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Debbie Seltzer

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historian & philosopher of education (and environmental studies), lover of cats and orchids, foodie

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07.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 3360 πŸ” 352 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 17
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​Military insiders fear US Army sent a major signal troops could soon be headed to Iran Military insiders fear President Donald Trump just signaled a potential Iran deployment after the U.S. Army abruptly yanked the elite 82nd Airborne Division's headquarters from a major training exercise this week. The rapid-reaction force, based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, can mobilize 5,000 so...

Military insiders fear President Donald Trump just signaled a potential Iran deployment after the U.S. Army abruptly yanked the elite 82nd Airborne Division's headquarters from a major training exercise this week.

07.03.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16
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$3.7 Billion: Estimated Cost of Epic Fury’s First 100 Hours Operation Epic Fury costs nearly $900 million per day, driven by the large expenditure of munitions. Because most of this is not in the budget, the Pentagon will soon need to ask for more money.

Never forget that the U.S. can always find money for war, but not for education, health care, or to help those in need. This is 100% a choice. And it is 100% the wrong one. www.csis.org/analysis/37-...

07.03.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 291 πŸ” 112 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

Hegseth needs to stand trial after this as a war criminal. Between this attack and the girls' school, there's no ambiguity. He is responsible for mass murder and must be held accountable.

07.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 4683 πŸ” 1382 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 41
Rimu forest with ferns

Rimu forest with ferns

Timeline cleanse

07.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIn the last year, it’s gotten a lot worse” A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Disability Benefits in 2025 - DREDF This report is based on interviews with 52 benefits professionals serving over 8,000 disability claimants nationwide. The independent research finds that recent Social Security Administration administ...

In this new report, @ksavin.bsky.social, and @calliefreitag.bsky.social and I explain how Trump 2.0 and DOGE built up new barriers to the already-difficult process of getting disability benefits.

Let's talk about what we found, and what we recommend to address the issues. 🧡

03.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Grammarly Is Offering β€˜Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authorsβ€”Dead or Alive The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writersβ€”without their permission.

Once a simple proofreading tool, Grammarly is now bristling with AI features and a suite of "expert" agents based on the works of real authors. But the company doesn't ask permission and in some cases offers feedback from virtual versions of dead writersβ€”including one historian who died in January.

04.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 469 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 36

Looking at Hegseth I wonder if a reason the MAGA student was sure I wasn’t teaching him anything when I was teaching him moral and legal concepts surrounding war is they refuse to learn this. They love war as it is an arena to act with depravity.

07.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sony Orders 24 Episodes of β€˜Reading Rainbow’ Reboot as Classic Kids Show Finds New Life Mychal Threets will return as the host, with 'Sesame Street' and Ms. Rachel veteran Kristen McGregor joining as showrunner.

Some good news for once.

06.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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07.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 180 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh.

β€œWe have agreed” β€” how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?

07.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 5262 πŸ” 2149 πŸ’¬ 340 πŸ“Œ 192
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07.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME

Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day.

Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.

07.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1065 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 12

They revel in sadism.

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 533 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 4
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So dark and unhinged. The Trump regime is dropping thousands of bombs for clicks.

If you’re not horrified by this you have lost the thread.

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1464 πŸ” 444 πŸ’¬ 134 πŸ“Œ 54

If allying yourself with an anti-vax lunatic and helping him gut public health in America while children die of vaccine-preventable diseases doesn’t get you expelled from academia, then the whole system is utterly broken.

07.03.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

None of these contrarian types who gladly went to work at HHS under anti-vax conspiracy theorist Robert Kennedy Jr. should ever work in academia again.

07.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 423 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Does this mean we get our mRNA research going again?

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a hard lesson to learn, but you can NOT assume that police are there to help you, even when you call them.

These guys are experienced lawyers and they let the police into the building during an active dispute over who controls the building. An understandable mistake but still a big mistake.

06.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 284 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
06.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSo he is using YOUR Tax Dollars to protect oil tankers from attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, which will cause gas prices to go up - because he started a war using YOUR Tax Dollars.”
-Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon

06.03.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 975 πŸ” 310 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 11

All in service to Trump’s autogolpe. His self coup.

Treasonous.
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06.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine owning a car that
A) tends to catch on fire by itself
B) does not have door handles so maybe you burn alive
C) when it does burn it’s a news story and millions of people are very happy that your car burned

06.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a parent, you are also an unmitigated piece of shit for exposing other people’s children to preventable diseases. I have zero time or sympathy for these people. I hope in their dotage their children sue the pants off them for their willful stupidity. Fuck these people.

06.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich or Biden’s pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...

"Biden’s pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trump’s second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion."

www.cato.org/blog/embarra...

06.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 163 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Iranian casualties:

06.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate.

The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 266 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 14

β€œLike I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.”

That’s what the President of the United States is saying to the American people.

He won’t be hurt by a retaliatory attack or high gas prices. But you will β€” and that’s a sacrifice he’s willing to make.

06.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 4413 πŸ” 1350 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 73

Counterpoint: This is exactly not what unconditional surrender means.

06.03.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 909 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 5
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New York is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam AG Letitia James will head an "independent assessment" of what happened to the Blind Rohingya refugee who Border Patrol dumped in Buffalo.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who died in the cold streets of Buffalo days after Border Patrol dumped him without coordinating with his family or lawyers.

06.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 5831 πŸ” 1752 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 100