Percent of deaf Americans 3.6% Percent of Spanish speaking Americans 14% Fuss being made over the songs being sung in ASL 0. Fuss being made over Bad Bunny... too much. We are ALL Americans. Enjoy beauty in the motions, the beats, the words.
Karon L
@mslippy.bsky.social
Secondary librarian (M.Ed), tech lover, former history/govt teacher. Very concerned citizen, frustrated Ohioan, Media Literacy pusher Ally 🏳️🌈 💛 research, truth, democracy
An important read both for libraries and curriculum specialists building classroom collections and grade level curriculums to be taught. aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/neutrality... #librarytalk #TLSky #skybrarian #SchoolLibraries
When Librarians Help Censorship Without Realizing It
The Myth of Neutrality, and Why Silence Is Still a Choice
aischoollibrarian.substack.com
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f... So corrupted science is now another US Federal scam the whole world can see.
Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’
thetimes.com
An hour later, we learned that Disney did the right thing and is bringing Kimmel back. This is great news, BUT this is bigger than one show and one person. We must all stand up to protect free speech. We cannot allow the threats to go unanswered. We must continue to demand congressional oversight.
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
This is what happens in an oligarchy where a few control the platforms of communication and the media.
Cancel culture and removing the first amendment all to appease one man and his bloviated ego.
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
w my Ss I discuss predispositions and filter bubbles This is A+ example. We don't know everyone's backgrounds or how they've shaped their filter bubbles, but we DO know that living inside these bubbles & rejecting things that provoke us is dangerous We fail to learn the whole picture
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · last yr.This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
Agree. Info comes in heaps everyday but when a largescale event (or 2 or 3) happen in one day the bombardment is overwhelming. Teaching my HS: Lean into actual jouranlists covering stories; lean into foreign news outlets who come w different perspective Stay away from provocation...that's not news
Bloody Rain--Happy Halloween! 🩸@simplyrain.bsky.social · last yr.I would like to think I am media literate. I teach media literacy. I am having a very difficult time digesting fact from fiction in today's news. It all feels so overwhelming. Imagine now being a kid (learner). THIS is why we need more certified school librarians.
Agree, no librarian would actively work to ban books. Maybe Lori the liar? Lori the litigious? Spreader of fake news and hate?
TX FReadom Fighters@freadomfighters.bsky.social · last yr.Read this. ‼️😳 Lori is not a librarian by the way. Animating one doesn’t make it so.
"The News Literacy Project’s study shows that an overwhelming majority of teens (94%) want media literacy instruction, but most aren’t getting it." #TLSky
Stacy Gilbert@mamagilbs.bsky.social · last yr.This article has some great takeaways abt teens' media literacy for librarians and educators. My takeaway: the power of peer fact checking #EduSky #Skybrarians
This pretty much sums up my philosophy of education, especially on this first-day eve. #Skybrarians #TLChat #EduSky
Everyone say: thank you, scientists! 🙌 “Whether people realize it or not, climate change impacts everyone, regardless of the current political environment,” said Rebecca Lindsey, leader of the effort to build climate.us and former managing editor of climate.gov. #ClimateChange #Climate
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
theguardian.com
Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat
Trying to "align" the Smithsonian w/DJT's preferences is part of an attack on knowledge Universities The Park Service The Nat'l Endowment for the Humanities PBS & CPB & more. Why the attack? Knowledge is power It empowers people And empowerment & independent thought are NOT authoritarian friendly
Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!
New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism" "Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"
"Competitive authoritarianism" and America's slide toward it
You can still vote. It just might not mean much.
publicnotice.co
I agree, but I'd clarify that "It's history's job IN A FREE, DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, W FREE SPEECH & PRESS...BC THEY AREN'T INTIMIDATED BY AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT" (sorry to yell) (& I also don't pretend that we've always (ever?) done well doing such, but we've had the ability to grow & do better)
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · last yr.You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
nytimes.com
What does a school librarian do? Well, this is part of it... ...and full disclosure, I did have Google Gemini help me with the writing. Created in #Canva #skybrarian @noodletools.bsky.social #infohio #TLSky #LibraryTalk