When I switched from public school to a fancy private school the main difference was that kids couldn’t have phones and chromebooks were classroom specific instead of kid specific so teachers could actually control them. Literally the only thing that kept me in the classroom.

My stupid brother told me about the stupid Malcolm in the Middle reboot & I actually had fun with it & now I’m invested & I did not ask for this. What the fuck. If they’re going to reboot important things from my childhood can they at least be shitty & hackneyed enough I can ignore them please?

Yes but we live in a four cat household so this is stressful as hell.

Part of why we remain here is that most people don't interact with the actual criminal punishment system, they are stuck in Law & Order land and fantasy land.

TurboTax spending money on ads trying to convince me to purchase the services of a local expert for Boston—a city I do not live in and also low key hate—when I have already finished my taxes is my current favorite thing.

I mean, think about it. Have you ever actually met a real writer? And before you say “I met my favorite writer at a con”, think about it—did you see them actually WRITING, or were they just talking about a book that already exists? Because anyone can talk about a book.

The good news is that I have a lot to do and limited time and I have instead chosen to do a lot of stupid bullshit.

I like when I tell my representative to do a thing that’s w/n his constitutional authority & he sends me back a nine paragraph essay explaining the problem I called about & then saying why he can’t do other, related things that are not w/n his constitutional authority. Seems like a good system.

Can confirm that at least 60% the time I hear middle schoolers talk about AI it’s as an insult.

I think my favorite part of applying to jobs is when the form that you’re inputting the info already on your resume wants you to put the same information in multiple times.

Anyway I really fucked up bc I forgot the first rule of potato is put potato in the oven NOW and instead I got districted and now it is over an hour until potato is ready and I am too hungry for tasks or emotional regulation.

I just got a real person at Gillibrand’s office, which seems to suggest we need more people calling.

Excellent thread & worth mentioning that King of the North (her book) is one of the clearest, most straightforward case studies in the way that racism operates in the US.

Why did I always believe pple when they said Moby-Dick was full of tangents?? Like “oh it’s so random, they keep talking about the history of whaling.” This book is weird as shit, but so far it’s super focused. It’s called The Whale, obvi he’s gonna explain whale shit?? It’s about whales??

This is the only political belief I openly share with students. I’m full for suffrage, but will accept 12 as a compromise. I’ve spent years teaching 7th grade & a lifetime speaking w/ adults. Kids have as much of a right to enfranchisement as anyone else & they are just as thoughtful & rational.

Ngl the most annoying thing about being in a long distance relationship is that my partner is like 70% of my executive function. How am I supposed to do tasks w/o the threat of her judgement?

Currently reading Moby-Dick for the first time and this edition had the densest intro at the beginning and holy shit am I grateful that this novel is easier to read than that introduction. I was really psyching myself out.

This is high school me, so I go because I am obedient and rules oriented. But I’m questioning my life choices bc why do they need my help w/ a robbery?? Anyway it’s prom, so my date is prolly a boy and it’s all for the best anyway. Easiest way for him to realize I can’t commit to this lifestyle.

Our flight is now so late that they just announced boarding for the next flight that leaves four hours later. But there is a new plane at our gate that seems structurally sound and they just let our flight crew on so maybe there is hope?

Space is fucking wild. Like I get that everything is moving but also that doesn’t mean I’m prepared for everything to be moving all the times

I know that I’m still in Austin bc I just heard a gate agent tell people to turn that suitcase like a taco

My painting BLUEBONNETS

Having had the opportunity both to take classes from Premee and to interview her, I can confirm that she is a great podcast guest and an overall delightful conversationalist.

Started this video and was like why the fuck am I supposed to care this much about royals, but it’s Sarah so I stuck with it and it’s fucking solid, so I’m glad I did.

Here are some nice mushrooms

Brilliant description of a brilliant film. Coogler also has the best nerdy, enthusiastic energy and I love listening to him talk so much.

I have been *very* productive this weekend. By which I mean I accidentally checked out like eight books from the library the week before spring break and so I’ve frantically read like three books this weekend. But I’m pretty sure that counts?

Keep getting fed TSwifts song Florida bc Florence & the Machine is on it & it’s so funny listening to them sing about escaping “the shitstorm back in Texas” when romanticizing Florida feels like such an East Coast thing. Never encountered a Texan give this many shits about FL, not even close.

Jurassic Park is truly just two hours of overconfident, under-qualified men fully committing to stupid mistakes, failing spectacularly and then being like “it can never be done!”

I used to have my 7th graders write a letter to a representative, like a physical letter. It was one of the hardest things we did all year bc the frame of reference for what any of it was supposed to look like was completely nonexistent.

I thought we were out of decaf earl grey but we are not. There is another box that I put in the wrong place. Cannot overstate how exciting this development is.

None of my students had seen a wallaby before and we are now watching videos and everyone is having a great time. Class is split btwn thinking they are very cute and that they look like that one scene in Alien.

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

As someone who still struggles w/ calls the thing that helps is reminding myself how unhinged political discourse has gotten. If RFK can brag about doing cocaine off of a toilet, my call is fine & not that embarrassing in the grand scheme of things. (Although, like, prolly don’t confess to crimes)

I cannot think of a funnier or more appropriate summary of the state of the news industry in 2026 than “the Onion has more subscribers than the Washington Post” please help make it happen

I actually cannot emotionally handle commuting while it is snowing today. Humans aren’t supposed to live like this. We are not for the snow place and if there is snow we should still be inside. Why.

These dogs are having the time of their lives following this week's historic blizzard in the Northeast. Please enjoy. 14/10 for all

Watermelon. Worst case scenario you are basically eating a sad sponge. Best case scenario you are now consuming an even more concentrated watermelon flavor. Cannot win.

If you oppose the construction of ICE prisons, it’s a good time to also oppose jail construction, even when framed as “improvements” or “updating existing facilities”

For someone who is in a dangerous place in terms of library due dates, I sure am spending a lot of time fucking around.

Please email your city councilmember and tell them to fight for library funding increase and stabilization. This only takes 30 seconds! actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

Roof guy is back. Climbing up onto the safety wall to hang out in the 35 degree weather to hang out for prolly the next hour at least. I’ve seen him out in colder so I don’t know why I’m always surprised. Sometimes, if I imagine he’s watching me, I can use him as motivation to write. (He’s not)

Currently listened to 9 year olds complain about how YouTube shorts USED to be good and now sucks. So, like, that’s where the culture is I guess.

Thread. Instead of fearmongering about ICE agents intimidating voters at the polls, direct your energy to becoming a poll observer or poll worker, and to advocating for changes to voter laws. Call your political reps, find grassroots orgs doing this work, etc.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

At the airport and a dude is watching a really loud video about AI teachers and I actually don’t have the emotional regulation skills to deal with this

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future. mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...