Gretchen
@offgridteacher.bsky.social
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•Edu MA • Teach Plus Fellow Alum • Peace Corps 🇸🇳 in Agro-Forestry • Veteran Wife + Caregiver • Stay At Home Mom I talk about education, running, nature, caregiving, California, cats, and health.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
Oh it’s such a good show. It inspired my husband and I to read up on our history from that time and place.
I took my Little One to a local harvest festival, and her Waldorf school competed at the Scarecrow competition with this version of Smaug from The Hobbit that “breathed” smoke. Now I’m really sold.
We owe without charging a car, we live in a modest house, and I try and time our appliances outside of peak hours- and we still owe Tru-Up.
Getting it for kids under 3 is even harder, and it was hard even before RFK Jr.
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CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.
Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete
The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.
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I wish I were too.
Wish you were here ⁺˚⋆。°✩₊
What’d you think? I’ve been holding on to all of my Pegasus 35’s, but feel like it’s probably time to suck it up and get the newer models (I’ve been buying unused pairs online).
@xenolith.bsky.social Mergansers! I’d tag Ryan but couldn’t get his name to come up for some reason.
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I was at my old high school today, for the first time in over twenty years, to talk to the teachers about how their curriculum can better support students. AI came up, and so many teachers were saying "Well it's a tool, they have to know how to use it, it's the future so we have to accept it!"
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I so badly wanted to hike up there this Fall, maybe next year.
Omg I’m so sorry for both you and the student and their family.
I highly recommend Joshua McFadden’s Six Seasons as a general seasonal cookbook, but also made this yummy apple + sweat potato chicken skillet dinner. I added extra butternut squash and it tasted like all of autumn in one dish. www.delish.com/cooking/reci...
This Apple Cider Glazed Chicken Recipe Proves It's Super Easy To Cook Chicken Thighs
Meet the perfect fall dinner.
www.delish.com
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The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies
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More Children of Men.
Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸
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Important alert for people who like working while a light white noise is playing in the background, there is a family of whales singing next to the Moss Landing Marine Lab hydrophone right now and you should listen! radio.garden/visit/moss-l...
Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden
Listen to live Moss Landing CA radio on Radio Garden
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My favorite time of year!!!! They’re back!
It’s been an absolutely glorious day in the hills, even though Winter is coming tomorrow.
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Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦
I love this. If he earns it you should add a seal on the outside of his diploma frame. 😂🦭
I just mostly have the kid… walk, and then have a good old fashioned stroller.
Oh no, what an absolute disaster.