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Stubborn. Teacher, coach, learner ➡️ journalism, photography, art. Proud public educator in the Philly ‘burbs.

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I’m a Bodega Cat, and I Guess I’m in Charge Now? Dear Customers: Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have notice...

"Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have noticed, those two were the only staff—despite this place being open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m."

31.01.2026 14:30 👍 162 🔁 54 💬 0 📌 1

Groups of dudes who self-segregate & talk each other into believing that they are uniquely brilliant & everyone else just doesn't get it ... are responsible for some of history's most florid horrors.

03.12.2025 23:55 👍 942 🔁 174 💬 19 📌 6

In solidarity tonight with all the teachers who have been instructed to take action we know in our guts, hearts, and professional experience is wrong — and we do it, because heroics aren’t so advisable in 2025.

Might lose some sleep over it. But do it. Sometimes it’s a job, not a calling.

17.10.2025 23:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My goodness, this is a beautiful idea.

17.10.2025 07:53 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Public media memories left defunded Wild Kratts, Sesame Street, Curious George, and Odd Squad are just a few of the many shows on the Public Broadcasting Service Kids Channel (PBS Kids) that sculpted what we call our childhood. But after...

Public media memories left defunded | By Evie Fernandez '27, Lavanya Dixit '27, and Fiona Seale '28

02.10.2025 12:21 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Varsity football bounces back in Eagles High School Football Showdown “Fly, Eagles Fly!” rang out of the student section as Philadelphia Eagles mascot, Swoop, directed the sea of green like a conductor. On Friday, Sept. 26, Haven hosted the annual Eagles High School...

Varsity football bounces back in Eagles High School Football Showdown | By Savvas Zeibekis '26 and Matthew Ramirez '26

03.10.2025 21:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Update: I’ve scheduled my vaccine.

However, the day-to-day uncertainty of this is unnecessary and dehumanizing.

whyy.org/articles/pen...

04.09.2025 10:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trolling Democracy

“Like a runaway train, the Republican Party is barreling toward a future in which posting is politics — or, the purest function of politics. It’s a grim, ugly and barren place. The future of the party is coming of age in this place, and its members are slowly being stripped of empathy.”

04.09.2025 09:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Presidential Transitions The peaceful transition of power and knowledge from one Presidential Administration to another is both a cornerstone and a cyclical event of American democracy. Archivist of the United States, Novembe...

All of these posts are archived. How will historians process this when we’ve moved on to the next chapter? Or will the next chapter be worse because this administration has set a new normal?

04.09.2025 09:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Does ignoring the toxic, dehumanizing content being posted by the White House social media accounts lead to normalizing it?

What the Trump team is posting on official accounts would result in disciplinary action for school-sponsored high school groups.

04.09.2025 09:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Philly health providers deal with confusion following FDA COVID-19 vaccine limits The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 65 and older and younger adults and children with underlying medical conditions.

Preventing any teacher or any frontline worker in any state who wants a COVID-19 vaccine from getting one is effectively criminal.

whyy.org/articles/new...

02.09.2025 22:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

an era of breaking news reflects brokenness.

as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.

no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.

when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.

28.08.2025 00:37 👍 271 🔁 41 💬 8 📌 3

I can’t figure out why so many people and organizations I respect are still posting updates on X.

24.08.2025 21:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

Pages from a mini comic

My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

20.08.2025 16:47 👍 734 🔁 307 💬 45 📌 50

“…Otherwise, either they don’t believe AI is such a high priority or, worse, they believe it is but have no plan, other than punt the problem to shell-shocked teachers to deal with.”

18.08.2025 01:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How to Justify an AI Ban in Your Classroom (Guest Post) - Daily Nous “I don’t want to be a cop in the classroom. So, it’s... important for students to come to the same conclusion themselves and understand the rationale for this [AI] policy.” Recently, Patrick Lin, a ph...

“if schools think AI literacy is so vital for their students’ future, then schools should create and require classes dedicated to teaching those skills, similar to a typing course…”

dailynous.com/2025/08/12/h...

18.08.2025 01:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Important observations here about crossing all the lines that should not be crossed.

06.08.2025 00:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn

“Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”

nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/asking-stude...

05.08.2025 11:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"And every Roomba turned toward Jerusalem."

29.07.2025 18:48 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Sam Altman is worried about one kind of tech messing with kids' brains — and it's not AI Altman said the "short video feed dopamine hit" might be "messing with kids' brain development in a super deep way."

What an epic buck-pass.
It’s both-and, you fool.

www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-s...

24.07.2025 23:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is—without a doubt—perfect.

19.07.2025 01:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Perhaps years from now, in some faraway Delco Wawa, you’ll spot me throwing up outside in a plastic bag. And it’ll be fireworks all over again.”

Crying…

18.07.2025 01:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Any K12 teacher in the U.S. would be fired for using the rhetoric the president used last night to kick off the country’s 250th anniversary.

That, I guess, is where we are.

04.07.2025 11:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As the dissents point out, the majority constantly contradicts its own recent decisions to fit the result they want. Ie: a HS football coach leading a Christian prayer does not violate other students religious rights, but a storybook with LGBT characters does. On some level they must know this.

28.06.2025 12:43 👍 1848 🔁 333 💬 37 📌 20

sports business. 🔥

18.06.2025 21:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Following the byline proudly.

10.06.2025 15:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I know that byline + will be following it. 🔥

07.06.2025 22:16 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Elixir of Life A physical reunion with humanity’s oldest friend.

Can’t express how damn cool Radiolab continues to be. I loved this episode so much.

Awed by all at @radiolab.bsky.social … you are the standard-setter for this media. Thanks for making us care about the things we really do need to care about.

www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-el...

07.06.2025 21:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Dying.

07.06.2025 12:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0