Marnie Kaplan
@marniekaplan.bsky.social
Advocate for paid leave, early childhood education, & integrated schools; obsessed with books, storytelling, American history, & longreads; mom of 2.
What an insane world we live in: www.kptv.com/2026/08/04/o...
Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson
A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.
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RFK (Jr.), RFK (Jr.), how many people did you kill today?
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
Just your regular reminder that: 1) Almost everyone has an underlying health issue if you look hard enough 2) People with underlying health issues don't deserve to die for eating lettuce 3) We should be strengthening, not weakening our regulatory processes. And properly funding them.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
Yeah, so, Ohio Dems need to get it together. Ohio Republicans are making it clear they should not be governing.
Making “mom’s chicken soup” (from Whole Foods) for my sick child and deeply missing my own mother. Somedays it’s so hard to parent without parents.
In so much of education policy, we mess things up in the implementation. If we want computerized state standardized tests to be effective, we have to first teach typing.
David Adams@daveadams.bsky.social · 3d agoMy daughter’s middle school never taught typing, but the computerized state standardized tests included a timed essay section to be completed in a tiny text area.
Read this if you need a feel good story right now. I love the investigative journalism involved and this sweet couple.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d agothis owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
This long list shows we should never elect a Republican man to a position of power ever again.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d agoThere are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.
Someone really needs to develop a better way to test a child for strep.
Go to Harvard, so you can get a job at McKinsey and then tell Harvard how to restructure its Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Nothing makes sense.
Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 6d ago“Harvard paid McKinsey & Company at least $250,000 to consult on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ staff restructuring efforts, according to internal documents obtained by The Crimson.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Omg what a powerful duo! I believe they can make it happen…
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d agothis might actually be how we achieve world peace
This piece by @peterbeinart.bsky.social is a must read. I am sending to all my non-Zionist Jewish friends (sadly there aren’t many; wish my larger circle would engage with this reality). jewishcurrents.org/the-shame-of...
The Shame of the American Jewish Establishment
In its quest to defend Israel, establishment Jewry has abandoned liberal democracy in the US.
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TFW you make breakfast for dinner but both of your children had breakfast for lunch and they’ve eaten breakfast for three meals of the day.
Every one of these stories should, in a just world, generate enough rage to provoke mass revolt. This one is especially gutting. As always, abolish ICE. www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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This is actually a wonderful example of why we should not try to squeeze ourselves into their framing. As Jess points out beautifully, parents rights is never about parents like us and it never will be. Because it's a thought killing cliche designed to undermine equity and progress.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last wk.So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?
This is devastating. This woman should be unelectable for completely ignoring the question. I’d personally rather vote for the Jewish mom who asks such a good question re AIPAC.
Leonard Smalls@tsuri.bsky.social · last wk.A thread full of Hayley walk awayly vids would be useful.
This truly is an amazing sentence/bio.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.roald dahl's grandson is a former london-based journalist who once freelanced for the daily dot and then married princess raiyah of jordan during covid but then got divorced and moved to the US where he became a cop in south carolina and just married an american tiktoker
NJTransit could really use this money. Signed the 700,000 commuters in NJ commuting on a totally broken system.
Emily Badger@emmbadger.bsky.social · last wk.The Trump administration is sitting on more than $7 billion meant for big transit construction projects around the country: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Was on a walking trail earlier this am and heard an elderly woman ask her male walking partner “but what is substack?”
We were apparently collectively very concerned that Joe Biden might not be fit to be president, and now the guy who replaced him is sleeping on stage during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.
Withholding these funds is impoundment. It is illegal and unconstitutional. And doing it on the basis of partisan politics is corrupt patrimonialism. It’s the logic of machines and mafiosi. We need impeachments and prosecutions.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Great government we’ve got here…
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
What a uniquely American problem. We need to treat child care like a public good! We need to invest in child care workers. And we need private equity out of the child care field.
Bryce Covert@brycecovert.bsky.social · 2w agoA Manhattan Bright Horizons childcare center was charged with horrific child abuse last year. I spent months figuring out how this could have happened at an expensive, ubiquitous, corporate brand and uncovered many other deeply troubling problems at the chain: www.thecut.com/article/brig...
Just thinking about all the young kids not being read to and also being horribly served by corporate chain child care. We can do better America! www.thecut.com/article/brig...
‘We Started Calling It Baby Prison’
A string of health and safety violations, including alleged abuse, has flattened Bright Horizons’ reputation. Why are parents still signing up?
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