@EvidentlyR
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Author of Reading Beyond the Basics (coming in September 2025!), intervention teacher for striving readers, literacy coach, Goyen Foundation Literacy Fellow: Cohort 2. Bird nerd and word nerd. she/her. Views my own.
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I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us.
And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.
And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.
October 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
I do not think we should have a death penalty. I don't think it is any kind of deterrent. I think it's barbaric. I think it makes us all worse people. All of us.
And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.
And we just don't have to do this to ourselves. We could abolish it, and we should.
Obviously The Wire is the best TV show of the century.
It's always my answer when someone asks: what's the Great American Novel?
It's always my answer when someone asks: what's the Great American Novel?
September 26, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Obviously The Wire is the best TV show of the century.
It's always my answer when someone asks: what's the Great American Novel?
It's always my answer when someone asks: what's the Great American Novel?
This is the niche post written exactly for me.
Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
September 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This is the niche post written exactly for me.
September 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
September 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
Government policy based on the "pet peeve" of a reality TV guy.
Sean Duffy: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."
September 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Government policy based on the "pet peeve" of a reality TV guy.
So, are all the free speech warriors going to sign an open letter about this, or nah?
Among other reforms, it cannot stand that the President can sue everyone all the time but never face any lawsuits or criminal charges himself because he’s president. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:45 AM
So, are all the free speech warriors going to sign an open letter about this, or nah?
Wouldn't she be able to answer this from just twenty minutes of hanging out with her brother?
Darlene Graham just bumbled through one of the worst responses to a question during a political debate you'll ever see
August 20, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Wouldn't she be able to answer this from just twenty minutes of hanging out with her brother?
Tomorrow our in-service week starts and it is one of the days I miss Texas the most... There will be no breakfast tacos.
A Texas in-service almost always starts with breakfast tacos.
A Texas in-service almost always starts with breakfast tacos.
August 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Tomorrow our in-service week starts and it is one of the days I miss Texas the most... There will be no breakfast tacos.
A Texas in-service almost always starts with breakfast tacos.
A Texas in-service almost always starts with breakfast tacos.
There was a concerted right wing attack on transgender rights, which leaked emails show, and which the Times will not report. But sure. It's "organic."
Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
August 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
There was a concerted right wing attack on transgender rights, which leaked emails show, and which the Times will not report. But sure. It's "organic."
It’s impossible to overstate how openly Islamophobic many GOP voters I know have become. They are convinced that Mamdani and El-Sayed are posing as progressives to get in office and impose “Sharia law.” It’s completely unhinged but they view their fear as “rational” and “common sense.”
"This campaign is the latest expression of the right’s eagerness to reject American pluralism — and their faith that the majority of voters share that goal and will respond to appeals to bigotry."
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-el-s...
My latest at Public Notice:
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-el-s...
Republicans roll the dice on anti-Muslim bigotry one more time
In the Trump era, there's no subtlety to the hate-mongering.
www.publicnotice.co
August 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It’s impossible to overstate how openly Islamophobic many GOP voters I know have become. They are convinced that Mamdani and El-Sayed are posing as progressives to get in office and impose “Sharia law.” It’s completely unhinged but they view their fear as “rational” and “common sense.”
This whole thread.
“Silly” is a good way to put it! There were excesses in 2020 but they were mostly low-stakes efforts by well-intentioned people to address real injustices.
The excesses of the right during the same era were far more harmful. The reckoning we need now is about how elites lost sight of that.
The excesses of the right during the same era were far more harmful. The reckoning we need now is about how elites lost sight of that.
Being more serious re the Atlantic piece, I do actually wonder what people who went in for the sillier aspects of Woke 1 now think of it all?
August 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
This whole thread.
I've been watching some former conservatives I know get radicalized by the Bad Place to an extreme level - they now think that there is a huge threat that Islamists will take over the country, that Mamdani is an existential threat to the US, and that the DSA will turn us all into commies
July 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I've been watching some former conservatives I know get radicalized by the Bad Place to an extreme level - they now think that there is a huge threat that Islamists will take over the country, that Mamdani is an existential threat to the US, and that the DSA will turn us all into commies
My session from the Teaching That Succeeds Symposium is now up on YouTube: Increased Fluency and Increased Confidence in Special Education.
The reading routines can be used with any readers!
youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is… via @YouTube
The reading routines can be used with any readers!
youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is… via @YouTube
Increased Fluency and Increased Confidence in Special Education
YouTube video by Teaching that Succeeds
https://youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is…
July 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
My session from the Teaching That Succeeds Symposium is now up on YouTube: Increased Fluency and Increased Confidence in Special Education.
The reading routines can be used with any readers!
youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is… via @YouTube
The reading routines can be used with any readers!
youtu.be/G2pB3vfystc?is… via @YouTube
I taught in this area of Houston for many years; it is home to some of the most welcoming, hardest-working folks I’ve ever met. My heart breaks for this community.
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead.
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
www.thebulwark.com
July 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I taught in this area of Houston for many years; it is home to some of the most welcoming, hardest-working folks I’ve ever met. My heart breaks for this community.
A few simple ideas here for how we can improve literacy outcomes - it's not just about money, but spending money in the right ways so that students and schools can thrive.
The Second Lady is under the impression that stilted Youtube videos of uncharismatic jerks reading books to kids will solve our country's literacy crisis. Let's have some SOR peeps tell her what really make address declining literacy. #SOR
June 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A few simple ideas here for how we can improve literacy outcomes - it's not just about money, but spending money in the right ways so that students and schools can thrive.
I'll be presenting at this FREE virtual symposium along with other amazing educators. Sessions include real teachers talking about what works in their classrooms -- across reading, math, and writing. Find out more and register here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/teaching-t...
June 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I'll be presenting at this FREE virtual symposium along with other amazing educators. Sessions include real teachers talking about what works in their classrooms -- across reading, math, and writing. Find out more and register here: hollykorbey.substack.com/p/teaching-t...
Repost a cute meme about Mamdani, and a reactionary centrist gets his wings.
June 16, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Repost a cute meme about Mamdani, and a reactionary centrist gets his wings.
2/3 of the way through a Wheel of Time re-watch, and if Jeff Bezos is worried that people don't like him, he could spend a huge amount of his money to continue the series with the original cast. While he's at it, fund the Buffy reboot.
June 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
2/3 of the way through a Wheel of Time re-watch, and if Jeff Bezos is worried that people don't like him, he could spend a huge amount of his money to continue the series with the original cast. While he's at it, fund the Buffy reboot.
Weird. I lived in one of America’s most diverse cities for 17 years and felt joy and amazement at being surrounded by terrific neighbors. Maybe Sohrab is doing it wrong.
June 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Weird. I lived in one of America’s most diverse cities for 17 years and felt joy and amazement at being surrounded by terrific neighbors. Maybe Sohrab is doing it wrong.
Sanctuary cities are not "harboring illegal immigrants." They are making their cities safer, because when residents are afraid law enforcement will report them to ICE, they are less likely to report crimes.
Banks: "It's a great idea, blocking int'l flights into sanctuary cities harboring illegal immigrants. Send those international flights to red state cities and the country will be safer and better off for it. I think Sec. Mullin is on to something here. This is a good idea to punish those cities."
May 29, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Sanctuary cities are not "harboring illegal immigrants." They are making their cities safer, because when residents are afraid law enforcement will report them to ICE, they are less likely to report crimes.
Had someone argue with me today that a) the Chinese Exclusion Act wasn't racist; and b) America wasn't a country in the 100+ years when we didn't restrict immigration.
Boy, white supremacy is a real head trip.
Boy, white supremacy is a real head trip.
May 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Had someone argue with me today that a) the Chinese Exclusion Act wasn't racist; and b) America wasn't a country in the 100+ years when we didn't restrict immigration.
Boy, white supremacy is a real head trip.
Boy, white supremacy is a real head trip.
OK, but I live 40 minutes from Idaho and what works in Idaho absolutely would not work on the coasts... unless the coasts are down for creating a Christian nationalist separatist state.
April 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
OK, but I live 40 minutes from Idaho and what works in Idaho absolutely would not work on the coasts... unless the coasts are down for creating a Christian nationalist separatist state.