Having a great time meeting up with friends at #ACTFL2025! @waysidepublishing.bsky.social @waysidepublishing #waysidepublishing

I wonder if you even thought to ask why Kennedy is focused on autism instead of anything else www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

A former #student came to see me today. She was on FaceTime with a friend and said to him, “This is my favorite teacher.” It’s so validating to know I made such an impression on that kid. I really had no idea.

The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.

Matthew 25:35: For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat Trump 2025: “For I was hungry and you burned enough food to feed 1.5 million children in the name of government efficiency

I ran into a woman I know whose son died a few years ago. I told her my mom needs to move into a nursing home. She said, “ I’ll pray for you both.” I thought, “Her only child is dead and she’s going to pray for ME?” I was so moved by her kindness I’m still crying.

I need to stop responding to right wing nut jobs on social media. There is no point and I will never be able to change somebody’s bias. And yet, I just can’t help myself.

Hubby and I are fostering a dog. Today I left her alone to run some errands and she was absolutely overjoyed when I returned. I think she likes me.

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

In 1999, a drunk driver killed two people, my friend’s 13-year-old daughter and her best friend’s mom. Local police stopped the driver last night and charged him with a DUI. This is so painful for those of us who knew those families 26 years ago.

Me: DOGE is mining our personal data. MAGA: But the #illegals! Me: Cutting Medicaid will result in the closure of rural hospitals and nursing homes. MAGA: But the illegals! Me: We’re the ones paying tariffs. MAGA: But the illegals! Me: Cutting USAID has caused people to die. MAGA: But the illegals!

Mike Travers: Decontextualized learning does not lead to language gains.” #Langchat #riflaonline

I was not expecting this ever…

It is possible to hate what the government of #Israel is doing to the people of #Gaza and not be #antisemitic.

When the #Eurovision25 winner was announced, my viewing party erupted into cheers not because we were overly happy about who won but because we were relieved that Number 2 didn’t. Congratulations Number 1!

Holy crap these jury douze points are going all over the place. This is so exciting! #Eurovision25

One of my #Eurovision25 guests said that Kyle from Norway looks like Juni Cortez from Spy Kids and now I can’t unsee it

Is #Eurovision25 filtering out audience boos during Israel’s performance this year like last year?

So excited for Saturday’s #Eurovision2025 final. I feel this year that there is no obvious front runner, and it is kind of exciting to have no idea who is going to win.

What?!? NQ for the Milkshake Man?!? WTF is wrong with you, Europe?!? #Eurovision2025

I am in love with the lead singer of Napa from Portugal. I don’t know how anyone can sing and play guitar with a constant smile on their face like that. I’m so excited they qualified! #Eurovision2025

I don’t think any of the songs from Semifinal 1 that didn’t qualify were shocking NQs. They were all on the bubble to begin with. #Eurovision2025

I’m not even five minutes into Nonnas on Netflix and I am already crying thinking about my own Italian grandmother, who died before age could teach me her recipes. This is hitting me in all the feels.

Pretty much every #Teacher Appreciation gift I know of is food based. Therefore I’d like to rename the week “Make Your Teachers Fat Week.”

Working in collaborative groups has taught me that the worst type of group leaders are those who forget to tell you to do something who then cover up their oversight by asking you if you’ve done it yet. Then when you say you didn’t know you had to, they tell you how unprofessional you are.

Did you ever notice that the professions that have an appreciation week are always the ones that are dominated by females? Interesting coincidence. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week. We won’t pay you what you’re really worth and won’t treat you with respect but we’ll give you candy once a year.

“Holy rusted metal, Batman!"

@mrfishersays.bsky.social This #German Oma popped up on my TikTok feed and I can’t get enough of her. She’s so stinking cute! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjSbn54w/

Your School House Rock moment...🤔

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

True “Sandwich Generation” dilemma today when I was on my way to a meeting at my son’s school and I got a phone call telling me that my mother had been taken to the ER. I never thought I’d had to make choices like this. (PS: Mom is relatively ok).

I have ten boys in Grade 8 French and six of them have gotten their hair permed this year. Is this a #middleschool trend or are other #teachers seeing this with their #students?

I have two loved ones with #autism diagnoses. This plan to create an autism registry scares the sh!t out of me.

Gotta love living in a country in which when someone is told that a word is derogatory, they then say it repeatedly to inflict harm. www.out.com/politics/nan...

True facts are true

calling all trekkies!! show me one picture from star trek that perfectly embodies your aura.

Dear RFK, As a parent of children with #autism, I am respectfully asking you to please STFU. You have no flipping idea what you are talking about.

If you complain that #Eurovision is too sexualized but only single out female performers as examples, you have lost all credibility with me.

Raise your hand if you’re so old that reading this made you think of what happened to lawmakers trying to visit Jonestown…very ill at ease

THIS IS THE ENERGY WE NEED!!!

God I wish someone would slap Karoline Leavitt in the face

Gotta love my mom. Every time she accidentally calls me she then hangs up and then calls me a second time to tell me that she called me by accident. Bless her heart.

It saddens me that I know so many amazing #teachers, some of which get state, regional, or national recognition for excellence, that are undervalued and are treated poorly by the administration in their school districts. A common but sad dichotomy.

There are many reasons why #students are not getting a strong #education in US #schools, and I can guarantee that the top reasons are NOT due to ineffective #teachers but all the things teachers can’t control (chronic absenteeism, absent administrators, lack of funds). It’s often not their fault.

#Germany has its first #Eurovision entry in #German since the late 90s and I’m OBSESSED open.spotify.com/track/4kbkYb...