It's such a tell on all these people that they saw Epstein as the perfect embodiment of urbane decadence. He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny

(AP) — At least 16 files disappeared from the DoJ's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. apnews.com/article/release-ep...

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

🚨🧏🏻‍♀️22:35 “What we’ve seen is this broader assault against the health of America’s children…we’ve never done that as a country. We are a nation built on the greatness of research universities, medical schools and academic health centers, and we’ve always deferred to those entities with great success.”

These are all of the empty seats on the state-appointed Houston ISD Board of Managers hearing meeting tonight. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath appointed board members who won’t even show up to their own meetings. Shameful. @texasaft.org @aft.org

so I broke out the Nambé menorah and it occurs to me that some of you may not know about Nambé which is one of the most American stories I know

Lololololol

In case anyone wants the shop, I'll link it here. Angela was awesome and dealt with my mom anxiety incredibly sweetly and made sure these came before Christmas: www.etsy.com/shop/Amiwith...

To try to avoid making other kids feel shitty for "Santa giving them less," we only do 1 gift from Santa (the rest are from us because "Santa knows we have the financial ability to buy you presents"). KpopDH figures were her ask. I have been so worried I wouldnt be able to fulfill it. Hoooooray!

They came in time!!

The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL)

Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.

There are many terrible things happening so to buoy my own sanity I want to share some small wonders. Kids slept in their own separate bedrooms for the first time last nignt--youngest told me her room reminds her of the ocean (the goal). Oldest had a fabulous performance in his musical tonight.

[stares in Texan]

And this is what Tim Dunn wants to have happen in Texas, and then the whole nation.

And they’ll be scam schools like stolen valor green beret Tim Kennedy’s www.ctpost.com/journalinqui...

I got a 120lb queen mattress upstairs and unrolled by myself, and I didnt fuck up my back. TREMBLE BEFORE ME, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR! I am very strong

Ms. Colleen is doing her job--selling defunding public ed to her ghoulish friends and literally under educated audience. I wonder how many rubes will fall for her pretty words about libterty since The Chronicle didnt include a massive conflict of interest warning at the top?

Finally, even Colleen admits that rural Texans are gonna get to rely on "entrepreneurs" to *create* alternatives to public school, i.e. those alternatives do not currently exist! Many rural Texans fought vouchers (until blown over by Tim Dunn's money) for this very reason! Good alts don't exist!

Additionally, not every private school has to participate in the TEFA vouchers! This further limits the supposed "choice" Colleen is supposedly advocating for. This also doesn't mention the fact that these private schools can kick a kid out for reasons that would be illegal in a public school!

🧵 So... this was written by a policy analyst at the Cato Institute. Also, glaringly, she ignores the fact that there are only 100 thousand of the 10g vouchers available. For context, HISD has roughly 170 thousand students. There are more than 5 million k-12 students in Texas!

NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas. Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground. Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse. Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.

imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin

The point is to use activist students to purge schools of teachers and staff who are not Party supporters. This is all very Soviet.

I find this even funnier because it's not just a house party. Its a wedding reception (which were often held at someone's house). They aren't even *reading* the ad correctly, thus creating a throughly inaccurate nostalgia for a world that has never existed.

Every time I change the laundry, the dog follows me to the laundry room, goes out the dog door (which is opposite the washer), and... stands guard? EVERY. TIME. Starting to wonder what he knows that I don't

all a bit esoteric and it's not exactly a messaging winner, but: america is a religion, and a proselytizing one. that's what being a creedal nation means. come to america, endorse the principles of the declaration and the constitution: congrats, you are an american. www.patreon.com/posts/109838...

you: "what are you talking about, 'sacred scriptures,' bullshit--" me:

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

“okay but what about the fascist takeover” yeah man idk what to tell you. my kids get one childhood and this is the one they get. we making magic anyway

Much better pic. I love these.

1997 Lincoln Town Car Excalibur-Style Limousine

Beeple's installation at Art Basel features Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Mark Zuckerberg among other tech bros as dogs laying poop on the floor as they scramble about. youtube.com/shorts/3kCBO...

This is because the New Education System (NES) model is atrocious for teachers and students. Mike Miles should be driven from Houston in shame. And Abbott and Morath driven from the state.

The Texas Comptroller’s office announced it is removing women- and minority-owned businesses from the state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by economically disadvantaged groups.

If you want to measure how good people are at taking this particular type of test rather than measuring whether they’ve mastered the material, then sure.

sooo many classrooms panics can be completely solved with better pedagogy, and the fact that better pedagogy is never forwarded as a solution while domination always is totally reveals what people think the purpose of education is.

Maybe if you weren't a shitty unengaging teacher who feels like the students are your enemy and who has un-examined internalized shame about your own innate abilities and "success" then the students would respect you and engage with your content! I dunno, couldn't be me!

I *always* let my HS students move around the classroom! I needed to move too! Have a kid who needs earplugs to focus on a test? Fine! Have a kid who needs to doodle in order to participate? Fine! So many of the "they'll just slack off" complaints came from coworkers who sucked at engagement 🤷🏼‍♀️

So a real dirty (non)secret about the adhd accommodations panic is that it is an issue almost entirely due to shitty teachers being shitty. I never got mad about the "help" my students needed because I *WANTED* them to succeed! Also, we should make most accommodations just accepted best practices!

Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry

Another thing about my daughter and IEP's. At age 3, she was non-verbal and unresponsive to stimuli. She scored 5 standard deviations below the mean in ~every~ cognitive evaluation. She is now the most sociable kid in 2nd grade and is above average in math proficiency. This is solely due to this map

Who else is half panicking because they had their 5yo write a letter to Santa and, naively, assumed that Huntrix dolls would be widely available? Y'all, none of the name brands will have anything before next year (for Mattel, it looks like at least October 2026). Im going handmade but wtf?!

Wish I could do these nails justice but Im not a hand model or photographer! Hand painted stained class nails done by www.instagram.com/nailsby_evel...

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.