NEWS: It was never about the children.
Transgender adults now face care restrictions after the ruling of the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia.
www.advocate.com/news/court-b...
Closed my Citizens Bank account and asked the tellers to please tell the management that I closed it because of Citizens' support of ICE. They were very polite and nodded understandingly. Very easy.
The US/Israel have hit 77 medical facilities in Iran. In a little over 1 week.
Medical facilities receive some of the highest protections under int'l law. But for US/Israel targeting them is just another way of launching total war against civilians x.com/AryJeay/stat...
No report in the Guardian about a woman MP being attacked on International Womenβs Day by transphobic fascists after just a week in the job.
They have these βnewsβ items though
In Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Congo β mothers are mourning their babies.
Resharing this piece I wrote over two years ago because weβre still watching a genocide happen, watching even more parents mourn.
Womenβs day includes these women too.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
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ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...
It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first β putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.
The Israeli military at the direction of its elected government and with the full support of most of its population murdered over 20,000 Palestinian children.
What people in Tehran woke up to. They are breathing this now.
This war has to end before itβs too late for all of us.
Very spotty communication with some family in Iran. Heard from one person, no word from 7-8 others. One has told me that 2 of their friends have died. I donβt know what to say or what to do. Please pray for my family and for the people of Iran.
First 24 hours of embryonic development in 9 different animal species: (From left to right) Zebrafish, Sea urchin, Black widow spider, Tardigrade, Sea squirt, Comb jelly, Parchment tube worm, Roundworm, Slipper snail. Credit to @tessamontague.bsky.social & Zuzka VavruΕ‘ovΓ‘. #ZebrafishZunday #devbio π§ͺ
DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."
But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."
I used "Let It Go" for a mini lesson on how to identify theme, intending to be contemporary and relevant, and the ENL teacher who pushes in said, "Did you know that the kids in this room were born the year Frozen came out?"
I told her that violence was not welcome in my classroom β οΈβ οΈβ οΈ
I created an Instagram account for my ELA class and am getting the hang of it, but one thing I don't understand is how to quote tweet. I can repost, but can't figure out how to add my commentary as I do so.
Please explain!
Nobody would accept this if it happened in Tel Aviv, or London, or New York. And it would be front-page news in every western newspaper.
The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.
Periodic reminder that ICE does not just track and watch immigrants. They are collecting and storing information on us all.
I do my part.
This war isnβt an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. Itβs a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.
Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.
"Meanwhile, Israeli settler chat groups have stepped up incitement towards loftier aims in recent days. 'Donβt miss the opportunity,' encouraged one such post. 'Itβs time to beat the enemy and expel him from the country.'"
A harrowing image from tonightβs bombing of Tehranβs Mehrabad Airport. This devastating and inhuman assault seeks to violate a nationβs sovereignty, shatter its infrastructure, and pummel its dignity. #Iran
The reason she should be in prison for life.
The gut punch of this final line, and the way it succinctly closes the circle that the title opens? Such a quiet, gentle stunner of a poem.
"Kitchen Window" by Richard Siken:
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.
And per this report yesterday, it was deliberate:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
Little Julia sitting atop a large pile of debris that was once the contents of their home, before it was bombed. She is two years old in this photo (now 3). She is wearing a dark pink puffy coat, denim pants, with a grey wool hat, her dark curly hair peeking out. She has olive skin, and is looking to the left.
Samaβa and Julia standing in the rubble of their home after Israelβs bombardment. Julia is in the front, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Samaβa, her mother, is about six feet back, wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is holding up her hands in a peace sign.
Samaβa and three year old Julia standing in front of their home, totally collapsed from the bombs. Julia is in the front, facing left, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Samaβa is wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is looking into the camera with a meek smile and has her right hand in a peace sign, and holding hands with Julia, who is looking down but toward her mother. She wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers
Samaβa standing in a bombed out building surrounded by rubble and dirt, holding her 5 month old daughter, Talia. She is wearing a Black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse, and black pants. Baby Talia is swaddled in a white blanket, and wearing a white headband with a bow.
My children donβt understand why their home has turned into rubble, or why they sleep among broken glass and dust.
This photo isnβt just a passing momentβ¦it is our daily reality.
We desperately need your support to secure safe shelter.
- Samaβa π€
@mommunism.bsky.social
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