Uncle Samuel

We have to put forth effort to see the fight of others as being our own. Stand against wrong no matter whom it targets. I'm committed to this effort. Hope U R 2

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

It is inconceivable that you can leave SINNERS off of this list and expect to be considered objective film journalists. 40 years in this business has taught me that nothing will ever really change. The film business is more about business than film.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

👋🏾 #BeLove #ChampionsForChange #BelovedCommunity

[Headmistress Tallulah @Tallulah_Chanel]

I have never seen so many angry white people in my entire life

[⚜️New Orleans vs Everybody⚜ @SheDatWeDat]

Lemme put some good news on the timeline. My dad is now CANCER FREE 🙌🏽

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

Good morning! How is everyone feeling?

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about @realDonaldTrump's physical and mental health the way the way it would have if anyone else were president?

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

JB Pritzker: “Another thing that’s happened with very few people paying attention is they demanded our voter data. Not just ours in Illinois — every state’s voter data. Why? They won’t tell us why.”

[👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 @WonderKing82]

He's always been a Republican. Next time, listen to Black people when we say dont trust someone.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A message from a Kindergarten teacher:

After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Here’s a video of your agents shooting a projectile at a priest.

[🟥SANGO'S✊🏿WRATH🟩 @DetroitBabalawo]

Fabio Gomes Trindade, a Brazilian street artist is known for merging urban art with nature, using tree branches and flowers as living expressions of his murals.

📽️ @fabiogomestrindade

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

He’s literally renamed the department of defense the department of war and is ordering the bombing of fishing boats in the Caribbean.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

If you’re legitimately worried that Trump will declare your country an enemy and attack you if he doesn’t win the Nobel peace prize, that’s a pretty strong indicator that he shouldn’t win the Nobel peace prize.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Great.

I’m looking forward to Ken Paxton’s indictment.

[Uncle Samuel @SCarrollBrown]

@LisaBorden @ryangerritsen You don't seem qualified enough to be teaching anything related to this topic.

[Uncle Samuel @SCarrollBrown]

@JoniWagner @ryangerritsen And they're correct.

[Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 @nikicaga]

I'll explain it at a level you may be able to understand:

"Little plastic less bad than lots of plastic"

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.