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Dominique Baker

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Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her

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Anna O Law's avatar Anna O Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social
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Sorry. I can't do all politics all the time on my feed. Sometimes you need cheese.

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I just watched the my lady Jane trailer and I'm not certain other steamers should be allowed to watch bridgerton. It makes them very confused about what makes that show watchable.

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Oh hey! Fully support you taking breaks (or just leaving if that's what makes sense to you) but always glad to see your thoughts.

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Jen Ebbeler 's avatar Jen Ebbeler @jenebbeler.bsky.social
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One of my former foster kittens, at age three weeks. He’s now a very handsome 8 year old void.

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Gabe Ortíz's avatar Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social
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“Paxton’s decision to sue Annunciation House came against the backdrop of a yearslong effort by right-wing Christian groups and figures to paint immigrants as part of a Democratic plot to undermine American Christianity — despite a large percentage of migrants being Christian.”

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Thanks for asking but *taps never will I ever become a dean sign*

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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Le Monde breaks it down amazingly well:

—Left candidates:
132 dropped out
5 did not drop out in districts with an RN threat

—Macronists:
81 dropped out
16 didn't in "threat" districts

—Conservatives didn't care:
3 dropped out
12 didn't

lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

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Taniel 's avatar Taniel @taniel.bsky.social
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FRANCE UPDATE: The near-final list of candidates who are in the French runoffs is out. Two days ago, 311 districts were going to have 3-way or 4-way runoffs. Then, 200+ candidates dropped out to block far-right. So: There'll be "just" 91 such runoffs this coming Sunday.

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Phil Lewis's avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
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Students who enrolled at a fake university in Michigan set up by ICE have the right to sue the U.S. government, a federal court has ruled

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Chuck Wendig's avatar Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social
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EUROPEAN ROBIN: a precious feather baby, a ruddy sky dumpling, a good friend, will help you find your keys, full of ice cream AMERICAN ROBIN: big, often wet, surly, has your wallet, killed a rat underneath the bird feeder to make an example to the other animals

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Not a bad idea, if you are able, to pick an abortion fund to set a monthly donation for. I have several ideas in Texas if you need a suggestion!

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Thank you for the sunshine note

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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I somehow missed a lot of details that you're sharing and I didn't realize this was even a possibility

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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It was terrible and with the two stars of the team (Zeke for sure and Dak allegedly) so we all knew nothing would happen to them

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Well that and the one season where 2 cheerleaders hooked up with football players and got punished while nothing happened to the players

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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I've watched almost every season of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and this is always the elephant in the room

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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When I want to explain being a higher ed policy professor who works in higher ed to reporters, I just tell them it's like I'm a media reporter and they all get it

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Ok I can't keep complaining to Chris about this. Vuori has legging/jogger ads where the women must be only in a sports bra at least once and the men are never shirtless and I'm outraged!

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Lol it's because of all my love for romance books isn't it? Ok! I'll look into what the process is in my area.

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Very useful thank you! I'm a professor who does some of that for a living but I was never quite sure if I had the necessary skills to be useful in this type of role. I may start with friends of the library work.

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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There is a WEALTH of cheer in this thread—thank you to all!

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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What skills or interests are most useful for someone in this role?

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Yvonne Lam's avatar Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social
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I would like a website -- a google doc would be fine -- that connects news stories to activists/organizations working on related issues, volunteer opportunities, opportunities for public comment, etc. I'm not sure this is realistic, given how much news there is. But I want it.

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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But seriously, what are we doing to help protect people from scams like fintech companies having fdic on their homepage but it doesn't really apply to their customers?

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simone's avatar simone @simonee.bsky.social
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Hawk Tuah this Hawk Tuah that why don't you try to Talk Tuah Therapist

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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You know I first read this as him being a Distinguished Gentleman™️ but then realized you might mean generally alpha and had a chuckle

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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I'm sharing this and then likely muting words like convention so if I don't respond to something, it's probably because I never saw it

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Yes and, me being silly, I thought it might cost more to produce them or something. Turns out it does not.

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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That's a useful point I hadn't thought about. Most of the product commercials have moved to YouTube ads or influencing stuff.

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I was very confused at the start but did think the way they explained it made sense. Like one company created a new dandruff shampoo with fewer chemicals and plastic and they made the price 2x the regular. So you buy it thinking you're doing better for the environment and wind up spending more.

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Heaven forbid people save money!

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Cereal for dinner! Doritos as a side dish! (Just got to the food section.) Real ingenuity.

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I'm reading this and my eyebrows are getting such the workout

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stacy-marie ishmael's avatar stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social
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"“It’s getting more difficult to come up with a whole new territory of unmet needs,” said Bill Chidley, co-founder of brand consultant ChangeUp."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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People talk about when he comes up from the water (and wow are they right to) but that scene is when your heart grinches and grows 3x its size and you just want these crazy kids to make it work

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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I was a bit astounded at just how many parties there are

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Wow! I mean, those numbers would be astounding.

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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The sound I just let out looking at this gif

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Can people belong to more than one political party? And I'm using an unduplicated total from that link I shared?

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Dominique Baker's avatar Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social
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Accurate! I'm that terrible person who saw the updated one and just sulked the entire time so I accept I need 6 hours to be satisfied.

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