Erin
@erinalexa.bsky.social
College & Career Coach/ School Counselor, becoming a better baker, Chicago.
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I’ve had too many of these moments lately, where I see a video like this, and my inner voice is screaming at the people, my fellow Americans who signed up for these jobs and are ‘just following orders’:
“WHO are you?! Why is this so easy for you? WHY are you doing this?!”
Truly disturbed by this.
“WHO are you?! Why is this so easy for you? WHY are you doing this?!”
Truly disturbed by this.
🧊✈️ NOW: Each of these white bags holds all of the personal effects of a person captured by ICE.
The plane is an Avelo 737 flying for ICE, loading at Boeing Field in Seattle 👀
The plane is an Avelo 737 flying for ICE, loading at Boeing Field in Seattle 👀
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’ve had too many of these moments lately, where I see a video like this, and my inner voice is screaming at the people, my fellow Americans who signed up for these jobs and are ‘just following orders’:
“WHO are you?! Why is this so easy for you? WHY are you doing this?!”
Truly disturbed by this.
“WHO are you?! Why is this so easy for you? WHY are you doing this?!”
Truly disturbed by this.
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This legislation is gutting. I cannot adequately convey the amount of trans youth and young adults I’ve talked to, worked alongside, and supported who have discussed the ways transition-related care saved their lives and increased their life chances.
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This legislation is gutting. I cannot adequately convey the amount of trans youth and young adults I’ve talked to, worked alongside, and supported who have discussed the ways transition-related care saved their lives and increased their life chances.
Back in Chicago, after having wrapped up visiting nine colleges in five days. The final campuses we visited were Claremont McKenna and Pitzer. Completely different schools and vibes, but I have students I can thriving at both.
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Back in Chicago, after having wrapped up visiting nine colleges in five days. The final campuses we visited were Claremont McKenna and Pitzer. Completely different schools and vibes, but I have students I can thriving at both.
Visited Harvey Mudd, Scripps, and Redlands over the last two days. Haven’t seen a cloud in awhile. Two more colleges then back to the cold.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Visited Harvey Mudd, Scripps, and Redlands over the last two days. Haven’t seen a cloud in awhile. Two more colleges then back to the cold.
On a tour of Redlands, CA led by a retired history professor who’s having the time of his life cracking jokes only an 80 year old can.
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
On a tour of Redlands, CA led by a retired history professor who’s having the time of his life cracking jokes only an 80 year old can.
Some of this week so far.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Some of this week so far.
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Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Attention NYC: We made it past the earliest sunset of the year.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
No, it's not on the solstice. That's the shortest day, but the earliest sunset is sooner and the latest sunrise is later.
So those of us who, like me, are primarily offended by early sunsets have officially survived rock bottom.
United put my bag on a flight that was supposed to leave earlier than mine that then got delayed five hours… doing some shopping at their expense now.
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
United put my bag on a flight that was supposed to leave earlier than mine that then got delayed five hours… doing some shopping at their expense now.
United put my bag on an earlier flight that was then delayed 🤦♀️🤦♀️
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
United put my bag on an earlier flight that was then delayed 🤦♀️🤦♀️
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I am assigning this to my first year writing students next fall, and then having them write a paragraph (long hand, in front of me) describing a PANTONE color
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I am assigning this to my first year writing students next fall, and then having them write a paragraph (long hand, in front of me) describing a PANTONE color
My plane arrived last night so 🤞 for a reasonable departure time.
Inbound aircraft to Chicago O'Hare International #Airport (#ORD) are currently being delayed at their origin #airport due to snow/ice. Delays are currently averaging 1 hour and 11 minutes and are up to 2 hours and 36 minutes. #AirportStatusBot
December 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My plane arrived last night so 🤞 for a reasonable departure time.
Does anyone have suggestions for breakfast in Pasadena?
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Does anyone have suggestions for breakfast in Pasadena?
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Been saying this for a year now. After SFFA, the @nytimes ran a story about universities working overtime to recruit men--many of whom had less glittering credentials than women applicants. Wesleyan literally created a football team to recruit more men. We ladies are ready for the meritocracy.
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Been saying this for a year now. After SFFA, the @nytimes ran a story about universities working overtime to recruit men--many of whom had less glittering credentials than women applicants. Wesleyan literally created a football team to recruit more men. We ladies are ready for the meritocracy.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Wtf????
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wtf????
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I agree. I think elite SLACs will be at the forefront of this.
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I agree. I think elite SLACs will be at the forefront of this.
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
Spending next week in LA touring colleges, so I've been setting my alarm later in an effort to not wake up at 3AM while there... instead I woke up at 4 CT today. 🤦
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Spending next week in LA touring colleges, so I've been setting my alarm later in an effort to not wake up at 3AM while there... instead I woke up at 4 CT today. 🤦
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The most obvious solution to poverty of just giving people money with no strings attached has been proven to work again and again. And yet, public policy continues to criminalize poverty as opposed to addressing its roots.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The most obvious solution to poverty of just giving people money with no strings attached has been proven to work again and again. And yet, public policy continues to criminalize poverty as opposed to addressing its roots.
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The fact that I literally received an email from pretty much every nonprofit that I have ever had any interaction with today asking for donations for Giving Tuesday make me wonder how successful these efforts could possibly be in fundraising
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The fact that I literally received an email from pretty much every nonprofit that I have ever had any interaction with today asking for donations for Giving Tuesday make me wonder how successful these efforts could possibly be in fundraising
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
We landed at 14 QB matches-- 5 more than our record before. Beyond grateful.
Sunday scaries the Sunday before Questbridge Match Day when you have 23 QB finalists hits different. Bound to be supporting students through a variety of emotions tomorrow.
a woman is screaming at a man in a suit while he looks on .
ALT: a woman is screaming at a man in a suit while he looks on .
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We landed at 14 QB matches-- 5 more than our record before. Beyond grateful.
Our AP environmental science classes have spirit days based on the unit they’re studying and I was invited to join in. Yesterday I learned that today is Dress Like a Farmer day and subsequently I’ve learned how little clothing I own that seems at all farmer-ish.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Our AP environmental science classes have spirit days based on the unit they’re studying and I was invited to join in. Yesterday I learned that today is Dress Like a Farmer day and subsequently I’ve learned how little clothing I own that seems at all farmer-ish.
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Yoga with animals — goats, dogs and cats — has become popular in recent years.
But chicken yoga is another version, offered in a neighborhood where dozens of wild chickens roam the streets, courtyards and sidewalks.
But chicken yoga is another version, offered in a neighborhood where dozens of wild chickens roam the streets, courtyards and sidewalks.
Rescued chickens wearing diapers join monthly Florida yoga class
The chickens mostly walk around the room, cluck at one another and sit on the floor and yoga mats. Sometimes they lounge on people’s stomachs.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yoga with animals — goats, dogs and cats — has become popular in recent years.
But chicken yoga is another version, offered in a neighborhood where dozens of wild chickens roam the streets, courtyards and sidewalks.
But chicken yoga is another version, offered in a neighborhood where dozens of wild chickens roam the streets, courtyards and sidewalks.