Cait O’Connor
@justteachingela.bsky.social
8th grade ELA teacher, 2023 Outstanding Middle Level Educator, mental health peer, Buddhist, avid reader, lover of iced tea, alternative education enthusiast, social justice advocate, fat studies scholar, fiercely pro-student.
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Knowledge that doesn’t help you materially transform your life and the lives of those around you for the better is just information.
Are you helping learners access knowledge, or giving them information?
Are you helping learners access knowledge, or giving them information?
CC should quit ball and just become a gymnast at this point
August 23, 2026 at 1:08 AM
CC should quit ball and just become a gymnast at this point
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Erin Brockovich: "If Data Centers are so great, why are they being built in secret?"
August 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Erin Brockovich: "If Data Centers are so great, why are they being built in secret?"
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This food recall in America has exposed that whether you’re buying food at Kroger or Whole Foods, they use the same suppliers but the pricing varies widely for the exact same food
Whole Foods and Trader Joe are scamming y’all
Whole Foods and Trader Joe are scamming y’all
August 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
This food recall in America has exposed that whether you’re buying food at Kroger or Whole Foods, they use the same suppliers but the pricing varies widely for the exact same food
Whole Foods and Trader Joe are scamming y’all
Whole Foods and Trader Joe are scamming y’all
I finally experienced the brain melting of AI in person today: A girl in Starbucks who definitely wasn’t older than the kids I teach (8th) said to her friends “I asked ChatGPT if I should order an açaí refresher.”
Moments later: Her friend sitting next to her didn’t know what a graphic novel was.
Moments later: Her friend sitting next to her didn’t know what a graphic novel was.
August 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I finally experienced the brain melting of AI in person today: A girl in Starbucks who definitely wasn’t older than the kids I teach (8th) said to her friends “I asked ChatGPT if I should order an açaí refresher.”
Moments later: Her friend sitting next to her didn’t know what a graphic novel was.
Moments later: Her friend sitting next to her didn’t know what a graphic novel was.
Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year?
Ask me how!
Ask me how!
August 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers.
These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.
We need a data center moratorium — now.
These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.
We need a data center moratorium — now.
August 5, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers.
These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.
We need a data center moratorium — now.
These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.
We need a data center moratorium — now.
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A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.
Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
August 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.
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On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm posted photos to Instagram showing Dolson wearing a “TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.”
Seattle Storm’s Stefanie Dolson Stands Up for Trans Rights as Sophie Cunningham Rally Flops
www.them.us
July 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm posted photos to Instagram showing Dolson wearing a “TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.”
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Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year?
Ask me how!
Ask me how!
July 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year?
Ask me how!
Ask me how!
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I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
July 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
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Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination
Civil rights complaints against schools can no longer use data evaluations, called disparate impact analysis, as evidence of discrimination.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Education Dept. eliminates tool used to prove racial discrimination www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Boycott Taylor Farms Products, they are the largest supplier of lettuce and other produce to retailers Walmart, Costco, Target and Whole Foods, and restaurant chains Taco Bell and McDonald's. The they also own the organic brand Earthbound Farms,and produce 40% of the salad kits sold in the U.S
July 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Boycott Taylor Farms Products, they are the largest supplier of lettuce and other produce to retailers Walmart, Costco, Target and Whole Foods, and restaurant chains Taco Bell and McDonald's. The they also own the organic brand Earthbound Farms,and produce 40% of the salad kits sold in the U.S
Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year?
Ask me how!
Ask me how!
July 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Does your school need to talk about weight stigma, anti-fat bias and body justice this year?
Ask me how!
Ask me how!
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Can’t get diarrhea lettuce from a cinnamon bun. Follow me for more health tips!
July 14, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Can’t get diarrhea lettuce from a cinnamon bun. Follow me for more health tips!
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
July 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
Talk to your kids about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your students about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your parents about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your neighbors about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your friends about Nolan Wells.
Do not stop talking about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your students about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your parents about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your neighbors about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your friends about Nolan Wells.
Do not stop talking about Nolan Wells.
July 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Talk to your kids about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your students about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your parents about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your neighbors about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your friends about Nolan Wells.
Do not stop talking about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your students about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your parents about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your neighbors about Nolan Wells.
Talk to your friends about Nolan Wells.
Do not stop talking about Nolan Wells.
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“It’s Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Instagram’s Diet Culture Ad Problem.”
open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
It's Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Social Media's Diet Culture Ad Problem (And some media literacy to guide you, students and kids through it)
I scrolled Instagram for an hour. I got more than 50 ads about what's wrong with my body.
open.substack.com
April 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM
“It’s Not Just GLP-1 Ads Anymore: Instagram’s Diet Culture Ad Problem.”
open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
open.substack.com/pub/ditching...
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I’m highlighting so many quotes from @justteachingela.bsky.social’s new book, and consider it a must-read for health and PE teachers.
We are reading DITCHING WEIGHT STIGMA as one of our #HPESummerBookClub selections.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/HPEBOOKCLUB
We are reading DITCHING WEIGHT STIGMA as one of our #HPESummerBookClub selections.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/HPEBOOKCLUB
June 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I’m highlighting so many quotes from @justteachingela.bsky.social’s new book, and consider it a must-read for health and PE teachers.
We are reading DITCHING WEIGHT STIGMA as one of our #HPESummerBookClub selections.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/HPEBOOKCLUB
We are reading DITCHING WEIGHT STIGMA as one of our #HPESummerBookClub selections.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/HPEBOOKCLUB
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An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
“I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in educ...
www.newyorker.com
April 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.
#NYSEC with @hcodymiller.bsky.social, Dr. Nicole Sieben, Alyssa Sabbatino and more was an absolute dream today ❤️
April 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
#NYSEC with @hcodymiller.bsky.social, Dr. Nicole Sieben, Alyssa Sabbatino and more was an absolute dream today ❤️
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You made it political the minute you decided that my existence was up for debate.
April 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
You made it political the minute you decided that my existence was up for debate.