Shout-out to the man reading a well-loved copy of When in Rome on the subway this afternoon.
Jennifer Glensdottir
@jecathre.bsky.social
Middle school science teacher, writer of snarky alt-text, firm believer in the inherent worth and dignity of every human person. She/her
I was trying to describe plexiglass to someone the other night. But it was the end of a very long day and the word plexiglass completely escaped me. The only thing I could think of was "transparent aluminum." Apparently my #StarTrek nerdery intensifies when I'm tired.
When I was a kid every public space smelled like cigarettes. When I was a young adult public spaces were mostly smoke free. Now everything smells like weed. I hate it.
I was just going to eat the white bean salad, but it came with pita still steaming inside. I'm only human. I had to eat it.
". . . a kind of notice which served to imprint on Elinor the remembrance of a person and face, of strong, natural, sterling insignificance, though adorned in the first style of fashion." Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen at her most vicious and I love it.
This is Prince, my Amazon Milk tree frog as a froglet. He's almost an adult now. He was resting in the mossy waterfall, but prefers the canopy since he is arboreal. #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #frogs #herps #eastcoastkin #photography
Are you an American who doesn't follow football and feels left out of Monday morning work conversations? Try one of these two phrases based on the vibe of the person who asks if you saw the game last night: "Crazy game right?" Or "They were never going to win that one."
Writing dialogue come easily to me, but it occured to me that one of my characters needs to be more taciturn, so I set the goal of limiting his dialog to no more than 6 words at a time. It's not a comfortable restriction, and I might loosen it to 10, but it's an interesting challenge. #writersky
Yes, actually, it is unprofessional to bring an iced coffee to a job interview. Did you bring enough for everyone?
I have "an excellent grasp" of the first amendment. I like to think my US History teacher would be proud.
Student Press Law Center@splc.org · last wk.Happy #FirstAmendmentDay! Here at the Student Press Law Center, the First Amendment freedoms are the cornerstone of our work. We recognize the significance of its guarantees for our country and our press. 🙏🗣️📰👥✍️ Test your First Amendment knowledge with this quiz: https://loom.ly/ZSwtV40
You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for?
Last light on the Bay at Ropewalk in Ocean City, Maryland.
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and honestly: justice for Walter. I hope he found love.
The Kennedy Center’s Grand Foyer is 630' long and 63' high. The 6000 elements in the crystal chandeliers were hand-blown by Orrefors and an official gift by the Kingdom of Sweden in 1971. The 60' tall mirrors at left were a gift on behalf of the people and nation of the Kingdom of Belgium.
In a bitter May runoff, Texas Republicans nominated Bo French, an investor with only the vaguest glimmer of industry experience and a mostly irrelevant and racist political program that calls for deporting 100 million people, purging the nation of Muslims, and emulating a defunct apartheid state.
Bo French sent a tweet so racist, his own party finally took notice. It's just the tip of the iceberg.
How a regulatory agency you've never heard of became a test case for Republican extremism.
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Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Burning a test tube full of hydrogen in front of the class is way cooler than anything on tiktok. #edusky #AICouldNever
Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Good morning #GenX
Matt Sheridan@mattsheridan.bsky.social · 3w agoIt really is amazing how effectively this stuff lives up to the promise of the phrase "utopian scholastic". It makes me remember being that kid who loved 3-2-1 Contact and the Boston Museum of Science. Speaking of which: neuron activation for middle-aged nerds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gEA...
Alito and Thomas would allow it but Bishop Mariann and Dean Hollerith would not. #TEC
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 3w agoIf Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it
Doubling teacher salaries would solve a lot of problems. A lot of other problems would have to be solved to get the political will to double teacher salaries.
I just got home from the library bookstore, and I'm convinced it's a money laundering scheme. There's no way they're pulling in anything like real money when the "suggested donation" is a dollar and it's on the honor system.
Today I learned: (link for written information in the replies.) youtube.com/shorts/aMHP1...
America likes to surveil women
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Cat Sebastian does not miss. Love, family, good books, and a little radicalism. CW: that ache you feel when someone dies. #booksky
1. I don't have time for this. 2. "Every subject from history to English literature" is not really the span of school subjects. 2a. It's also two of the subjects that have the least justification for AI use. 3. School is for learning to think and to communicate that thinking.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat the fuck does this even mean for a History classroom?
