HistorySmith

Your courage is an inspiration to us all 🫡

But if the “number” of unauthorized immigrants is subject to the whim of the Executive…

- Sir, we “count” 1.8 illegal immigrants in CA.

- What!?! Impossible! Everybody knows they let 6 million illegals voted for Hillary.

- You’re right, sir. There are 6 million. We’ll adjust the census count.

🤷‍♂️

Is this f’ing guy’s high school history teacher hearing this?

If so, he should be retroactively failing that class, causing a cascading loss of high school diploma and and any college degrees this fascist has since obtained.

That’s my dream… you f’ up history this bad, I get to retro-fail you. 🗺️

“…leaders in NY… saw [immigration] as a state interest to protect rather than exclude newcomers.” 🤯🙄

Great 🧵 by @bomalley500.bsky.social

I don’t have students until next week, but I’ve been in the classroom all day the last two days… 😴

Who thought this working thing was a good idea? 🙃

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

So….. Tuesday?

The start of the Tuesday evening (8/5/2025) game between the Visalia Rawhide and the San Jose Giants. Despite this lead off hit by Visalia, the Giants would go on to win 13-0. #Go Giants

Better churros in San Jose 🤓

Thank you for this tremendous service.

I discuss the meme response to the Montgomery Brawl as an example of Joy as a form of Resistance with my AP AfAm Studies students.

They are going to love these vids 😍

Bam! I need to frame this…

Visalia Rawhide at the San Jose Giants, first batter of the game. He will reach first and then get picked off. #GoGiants

Desperately trying to hold on to summer for one more evening!

⚾️ 😎

@erikloomis.bsky.social getting
righteously 🌶️ 🌶️ as he details the history of the FMLA.

Spending way too much time bldg my AI/LLM orientation lesson bc there is so much out there on the cognitive issues, ethical & environmental concerns, hallucinations & manipulation…

But this is a tremendously useful archive. If you are thinking about how to talk w your students about AI -👇 #EduSky 🗺️

Very cryptic 🤓

That may make it into the lecture… 🤔

Thnx!

Can you share a link to that video?

Only if he’s going to whacked upside the head with it.

That is the “break glass” problem. Having to undo process that are objectively more democratic than the partisan gerrymanders.

Nazis ruin everything. 😒

The before-times in CA consisted of a 60/40 partisan split. The CalDems cut decennial deals with the CalReps to lock districts preserving a D majority but giving Rs veto power over the state budget.

When Prop 11 passed… it broke the gerrymander and ironically gave even MORE seats to the Dems 🤷‍♂️

Agreed… but I’m also going to be pragmatic at the ballot-box (assuming I still get to use one, and it matters).

Newsom is not the national leader I want for this fight 🤷‍♂️

I agree, I’ve been more wrapped up in CA’s potential actions bc it transgresses on what was a move towards a more democratic process (one which the CA Dem Party opposed at the time, btw).

In states who already have partisan gerrymanders, it is less transgressive.

This is the way…

“We’re going to break this thing now, but here’s why and here’s what we want to do to prevent this need from ever arising again.”

It creates at least a framework for accountability.

Somebody has to. That’s the #HATM rule. 🙃

I think it’s definitely a more consequential act than many are considering, especially for California with its non-partisan apportionment commission.

But I’m also wondering if we are in a “break glass in case of fire” moment. Break it now, so we are still around to fix it later. 🤷‍♂️

…I think I would vote for this if it showed up in my ballot.

Activists have been screaming for Democratic politicians to DO SOMETHING that matches the urgency of the moment we are in… this would definitely be something.

…I’m also not sure how a statewide off-year election would play out in CA.

It would be a real test of how well the crisis of democracy is penetrating down to the ordinary (non-activist) voter.

Plus the Democratic Party would still have to win the elections in the redrawn districts 🤷‍♂️ …

…Newsom’s proposal has some guardrails and he is proposing putting it through the initiative/referendum process which is better than legislative fiat (in this scenario). And it doesn’t usurp the restricting commission for 2030.

But once you’re rung this bell… it can be rung again 🤷‍♂️…

…I keep flashing on Luthen Rael’s monologue from Andor 1.10, “I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them.”

Re-introducing a partisan gerrymander back into CA is objectively bad… but so is a fascist take-over of our society, and we are already rolling down that road…

I appreciate what @jenvictor.bsky.social is arguing here; and I don’t think she’s wrong on most points (see replies).

I am also extremely hesitant about messing what is a good/democratic system in CA.

But I think I’d rather have to fight to fix the system later, than not have a system at all…

I legit love this musical and I love how they adapted it for the screen.

I’ll take this as compensation for y’all making me sit thru Oklahoma! earlier this summer. 😉

For the #HATM crowd, I need to break out my Election of 1896 notes… 🤓

Wizard of Oz is totally an allegory, except when it’s not 🙃