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Husband of @mandinnithegreat.bsky.social . Father of three. 20+ year teaching veteran. #ETAD M.Ed. grad. Writer. Huge, huge nerd... (he/him)

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TikTok - Make Your Day

I love these. Ryan Kelly on tiktok has a whole series like that:

vt.tiktok.com/ZSuM3rHbe/

10.03.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image shows the MMM bracket with Assassin Bug winning the Wildcard over the Bone Collector Caterpillar and a checkmark indicating the Wildcard category has been completed.

Image shows the MMM bracket with Assassin Bug winning the Wildcard over the Bone Collector Caterpillar and a checkmark indicating the Wildcard category has been completed.

#2026MMM WILDCARD WINNER:
Assassin Bug!

Join us Wednesday, March 11th at 8PM EST for ROUND ONE of MONEY MAMMALS!

10.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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No Redactions Rev. Dr. Mandi Hecht preaches on John 18:12-27 at First Baptist Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Sunday, March 8th, 2026. https://youtu.be/n_POuZf8Hs0 12Β Then the detachment of soldiers with its c...

pastormandi.com/sermons/gosp...

08.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a white shirt is sitting on a boat in the water . Alt: a man in a white shirt is sitting on a boat in the water doing a massive double take

That's crazy!

10.03.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Joy To The World (1975) - Three Dog Night
Joy To The World (1975) - Three Dog Night YouTube video by 3DogsLive

Now, for the singing of the Animal Anthem, played annually for this Wild Card event since 2013... Three Dog Night with "Joy to the World" www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8K... #2026MMM

10.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

That's amazing! I'm stoked to hear stories of how people use them 😁

10.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so glad people are finding value in them! I always learn so much when putting them together.

10.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a satellite image of a hurricane taken on august 18 ALT: a satellite image of a hurricane taken on august 18

And March Mammal Madness would not be possible without the incredible achievements of scientists the world over, so many funded by those historical engines of excellence- the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin #2026MMM

10.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Is that... supposed to be "chic"?

08.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We Need to Do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’ Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.

What shallow thinkers: "everyone who disagrees with me is a threat". None of the notion that ideas and policy are built on reasoned discourse, and for that to happen, you need intelligent people who disagree with you.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... 🎁

07.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rockiest Disciple A brother remembers

amandabhecht.substack.com/p/the-rockie...

06.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran: look, it's simple. We literally just paint the silhouette of a plane on the ground. We literally just nail together some boxes in the shape of a tank. We literally just pull looney tunes shit. Their AI will make them spend $100 million to destroy $5 of arts and crafts.

the US: grok is this

06.03.2026 06:56 πŸ‘ 2062 πŸ” 452 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 18

b) Even if these AI tools worked perfectly (which they don't), even if they didn't cause massive environmental damage (which they do), they're still built on a foundation of copyright infringement and intellectual property theft, and we as an education sector should be rejecting them wholesale.

06.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had to sit through a session on how teachers should be using AI to give formative assessments to our students, and I was thinking:

a) That is literally our job. You can't complain about losing jobs to AI when you're handing over fundamental parts of the job to the machines; and

06.03.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spanish PM SΓ‘nchez on Trump's threat to end trade:

"We are not going to be accomplices to something that is bad for the world and contrary to our values and interests simply because of fear of reprisals... We have absolute confidence in the economic, institutional & moral strength of our country."

04.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 2009 πŸ” 488 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 52

that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it

anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love

02.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 4169 πŸ” 925 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 114
Doctors fear young at risk from β€˜black-market trans hormones’ Medics call for an urgent investigation into trans community groups offering support on accessing supplies for self-medication

Well, yes, trans people are getting drugs; yes, from entirely unregulated sources; yes, without counselling; yes, without blood tests; yes, they are self-administering; yes, without clinical oversight; yes, risking long term harm; yes, it is highly suboptimal.

What did you think would happen?

02.03.2026 06:34 πŸ‘ 1957 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 63

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

24.02.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 3711 πŸ” 863 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 49

Lol, talk about different vibes...

24.02.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We quote that and "finger painting" constantly in our house.

24.02.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover image from the film The Cutting Edge, featuring Moira Kelly as a spoiled figure skater and D.B. Sweeney as a washed out hockey player, who come together after each has a disastrous turn at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, to try to turn things around in Albertville.

Cover image from the film The Cutting Edge, featuring Moira Kelly as a spoiled figure skater and D.B. Sweeney as a washed out hockey player, who come together after each has a disastrous turn at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, to try to turn things around in Albertville.

Showed my kids The Cutting Edge l last night, after the Olympic closing ceremony. For a 90s sports romantic comedy, it holds up pretty well. I had a chuckle when I saw the screenwriter was Tony Gilroy, whose more recent credits include Rogue One and Andor.

24.02.2026 03:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hmm.... πŸ€” Could go either way...

23.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago’s newest snow plow name β€˜Abolish ICE,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says Mayor Brandon Johnson announced β€œAbolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a β€œfull and complete” endorsement.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced β€œAbolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a β€œfull and complete” endorsement.

23.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 4833 πŸ” 1251 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 140

Maybe epaper screen for better battery life? There's got to be a market for something simple like that.

23.02.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That might not have gone over so well 😁
I think I was about 10 when I was first allowed to go to the Connaught Branch of the Regina Public Library on my bike, a ride of about 2km, mostly along the excellent Devonian Pathway. A couple of years later, I was allowed to ride downtown to the main branch.

23.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Libraries were one of the first places I was allowed to ride my bike on my own as a kid. They are a formative part of who I am today.

23.02.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lent is for Realists Rev. Dr. Mandi Hecht preaches on John 11:1-48 at First Baptist Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Sunday, February 22nd, 2026. https://youtu.be/irT0ZKVWigM The Death of Lazarus 11Β Now a man named La...

pastormandi.com/sermons/gosp...

22.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAmerica isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”

β€” David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics

22.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 16

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

22.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 7370 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 165 πŸ“Œ 204

Yeah, that tracks...

22.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0