Nora Bonner 🌞

happy New Year

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)

I need the hot tip about the squirrels. What did he say about antique malls?

Protesters disrupted a lame duck session of the Georgia Public Service Commission on Wednesday, demanding that commissioners not vote on a $20 billion spending plan presented by Georgia Power, which critics say could lock customers into paying higher costs for decades.

Video credit: Zak Kerr

Accurate take.

Way to go @nicksturm.bsky.social . Somebody outta anthologize this essay.

Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure

Georgia AG Chris Carr has failed in biggest attempt ever to use RICO ag't a protest mvt. Why, and what does it mean?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@micahh.bsky.social @dnbrgr.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social @alexvitale.bsky.social @stopcopcity.bsky.social

Why did we have to watch that same robot so many times?

Happy birthday to my president.

🤣🤣

Great write up on Kelsea’s campaign—

Incredible interview on writing and feminist politics, among other things.

This is so amazing

spent the morning considering auditioning for a community production of COMPANY and then decided against it because next thing you know, my own songs will start sounding like bad Sondheim imitations. 😅

I hope that whatever story depression is telling won’t drown out the truth that our lives are much richer because of what you have already contributed. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Please good take care of yourself for us 💕

Writing Instruction Tip: Asking students to describe (among other things) a writer's voice and state whether they would want to meet that writer based on the voice is a very entertaining way to check their reading comprehension.

You're on an Airplane by Parker Posey: 9780735218192 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A National Bestseller Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with Parker as your seat companion, perhaps? Parker’s irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting...

This one! I just listened to a library copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557538...

Did you read the book?!

Anyone else get an email from a student mentioning ICE as the reason they couldn't come to class?

We have some seriously immediate work to do.

Yes.

I haven’t left my house in days, except to run to the store. I am about to hop on my 5th zoom call of the day. Ah yes, this is what the pandemic was like.

Thinking about Dr. King & Tortugita & Cornelius Taylor

open.substack.com/pub/drphoeni...

Person killed as crews worked to clear homeless encampment, officials say The homeless encampment that was being cleared is across from Ebenezer Baptist Church.

The City of Atlanta murdered a houseless person this morning, sweeping an encampment in O4W. First they close the warming centers in the dead of winter, now this.
www.11alive.com/article/news...

It definitely feels like a puncture in the whole humanities ship. From where I am standing, it seems like we were assigned to use it in our curriculums before any criticism came out about it, and now the conversations are starting to critique it more. I’m perked to see what happens next.

A student wrote on a course eval that they appreciated the class’s « humanity ». Take that, water & energy wasting robots.

MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Supporting Amin Hello, My name is Amin. On March 5th, 2023, I was wrongfully detained and arrested while on public property in Atlanta, Georgia. Subsequently, I was wrongful...

A comrade and political prisoner needs support. Please take a moment to read their story. If you can't donate, please share #StopCopCity #ACAB
www.givesendgo.com/amin

I was at that rally 😞