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Raychl

@raychlsmith.bsky.social

Mom, music teacher educator, music education researcher, she/her

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Let’s go!

20.02.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Keeps Stressed-Out Faculty Members Going? Their Students. Professors like teaching. It’s all the other stuff that’s burning them out.

You've read all about it: Teaching today's students can be incredibly frustrating. But a new survey by The Chronicle finds that working with students can often be faculty members' chief source of joy. chroni.cl/41k91K9

20.02.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

15.02.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 50513    πŸ” 16412    πŸ’¬ 515    πŸ“Œ 1149
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Raising an activist.

16.02.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday Musings The Politics of Woe

Anyone who believes the poor are β€œparasites” violates the clear teaching of Jesus-and a political movement based on such beliefs puts a nation in jeopardy of God’s judgment.

That’s the politics of woe, of the world's wealthiest man, the politics of MAGA.

open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

15.02.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

Now this is a coalition.

The Disciples of Christ don't take a real & public stand like this very often, so I'm happy (but not totally shocked) to see us on the plaintiffs list. #ccdoc

11.02.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pope decries 'major crisis' of Trump's mass deportation plans, rejects Vance's theology Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President JD Vance...

JD Vance: Just google 'ordo amoris.'
Pope Francis: Forget Google, let me explain it:
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
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Imagine being a fairly recent convert to a faith & then having the leader publicly call you out for pushing bad theology. Ouch.

11.02.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

10.02.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 49570    πŸ” 11133    πŸ’¬ 611    πŸ“Œ 421

If my parents could go with us I would be out of here.

08.02.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.

This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.

08.02.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2851    πŸ” 1160    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 90

Well seeing as one of the keywords for my research is always culturally responsive teaching, I will continue my work with fervor.

04.02.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

03.02.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 32817    πŸ” 8522    πŸ’¬ 998    πŸ“Œ 588

Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
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01.02.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 48467    πŸ” 9858    πŸ’¬ 508    πŸ“Œ 252
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This is a constitutional crisis: the President doesn't have the power to cancel funds appropriated by Congress. Also, the math is insane; there is NO way to cut $4B/day by getting rid of "fraud". Cuts of that magnitude will dangerously undermine the core functions of government.

01.02.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13949    πŸ” 3423    πŸ’¬ 898    πŸ“Œ 324
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Hanging with some great high school bands at SoundForge: A Popular Music Collective, sponsored by Catawba College, NCMEA, and the NC Music Office.

01.02.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry, friend. Sending love and light to you.

29.01.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

Proud of my Quaker roots.

28.01.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So sad. I am praying for your students.

25.01.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, friend. I will check that out!

25.01.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€’ Get a library card
β€’ Use your library card
β€’ Support indie booksellers
β€’ Read banned books
β€’ Read diverse authors
β€’ Resist
β€’ Repeat

#booksky #resist

23.01.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17136    πŸ” 3728    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 115

Getting a library card is punk as fuck and free!

24.01.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11721    πŸ” 2011    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 93

So far I am loving bluesky. I’m trying to stay as far away from the metaverse as possible, but it keeps sucking me back in. How do you all deal with the FOMO of being off Facebook and Instagram?

24.01.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

1. Sabotage public institutions.

2. Claim they don’t work efficiently.

3. Eliminate them.

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That’s the playbook.

23.01.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3637    πŸ” 987    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 77

I don’t believe in hell, but if I did, there would be a special place there for people who reported their neighbors on ICE and transgender tip lines.

23.01.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The resistance has already begun, in the courage of the Bishop in DC, in every act of kindness and charity, in all us old lefties rising up to support the poor and marginalized and gravely threatened ( and the ACLU), in our donations, and soon, in our song.

22.01.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Has Middle-Of-The-Night Meltdown Over Pastor's 'Nasty' Sermon About Him The fuming free speech-advocating president demanded an apology.

LOL - Trump didn't like it:

www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

22.01.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Snow day!

22.01.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember the days before Zoom when snow days were actually snow days?

21.01.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Four year old boy wearing a heavy coat, trying to smile on a cold day.

Four year old boy wearing a heavy coat, trying to smile on a cold day.

The smile you give when the wind chill is 9 degrees.

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