Allison Rabenau
@allisonrabenau.bsky.social
EAL at AISC
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Incredibly disturbing. My vote never arrived this year (confusion over tariffs led to many countries halting mail delivery to the US. Documents should have been sent but apparently mine was not...) Now they want to take away my vote altogether?
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan that seeks to eliminate a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens living abroad. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Republicans Launch Major New Attack on Michigan-Based Overseas Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Incredibly disturbing. My vote never arrived this year (confusion over tariffs led to many countries halting mail delivery to the US. Documents should have been sent but apparently mine was not...) Now they want to take away my vote altogether?
Frederick Morton’s ‘A Nervous Splendour’ and ‘Thunder at Twilight’ - just gorgeous. And I will always have a soft spot for ‘A Distant Mirror’ by Barbara Tuchman.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Frederick Morton’s ‘A Nervous Splendour’ and ‘Thunder at Twilight’ - just gorgeous. And I will always have a soft spot for ‘A Distant Mirror’ by Barbara Tuchman.
Exactly the right quote, every single time.
[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.]
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
THIRD SENATOR
Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files
As full as thy report?
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Exactly the right quote, every single time.
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
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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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Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave
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!
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...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
November is for reading
or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure
naomialderman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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!
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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.
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
An extremely interesting thread about the true cost of making clothing. Worth reading all of it!
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. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
An extremely interesting thread about the true cost of making clothing. Worth reading all of it!
My current favourite black medicine water is #Chennai filter kaapi.
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”)
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”)
October 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My current favourite black medicine water is #Chennai filter kaapi.
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!
September 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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!
Art Attack + coffee = a lovely way to spend a Sunday.
September 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Art Attack + coffee = a lovely way to spend a Sunday.
First embroidery session since breaking my shoulder - very therapeutic!
August 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
First embroidery session since breaking my shoulder - very therapeutic!
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.
August 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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.
Last day of the 24/25 school year - and my last day as a full-time teacher at AISC. I will be moving into a part time role, and I look forward to exploring a bit of independent work as well.
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Last day of the 24/25 school year - and my last day as a full-time teacher at AISC. I will be moving into a part time role, and I look forward to exploring a bit of independent work as well.
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Left: government declaration filed yesterday in the Alien Enemies Act case.
Right: Lt General John DeWitt, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942
Sometimes history rhymes damn near *perfectly*.
#LawSky #Skystorians
Right: Lt General John DeWitt, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942
Sometimes history rhymes damn near *perfectly*.
#LawSky #Skystorians
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Left: government declaration filed yesterday in the Alien Enemies Act case.
Right: Lt General John DeWitt, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942
Sometimes history rhymes damn near *perfectly*.
#LawSky #Skystorians
Right: Lt General John DeWitt, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942
Sometimes history rhymes damn near *perfectly*.
#LawSky #Skystorians
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A live view of the U.S. government.
an aerial view of a city with lots of tall buildings and a building that says ' chinese ' on it
Alt: An aerial view of a bunch of imploding buildings.
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A live view of the U.S. government.
For a meeting with K-12 teachers: what is the best advice you could give classroom teachers re speaking/listening? What are your favorite activities to build more speaking/listening opportunites into the school day? #EnglishLearners #MLLchat #MulltilingualLearners #MLLs #ELLchat #ELsky
January 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
For a meeting with K-12 teachers: what is the best advice you could give classroom teachers re speaking/listening? What are your favorite activities to build more speaking/listening opportunites into the school day? #EnglishLearners #MLLchat #MulltilingualLearners #MLLs #ELLchat #ELsky
An afternoon of great coffee, listening to vintage records, and a bit of art therapy. #vinylandbrew #Chennai
January 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
An afternoon of great coffee, listening to vintage records, and a bit of art therapy. #vinylandbrew #Chennai
Early Childhood folks - what's a good iPad app for kids who are struggling with letter formation? #Edusky ##teachingkids
#ELsky #MLChat #ELLSA
#ELsky #MLChat #ELLSA
December 20, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Early Childhood folks - what's a good iPad app for kids who are struggling with letter formation? #Edusky ##teachingkids
#ELsky #MLChat #ELLSA
#ELsky #MLChat #ELLSA