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1. Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 07:58:32 JST Flipboard

   • Texas Observer

   Former President Donald Trump says he’ll implement the “largest deportation in the history of our country.” This could target around 1.6 million undocumented people in Texas alone — and they’re the backbone of industries such as construction. “All this means Texas would be uniquely disrupted by Trump’s plans, with the tearing apart of mixed-status families placing a possibly massive burden on the state’s meager social services systems, and the exiling of a chunk of its workforce imperiling the economic development and affordability known as the so-called Texas Miracle.” writes Francesca D’Annunzio for @TexasObserver.

   https://www.texasobserver.org/how-mass-deportations-would-devastate-texas/

   #Texas #Immigration #Construction #Trump #HumanRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 07:58:31 JST Flipboard

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     • Knowable Magazine

     Bilinguality is a huge advantage for children and adults. Nearly 22 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home, and many kids struggle to achieve full proficiency in two tongues. @KnowableMag spoke with Adriana Weisleder, a developmental psychologist and language scientist, about learning to speak and read two languages at the same time, and how schools, parents and caregivers can help kids.

     https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2024/how-a-child-becomes-bilingual

     #Parenting #Education #Children #Language #Bilinguality #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 07:58:44 JST Flipboard

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     • DAME Magazine

     Donald Trump says if elected, he wants to close the Department of Education. Title IX protections and early education are on the line, and Trump wants to implement universal school choice and make it easier to fire “bad teachers.” In response, educators are getting out the vote for Kamala Harris, with some also citing gun reform, union protections, and Tim Walz as reasons to support the Democratic candidate. Here’s more from @damemagazine.

     https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/10/24/americas-teachers-dont-want-another-trump-term/

     #Education #Teaching #USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 07:58:44 JST Flipboard

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     • Tim Mak

     Scientology is much more popular in Ukraine than in neighboring countries. In 2014, the country had 26 centers for the religion, while in Poland, there were none and one in each of Moldova, Georgia and Belarus. Alessandra Hay and Mariana Lastovyria write for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive about why Scientology has been able to gain a foothold in Ukraine.

     https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-rise-of-scientology-in-ukraine

     #Religion #Scientology #Ukraine #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

   • Flipboard (flipboard@flipboard.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 07:58:44 JST Flipboard

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     • gbhnews

     Election workers are trying their very best to ensure every eligible person can cast a ballot in the upcoming U.S. election, and some people are doing their best to thwart that. @gbhnews learned what’s going on in New Hampshire — threats, intimidation, rumors and lies that have led to resignations and retirements of election workers across the state.

     https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-10-23/new-hampshire-election-workers-are-under-threat-and-theyre-standing-up

     #USElections #ElectionSecurity #USPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

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     • The Xylom is hiring* !

     Museum specimens have been collected over many years — sometimes centuries — and those jars of frogs, lizards and most often, tissue samples, are used now as much as ever. “Museums provide scientists with ready access to several kinds of biological materials such as preserved specimens that can be used for molecular analysis of tissues, as well as digital images for anatomical studies, which can all be used to understand and document biodiversity, for taxonomic research, and even understanding the impact of climate change on various species,” writes Don Lyman for @thexylom.
     https://www.thexylom.com/post/perspective-the-legacy-of-specimen-collections-in-modern-museums

     #Science #History @histodon #Museums #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday