Yeah I read theory

I’m not going to link anything, but if you think putting a robot in a classroom to teach students is a good idea, you have never met or interacted with a human child. I have a lot of opinions about public schools, but my number one opinion is that we need more adults in schools—not more tech.

Gotta stay humble

Good Scissors Not In The Fucking Drawer https://theonion.com/good-scissors-not-in-the-fucking-drawer-1827516871/

just finished my first readthrough of understanding comics by scott mccloud

#tdih 2016 Philando Castile was shot to death 💔 by a police officer in a suburb of Saint Paul, Minn., at a traffic stop. Castile was known as “Mr. Phil” to students at the elementary school where he was a nutrition supervisor. #BlackLivesMatter #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ph...

Ahead of its 250th birthday, I make the case that the greatest work of American art ever produced is made of garbage and was assembled at the behest of God by a Black man working the night shift as a janitor in DC johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-g...

ms. pac-man failed to escape samsara and returned as a big scary bear, immediately falling into the same patterns that consumed her previously

This is probably the most traditional possible behavior for the family of a pope.

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

The computer lost the mandate of heaven when the humble, helpful "program" was replaced with the insidious "app"

Here are the Chicks performing “Not Ready to Make Nice” on Kimmel last night on the 23rd anniversary of them being right about the Iraq War and getting actually canceled for it: youtu.be/Gc84Qk7f-pg

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

Bjork detects your impure thoughts and casts dissonant whispers. You suffer crippling psychic damage.

Spotted on Tumblr…

Happy Mother's Day

Tiny donkey braying says put your problems in his panniers, and he’ll carry your burdens for awhile. 📸 mine #ancient #sculpture #animals

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Mango Migraine

The number one leading cause of death of pregnant women…

One of my stronger parenting beliefs is that if you offload storytime to AI you are failing as a parent and your kids will one day look back at those moments with disappointment

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

hanif abdurraqib today, tomorrow, and always!!!

so happy for my emotional support astronauts

In 2022, I started reading the Wheel of Time. I finished the 14th and final book today! I switched between book and audiobook, so I’ve spent over 500 hours reading these books.

Did you know there is a Wikimedian in space? In 2019, Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch made the first-ever Wikipedia edit from space during her mission on the International Space Station. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

An 'Animorphs' series is in development at Disney+, Variety reports. Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media is set to executive produce.

I asked my 8th graders what their favorite thing is in class, and overwhelmingly, each quarter, they say independent reading time. They like that it’s quiet, they like picking their own books, and they like having time where they aren’t responsible for anything else.

One thing that AI evangelists seem to assume, particularly legal AI evangelists assume, is that the thinking and analysis is quick, and the writing is just tedious busywork that slows us down. But the writing IS the thinking and analysis. You work out the thinking and analysis by writing it down.

Hey what the fuck

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

All these years later I’m still incensed that that lady killed Selena.

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Some professors at the University of St. Thomas are doing a research project on the effects of the ICE occupation on Twin Cities parents. They're looking for parents who are US citizens, who live in the Twin Cities metro area, and who have kids ages 5-10. stthomas.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

for me “doom scrolling” is actually just the pathological hunt for the first piece of news that indicates this whole unbearable moment is about to unravel

i actually think "books should be difficult and somewhat painful to read and you are Bettering Yourself through Struggle" is a worse attitude for mass literacy than "I have specific preferences and like reading a lot of fun stories" tbh

We live in hell but do our best

Far From The Light of Heaven is super fun and chaotic! It’s a murder mystery on a space ship!!

Get a query critiqued by an agent and support a St. Paul mutual aid group that's delivering groceries to thousands of people!

The Iowa Writing Project is hosting a monthly zoom to write about and process the horrors! It’s geared to educators, but anyone can join. I’m co-hosting this week, so sign up. Last month, we all had a good cry! Sign up link below:

@johnmaddening.bsky.social someone made your platonic ideal jacket. If a witch cursed you and turned you into a jacket, you would be this jacket

they should invent a machine that doesn't just become another fuckin thing i gotta deal with

THIS IS NOT A DRILL YOU CAN GET EVERY DISCWORLD TOME ON EBOOK FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A SUBWAY FOOTLONG COMBO. USUALLY GETTING EVERY SINGLE BOOK LEGALLY IS LIKE 400+ NOT. A. DRILL. www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-...

New game about seeing how well you can recreate colours from memory (plus sassy little messages) dialed.gg