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The Dept of Education. Adventures in Thrifting. And Letting Go Of Convience
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The Dept of Education. Adventures in Thrifting. And Letting Go Of Convience

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Amber Kane
Jul 18, 2025
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The Dept of Education. Adventures in Thrifting. And Letting Go Of Convience
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I’m so glad that you’re part of the Over_Under project, helping to keep 5,000 t-shirts out of landfills by the end of 2026. To date you’ve helped keep 300+ shirts out of landfills, I can’t complete this project without you and your friends.

Hey, it's Amber. I've written so many notes to you, but before you search your inbox, you didn't miss them; I never hit publish. I've been using Substack to explore. What do I want to say? How do I want to say it? How can I show up for you? Help you? Inspire you? Inform you?

If you were sitting in a meeting with me or across the table, you would quickly learn I'm playful and have strong opinions, a dangerous combination because I will 100% commit to turning everyone on my team into an animated character that pops up throughout an educational product and gives you advice. I love to laugh and have no time for nonsense. That side of me hasn't fully come through in my writing; I've been hedging, hoping that you understand the message below the message. Today, I will stop hedging. We need to be uncomfortable. We need to question and reflect. What kind of life are we trying to create? Who are we waiting for to make it so, and who are we forgetting to include?

The Supreme Court issued a temporary emergency order, allowing the Administration to fire over 1,300 officials at the Education Department.

If you tell me not to be concerned about what's happening to the Department of Education, I would tell you that you aren't paying close enough attention. That education is a human right, and the government is trying to strip that right from people with low incomes and people of color. YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED. When education goes fully private, we all lose.

If you tell me that withholding 6.8 billion of federal educational funding will be okay, I would say, careful, not so fast. Look at the chaos. Understand the timing. Programs, positions will be slashed, are being slashed, and they will not come back with ease.

If you try to convince me that the amount of energy that AI consumes isn't a concern, I will ask you to look at our planet, look closely, and listen intently. What's it telling you?

We do not need more and faster for a few.

We need less consumption and more equal distribution.

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