Amanda Van Horne

An ancient pause, a modern plea In ancient Greece, a truce was respected by warring city-states, allowing athletes and spectators to travel safely to Ancient Olympia for competitions and ceremonies of supreme athletic and spiritual significance. The Olympics were revived in their modern form in 1896. The truce’s resurgence followed nearly a century later, in 1994, as war raged through the former Yugoslavia. The proposed timeout starts one week before the Winter Games open on Feb. 6 and runs until one week after the March 15 Paralympics’ close. It is backed by a U.N. General Assembly resolution.

The US/Israeli illegal attack on Iran should be understood to be a clear violation of the Olympic Truce (much as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was which led to its suspension by the IOC) and result in bans for 2028 and the stripping of those Games from LA.

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This was an amazing project to be a part of - learning happens SO VERY FAST that it really surprised me... and learning is related to prior knowledge in unexpected ways. Check out how prediction error drives learning! How do you think this would play out for DLD kiddos? #DevLangDis #Verbs #Education

This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment.

If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism.

just announced: d+15 midterm

(seriously they get that old people vote, right? do they think the AARP just exists for fun?)

I don’t think people understand what’s this means: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ARE BLOCKING ALL WHEELCHAIRS, WALKERS, CANES, INSULIN PUMPS, GLUCOSE MONITORS, CPAP MACHINES, NEBULIZERS, BEDS, CRUTCHES, COMODE CHAIRS, BED SORE PRESSURE PADS, CHAIR LIFTS, OXYGEN TANKS, BREATHING EQUIPMENT, to name a few.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Keep children and family appropriately dressed for severe cold weather.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones is an American physician, epidemiologist, and anti-racism activist who specializes in the effects of racism and social inequalities on health.

Dr. Jones’ work focuses on naming, measuring, & addressing the impacts of racism on health & wellbeing.

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1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...

I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.

Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...

Measles outbreak in DC linked to anti-abortion March for Life

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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

They call it "pulling a Vatican"

Can't believe I have to say this but climate change is responsible for extreme cold snaps.

In my last ice storm, I lost power for 10 days and ended up camping out in a church. That experience led to the question in this paper that went live this week.

Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really.

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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.

These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.

Please tell me that's a football comment and not the rest of the world comment?

Identity and Ideology in the School Boardroom Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"the priorities of [school] board members have large causal effects...the effect of electing an equity-focused member for low-income students is equivalent to assigning every such student a teacher who is 0.3 to 0.4 SDs higher in the distribution of teacher value-added" www.nber.org/papers/w34590

Take a break from doom scrolling and have a little peak at the commission. I’m working on today. Next step, the grasshopper and the foliage.

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.

The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin J. Ramirez, captures two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider, Asianopis subrufa.

We're excited to announce the finalists of the #RSPPhotoComp 2025! 🎉 Starting with #microimaging and overall winner, 'Mesmerizing spider threads' by Dr Martin Ramirez, capturing two exceptional silk threads of the Australian net-caster spider (sample obtained by Dr Jonas Wolff @evoimec.bsky.social).

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

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Don't do any of this.