Michelle Strattard
@chellestrat.bsky.social
High School History teacher - Model UN - GSTA 🏳️🌈 - 2021 Maine History Teacher of the Year - she/her - all opinions are my own
Ok, I’ve jammed to a pretty xennial coded parade, renewed my membership in the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement with the Litchfield vinyl, eaten a breakfast of piecrust cinnamon rolls, and now am ready for family and food!
a man and a puppet are sitting at a table cleaning a shoe
ALT: a man and a puppet are sitting at a table cleaning a shoe
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November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Ok, I’ve jammed to a pretty xennial coded parade, renewed my membership in the Alice’s Restaurant Anti-Massacree Movement with the Litchfield vinyl, eaten a breakfast of piecrust cinnamon rolls, and now am ready for family and food!
I know it’s fully sanctioned by her estate, but I hate Calum Scott’s version of I Wanna Dance with Somebody. It strips it of the joy and flirty fun.
a woman with curly hair is sitting at a table with a cup on it
ALT: a woman with curly hair is sitting at a table with a cup on it
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November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I know it’s fully sanctioned by her estate, but I hate Calum Scott’s version of I Wanna Dance with Somebody. It strips it of the joy and flirty fun.
Ok, the music selections for this years parade have been top notch!
a painting of a man is surrounded by flames and the word lets is on the wall
ALT: a painting of a man is surrounded by flames and the word lets is on the wall
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ok, the music selections for this years parade have been top notch!
Ok, so pop culture is about Thanksgiving today, so we covered Alice’s Rest. (we’ve been studying protest songs) and Charlie Brown and then I found the 1982 Macy’s Parade on youtube. Wow is it a trip! Milton Berle was Cinderella paired with Ricky Schroeder as the prince! 🤣
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ok, so pop culture is about Thanksgiving today, so we covered Alice’s Rest. (we’ve been studying protest songs) and Charlie Brown and then I found the 1982 Macy’s Parade on youtube. Wow is it a trip! Milton Berle was Cinderella paired with Ricky Schroeder as the prince! 🤣
Speaking of jive, I once had a black student call a white one out on using the n word in the middle of class (the call out not the word). White kid responds with “Don’t call me honkey” (he didn’t). After which the only other black kid whispers to me “‘Ms. S, what’s a honkey?” #HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Speaking of jive, I once had a black student call a white one out on using the n word in the middle of class (the call out not the word). White kid responds with “Don’t call me honkey” (he didn’t). After which the only other black kid whispers to me “‘Ms. S, what’s a honkey?” #HATM
Speaking from a purely local perspective, why no one has made a movie about Margaret Chase Smith is astounding. I saw a play about her that was fantastic!
Also, Samantha Smith. Young peace activist, visited the Soviet Union, covered elections for kids, and had a tragic young death. #HATM
Also, Samantha Smith. Young peace activist, visited the Soviet Union, covered elections for kids, and had a tragic young death. #HATM
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Speaking from a purely local perspective, why no one has made a movie about Margaret Chase Smith is astounding. I saw a play about her that was fantastic!
Also, Samantha Smith. Young peace activist, visited the Soviet Union, covered elections for kids, and had a tragic young death. #HATM
Also, Samantha Smith. Young peace activist, visited the Soviet Union, covered elections for kids, and had a tragic young death. #HATM
Well, curiosity drove me to dig in to some family research. Turns out my 4th and 5th great grandfathers were members of the Massachusetts Militia, Minot’s company and were part of the fight at Lexington and Concord. #HATM
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Well, curiosity drove me to dig in to some family research. Turns out my 4th and 5th great grandfathers were members of the Massachusetts Militia, Minot’s company and were part of the fight at Lexington and Concord. #HATM
Imprisoned 70ft down? Uh, no thank you. #HATM
a woman with blonde hair is wearing a blue dress with white lace .
ALT: a woman with blonde hair is wearing a blue dress with white lace .
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November 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Imprisoned 70ft down? Uh, no thank you. #HATM
Re: smallpox innoculation. That is knowledge that came from a African man, Onesimus, who was enslaved to Cotton Mather. They would use cowpox for the source virus. it would be used to fight an epidemic in Boston in 1729. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Re: smallpox innoculation. That is knowledge that came from a African man, Onesimus, who was enslaved to Cotton Mather. They would use cowpox for the source virus. it would be used to fight an epidemic in Boston in 1729. #HATM
Knox will retire to land his wife inherited in Maine in Thomaston. His house, Montpelier, is now a museum. Maine’s first granite fort will be built nearby at the mouth of the Penobscot River which is named after him. Also Maine’s most recent county was created in 1860 will bear his name. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Knox will retire to land his wife inherited in Maine in Thomaston. His house, Montpelier, is now a museum. Maine’s first granite fort will be built nearby at the mouth of the Penobscot River which is named after him. Also Maine’s most recent county was created in 1860 will bear his name. #HATM
The Kennebec River is a big river that can accommodate modern destroyers. Bath Iron Works is at its head. Those rapids are Class 4 level. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Kennebec River is a big river that can accommodate modern destroyers. Bath Iron Works is at its head. Those rapids are Class 4 level. #HATM
Heck even Maine has black Revolutionary soldiers buried here. Eastern Cemetery in Portland is the final resting place of Cato Shattuck of the 15th Mass, Plato McClellan, and James Bowes of the Continental Line. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Heck even Maine has black Revolutionary soldiers buried here. Eastern Cemetery in Portland is the final resting place of Cato Shattuck of the 15th Mass, Plato McClellan, and James Bowes of the Continental Line. #HATM
Ooh the Mowatt campaign! Mowatt bombarded Falmouth because some patriots had captured him earlier in Maine. Incl. Peleg Wadsworth, the poets grandfather. Mowatt was humiliated. #HATM
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ooh the Mowatt campaign! Mowatt bombarded Falmouth because some patriots had captured him earlier in Maine. Incl. Peleg Wadsworth, the poets grandfather. Mowatt was humiliated. #HATM
Heads up Mainers! I saw a FB post this morning about these cameras being installed in South Portland.
A recent case in Texas US, illustrates how Flock, and other similar surveillance technology, is expanding the capacity to meld personal obsessions and the state’s interest at a systematic level.
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Heads up Mainers! I saw a FB post this morning about these cameras being installed in South Portland.
An event that millions of New England children can regale you with in verse. Thanks to Mainer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His grand-father was a general in the Revolutionary army. He wrote it as a warning about the Civil War. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
An event that millions of New England children can regale you with in verse. Thanks to Mainer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His grand-father was a general in the Revolutionary army. He wrote it as a warning about the Civil War. #HATM
Did I miss the mention of the monopoly the Tea Act created for the British East India company? Allowing them to undercut local merchants? It actually lowered the price of tea.
#HATM
#HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Did I miss the mention of the monopoly the Tea Act created for the British East India company? Allowing them to undercut local merchants? It actually lowered the price of tea.
#HATM
#HATM
Ok I missed the sewing box but mom yelled out Shaker box! If so that’s not period accurate. 1. Shakers come to America in 1774 and 2. They began making those boxes for sale in 1799. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ok I missed the sewing box but mom yelled out Shaker box! If so that’s not period accurate. 1. Shakers come to America in 1774 and 2. They began making those boxes for sale in 1799. #HATM
This harpist is Maeve Gilchrist. I’ve met her! She played a celtic festival I helped run a few years ago. She’s an excellent player and singer. #HATM
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This harpist is Maeve Gilchrist. I’ve met her! She played a celtic festival I helped run a few years ago. She’s an excellent player and singer. #HATM