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I wrote more about this meeting here: otherduties.substack.com/p/a-delibera...

Senator Shane Massey discusses what he says may be “a deliberate effort to circumvent the law” by the S.C. Department of Education.

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Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

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More Yammering About "Parental Rights" Content warning: This piece discusses child sexual abuse and other types of child mistreatment.

The big brains behind “parental rights” don’t seem to give a damn about kids.
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Graphic about SC House Bill 4747. Description in text of post.

Please email 3M1health@schouse.gov by 3PM to share feedback on H. 4757, the so-called “parental rights” censorship bill. 1/

Yes! We invited AI in when we became obsessed with final products (and easy scoring criteria).

A Celebration of Axial Tilt: Seventh Anniversay Ultimate Synth Holiday Edition by Quark Lepton Stream and Save A Celebration of Axial Tilt: Seventh Anniversay Ultimate Synth Holiday Edition - Distributed by DistroKid

Listen to my very serious holiday synth album:
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Faculty at every university instituting these kinds of policies ought to compile every public statement of praise for how great the faculty and curriculum are on your admissions websites, and use those to demand very publicly for mgmt to explain what changed since yesterday.

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Gremlins.

Sure, if you want to ban the most books in America, shadow ban AP African American Studies, pay teachers below the SE average (exacerbating historic retention/ recruitment issues), waste $$ each year on unconstitutional voucher laws, and have 1 in 7 schools racially segregated, follow SC's lead.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams Dies, Mixed Race Child Of Strom Thurmond The daughter of the former fiery segregationist passes away; she revealed her parentage in 2003, six months after Thurmond's death.

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The weird coloring and awkward grammar recall the hasty change to the number of children, and the addition of Essie Mae--the daughter he secretly fathered with a 15-year-old Black girl who worked in his family home--on longtime segregationist Strom Thurmond's monument at the SC State House.

I'll go one further and add that preparation for job skills alone *is* totally compatible with an authoritarian state-capitalist system but doesn't cut it in a system of democratic self-governance where we expect citizens to do more than work on behalf of the regime.

As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.

1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina.

Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine.

In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT

But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine

Update: Beaufort school board restricts Handmaid's Tale and 4 other books This morning I shared that Beaufort Schools was considering five books due to a parent complaint from Ivey Szalai, who previously challenged 96 books in the district.

Beaufort Schools (SC) recently restricted The Handmaid's Tale (and 4 others) after the SC Board of Education pressured them to (again) take up challenges from the one parent who has been seeking to ban 96 books. otherduties.substack.com/p/update-bea...

I will GO TO MY GRAVE beating this drum. Republicans (and Democrats) can win on pro-public education platforms in Georgia. The MAJORITY of voters in Georgia send their kids to public schools. Georgia’s 2026 majority will go to whichever party can figure out this nuance first.
#GaPol

Idaho’s new education tax credit has fewer reporting requirements than similar programs For instance, the new law doesn’t require the state to report how many recipients were already enrolled in private school. This data would help answer one of the most hotly contested questions surr…

The future of vouchers is increasingly opaque. They must hide data because it puts the lie to their arguments:

the lie: "they rescue kids from bad public schools"
the data: most go to kids already in private school

the lie: "they're for the poor children"
the data: they mostly go to the well-off

Grading that Oklahoma University student's paper The first reason that we want to cite is to give credit to people’s original ideas and works.

I don't see a lot of the defense of that OU student's paper engaging with the quality of the writing. (Which, to say the least, undermines the arguments many of her supporters have made in favor of "meritocracy".

Censor (2021), and the Horror of Obsession In the film, a government film censor can't look away from the things she thinks no one else should see.

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lofi beachcops to chill/ relax/ study to (Reunion) YouTube video by Quark Lepton

Summer music.
youtu.be/lhlV6zTYL3Q

Moms for Liberty Chapter Attacks School Counselor Standards The SC Department of Education seems to have quickly moved to pacify M4L.

A local Moms for Liberty chapter’s unsupported claims about the national school counselors organization have been amplified by state officials. The SC Department of Education has evidently removed state counselor standards from its website in response. (PragerU materials are still on the site.)

Beachcop: The Motion Picture: Son of Beachcop, by Quark Lepton 17 track album

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Beachcop A retrospective on the troubled series ahead of the upcoming film revival.

Hey, look! I got a professional reviewer* to write an analysis of the cop show** I soundtracked starting in the late 1970's. He let me re-post it in celebration of the soundtrack to the movie being on Bandcamp today!

* fictional
** fake

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Beaufort County Board of Education Work Session 8:30AM YouTube video by BCTV

The State Board of Education has called on Beaufort Schools to reconsider book challenges it previously considered. The Board is hearing public comment now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6E...

Meet our 2025 summer legal interns The ACLU of South Carolina had the privilege of hosting two legal interns this summer. Today on the blog, we’re highlighting their contributions and asking them to share a little bit about what they

The ACLU of South Carolina had the privilege of hosting two legal interns this summer. Today on the blog, we’re highlighting their contributions and asking them to share a little bit about what they learned. www.aclusc.org/en/news/meet...

Kafka's "The Trial" and Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.)

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Banned Book: The Handmaid's Tale Banned across America, and soon in South Carolina?

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