@kat.low

physics educator and education activist

[@kat.low @katlow16]

@frequentbuyer1 Agreed. I am worried for a public service workers- from teachers to police. This week is going to be strange.

[justmestac @justmestac]

Please feel free to be political. It’s your right as an American. However, if you post business ads w/ the same acct you use to disparage 78yr old women who have done nothing but post links to news you don’t like, you may have some unintended consequences. #SC

[@kat.low @katlow16]

@truthdog119 @frequentbuyer1 Hard pass. Republicans have really made some horrible deals here. It’s like they not only don’t care about women but also letting go of any discipline that made them a viable choice. They are basically running a Milli Vanilli - fake and not the great.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

You were warned

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

A century ago, Germany’s democracy was hijacked by a bombastic and charismatic tyrant — and in this five-minute video, you’ll learn how he did it. Why did I produce this? Because I believe that history is speaking to us, and all too often, those who refuse to learn from it are doomed to repeat it.

As you watch, imagine filling out a Bingo card filled with Germany 1933/USA 2024 parallels: big rallies, rage-filled and hateful rhetoric, simple answers promising quick and easy solutions to complicated problems, empty promises of a great-again future, scapegoating outsiders, and political enemies silenced on day one. And notice the caring wisdom and concern from my German friends as they share these lessons from their dark history.

It’s hard to understand how Trump could, on the eve of a tight election, paint a picture of Liz Cheney before a firing squad by actually saying, “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? And let’s see how she feels about it when the guns are trained on her face.” You can’t get into the mind of a dictator with an insatiable appetite for power — but you can recognize the playbook they all seem to follow.

Just watch this clip. It’s excerpted from my hourlong public television special “The Story of Fascism in Europe,” which is streaming free (and ad-free) at https://t.co/YA10kVH0V8. If you care about our democracy and love our country, it’s hard to stop watching.

When I produced this in 2018, I hoped this day would never come in our country. But November 5th is upon us. Please share this with anyone in your life who might need a reminder that the stakes are high...and this is very real.

[Heather Thomas @HeatherThomasAF]

Let’s cut the crap.
Trump knows very well what he did last night.
He knows who he triggers.
And I never thought I’d say this but these are strange days, it’s not normal and dammit, she’s my fellow American.

My name is Heather Thomas.
I don’t tolerate violent threats against women.
I don’t tolerate violent threats against Americans.
#IStandWithLiz

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Leaders unite, cowards divide. If Trump doesn’t respect all Americans, he doesn’t respect any Americans. Throw him out with the trash on November 5th.

[@kat.low @katlow16]

Berkeley District 5! Dan is a former SpEd teacher, principal, and program leader at the state and national level. Vote for the kids. Vote for Dan! #scpol #educationoverpolitics

[News 5 Cleveland @WEWS]

The Chagrin Falls pumpkin roll is a 57-year tradition. #ChagrinFalls #News5
https://t.co/b53W9XJbtP

[Mike Vielhaber @MVielhaber]

It's a 57 year tradition. The Chagrin Falls Pumpkin Roll is held by the Chagrin Falls High School Juniors and Seniors. They dump 100's if not a few thousand pumpkins on Grove Hill in downtown and slide down the hill on anything they can find. Here is the 2024 edition.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

Pro-Trump speaker: “There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico." @Acyn

[Edward-Isaac Dovere @IsaacDovere]

The Trump rally comedian also had anti-Palestinian and anti-Semitic bit:

“You know Palestinians will throw rock every time. And also we know Jews have a hard time throwing that paper."

The crowd laughed at both of those too:

https://t.co/rSbe2MnP8A

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Every word was screened. They knew what was coming. They approve of it.

[Kyle Keegan @realKyleKeegan]

Dear MAGA:

[Outspoken™️ @Out5p0ken]

@AlecAHernandez YES IT DOES.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Gov. Walz and @AOC react to this clip: “When you have some a-hole calling Puerto Rico ‘floating garbage,’ know that that's what they think about you. It's what they think about anyone who makes less money than them… I want every Puerto Rican in Philadelphia and Reading and across the country to see this clip”

[Jackson Peel @JaxPeel]

Puerto Ricans by state:
Pennsylvania: 450k
North Carolina: 100k
Wisconsin: 65k
Michigan: 50k
Florida: 1.1 million
New York: 1 million

[Veterans For Responsible Leadership @VetsForRL]

There’s only one way to stand up to this.

It isn’t to say it “does not reflect GOP values”. It clearly now does.

The way to stand up is to say “Trumpism doesn’t stand for *your* values.”

And that you’ll stand against him.

[DCPetterson.bsky.social @dcpetterson]

If you every wondered what you would have done if you'd lived in Germany in the 1930s to stop Adolf Hitler,

You're doing it.