Gary Stager, Ph.D.
@garystager.bsky.social
Progressive educator, journalist, speaker, author, book publisher. Founder & CEO of Constructing Modern Knowledge https://professorgarystager.com Expertise = edtech, 1:1 computing, teacher education, school reform, jazz https://cmkpress.com
I turned a regular source of frustration into a case for optimism. I'd love your thoughts on this short essay. This meditation on social media reminds us that extending grace to those making obvious discoveries may unlock the key to educational progress. stager.tv?p=7790
Welcome to the Wheel! We've Been Expecting You!
Extending grace to those making obvious discoveries may unlock the key to educational progress.
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Trump Backs Data Centers in Ohio Amid Tight Senate Race https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/04/trump-backs-data-centers-in-ohio-amid-tight-senate-race/?ap=b
Trump Backs Data Centers in Ohio Amid Tight Senate Race
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"Since late September, the Daily Wire has quietly been shooting a pro-ICE action film in Montana that dramatizes the raids and protests around last winter’s Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis—including the fatal shooting of protester Renée Good." www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Massive Russian attack on #Kyiv continued throughout the night. Russia added missiles to the drones that are now attacking Kyiv almost 24/7. Residential buildings, vehicles, office building were damaged, transportation network damaged. In Kyiv region, private homes were on fire, two people injured
During an address, Trump referred to U.S. Amb. to Greece Guilfoyle using a creepy nickname. "Kimberlay. Kimberly Guilfoyle. I love calling her Kimber-LAY. That's my little pet name, but you are the greatest. I hope you come back here in 12 years or whenever the term ends,"
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · last wk.US Ambassador Guilfoyle allegedly boasted the US can topple allies while discussing Romania with Greek officials: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here.” Pushed allies toward Aktor energy deals while its paid lobbyist accompanied her on official meetings.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of an impending Hamas attack in 2023 by the UAE. The information wasn't passed on to Israeli security officials.
Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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Our tax dollars are being spent to indulge the fantasies and to soothe the fragile ego of a narcissistic sociopath who is falling deeper and deeper into psychosis.
“I simply do not want to see innocent children being detained. Prisons are not a place for innocent children...” “We need to go to these board meetings... to all our other meetings, our city council. We need to be in all these spaces and insist upon being heard.” veritenews.org/2026/09/22/o...
Opponents of Alexandria ICE detention facility hold community forum - Verite News New Orleans
The England Authority Board of Commissioners is slated to discuss the planned ICE detention facility at a meeting on Thursday.
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"A group of pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere... to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men..." religionnews.com/2026/09/24/t...
The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
(RNS) — A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell ...
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“'You don’t live here,' the crowd shouted like they were in a basketball arena...” kansasreflector.com/2026/09/18/u...
US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Because of the Texas state government's error, Texas "counties are now dealing with nearly a year of backlogged voter registration tasks to process. They could include new registrations or simply updates to voters’ existing records, like a change in address..." www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/0...
Tens of thousands of Texas voter registration applications likely ensnared in state error
Democrats are calling for investigations into why voter registration applications submitted via a DPS portal weren’t forwarded to counties.
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It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip:
“‘Ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants'... This is, of course, beyond alarming...” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
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This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
houstonchronicle.com
Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy says Moscow launched nearly 4,000 drones, aerial bombs and missiles on Ukraine in past week.
Russian strikes kill eight, injure dozens across Ukraine
Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy says Moscow launched nearly 4,000 drones, aerial bombs and missiles on Ukraine in past week.
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I don't love dunking on folks but it's so fucking funny to me that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies 2 years ago, faced no punishment, and went on to win the presidency a second time and journalists are still like, "hmm, I have an inkling that maybe he believes he's above the law for some reason."
"Tafoya described herself on her podcast as 'sort of a Florida woman'..." www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she’s now running to represent | CNN Politics
In a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster was asked about her past criticism of the state and whether she ...
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"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 3w agoi've seen this ad three times already today
@aaup.org @biblioracle.bsky.social & Katie Rainwater nails what everyone misses. Heritage Foundation hates college full stop. They bash DEI to get in the door, but the point is to close the door on everyone. That's why they want to own accreditation. Say no today: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
With Proposed Federal Rules, Heritage Foundation Upends Higher Education
Who is up for a little Christian Nationalism embedded into our higher education system?
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