“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Stunning photo essay which powerfully demonstrates the pain families separated by huge visa fees experience. With a govt review due photographer Frankie Mills & @rfuk.bsky.social tell the stories of those whose lives are turned upside down by this hostile policy www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I went to uni in Miami in the 90s. What a walk down memory lane this was!!!

It is also the 150th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian psychologist Helga Eng, who in the 1920s was noted for her studies of the development of children's artistic capacities and sense of visualization. She passed away in 1966. #WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #ChildrensDevelopment #BookSky

I’m not even gonna read this. With a headline like this it deserves an instant repost.

Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today. Subject: Island of Strangers? Mr Starmer, Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.

I have a tendency to jump to the positive side of the teeter-totter way too quickly. I cringed when reading “Forget Happiness. Go Hard on Wonder." talking about "toxic positivity" - my husband nodded ... Learn more about #wonder 👉 https://buff.ly/3PpG8FE @monicacparker.bsky.social #thoughtechoes

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Thank you @monicacparker.bsky.social for teaching me the many layers of wonder and why being open to wonder enriches our lives. #wonder

This week’s Wonderbringer newsletter @monicacparker.bsky.social shared: döstädning. “We rid ourselves of life's detritus before passing away lessening the burden of those who clean up behind us.” I experienced the importance watching 16 mattresses leave my childhood home after Mom died.

“…we start to see what our wonderbringers are and recognize that these aren't just hobbies or things we like to do, that they're in fact fundamental to the foundation of who we are as humans …” Full podcast on YouTube 👉 https://buff.ly/49GWXFj @monicacparker.bsky.social #wonder #thoughtechoes

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

“I think that by looking at the negative through a wonder lens, it allows us to not resist and not deny the negative, but then also immediately recognize what positive exists.” Full podcast 👉 https://buff.ly/49o9Vb1 @monicacparker.bsky.social #wonder #thoughtechoes

“… we start to see what our wonderbringers are and recognize that these aren't just hobbies or things we like to do, that they're in fact fundamental to the foundation of who we are as humans …” Full podcast 👉 https://buff.ly/3D1ucqQ @monicacparker.bsky.social #wonder #thoughtechoes

This was such a lovely conversation Beth! Thanks for having me!

Interestingly, this is my masters thesis in a nutshell. When we think our act of sustainability makes no appreciable difference, in the face of a huge problem, we won’t act. No amount of data, knowledge or ability will change that. Applicable to other altruistic and community-focused behaviour too.🧐

Blue sky indeed 🤩

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