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MAGA Logic:
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
#Lewiston

California students can no longer be suspended for ‘willful defiance’. Could nationwide change be next? https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/oct/14/california-gavin-newsom-student-suspensions-willful-defiance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Pandering to the audience during a keynote address by telling them what they already believe reliably elicits applause. But maybe we speakers should be aiming higher?
From the archives: "How Not to Get a Standing Ovation at a Teachers' Conference": https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/applause/

In terms of what it reveals about her psychiatric status, Ms. Wolf might as well have announced, "My toaster is secretly recording my thoughts." But antivax falsehoods are fed by political fervor, so such pronouncements are eagerly seized on. And ultimately contribute to countless deaths.

"By that point, Meta had been receiving detailed and increasingly desperate warnings about Facebook’s role as an accelerant of genocidal propaganda in Myanmar for six years." We need more discussion of this - I'm grateful for this four-part series. #Technology https://erinkissane.com/meta-in-myanmar-part-i-the-setup?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

#Boston #Massachusetts #books #BannedBooks #libraries

'Ahead of Banned Books Week (Oct. 1-7), the Boston Public Library is joining the Book Unbanned initiative.... Anyone ages 13-26 who lives in the U.S. can sign up for a free e-card to access the library's entire collection of e-books and e-audiobooks.'

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-public-library-books-unbanned/

I like to give Elon a hard time about things, but he's 100% right on this one.

Everyone knows that the Roman Empire fell because its big box corporations decided to use sensationalized stories of mass theft to disguise their loss of market share to online retail

On Sep 28, 1868: Racial and Political Tensions Spark White Massacre of Black Community in Opelousas, Louisiana http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/sep/28

Much like why there's no bus route on Park Ave, "sustainability" is all platitudes from the rich and never action in their neighborhood.

Forced birth in a country with:

—No universal healthcare

—No universal childcare

—No paid family & medical leave

—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations

This isn't about "life." It's about control.

#Neoliberalism in a nutshell

#Politics #Meme

Conservatives can "indoctrinate their children however they wish" but now demand the right "to enforce their ideology on others." It's "cultural transformation propelled by the power of the state": https://is.gd/K3AILK

Just call 'em Moms for Totalitarianism.

The librarians are basically a footnote here, but this is devastating. Also, if you don’t understand why a university librarian needs tenure now more than ever, then either you aren’t paying attention or [neoliberalism/fascism/very bad shit]. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/executive-leadership/2023/09/21/new-report-makes-texas-am-reconsider-ex-presidents

#Teaching and #learning tip: when working with someone who is learning, never refer to a task or problem as "easy." We all tend to do this, but it can be pretty damaging for someone who is struggling to hear this.

Nothing is "easy." Some things just require lower cognitive demand.

Fund-raising to begin soon for our new interdisciplinary program in Screwing Off and Deliberately Ignoring Tasks (SODIT).

@academicchatter @academicsunite

What Alabama textbooks won’t teach about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing - al.com https://www.al.com/news/2023/09/what-alabama-textbooks-wont-teach-about-the-16th-street-baptist-church-bombing.html

On this day in 1956, white citizens blocked Mansfield High School to prevent Black children from enrolling. They also burned a Black effigy at the top of the school’s flagpole.

To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.

Mansfield images, 1956 · Mansfield Crisis, 1956 · The Crisis at Mansfield:
https://mansfieldcrisis.omeka.net/exhibits/show/mansfield-during-1956/mansfield-images--1956

Billionaire fascist of the day is from Australia.

Property developer and CEO Tim Gurner: "We need to see unemployment rise. Unemployment has to jump 40, 50 percent in my view. We need to see pain in the economy. We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around."

#UnionsForAll
#unionsNow
#ReaganEraTaxRatesNow
#EndCorporateWelfare

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-blasts-lazy-tradies-and-calls-for-275k-aussies-to-lose-jobs-061616789.html

Getting started with CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) in your science class this year? Explore this roundup of CER resources.

#tcea #science #education #edtech #CER #ScientificMethod #tcea #tceajmg

https://blog.tcea.org/cer/