edifiedlistener.bsky.social

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PE Specialist who writes and has many thoughts. She/her Alpine immigrant

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this! it's @davecormier.bsky.social's baby: 2 days of convos about uncertainty, across diff fields & perspectives. some presenters are longtime network ppl i love & don't see anymore. others are folks i don't know yet but am excited to hear from. join us! :) free, online, next week. #shrugcon

#ShrugCon is next week! Are you coming?! Go and sign up! (it's free) ;-) uncertaintycommunity...#ShrugCon is next week! Are you coming?! Go and sign up! (it's free) ;-) uncertaintycommunity...

A long read worth your time especially if you're feeling stuck in despair about our political and social prospects. Consider listening to the audio version, too. open.substack.com/pub/antonia/...

True believers and mass movementsopen.substack.com Essay

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More sightings of Pedagogy of Kindness!

I've been awaiting @cjdenial.bsky.social's book ever since she mentioned it was in the works, and now it's here!!! We could definitely use more kindness in higher ed, and I'm so glad that we have this book to help light the way. #HigherEd #FacDev #EdDev #Academia #BeKind

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"The core of organizing is raising expectations." - Jane McAlevey

Teen is entering his second American campus-based camp of the summer. Big learning in progress is all I'll say. For both of us. 😌

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OK Bluesky, I have some Comrade Cards® to send folks who donate at least $20 to @psabortionfund.bsky.social, per @prisonculture.bsky.social's efforts. What's a comrade card? See below or scroll my profile. Show proof of (new) donation & tell me where to send the card: forms.gle/UBhLeMMnkj6r...

If you haven't already done so, please consider becoming a monthly sustainer for as little as $5 a month or making a one time donation. We're less than $600 away from the halfway point for this month: donorbox.org/support-the-...

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Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

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If you don’t watch cycling I want to share the joy of Eritrean Biniam Girmay, who is the first Black person to win a stage in the Tour de France and now won his second! In the first week! And he’s in green, which means he’s winning the most sprints (and beating Jasper Phillipsen, which is great.)

Central Pennsylvania surprised me today with its lush, green tree-covered hills. Feels good to move around outside the big cities I usually visit. ☺️

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UK’s five-minute transition period goes by without Tory effort to reverse election results.

Indeed. Well said.

if i had to pinpoint the beginning of the internet's long decline i would say it's when "search-engine optimisation" became a thing burying the worthwhile beneath the profitable has been the death knell of every industry ever

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Heartbreaking, yet practical signage at Sherman's Bookshop in Bar Harbor, Maine! #kidlit #barharbor #indiebookstore

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Check out the new #MustRead book by @cjdenial.bsky.social! I'm bringing a big stack of #PedagogyOfKindness with me to the Syracuse CTLE when I start my new job as Director in August. www.oupress.com/978080619385...

Just when I thought I was done book shopping today, I went back in for a bit of poetry and this is what came with me. 100% thanks to @davidnaimon.bsky.social & Between The Covers!

Sky people, how would you describe root beer to someone who has never tasted it?

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The United States has always been a democracy for some and a brutal authoritarian regime for others, and the effort to expand it to democracy for all has led to a 70+ year backlash culminating in SCOTUS claiming that kings are totes cool and also judges are the ones to coronate them

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Again, Black people are an exception here, as basically anyone who stayed in the Jim Crow South has a living memory of living under what amounted to fascism, including the “always walking on eggshells/lack of social trust/long periods of boring endurance/randomized terrifying violence”

Pretty much. What it mostly boils down to is that most Americans really don’t have the faintest idea what living under modern authoritarian regimes actually looks like, and how it’s often at the same time way more boring and way more scary than they’d imagined.

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I’ll cheer on this country when it stops trying to kill me.

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I’m doing this. It’s very easy to sign up and, from what I understand, handwritten notes are really effective.

I've written hundreds of postcards through Postcards to Swing States. Very easy! No phone anxiety! www.turnoutpac.org/postcards/

Postcards to Swing States - Progressive Turnout Projectwww.turnoutpac.org Voters who receive handwritten postcards are significantly more likely to vote. We proved it in 2020.

Today's aesthetic: windswept.

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well, it was pretty shitty while it lasted

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The GOP SCOTUS ruling on Presidential immunity, summed up.

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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court holds that having a country is for suckers.

Help, I'm in a college town for the next few hours and the B&N that actually sells books is closed today & tomorrow. 🤔 Campus bookstore sells almost every branded item + tech & other supplies, but hardly any books that are not textbooks. What?! 🙄

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Over the weekend, one of the major party presidential candidates promoted the idea of trying a former congresswoman for treason with televised military tribunals, and I’ll bet you haven’t seen a news article—much less a catastrophizing op-ed—about it.

This is the stuff! 👏🏾 An absolutely stupendous guide to formulating relevant, effective alt-text. Also a fun read! ☺️

Pardon me if you’ve already seen this. For anyone struggling with how to write alt-text effectively, this advice is helpful. cloudfour.com/thinks/write...

Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking To A Friendcloudfour.com “There was this dog wearing safety glasses, surrounded by chemistry equipment, saying ‘I have no idea what I’m doing.’”

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Quick YA recommendation: my 9yo has fallen in love with Lumberjanes! I got the first 4 volumes for her on Thriftbooks to see if she'd be into them (there are, I believe, NINETEEN volumes) and she's going through them at a rate of 1 per day. Great summer reading.

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Can't stop thinking about the buckling of centrist parties under the pressure of the anti-trans crucible. Not because they believe differently now but because they can't handle pressure. They cosplayed allyship for years, and it never occurred to them that they might have to actually do something.

Anybody I know here at home in central Pennsylvania? I have quandary to solve before next Sunday and may need a helping hand. 😬

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My rule right now is that if someone doesn’t answer an email / text / request / invitation that I assume that they’re dealing with some things and depending on the relationship I either check in to make sure they’re okay or I leave them in peace. I do not take it personally

Reminder that lots of people you encounter are hanging on to a thread by their fingernails so unless it's psychedelics, therapy, a meaningfully viable organizational roadmap, a hug, or some other real support, maybe ask yourself if what you're about to offer is helpful or if you're just startin shit