Amy W. Pento

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Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.

Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.

Making this my pinned post.

You cannot recover from this with future investments

The data uncollected are lost forever

Seriously

This is pretty straightforward authoritarianism: if you don't support my toxic businesses, I will use my government power to kneecap yours.

sure, mitch mcconnell cynically masterminded the plot to destroy the US constitution and american democracy, but you have to at least credit him with lifting up his own constituents in Kentucky to make it one of our richest and most prosperous... (touching earpiece) wait I'm getting new information

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

Oy 🤦🏻‍♀️

Genuinely insane that a major newsroom isn't running a live post today trying to verify what is and what isn't being impacted by the federal funding freeze. Embarrassing how bad the media response is to this.

Want to learn ways to use The Writing Revolution in the content areas so students not only become stronger writers but also learn your content better? If so, join me
at ResearchED in NYC. You'll see lots of examples from secondary and CKLA K-2.

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What a win! Bravo, Buffalo!

Internet’s Effects on Children and Adults: Re-Wired Brain? If you use smart phones, laptops, and other devices more than a few hours a day and find them informative, stimulating, if not captivating–here are two books you want to avoid. And if you hav…

"Even half-right means that frequently using laptops, tablets, and smart phones in schools and university classrooms may be undercutting a primary mission of public schools: teaching critical thinking skills."

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Syracuse tops Washington State in Holiday Bowl for 10th win of season Syracuse football's explosive offense was on full display as the Orange beat Washington State in the Holiday Bowl for its 10th win of the season.

FINAL: Syracuse 52 Washington State 35. The Orange finishes 10-3 on the season, its third 10 win campaign in the last 23 years. Quick recap ⬇️

the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG

Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why. Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.

After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.

Science works, y'all.

www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...

My nine-year-old got an old Brother typewriter for Christmas, and is writing a screenplay. When she gets to the end of a line and it dings, she goes, “yay!”
I now realize how sad it is that this is missing from writing on computers. I would write more for a ding. I really would.

Tell me how I walked out of Wicked today only to figure out at the end of the movie that it was about the wicked witch of the west from the Wizard of Oz. 😭

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I expected this Syracuse game to be bad...but it's so much worse

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Teacher boredom is not the same as student boredom.

If you say that decodable texts are boring what you are saying is that decodable texts are boring to you the teacher/administrator/ed leader.
#Edusky
#SOR

I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”

The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

Why Reading Books in High School Matters You’ll understand when you’re older.

"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time."

Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.

🚨 New episode drops tomorrow! 🎙️ I had a great conversation with Blake Harvard @blakeharvard.bsky.social about how attention impacts learning and practical strategies to boost both in the classroom. You won't want to miss it!✨