@chelseasprite
Higher ed. Community College. Belonging in higher ed. Grower of things. I used to run a tutoring center now I do student success stuff. PhD student, research on belonging in the college classroom. She/her. Views my own.
A small stack of black cooking racks with round-ish pale sugar cookies sprinkled with pink sugar.
I made my favorite chewy sugar cookies which took up a good amount of time and I feel productive and not like I want to throw everything away
I have a favorite chewy sugar cookie that I lean on during days like this. Relatively easy, mostly pantry ingredients, but it does take a bit...
I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed
Ok, I'm going to finish reading this chapter and then I'm making cookies (assuming I have all of the ingredients) because today has been annoying
Yes
Color photograph. A long haired tan and black tabby kitten with cerulean eyes is perched atop a tan colored platform on a cat tree. She looks absolutely peaceful and has her face stretched a bit towards the camera as if to get closer. The photo has a very soft focus.
“Come closer…closer… I have a story to tell you.
It begins with a brave and majestic floof, a mysterious red dot, and a battle for the ages…”
#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
Every woman who has been sexually assaulted understands the impulse to just walk away because justice is a pipe dream and you don’t want to put yourself through a second, emotional assault when you tell your story.
I'm making this for dinner and I'm very sad that I'm out of sour cream but it's delicious on it's own anyway
Participate in a Study on First-Generation College Students' Graduate School Aspirations Overview of the Study To better understand the graduate school pipelines of First-generation, low-income college students, Alexis Rei and Dr. Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur of Rhode Island College have decided to survey first-generation, low-income graduate students and college seniors about their graduate school aspirations. The survey should take about 11-18 minutes to complete. Who do we need Graduate students or college seniors (graduating Fall 2025 or Spring 2026) who are: -First-generation college students (Neither parent went to college/achieved their BA from an institution in the United States) -Received the Pell Grant throughout undergraduate -If an undergraduate senior: Applying to graduate schools with the intent to enroll for the Fall of 2026 Benefits and Compensation There are no direct benefits or compensations provided from taking the survey. Scan the qr code to take the survey (picture of a qr code)--survey URL is also in the post text. Contact Information For any questions regarding the study, please feel free to contact us at the emails listed below: Dr. Arthur: marthur@ric.edu Alexis Rei: arei_9708@email.ric.edu
Contribute to research on first-gen students' graduate school aspirations! Seeking students who were first-gen & received the maximum Pell grant in undergrad who are now in graduate school or in their senior year of undergraduate. Take the survey at ric.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... & share widely!
sort of related: as a disabled person I've heard the extremely ableist "you'd die in the natural world" comments
but also I've watched parent birds put their all into raising baby birds with missing limbs and un-survivable disabilities. Parental care can be so much stronger than these losers know
Ok, we got things to do tonight including vacuuming and shampooing the carpet that Izzy keeps puking on. And maybe cookies. And definitely dinner.
omg I love the blazer!
This ties into the nature of our belief structures and threat responses. People do not learn well and encounter new information well when being labeled as a "bad" identity (like "bad parent"). This is extremely well known. The OP is doing clear, good, informed scicomm.
You lovely BlueSky lot, eldest has spent the day HUGELY enjoying taking pictures at the British Museum and wants to start editing them on a computer/trying out a proper camera. Any advice for getting started? He’s 12, but very good at computers and etc & has immense focus when interested in things.
A calico cat crouched more to the ground, stalking about a vets office.
Just Izzy's tail out of the open end of a blue travel carrier.
This is Izzy, she's a beautiful, 18 year old calico cat who got her vaccines yesterday because it keeps her healthy and safe and the other animals and humans in her household also healthy and safe.
Chopping up a pineapple through the SDT framework:
Competence: I have the knife skills and know how, the self-efficacy
Autonomy: whatever the end result is, it will be delicious and mine so it's fine
Relatedness: now I'm telling you about the delicious, chopped up pineapple
Yes, chopping up a pineapple did make things better
but if you're in admin at an institution, try to see your staff as people who make knowledge as well as answer emails.
As usual the daily news brief at my institution didn’t mention my piece :)
It’s not because I’m too radical, it’s because staff aren’t visible.
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Me, posting about simmering onions: all over the discover feed
Me, posting about a very popular book but not naming it because of how feeds/search work: crickets
Also, if you're following this, I very much enjoyed this candle
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There is also a huge element of a more "deviant" life style, talking about boundaries, and discussing consent. But, we can stay safely mainstream with the "be a Dain or a Xaden"
I saw a thing on social media, a "men's coach", who was like, you can be a Dain or a Xaden. You can decide what she can handle, or you can walk beside her through it.
And I think that's a great description of why many women love romantic fantasy.
A piece of chalkboard that reads "Assoc'd Press unconfirmed E.O.L. has Nobel Prize" with the edit "confirmed". On the left side there is "Nov 13 Bloodcount" with a list of names
Me: This isn't a recreation. This is the actual chalkboard which got sprayed with epoxy to fix it forever and then they cut that piece of chalkboard out for display here.
Them: What are those names on the side?
Me: Oh, that's a little slice of radiation safety history.
Hey, we should probably start really holding our Democract reps accountable for public ed.
The people who mocked you as a child for thinking your stuffed animals had personalities are trying to convince us that the computer they use for therapy and revenge porn has anxiety now.
time for my next meeting where one person clearly believes they are the smartest person in the room and they most definitely are not.
A news post said "the medicial examiner is on the scene" and it *always* makes me think about the day my mom died in her home. There was a Coroner's van out front and a dude in a pickup drove by and shouted THAT'S THE CORONER'S VAN.
Yep. Both of those mean death.
