! That's exciting!

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Team Trump admitting the immunity bullshit was just to slow walk the case and didn't in a million years expect to win it tells you just how fucked we are

‘It’s Like Christmas’: Team Trump Stunned by Massive Supreme Court Immunity Winwww.rollingstone.com Conservatives are planning to use the Supreme Court’s immunity decision to help them implement Trump’s extreme policy agenda, sources say.

I got a duvet cover for the weighted blanket I sleep with, that's just on my side of the bed, and now it looks like I've claimed a side of the bed like a side of the room in kids sitcoms. Like it's divided down the middle.

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supporting a candidate has become so synonymous with stan culture that it’s impossible to talk about a person’s merits without being labeled an unquestioning worshipper

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I’ve had over a decade to miserably marinate on an anti-democratic process in which, to my great sorrow, all my gloomiest, wildest predictions keep coming true. Despite that, I still don’t think we’re doomed or that we should give up and walk into the sea en masse.

on the record, I’ve been losing my mind with anxiety and fear over the fall of American democracy since 2013, when I noticed how similar U.S. politics was starting to sound to the kleptocracy I reported on in Cambodia. This is terrifying, but at least we know exactly the enemy’s intention are.

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34/100 slots sold, this is very exciting!! that’s $3400 to Fair Fight and Vote Riders. please keep spreading the word if you know folks in the nonprofit sphere who would benefit from this, or anyone who wants to take more direct action to help support the nonprofits they love

one small but real way to stave off existential despair: help the grassroots nonprofits you love get better at raising money. for $100 a pop to support @romancingthevote.bsky.social, I will tell you (or your favorite overworked development director) all my secrets www.32auctions.com/organization...

Grantwriting Master Classwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Grantwriting Master Class' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Claire Willett

I was a grassroots arts/culture ED for over a decade but been in academia for 5 years now. I up and started another non profit so this is a great push to get refreshed!