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New post in
@pointsincase.com
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Read “The NBA’s Plan To Put Snake Pits Along The Three-Point Line Is Highly Problematic“ by Rob Plotkin on Medium:
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The NBA’s Plan To Put Snake Pits Along The Three-Point Line Is Highly Problematic
An editorial
https://medium.com/slackjaw/the-nbas-plan-to-put-snake-pits-along-the-three-point-line-is-highly-problematic-39542be9983a?sk=486808f488c4e31eb3144248e58ee682
25 days ago
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The in season tournament is one thing... “The NBA’s Plan To Put Snake Pits Along The Three-Point Line Is Highly Problematic“ by Rob Plotkin on Medium:
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The NBA’s Plan To Put Snake Pits Along The Three-Point Line Is Highly Problematic
An editorial
https://medium.com/slackjaw/the-nbas-plan-to-put-snake-pits-along-the-three-point-line-is-highly-problematic-39542be9983a?sk=486808f488c4e31eb3144248e58ee682
25 days ago
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The real awards ceremony from last night:
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The 2026 All-American High School Teaching Awards
And the award goes to...
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/the-2026-all-american-high-school?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
26 days ago
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I want to thank the big guy and my mom...
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https://muddyum.net/i-cant-believe-i-won-substitute-teacher-of-the-year-28c0eb4f1d3d?sk=ba25e45b0776fda5621e42c1e5775647
about 1 month ago
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Teachers, let's abolish the lesson plan! (Kind of).
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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In a change of pace, check out my travel piece on Greenland:
medium.com/travel-memoi...
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Travelling Without an Itinerary in Greenland
Two weeks in Disko Bay
https://medium.com/travel-memoirs/travelling-without-an-itinerary-in-greenland-8f7a22b42b08?sk=b710c28d60358697e3d64080354ea272
about 1 month ago
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In a change of pace, check out my travel piece on Greenland:
medium.com/travel-memoi...
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Travelling Without an Itinerary in Greenland
Two weeks in Disko Bay
https://medium.com/travel-memoirs/travelling-without-an-itinerary-in-greenland-8f7a22b42b08?sk=b710c28d60358697e3d64080354ea272
about 1 month ago
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Teachers, let's abolish the lesson plan! (Kind of).
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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Thoughts on "the lesson." I can be serious from time to time:
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The Perfect Lesson, and Why it Doesn’t Exist
And why it doesn’t need to
https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-perfect-lesson-and-why-it-doesnt-exist-ac599cd1e8ff?sk=8edd81d8a330ecb92d98b49cbd86bfa9
about 1 month ago
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I wouldn't miss your wedding for anything in the world, as long as it doesn't clash with mushroom season. New humor in Jane Austen's Wastebasket
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Medium
https://medium.com/me/stats/post/c087c852eec3
about 1 month ago
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I'll say it. sleeptraining/not sleeptraining your baby is essentially child abuse:
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Five Reasons Why You Should(n’t) Sleep Train Your Baby
Hint: All decisions lead to permanent trauma
https://medium.com/frazzled/five-reasons-why-you-should-nt-sleep-train-your-baby-3c27da1cc070
about 2 months ago
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I'm not a doctor, but
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about 2 months ago
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Let's face it, a school reunion can be brutal for anyone who made unconventional life choices. Humor on FunnyTeacher.
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As an Aspiring Warlord, I Find These High School Reunions So Awkward
Not everyone dreams of a house, a family, a car, and a mortgage
https://open.substack.com/pub/robplotkinwrites/p/as-an-aspiring-warlord-i-find-these?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
about 2 months ago
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Be honest, how many laptops are in your closet right now? New work in Slackjaw
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I’m The 2008 Macbook That’s Been In The Back Of Your Closet Since 2014, And I Can’t Live Like This…
It’s time to pull the plug
https://medium.com/slackjaw/im-the-2008-macbook-that-s-been-in-the-back-of-your-closet-since-2014-and-i-can-t-live-like-this-f7d5bf23e7ab?sk=57f682ee24440297ca1171e7eedbe8e5
2 months ago
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Read “At IKEA, We Sincerely Apologize For the Damage We Have Done to the Institution of Marriage“ by Rob Plotkin on Medium:
medium.com/jane-austens...
2 months ago
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The top reasons to get your kid a fake ID New humor in Funny Teacher. Originally published in
@frazzledhumor.bsky.social
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Why I Got My Five-Year-Old Son A Fake ID
I'll give you a hint: No one's around in August
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/why-i-got-my-five-year-old-son-a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
2 months ago
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New humor on Funny Teacher. All the reasons to travel while you're still young. First published in
@litoldladyhaha.bsky.social
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Life After Graduation: Why I Travel, and Why You Should Too
A testimonial from a GHRHS graduate
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/life-after-graduation-why-i-travel?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
2 months ago
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Reading recommendations:
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Five Reading Recommendations 01/23/2026
4 Humor Pieces and 1 Wildcard
https://open.substack.com/pub/robplotkinwrites/p/five-reading-recommendations-01232026?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
3 months ago
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Reading recommendations:
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Five Reading Recommendations 01/23/2026
4 Humor Pieces and 1 Wildcard
https://open.substack.com/pub/robplotkinwrites/p/five-reading-recommendations-01232026?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
3 months ago
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Follow my newsletter for more teaching and academic tinged humor
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You Can All Stop Worrying about AI. I Wrote a Policy Document
I think this will clarify things
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/you-can-all-stop-worrying-about-ai?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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New Humor, published in Jane Austen's Wastebasket! I just published I’m the Boogeyman in Your Son’s Room, and We Need to Renegotiate My Lease
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I’m the Boogeyman in Your Son’s Room, and We Need to Renegotiate My Lease
This just isn’t what I signed up for
https://medium.com/jane-austens-wastebasket/im-the-boogeyman-in-your-son-s-closet-and-we-need-to-renegotiate-my-lease-51519786babc?source=social.bluesky
3 months ago
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Points in Case
3 months ago
10th-grade math teacher: Once a year, on your birthday, you drink a full pint of vodka, walk into your closet, and scream.
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What Your Drink Order Says About Your Teaching Career
10th-grade math teacher: Once a year, on your birthday, you drink a full pint of vodka, walk into your closet, and scream.
https://www.pointsincase.com/articles/what-your-drink-order-says-about-your-teaching-career
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New humor in
@pointsincase.com
What does a teacher's drink order say about their career?
www.pointsincase.com/articles/wha...
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What Your Drink Order Says About Your Teaching Career
10th-grade math teacher: Once a year, on your birthday, you drink a full pint of vodka, walk into your closet, and scream.
https://www.pointsincase.com/articles/what-your-drink-order-says-about-your-teaching-career
3 months ago
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Work in Slackjaw! Dedicated to anyone who's ever dreamed of taking to the mountains ...
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As An Aspiring Warlord, I Find These High School Reunions So Awkward
Not everyone dreams of a house, a family, a car, and a mortgage
https://medium.com/slackjaw/as-an-aspiring-warlord-i-find-these-high-school-reunions-so-awkward-08b064b341b7
3 months ago
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The one food to rule them all...
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My Love Affair With Uyghur Cuisine
A cuisine at the crossroads
https://medium.com/rooted-publication/my-love-affair-with-uyghur-cuisine-46a45db8879b
3 months ago
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What's the right way to handle show and tell ?
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Six Simple Moves to Dominate Show and Tell
How to win friends, gain influence, and rise to power in your second-grade class
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/six-simple-moves-to-dominate-show?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
3 months ago
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Enjoy my humor writing? Ever been a teacher? A student? Follow my FREE newsletter for one piece of humor writing each Monday, adjacent to the world of edication.
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Welcome to Funny Teacher
A newsletter for anyone who's ever found the humor in school
https://open.substack.com/pub/funnyteacher/p/welcome-to-funny-teacher?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wo0pu
3 months ago
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My reflections as my first year of writing humor comes to a close. @Medium
#mediumabridged
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On Learning to Write Humor
Everything I’ve learned (not much), what I want to learn, and the year ahead
https://medium.com/@robplotkinwrites/on-learning-to-write-humor-878d2edb4a38
3 months ago
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My writing goals for 2026. But first I need to recruit a bot army. Can someone direct me to Bluesky grok who might be able to help me with this ?
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My Writing Goals for 2026: Grow Grow Grow
Hiring: An army of Medium bots
https://medium.com/another-fucking-publication/my-writing-goals-for-2026-grow-grow-grow-cbe1f2fab077
3 months ago
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My much belated Christmas essay, that asks a very reasonable question: what would I, a 2 year old, like for Christmas?
3 months ago
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Frazzled Humor
4 months ago
Remember last Christmas when I told you there was no Santa, and that me and your dad were the ones giving you presents? I lied. By
@robplotkinwrites.bsky.social
medium.com/frazzled/i-k...
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I Know I Told You Santa Wasn’t Real, but I Take It All Back
It’s not just your dad in a suit
https://medium.com/frazzled/i-know-i-told-you-santa-wasnt-real-but-i-take-it-all-back-d6cb700e3646?sk=a1df31e63f99a95ac7bbca6344343005
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My (hopefully not-too-navel-gazey) piece on what I learned in writing humor and fiction this year. + a list of my favorite publications on Medium, including
@frazzledhumor.bsky.social
, Rooted, Sharing Food, and Jane Austen's Wastebasket.
medium.com/@robplotkinw...
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My Year in Writing
Finding my writer identity and negotiating genre
https://medium.com/@robplotkinwrites/my-year-in-writing-71884a97f316
4 months ago
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Frazzled Humor
4 months ago
Dear Santa, I’m pleased to finally have the opportunity to create my own Christmas wish list. This is my first Christmas after all. By
@robplotkinwrites.bsky.social
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As a Two-Year-Old, I Expect to Receive Every Item on My Christmas Wish-List
It’s not too much to ask
https://medium.com/frazzled/as-a-two-year-old-i-expect-to-receive-every-item-on-my-christmas-wish-list-66300878003b?sk=deb8c9f97d52dce8e706986fe77dbb6c
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5 Reading recs-what I've enjoyed in humor and beyond over the last two weeks:
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Five Reading Recommendations 12/12/2025
4 Humor Pieces and 1 Wildcard
https://substack.com/home/post/p-181402405
4 months ago
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Anyone tried the famous Turkish "wet burger?" New İstanbul food and travel writing:
medium.com/sharing-food...
Would you try it?
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Istanbul’s Iconic “Wet Burger”
The evolution of a Turkish street food classic
https://medium.com/sharing-food/istanbuls-iconic-wet-burger-70d904f5455f
4 months ago
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What if Birdwatching was like the Superbowl? read more to find out (+some fun, Maine humor).
www.robotbutt.com/2025/11/30/n...
Thanks
@robotbutt.bsky.social
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Nation "Flocks” to Bangor, Maine, to Witness Once-in-a-Lifetime Bird Sighting | Robot Butt
Last weekend, birders from every corner of the nation descended on Bangor (population 32,446) to become a part of the aviary event of the century.
https://www.robotbutt.com/2025/11/30/nation-flocks-to-bangor-maine-to-witness-once-in-a-lifetime-bird-sighting/
4 months ago
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Anyone tried the famous Turkish "wet burger?" New İstanbul food and travel writing:
medium.com/sharing-food...
Would you try it?
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Istanbul’s Iconic “Wet Burger”
The evolution of a Turkish street food classic
https://medium.com/sharing-food/istanbuls-iconic-wet-burger-70d904f5455f
4 months ago
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How should you talk to your kids about the death of their pet? New humor in Jane Austen's Wastebasket on @medium
#funny
#satire
#humor
#parenting
#pets
#dogs
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The Passing of a Pet is the Right Time to Talk to Your Kids about Death and Eternal Damnation.
Lucy was a bad, bad dog
https://medium.com/jane-austens-wastebasket/the-passing-of-a-pet-is-the-right-time-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-death-and-eternal-damnation-869bd7cb70da
5 months ago
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Published new foodwriting in Rooted on Medium-impressions of eating in Greenland.
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Eating in Greenland: A Novice’s Guide
Sea to table meets global food systems
https://medium.com/rooted-publication/eating-in-greenland-a-novices-guide-66654ede5a94
5 months ago
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Just posted new humor on
@frazzledhumor.bsky.social
*disclaimer-this does not represent my true feelings towards my daughter and her peers.
medium.com/frazzled/why...
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Why I Got My Five-Year-Old Son a Fake ID
I’ll give you a hint: No one’s around in August
https://medium.com/frazzled/why-i-got-my-five-year-old-son-a-fake-id-42906dbcdbd8
6 months ago
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Frazzled Humor
6 months ago
I tap on the van window. It rolls down slowly, releasing a sour smell that I can’t quite identify.
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Why I Got My Five-Year-Old Son a Fake ID
I’ll give you a hint: No one’s around in August
https://medium.com/frazzled/why-i-got-my-five-year-old-son-a-fake-id-42906dbcdbd8?sk=2f296b3d5b5b0a3ad4a7e6919324d772
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What's in a name? Had a lot of fun with this
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I’m Jiminy Cricket, And I’d Prefer You Didn’t Say My Name In Vain, Either
I’ve got some alternatives.
https://medium.com/slackjaw/im-jiminy-cricket-and-i-d-prefer-you-didn-t-say-my-name-an-vain-either-5a788a11c86d
6 months ago
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My Toddler’s Guide to Culture
What to listen to, play, read, and watch this weekend
https://medium.com/@rloomis62287/my-toddlers-guide-to-culture-cb3d63e5e162
6 months ago
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New
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writing on The Humor Pub on Medium.
medium.com/the-humor-pu...
#satire
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8 Signs You’re Ready to Finally Quit Your Job, Liquidate Your Assets, and Buy that Run-Down…
Don’t think too much. Just do it.
https://medium.com/the-humor-pub/8-signs-youre-ready-to-finally-quit-your-job-liquidate-your-assets-and-buy-that-run-down-944323c81392
6 months ago
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muddyum.net/call-me-para...
check out my humor writing on Mudduym on
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#humor
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Call Me Paranoid, but I Think My Son Wants To Put Me in a Nursing Home
And I’m not going anywhere
https://muddyum.net/call-me-paranoid-but-i-think-my-son-wants-to-put-me-in-a-nursing-home-00ef611281eb
6 months ago
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Frazzled Humor
7 months ago
Until this week, I thought it was just something people said. Everyone always told me that once you get your first kitten, your kids end up taking a backseat.
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As the Proud Owner of a New Kitten, I Just Don’t Have the Same Mental Energy for My Kids Anymore
The life of a new cat mom
https://medium.com/frazzled/as-the-proud-owner-of-a-new-kitten-i-just-dont-have-the-same-mental-energy-for-my-kids-anymore-cae3f01f059d?sk=510356dfb0c7a2e4d117722682b006aa
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