Jen Calhoun

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Life without books is like an unsharpened pencil... It has no point.

A person sitting in front of a wall of books. The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk Liberals will maintain their narrow majority on the court after Crawford’s victory in the first battleground state election of Trump’s second term.

Susan Crawford has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, allowing liberals to maintain their narrow majority on the battleground state’s highest court — and defying Elon Musk after he spent millions of dollars to oppose her. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Democratic House Rep. Jared Moskowitz using Pete Hegseth's emojis in his letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson to form a select committee to investigate the Signal group chat texts is hilarious.

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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

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My God imagine if media had told anyone about this

Why Wicked’s politics feel so bizarrely timely America and Oz have always had a lot in common.

One of the most interesting things about Oz is that while most of the children's fantasy classics of the anglophone world are English, Oz is an American fairyland. That means it becomes a weirdly effective metaphor for American politics. www.vox.com/culture/3885...

Using it in my AP Lang class. I give graphs, political cartoons, maps, etc for bell ringer discussion. We talk about the argument and what it leaves it.

Bob Woodward is one of America's greatest journalists whose career was born in the bile of nefarious dealings by the White House.

He's as skeptical as a journalist can be because he knows that what the White House hides is monstrous.

Only Joe Biden could make him report THIS:

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As of the November 6 tally, Harris had 21 million fewer votes than Biden; as of the November 24 tally, she has 6.7 million fewer votes than Biden—with counting ongoing—and <2.5 million fewer than Trump.

In just 3 dark-blue states—CA, IL, NY—a total of 3 million fewer people voted in 2024 than 2020.

Post by John Nichols: Harris is now winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than Trump in 2016 or 2020. Trump 2016: 46.1% Trump 2020: 46.8% Harris 2024: 48.4% Trump didn’t win a “landslide” in 2024. In fact, his victory margin is one of the smallest in US history.

This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.

Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.

Pass it on: Bluesky is fast becoming a powerhouse.

Gorgeous 😍

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Following a suggestion from @benecal.bsky.social I will refer to these threads as "skeetorials" and will use this gif logo.

Today's skeetorial is about the NIH Director's New Innovator Award with three different heroes (all in government).

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this is what escaping twitter felt like

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙