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@pinkherring.bsky.social

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

Any serious future for democracy in America requires us to get rid of single-member districts. It is the only long-term solution to this nonsense.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

Not gonna lie, I have learned a lot both volunteering as an elementary tutor and helping my own kids 😂 E is doing Geometry right now which is my kryptonite but even that makes more sense nowadays.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

Yes! It shows them the actual WHY, not just memorizing. It is tricky to learn some of these algebraic strategies in the lower grades, but once you get them, they make SO much sense. So much better than how we learned.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

Tutoring some 4th graders in math and damn, they have so many strategies to choose from now and math actually makes sense?! I know the "new math" looks confusing to us Old Folks but it is amazing how far teaching strategies have come in 30 years.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

There are laws about how to interdict suspected criminals on the high seas.

There are laws about how to renovate federal buildings.

There are laws about how not to monetize the presidency.

There are laws. We should enforce them. And not normalize the flagrant violation of them in the newspapers.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

It does!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to give my email or number for discounts. There is no discount you could offer that is worth getting more junk texts and emails. It is so ridiculous.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

If you like spinach and bok choy cooked, you can jam them in a gallon ziplock bag and freeze them. When you cook them down you can't tell a difference from fresh (or at least I can't)

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

Macaroni elbows. I can't even eat it. No.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 1d

On no!!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

I got SO much done today procrastinating packing, which I hate more than any household tasks. Packing is THE WORST.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

I am so very unprepared for our trip to Zion on Thurs. I do my very best work under pressure, but I do not enjoy the process. I hate hate hate the day before a trip.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

It is so, so toxic. I get sucked in by their stupid Instagram previews sometimes and I can feel my soul being sucked out through my eyeballs as soon as they scan that cursed timeline.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

Lol I went to pick up my holds today and said, out loud, "these can't ALL be for me!" I thought quite a few had a line but I guess not!!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

IME they are very good at knowing when you're not around and doing whatever they want to do then. Ive been thinking about this a lot as my kids want a new cat so bad... But HOW? I am now so used to a dog (and our dog is so trainable and eager to please). You can't crate a cat at night!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

They make these motion sensored traps that will snap and make a noise and scare them if they go up there. If we get another cat I'm getting one. Those I think you'd need to set at night, during the day spray them with a water bottle. But cats are VERY hard to keep off high places.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

Just like how Mike Johnson can't swear in Grijalva because the govt is shut down. And he didn't do it before the shutdown because... 🤷‍♀️

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

I had this revelation over the summer when we were going to NJ. I have the Delta credit card so we each get a free checked bag now. Why am I trying to cram all our stuff into two suitcases. Just take three! Four, even!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

Extremely same. I love GS but I'm not happy with this or membership cost increase.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

We are talking about a 6 hour drive? We are doing that this weekend for fall break. With four kids. It's not nothing but it's also not impossible! Wtf.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure Kristi Noem will add this to the 10,000% increase in violence against federal officers!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

Next time it would be great if two of the people the president is trying to vindictively prosecute didn't have the same name. Which James are we talking about!!

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

It's nice that it will only be 20 min away from my house rather than 50, but the camp is in a gorgeous setting and I think it makes sense to do GS ceremonies on GS properties 🤷

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

This year they are having it at an event center that's owned by the county, and maybe that's why they're charging so much. Two years ago (the only other experience I have with this) it was at a GS owned camp.

OPH @pinkherring.bsky.social · 2d

That really sucks. I have the same problem when we come to recital season and I hate it