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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 9h

My family had pagers and a system of codes to communicate stuff like “come get me” “leaving now” “find your own ride” etc… and if I could punch them in fast enough at a pay phone I’d even get my quarter back

Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 9h

Especially because it took me completely by surprise

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 9h

I think that reading that scene/chapter aloud to my kids at bedtime might be one of the strongest spiritual/religious experiences I’ve ever had

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 1d

You’ll be a bust in the hall of shame if you don’t stop questioning the Wizard

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, scammer convinced her she was helping a long lost relative. Made five $20,000 deposits before she thought it was strange and asked her kids for advice

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 1d

Mother in law fed $100,000 in cash into one of these

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Monte Syrie @montesyrie.bsky.social · 1d

How I frame help in my room. #Project180

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 2d

Syrie’s posting again! Yay!

Monte Syrie @montesyrie.bsky.social · 2d

“I teach ___________.”

If what you teach is the excuse for why you can’t invest in intentional, consistent connection building in your classroom, try who you teach.

“I teach kids.”

Now you’ve the reason, not an excuse.

What matters.

Who matters more.

Who’s our purpose.

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 4d

We sorely miss jimamendments on bsky

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 6d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 6d

Did Chris really order 500 coins? Maybe the biggest flub yet (I say this as I covet the coin)

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 8d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 9d

Wicks are famously soaked

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 9d

Are we changing the word or the throat clearing?

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 10d

my grandmother would buy exactly two boxes of these on saturday morning and let the grandkids (between 8-24 of us on any given weekend) at them after dinner. absolute pandemonium

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 10d

who decided to be a giant stick in the mud in 1952? brutal year for stalkers, citrus culturers, taxidermists, and cement heads

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 11d

Yeah, “let’s search that up together (at an appropriate time [not bedtime])” is my go to along with “sounds like we know what to look for at the library.” Then they either wait or move on

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 11d

But also who the fuck can’t read to their kid at night? It’s ten minutes!

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Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 11d

I can kind of empathize with the desire to pass off your kid’s persistent questions and odd interests off to the robot, but Christ, kids need to learn that “I don’t know” is a real answer and that it’s ok to wait to find things out

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