What ARE flapjacks? #GBBO

Timeline cleanse. Beauty berries, native to DC.

In my former profession (Professor of History), I had a handful of colleagues who had taught in K-12. It doesn't seem to happen the other way around. I can't be the only person who acted on the I-want-to-teach-them-earlier impulse???

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Thinking about all the money spent to militarize DC as the ceiling falls in our kindergarten classroom’s bathroom. (Acoustic tiles and water. No one was hurt.)

I work in an elementary school but am not eligible for a COVID vaccination.

Standing in a bathroom with a teacher and 21 kindergartners during a lockdown drill is heartbreaking. My job is to keep it together for them, but I looked at their sweet small faces and it was all I could do not to sob.

I just checked out Damaris Phillips’s vegetarian cookbook from @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social. It looks great but I can also guarantee you she’s not making beet and feta burgers while wearing this white blouse!

This afternoon, I lead kindergartners through a lockdown drill. We are so broken.

I am back to walking Muffin before the sun comes up. I do love me a rosy-fingered dawn, though.

Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

4 or 5 National Guardsman (they were all men) at the Navy Yard Metro at 6:00 pm as Washington Spirit fans headed home after the match. I asked why they carried weapons against a civilian population and they said it was to protect themselves. #FreeDC

if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war

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Low-flying helicopter circling my neighborhood. Your tax dollars at work. Guess I won’t be going to bed anytime soon. #FreeDC

youtu.be/kRsm1jGjScs I watched this for the first time since I saw it in the theater in 1987. It’s worth watching.

“The armed occupiers aren’t defending the Constitution. They fear it.” www.thenation.com/article/acti...

I’ve been thinking about this Franklin quote all day: They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. @mayorbowser.bsky.social is willing to sell DC’s liberty for an illusion of safety, reducing safety for our immigrant neighbors.

I made it through the first week of working in a kindergarten classroom. Chaos! But also: kids are amazing.

Today’s side quest: sticking a whole bunch of these “How to Report ICE: DC Edition” zines in little free libraries around town. Has DC specific info & the @dcmigrantmutualaid.org hotline & guidance. Zines courtesy of @meganpiont.bsky.social, who has made a lotta these for a lotta states.

@mayorbowser.bsky.social no longer represents the people of DC. Troops harass and arrest our citizens and come for our institutions. The city is far less vibrant because of fear and repression.

I’ve seen 3 wheat pasted Sandwich Guy posters in my neighborhood without looking too hard. This one I can see out my work window.

Today a kindergarten boy breathlessly told me about having his picture taken with Shakira Austin. Everybody watches women’s sports. I love DC. End the occupation!

Lauren hits the nail on the head. A thread.

It was an excellent mail day.

From college professor to kindergarten aide. My life is so interesting. Also, there are MRAP vehicles in my city but I can’t get onto Teams as the school district doesn’t have enough licenses. 🫠

Stephen Miller surrounded by white people saying the military presence in DC protects Black people. 🤢

Two days ago in my neighborhood, ICE agents took a selfie in front of an anti-ICE banner before ripping it down and leaving a dildo. My neighbors responded by making more signs and chalking the plaza. This is a beautiful place.

Yesterday I chose to go to a queer educators affinity group instead of the protest in DC because being a queer educator in public schools is also resistance and I could not be in both places. Here's the NPR coverage of the protest: www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

I thought that, despite their horrible owner, @washingtonpost.com would cover yesterday's massive protests in the city. Nope. Anyway, y'all, there was a massive protest in DC yesterday.

I feel safer in DC than I ever did in Grand Junction, Colorado. I belong here. The troops (ICE, National Guard, etc.) do not.

I spent a lot of my academic years thinking and writing about the age of the American Revolution. In my book (Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution), I wrote some about the response to a standing army. I did not want it to be THIS relevant. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Living in a city under siege is depressing. The resistance to the siege is heartening.

I feel too old to be dealing with financial aid for myself, particularly since our government is broken and my financial aid counselor is on vacation (bless her heart and glad she is getting some down time).

6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”: ‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU: 1. Don’t know 2. Don’t care 3. Don’t tell 4. Don’t have 5. Don’t know how to 6. Don’t give 7. Can’t do 8. Don’t sell 9. Don’t show 10. Do nothing’

Florida Ave NW and Chuck Brown Way NW. Today, I got to witness DC joy: a Black man playing Go-Go music on a speaker and three people dancing along. I smiled so big as I passed by. Returning home on the bus, I caught this mural from the bus window. This is a beautiful city now under martial law.

Washington, DC. 8:00-9:00 p.m. last night: A repairman, after a very long day of work, arrived at our apartment at 8:00 p.m. to take a look at our cooler/heater units. While Adele stayed to chat with him and figure out next steps, I took Muffin out for a walk. 1/4

Ward 8. Anacostia neighborhood. Washington, DC. No troops needed.

Things have been really tough in DC, even for folks like me who don't or didn't work for the federal government. For me, personally, things look up right now. More when the dust settles.

Trying to maintain a modicum of hope.

Former professor and now a student again: I give myself permission to laugh on the inside (only the inside) when the professor apologizes for not having things graded because he has 40 students. <laughs in former 4/4 with 150 students per semester>

DC folks There is an urgent need to care for babies and young children in our community whose parents have been detained, deported, or otherwise snatched by our government. St Paul’s episcopal church is serving as a collection point for money, formula, and diapers. onrealm.org/StPaulsRockC...

Living in DC means going out with your dog before bedtime to have a complete stranger greet your dog and then ask how your wife is recovering from her bike accident.

The required effective time management webinar is now running 6 minutes late 😂

Timeline cleanse. A mountain of broccoli at the Dupont Farmers market.

I don't have a lot of hope right now. Where I find it is learning to be an elementary school educator and discovering some of the amazing ways teachers and other work to empower youth. www.dcscores.org/dc-scores-ge...

Doing a required how-to-use-the-library webinar for my MAT program and the poor librarian is so sad because of what's happening to the Department of Ed databases.

Historical artifact.

What is sleep?