Jaclyn Zarrella
@jzindc.bsky.social
Director of Teaching and Learning at The Field School, Washington DC. History educator, emerging sewist, cat mom.
Seems like a good time to remind people the USWNT has won 4 World Cups! ⚽️
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
Having a dead guy in the senate feels like a metaphor for the whole institution
Sitting with the Egyptian fans at a bar in Tallinn, Estonia. I have felt so many emotions in 90 minutes. We still have 5 minutes!
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not
In every academic book there is a secret second book hiding in the footnotes. Sometimes it is the first draft that had migrated there to escape the revisions. Sometimes it is the author's tortured secret rebuttal of their own claims, and sometimes it is the incipient form of the their next book.
Teaching is a craft that requires one to abandon their own confidence to favor the needs of another. Those that lack the humility to consider the learner first struggle to teach.
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 3mo agoYou’re not wrong. Teaching is a skill cultivated through practice. A person can be brilliant, technically skilled, and horrible at teaching. Being an expert in a field doesn’t mean that you’re capable of teaching it.
Is this what he means by we're the "hottest" country?
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 4mo agoInflation accelerated to 3.3% in March, the hottest reading in two years.
Travel writer Rick Steves on Washington's newly signed "Millionaires Tax"
In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.
If you’re looking for a book that will encourage deep contemplation with a pal, a date, or fellow guests at a dinner party, the following titles will give you ample opportunities to talk, Rhian Sasseen writes.
Six Books You’ll Have to Discuss With a Friend
These titles are exciting and stimulating enough to talk about with almost anyone.
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In today's "things I covet" 👇 Metal and leather straight-back dresser trunk, c.1890. It converted from steamer trunk to dresser so the traveler was not required to unpack.
The US at the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution - Minneapolis, January 24, 2026
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
Protester in Minnesota: I’m 70 years old and I’m fucking angry *disappears into gas*
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
Robert Komaniecki@komaniecki.bsky.social · 8mo agoI have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
This is absolutely what will happen. Teachers already fear the perception of their choices in the classroom. In a time of sky high cost of living and attacks on education in general, self preservation will unfortunately win for many, especially if there is no support for risk taking within schools
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.Sotomayor, in dissent, correctly says that today's decision in Mahmoud will lead public schools to simply censor books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes, creating "chaos" and stigmatizing children with LGBTQ families. This decision will lead to book bans. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.
The National Archives belong to We the People. These records are used by historians and other researchers, but also veterans, Native nations, genealogists, students, and so many more people.
While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections. These attacks must be viewed from this lens.
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
Want to feel seen? Read this amazing poem about our desire to let go of our glowing overlords, our phones: open.substack.com/pub/quirineb...
all my friends and i talk about is getting rid of our phones
our phones as the tiny gods we are trying not to worship
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