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Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
·theconversation.com·
Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s
French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under 15 and prohibit mobile phones in high schools, positioning France as the second country after Australia to impose sweeping age-based digital restrictions. The Guardian reports: The lower national assembly adopted the text by ...
·mobile.slashdot.org·
French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Social Media Use By Under-15s
The Second American Civil War Has Begun | David Todd McCarty
The Second American Civil War Has Begun | David Todd McCarty
I never considered a civil war where the government attacked its own citizens, and its supporters cheered them on. I don’t know why I didn’t think that was an option here. Did I mention my naivety?
·davidtoddmccarty.com·
The Second American Civil War Has Begun | David Todd McCarty
Alabama Senate passes ban on ‘three-cueing’ method of reading instruction
Alabama Senate passes ban on ‘three-cueing’ method of reading instruction
The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday morning that bans the use of an education strategy known as the three-cueing system.SB 168, sponsored by Sen. Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, codifies the Alabama State Board of Education’s May 2024 ban of the method. Three-cueing is a teaching strategy affiliated
·flip.it·
Alabama Senate passes ban on ‘three-cueing’ method of reading instruction
The Rupture
The Rupture
“The powerful have their power. But we have something too: the capacity to stop pretending, to name realities, to build our strength at home, and to act together.”
·open.substack.com·
The Rupture
Benefits of Attending TCEA for San Antonio Locals
Benefits of Attending TCEA for San Antonio Locals
Discover the benefits of attending TCEA for San Antonio locals, like lower costs and a network of other Texas educators!
·blog.tcea.org·
Benefits of Attending TCEA for San Antonio Locals
When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It
When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It
A powerful, firsthand reflection on why “neutrality” is not librarianship and how silence and self-censorship can unintentionally fuel book bans. This post explores representation, intellectual freedom, and what school librarians must do to protect student access and fight censorship.
·aischoollibrarian.substack.com·
When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It
Do it! - Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
Do it! - Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of …
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Do it! - Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump
An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
Imagine for a moment that you’re a member of Renee Good’s family. You’re mourning her death at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, and you want justice.So you visit a lawyer to see what can be done.First, you want to help in any criminal investigation of the officer. You’ve got information …
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An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
How Trump intends to hijack the midterms
How Trump intends to hijack the midterms
Donald Trump’s authoritarian chaos machine is running amok. Pro-democracy Americans — and those simply hoping for a return to normalcy — are pinning their hopes on a Democratic victory in November’s midterm elections. But that salvation will not be easy or cheap. Their hopes will face a coordinated e
·flip.it·
How Trump intends to hijack the midterms
US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an …
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US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
Bluebonnet Curriculum
Bluebonnet Curriculum
Looker Studio turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable.
·lookerstudio.google.com·
Bluebonnet Curriculum
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing conditions, denied phone calls, and pressured to rat out protest organizers and people living in t
·flip.it·
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Global Tech-Sector Layoffs Surpass 244,000 In 2025 - Slashdot
Global Tech-Sector Layoffs Surpass 244,000 In 2025 - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Network World: The global technology sector eliminated some 244,851 jobs in 2025, according to a report from RationalFX. The U.K.-based financial services company says the worldwide downsizing reflects how companies in 2025 restructured their operations to fo...
·tech.slashdot.org·
Global Tech-Sector Layoffs Surpass 244,000 In 2025 - Slashdot
Yet Another ICE Nightmare Unfolds Miles Away From Fatal Shooting
Yet Another ICE Nightmare Unfolds Miles Away From Fatal Shooting
An account of a seemingly random arrest of a 20-year-old U.S. citizen by ICE agents with weapons drawn occurred just one day after Renee Good’s killing.The first sign of an impending nightmare for …
·flip.it·
Yet Another ICE Nightmare Unfolds Miles Away From Fatal Shooting
The Kingdom of Alarm
The Kingdom of Alarm
You notice it first in the places you stop going.
·hybridhorizons.substack.com·
The Kingdom of Alarm
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images - CNA
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images - CNA
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 : Three Democratic U.S. senators are calling on Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove X and its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot Grok from their app stores, citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.In a letter published on Friday, senators
·channelnewsasia.com·
Democratic US senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images - CNA
Record Ocean Heat is Intensifying Climate Disasters, Data Shows - Slashdot
Record Ocean Heat is Intensifying Climate Disasters, Data Shows - Slashdot
The world's oceans absorbed yet another record-breaking amount of heat in 2025, continuing an almost unbroken streak of annual records since the start of the millennium and fueling increasingly extreme weather events around the globe. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity's carbon emissions ...
·news.slashdot.org·
Record Ocean Heat is Intensifying Climate Disasters, Data Shows - Slashdot