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Small bookstores are popping up across the country. What's behind the boom

Small bookstores are opening up around the country and finding new ways to bring people in.

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RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...

What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.

A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.

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Excellent thread on the Atlantic article regarding the “end of literacy.”

Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 4w ago

I read this. Actually, I had Siri read most of it to me in a rental car yesterday. 😏 I have takes. But I’m glad it exists. I’m glad we’re talking about this. I don’t think the article is in bad faith. The headline is. But it’s doing what it’s supposed to Ok, in order of ascending importance… 1/7

Maybe, just maybe, spend some of your party coffers on recruiting, investing in and supporting candidates (women in particular) who aren’t Nazi tattooed and sex crimey

www.bbc.com/news/article... A classic case of #enshittification 💩👓

Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature

A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.

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Because you need to gaze upon a newborn whitecoat harp seal. 🤭🥰

American keeper already on his way to GitMo and US invading Belgium by Thursday

The red on Balogun was BS and he should be playing. FIFA’s arbitrary decision to lift his ban is on brand for a historically corrupt organization. Both are true but justice is served. The end.

Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium, with his one-game red-card ban that he received against Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended.

No, Laura. It’s not “Antifa.” It was Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization. They covered their faces because they’re cowards who don’t want to be identified. We’ve been saying for over a year that ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to wear masks either. They are cowards also.

IMO we need philosophers in just about all aspects of business and government, but still a good article. #philosophy #AI www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...

The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors

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Country roads might be our new American anthem!

43,1 °C en Alemania. Junio. "Los científicos empezamos a sonar como discos rayados. Sí, esto es cambio climático; sí, somos nosotros; sí, tenemos las soluciones; no, no las estamos implementando lo suficientemente rápido”. 📝 @frediotto.bsky.social.

So excited about this 2nd edition; pls share widely! Theories of #reading and #literacy only come alive when approached from the standpoint of practice. Includes inset discussions from @anna-phd.bsky.social, George Hruby, Tom Crumpler, Terry Husband, and Marcelle Haddix. #EduSky #AcademicSky

Teachers College Press@tcpress.bsky.social · last mo.

Out now! Literacy Theory as Practice by Lara J. Handsfield! Updated for the Science of Reading, multilingual classrooms, and literacy teaching in the age of AI. Available Now at Teachers College Press: www.tcpress.com/products/lit... #LiteracyEducation #K12Education #ScienceOfReading

THIS is the headline. #Messi has the most WC goals in MENS football, tying #Marta of Brazil. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Lionel Messi breaks men’s World Cup record and becomes all-time leading scorer

Lionel Messi has become the leading goalscorer in World Cup history after scoring in Argentina’s group game against Austria

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“Cuando un payaso se muda a un palacio, no se convierte en rey. El palacio se convierte en un circo.” - Proverbio Turco.

They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.

Announcing our June #literacies chat, Play and Interaction in Literacy Learning hosted by Dr. Alex Corbitt (alexcorbitt.bsky.social) on 6/30. We can’t wait to see you there!

What is punk? Punk is that ineffable human quality of raging through art. Which is something AI will never do. Inspiration this week from @brianphillips.lol @tressiemcphd.bsky.social @ali-alkhatib.com @gregpak.net @eryk.bsky.social, the Pope, some Cali 8th graders, and others.

Punk is anti-AI

How to make human punk

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“Professors and students must free themselves, and help to free each other, from the cruel…inhibitory attitudes of enslavement to external, dehumanized ‘standards,’ deëducative scholastic conventions, and depersonalizing academic machinery” -Pearl Weber (aka my Granny), 1931. #EduSky #AcademicSky

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

📚How can educators use picturebooks to assess students’ engagement with critical literacy? 📽️ Inspired by Lucero and Sullivan’s work, this video highlights questions teachers can ask to disrupt common assumptions, identify multiple viewpoints, & unpack sociopolitical dimensions of picturebooks.

This is nicely put. The machine that subordinates all life to its own algorithm of self-expansion is already operating: It’s called capital. www.newyorker.com/science/anna...

And now adding Erin Brockovich's resource to the list: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...

Brockovich Data Center Reporting – U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map

Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — built or being built. Understand the community impact and report issues in your area.

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Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Adding the Data Center Proposal Tracker, a "citizen-run collaborative mapping project [that] tracks and visualizes proposed data center projects and related development activity in the [US], aggregating public records, company announcements, and local news into a single searchable database."

Dr. Tisha Ortega successfully defended her diss. on PD & culturally responsive classroom displays! Intentional designing of culturally responsive displays may prompt wider pedagogical shifts. Thx to comm. mbrs, Drs. Kyle Miller & Joyce Walker. @tch-isu.bsky.social @illinoisstateu.bsky.social #EduSky

Well done, @illinoisstate.bsky.social

NPR@npr.org · 3mo ago

Every spring, college students moving out of dorms and apartments discard items from futons to mini-fridges. An innovative program at Illinois State University makes sure those items don’t go to waste. (via WGLT)

Did you know that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment (a Reconstruction Amendment) bars payments to insurrectionists? Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social of @the14thcenter.bsky.social offers an urgent, reader-friendly, legal & history lesson ⬇️ 🧵 sherrilyn.substack.com/p/trumps-ins...

Trump's Insurrectionist Payout Scheme Violates the 14th Amendment

“But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States….”

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🔵 Un equipo de científicos del Institut de Química Avançada de Catalunya ha innovado en la lucha contra el cáncer de mama, utilizando luz para activar medicamentos que eliminan células madre tumorales resistentes. Un avance que plantea nuevas esperanzas para la oncología. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

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