Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

“The Meadows texts illustrate in moment-to-moment detail an authoritarian effort to undermine the will of the people and upend the American democratic system as we know it.”
A bombshell just dropped from #talkingpointsmemo #markmeadows #meadows #meadowstexts #insurrection #jan6 #January6thCommission

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/a-plot-to-overturn-an-american-election

@hunterw

Why didn't any of the latest inflation reporting mention that corporate profits just hit a record high?

Corporate profits reached $2.08 TRILLION in the 3rd quarter.

Corporate greed is playing a role in driving up prices — and the media will hardly talk about it.

Wow. @RepRalphNorman@twitter.com urged the White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, to convince Trump to DECLARE MARTIAL LAW and stay in office

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/mark-meadows-exchanged-texts-with-34-members-of-congress-about-plans-to-overturn-the-2020-election

So what are our Twitter-Mastodon strategies people?

Which one best describes you?...

Please re-share for larger numbers.

NEW: Pennsylvania state Rep. Bryan Cutler (R) files lawsuit challenging state Rep. Joanna McClinton’s (D) ability to be speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and to call special elections following vacancies in 3 Democratic-held seats. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsylvania-legislative-special-elections-challenge/

The Safe Connections Act has been signed into law, making it easier for survivors of domestic violence to separate their phone line from a family plan while keeping their own phone number.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/victory-safe-connections-act-now-law

Railroads were exempted from Obama's 2016 executive order requiring federal contractors to give their employees 7 paid sick days. (Railroads have been federal contractors since the mid-19th century.)

Today would be a great day for POTUS to de-exempt them by executive order.

Mark your calendars and RSVP, Diane Ravitch and I will be talking #SchoolVouchers, culture wars, the year that was in #education privatization and the year ahead on January 11:

https://networkforpubliceducation.org/diane-and-josh/

Somebody's about to go through some things...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/a-plot-to-overturn-an-american-election
#J6 #sedition

Do you ever wish the color of your spreadsheet rows would change color to match the content? If yes, you may enjoy learning about conditional formatting. Conditional formatting is a wonderful feature in Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. Let’s explore how to use custom formulas that can change the color of cells and rows of data based on the data in a cell. https://blog.tcea.org/google-sheets-conditional-formatting-custom-formulas/

@edutooter

As promised, an overview of the finances of Mastodon.world:
https://blog.mastodon.world/financial-overview-november-2022

Control Alt Achieve LIVE - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GfTUc79onkJLC6f3xkiXWWi-9nwZlEq_x77QrP8-jvU/edit

📆 Join me tonight Dec 12th at 7pm EST
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The UC strike is not just an effort to raise thousands of academic workers out of near poverty. It’s a movement whose success requires a reversal of the austerity that has subverted public higher education across America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-most-important-strike-in-the

Are you an educator that needs to satisfy annual GT requirement in #Texas? TCEA’s new online, self-paced course, “Understanding and Teaching Gifted Learners” can do that.

This course meets the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students six (6) hours of annual professional development (19 TAC §89.2(3) and TAC §233.1). Based on local district approval, you can use this course to satisfy this requirement.

Learn more at https://tcea.org/learn/courses/understanding-teaching-gifted-learners/ #GiftedTalented #Education #edchat #USA #edtech #EduTooter @edutooter @edutooters

Breaking: Special counsel Jack Smith has sent a grand jury subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, @washingtonpost reports https://wapo.st/3FmYKkn

Doesn't matter how badass you are, sometimes you just need your pooh bear..

Howdy #edutooter @edutooters folks. I’d like to invite you to FOLLOW @edutooter a new group.

Please boost this for K-16 #educator #edtech #K12librarian #librarian #GoogleEdu #MicrosoftEDU #edchat #teaching #learning #principal #SchoolLeader and others who fall into that.

This group via Chirp Social offers some controls that can help us avoid issues/problems going forward as more folks come online.

More than 300 individuals on a leaked membership list of the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers described themselves as current or former employees of the Department of Homeland Security. https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2022/12/hundreds-of-oath-keepers-have-worked-for-dhs-leaked-list-shows

Pigeon footprints look like airplanes circling the frozen water bowl #snow