How to freak out middle schoolers: point out that both of your grandmothers wer born in the 1880s.
A Jill in Illinois
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Born in Melvin. My dad killed Nazis. My birth was announced on Hee-Haw. she/her Progressive, Pan, GenX. Middle school science and history teacher. Looks like a meek middle-aged Midwest mom, is chaotic good.
Ah. Telling someone they're LARPing is apparently like calling them a poseur.
My middle school boys are suddenly singing? rapping? unsure of the verb. Macklemore songs. And instead of saying "You're dreaming" or "You're crazy" they seem to be saying "You're LARPing"? Does this seem possible?
Windows open as a cool breeze picks up and the light shower turns to a thunderstorm.
How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching
This is the “higher productivity work” DOGE maybe didn’t anticipate we’d latch onto when they purged us.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3d ago"Since the federal takeover, he spends four nights a week pedaling his bike up and down the same streets, recording agents as they arrest his neighbors. On the scene, he lists rights for people getting arrested and asks if they’d like him to contact anyone..." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Today’s anti-science corporate money grab at the grocery store. Da fuq is chlorophyll water? Rhetorical question. I already looked it up. Will be talking about this with my middle schoolers tomorrow.
Holy fuck. Was at a restaurant when the University of Illinois’ men’s bball team walked through the dining room and past me. I have seen them individually and the team from a distance. I have never seen the whole team so closely. Like a pantheon of gods passing me by.
Get hyped! Scheduled my annual flu and covid shots for this week! Throwing in the pneumonia vax this year because I want *ALL* the science pumping through my body at all times.
Take a test drive of the new Ford AO3
Chris Adamson@invalidname.me · 3d agoThe Ford app just added AI. This is the greatest thing ever.
got scammed trading honey with bees (i have been bee trade)
the president has finally revealed his true form: a 1980s preppie villain determined to tear down the rec center
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Beware billion dollar sports owners claiming to donate money to various causes when they’re under scrutiny for being assholes. I said what I said. 
My Vietnamese neighbor just showed up with a box of peppers and just said “For you. They might be spicy.” 👀 👀 👀
Today's unexpected music request from the 8th graders: Careless Whisper!
You need to make a crowd of 12 year olds lose their ever-lovin’ minds? Have them compete in Blooket for cheap candy. They will follow you into battle after that.
man he cant equip that shit hes a cleric not a wizard. this DM sucks
Elle@elleisanisland.bsky.social · 4d agoPope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
I live one “Suffragette City” away from the interstate entrance. #TIL
I just found out I have apparently been mispronouncing Foucault my entire stupid life.
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We don’t make morning people stay up late and tell them they are lazy if it’s hard, but fuck you wake up it’s time for work.
Once again I am asking: at what point does he simply take the L and cancel this will not get any better! man you know there are gonna be protesters at every stop!
Jason Linkins@dceiver.bsky.social · 6d ago
Quiznos is partnering with Blackwater to crush insurgencies in their supply chain.
Holy shit. All of the submission videos are just being uploaded immediately at the bottom of the webpage without any moderation whatsoever. Somebody is getting fired for this. openforlegends.guitarcenter.com/campaign/ope...
eminemerald fennell@fireh9lly.bsky.social · 6d agoHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
Man, it's a good thing Ed Sheeran decided to steer clear of politics, that worked out well for him
