Me trying to quickly think up a fake name but the only other object in the room is the president

Natalie if any of these guys making jokes about your partner’s name are bothering you please let me know.

The school district decided it was important for safety to spend money buying all of these life-alert style thingy to go on a lanyard and call the cops if we press the button. We already have cell phones, classroom phones, emergency buttons in the classroom, and walkie-talkies

NEW: “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” said Christy Lopez, who spent years investigating law enforcement misconduct at the DOJ. “In no scenario is it OK to be pepper-spraying people as you're leaving the scene.” w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

An upcoming ballot measure in Virginia would make it the 26th state to allow anyone who is not presently in prison to vote. Currently, people with any felony convictions lose their right to vote for life.

Oh, this is quite bad, actually.

This is a really odd argument because I think at the heart of it, there is a deep misunderstanding about what writing is for. I write to communicate my thoughts and ideas, and to bring people along with me, which AI cannot do for me because it isn't me.

Pope Leo: “The multiplication of the loaves and the fish happened while sharing: that is the miracle!  There is bread for everyone if it is given to everyone.  There is bread for everyone if it is taken, not with a hand that snatches away, but with a hand that gives.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Trump slowly evolving into dril

I sent these two boys to the kiln tonight. I am concerned about how they'll fare in there

You're a Good Man Is Hard To Find, Charlie Brown

Listen up. There is a particular type of writing where every sentence is its own paragraph. It is annoying and breathless in tone, borrowed either consciously or unconsciously from scaremongering fundraising letters. It punctuates every sentence with a definitive period. And it has to stop.

havoc is pretty much the only thing you can wreak

I sent these two boys to the kiln tonight. I am concerned about how they'll fare in there

Exactly one year ago today:

I maintain that among the media's biggest mistakes has been continuing to ask Trump questions as if he's a normal guy instead of asking things like "Can you explain who Jesus is" or "Describe the process of pumping gas"

"We are mostly concerned about the consequences of the disruption on fertilizers," says Jorge Moreira da Silva. "If we miss the planting season, the farmers, particularly in Africa, won't have productivity. The prices will go up and hunger and starvation will be spread." https://to.pbs.org/4tKU0wq

You guys. Felix is trying to pick out the tune to Hush Little Baby on the toy piano to calm Thea. This is so cute

alright just text me your posts

Some of my 7th grade students check out the same library books as my 6yo son. This isn't a brag on my kid. These 7th graders are checking out Elephant and Piggie books

Today and tomorrow are Digital Detox Days at my school. Tbh I didn't really plan for it, so we're doing very simple no-prep stuff. Library check outs, silent reading, creative writing, some casual poetry appreciation. And it's all gone really well. It's been a very pleasant day

This woman is exactly who and what I want to be www.instagram.com/reel/DWsXBy2...

I just signed this. It's harmful to children to push brand-new tech on them without a full understanding of the effects and best practices. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

Call For Five-Year Pause on Gen AI in Schools I just signed this @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition. Please join me and sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

The librarians just gave me a big stack of poetry books they're weeding from their collection because, and this is a direct quote, "You're the only person who has ever checked them out."

I was gonna be on time to work, but that stupid bitch Past Hannah didn't fill up the gas tank yesterday

thurs day

Really says a lot about society that we cured bacon before we cured cancer smdh

Today i asked a student what she was reading on her e-reader, and she immediately said "nothing!" and tried to cover up the display. I said, "... is that AO3?" and she turned bright red and quietly said "yea"

Content aside, she's written this in such an unclear way. Perhaps she's very dumb

I did it again today, but only counted questions from children. 293 questions from students, 162 from kids at home, not counting the baby.

hey I made a video about this. what do you know.

checking in on how WWIII is going

I'd never seen ths Little House on the Prairie show until recently, but now I sometimes put it on the roku channel when I'm doing laundry or whatever. It sure doesn't seem to have anything to do with the books!

One of the kids who plays over at our house a lot has been being very naughty* lately and I am being pretty mean about it tbh. I gotta figure out the right way to handle kids' friends behavior. I assume there's a simple one-size solution for this *naughty for a 6yo. Minor stuff

I want gno more of these gnasty gnagging gnats. They're a gnuisance

Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/

What if it happens on July 4th 2026? Would that be like an amazing 250th birthday present for the country, or would that suck because it would be like an honor for him, like John Adams and shit?

My husband did ours yesterday!! We are so responsible!!!

American conservative politician Clare Boothe Luce converted to Catholicism in 1946. In a 1953 meeting with Pope Pius XII, she was fiercely lecturing the pontiff on the Church's moral duty to fight communism when the Pope finally interrupted her. "You know, Mrs. Ambassador, I am a Catholic too."

Dana Scully: No Mulder don't be silly, it's just the title of low rent dating advice book from the 90s. Fox Mulder: *somehow ends up being completely right about Men being from Mars and Women being from Venus by the end of the episode*

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I love when my colleagues have no idea what's going on. It's up there with the feeling you get when someone else's kid is having a meltdown in public, or when you catch a glance inside a car and see that it's really messy in there

🚨🚨ALERT!🚨🚨 The kid reading the morning announcements just messed up and said "oh shit" over the PA

Yes ofc it's creepy and weird that we make school children recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning at school. But I wouldn't worry about it brainwashing anyone, bc the vast majority of children start it with "I pledge of allegiance to the flag" which doesn't really make grammatical sense

We are through the looking glass, people

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan. Here's why.

Look, you are allowed to be a Catholic and say the pope got something wrong. But if you make a public statement like "Looks like the pope forgot a little thing called 'Just War Tradition' that says sometimes God *loves* war," then you are plainly too stupid to be in charge of wars, or anything else.

apparently people get excommunicated all the time