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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 12h

Perhaps an extra bonus of NYC's election results will be a boost for #Multilingualism ? Mamdani campaigned in English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi, Yiddish, and Bengali, as well as featuring Mandarin and ASL in his materials. #ELLChat #translanguaging #MLLs #EduSky #ELLSA

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21h

Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been lucky enough to have more time for reading this autumn, and it has been wonderful. I never write a novel, but I will definitely try NaNoReMo!

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 4d

I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).

naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...

November is for reading

or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9d

Care for us? True indeed! They ne’er car’d for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their store-houses cramm’d with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act establish’d against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 10d

They should lose their license, be reported to social services, and go to jail for child endangerment.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 12d

One place you can still find such amazing craftspeople is the folks who make and maintain costumes for Broadway and touring companies. - Brought to mind since Wicked (designed by Susan Hilferty, wardrobe supervision by the legendary Alyce Gilbert) features umbrella-like wings on the flying monkeys.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 18d

[Exit King.]

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 18d

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 19d

I've been re-watching the first season, and it's so sad to remember how different it was just a few years ago - lines like 'when we had a dangerous head of state' seemed safely in the past.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 23d

So close - 99.5%! #scarletquince

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 23d

An extremely interesting thread about the true cost of making clothing. Worth reading all of it!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 25d

Gola is not convinced that this whole hammock thing is a good idea. #Caturday

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · 25d

AAARRGGGH... *whole hammock thing

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Oct 1

My current favourite black medicine water is #Chennai filter kaapi.

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Oct 1

A list of words for coffee in ten different languages...

10. Welsh = coffi
9. French = café
8. Manx = caffee
7. Romanian = cafea
6. Dutch = koffie
5. German = kaffee
4. Swedish = kaffe
3. Malagasy = kafe
2. Icelandic = kaffi
1. Ojibwe = makade-mashkikiwaaboo (literally “black medicine water”)

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Sep 20

Many thanks to AISC for hosting! Can't wait to continue the discussion at the next meeting. #ELLSA

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Sep 20

The Chennai chapter of ELLSA had our 1st meeting of the year - the first to include teachers from other schools in Chennai, which has long been a goal. We looked at student writing through the lens of language acquisition. It was great to make connections between our schools and share approaches!

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Sep 7

#vinylandbrew @megvaidydesign

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Sep 7

Art Attack + coffee = a lovely way to spend a Sunday.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Sep 1

EHppie-tome, HYperbowl, paraBOWLa, the Sooks and IROkwoyz tribes. I still am stumped by ‘hegemony’.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Aug 26

I do too - it’s so sad to see what has happened to a once great paper.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Aug 19

#scarletquince

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Aug 19

First embroidery session since breaking my shoulder - very therapeutic!

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Aug 5

So begins year 22 of teaching, year 19 overseas (11 years total in India) and year 5 at AISC! I’m excited to see how my new role works out and to explore more independent work as well.

Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Jul 17

Useful for fitting report card comments into short character counts as well! And as an extra bonus, it makes them easier to read for multilingual parents.

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Allison Rabenau @allisonrabenau.bsky.social · Jul 5

There is a beautiful graphic version as well.