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@grrlherstorian.bsky.social
Living in a parallel universe of IUPUI, "Loyal to you we’ll always be"
Older than Norma Desmond.
Feminist AF.
RPs=FYI.
New York style for pizza.
Chicago style for citations.
Childless Cat Lady living with Esperanza, the Empress.
Older than Norma Desmond.
Feminist AF.
RPs=FYI.
New York style for pizza.
Chicago style for citations.
Childless Cat Lady living with Esperanza, the Empress.
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
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Today was Friendsgiving, and much delicious food was had. Feeling a lot more in the holiday spirit now 🥰
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Today was Friendsgiving, and much delicious food was had. Feeling a lot more in the holiday spirit now 🥰
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@indydocumenters.bsky.social are people like you that we train and pay to attend public meetings and take notes about the decisions that are being made.
It’s one of the ways we try to get people more involved in the community and hold government officials accountable. This week’s meetings include:
It’s one of the ways we try to get people more involved in the community and hold government officials accountable. This week’s meetings include:
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@indydocumenters.bsky.social are people like you that we train and pay to attend public meetings and take notes about the decisions that are being made.
It’s one of the ways we try to get people more involved in the community and hold government officials accountable. This week’s meetings include:
It’s one of the ways we try to get people more involved in the community and hold government officials accountable. This week’s meetings include:
The Death card.
So it's time to kind of embrace the death of this year already.
So it's time to kind of embrace the death of this year already.
Today’s cards: 3 of wands, ace of wands, death 🔮 deck: tarot vintage 🎴 for readings & classes - madamadam.com 🖤
#madamadam #tarot #wellness
#madamadam #tarot #wellness
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Death card.
So it's time to kind of embrace the death of this year already.
So it's time to kind of embrace the death of this year already.
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Patchwork Indy will host a Holiday Bazaar and resource fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at the International District Community Center.
The event is free and you can get a pic with Santa: https://bit.ly/4ofTxPx
The event is free and you can get a pic with Santa: https://bit.ly/4ofTxPx
Get free gifts for kids and meet Santa Dec. 6
Patchwork Indy will host a Holiday Bazaar and resource fair at the International District Community Center.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Patchwork Indy will host a Holiday Bazaar and resource fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at the International District Community Center.
The event is free and you can get a pic with Santa: https://bit.ly/4ofTxPx
The event is free and you can get a pic with Santa: https://bit.ly/4ofTxPx
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So we might still have a t rex somewhere is what I’m hearing
To put it in perspective, the time period between Stegosaurus and T Rex is about 33% longer than the time period between T Rex and today
I don’t know a lot.
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So we might still have a t rex somewhere is what I’m hearing
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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More and more convinced that an unexpected effect of AI in education is changing evidentiary practices in edu policy. "Testbeds" and live pilot tests are replacing "evidence-based" policy. This means schools are treated as "wild" sites that are modified to produce evidence for policy. >>
How come the policy obsession with "evidence-based" policy and technology in education of at least the last 20 years has completely evaporated with "AI"? ...
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
More and more convinced that an unexpected effect of AI in education is changing evidentiary practices in edu policy. "Testbeds" and live pilot tests are replacing "evidence-based" policy. This means schools are treated as "wild" sites that are modified to produce evidence for policy. >>
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Striking workers aren't the only ones who've noticed... #NoContractNoCoffee
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Striking workers aren't the only ones who've noticed... #NoContractNoCoffee
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You can find merry comedies, eat latkes, meet Kwanzaa Claus or dance Dominican bachata in December in Indianapolis.
Use this list to stay busy and cheerful all month long: https://bit.ly/4ivAKPd
Use this list to stay busy and cheerful all month long: https://bit.ly/4ivAKPd
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can find merry comedies, eat latkes, meet Kwanzaa Claus or dance Dominican bachata in December in Indianapolis.
Use this list to stay busy and cheerful all month long: https://bit.ly/4ivAKPd
Use this list to stay busy and cheerful all month long: https://bit.ly/4ivAKPd
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Meanwhile, teaching is being undermined and devlaued at our institutions in a frankly historically dangerous way, and as an underpaid contract instructor, having to spend more time and emotional energy finding ways to get through to my students for the same low pay is not sustainable. /8
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Meanwhile, teaching is being undermined and devlaued at our institutions in a frankly historically dangerous way, and as an underpaid contract instructor, having to spend more time and emotional energy finding ways to get through to my students for the same low pay is not sustainable. /8
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I have had the experience in my personal life of someone going through mental illness and other struggles not remembering conversations we had, and it was frustrating for me because I felt like they weren't listening, but that was not the case -- memory just doesn't work as well under strain. 7/
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I have had the experience in my personal life of someone going through mental illness and other struggles not remembering conversations we had, and it was frustrating for me because I felt like they weren't listening, but that was not the case -- memory just doesn't work as well under strain. 7/
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Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Financial precarity. Yes university students have always been living on their last 20 bucks, but the number of students I talk to now who have *multiple* jobs in addition to being fulltime students, some of whom are taking care of family members' survival needs as well as their own, is shocking. 5/
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One is that teaching university students *well* requires much more work (and frankly, compassion) now than it did when I started nine years ago. 2/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
One is that teaching university students *well* requires much more work (and frankly, compassion) now than it did when I started nine years ago. 2/
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my favorite passage of his
We shed as we pick up.
[farewell to the master]
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
my favorite passage of his
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Winter Storm is on for today in Chicago. 5-9 inches predicted. Drive carefully!
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Winter Storm is on for today in Chicago. 5-9 inches predicted. Drive carefully!
[Bracket City]
November 29, 2025 🟢 (Easy)
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
Total Score: 96.0
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November 29, 2025 🟢 (Easy)
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
Total Score: 96.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Bracket City - The Atlantic
Solve nested clues to reveal a satisfying fact about this day in history. Climb the ranks from tourist to kingmaker (or beyond?).
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
[Bracket City]
November 29, 2025 🟢 (Easy)
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
Total Score: 96.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
November 29, 2025 🟢 (Easy)
www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke...
Rank: 💼 (Power Broker)
❌ Wrong guesses: 2
Total Score: 96.0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
Challenging piece. Worth reading.
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Challenging piece. Worth reading.
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
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As Hoosiers head into the holiday weekend, lawmakers are lining up for December gerrymandering that no one asked for. Join us 12/1 for a Rally Against Redistricting. Wear purple & make it clear we choose elected officials, not the other way around. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As Hoosiers head into the holiday weekend, lawmakers are lining up for December gerrymandering that no one asked for. Join us 12/1 for a Rally Against Redistricting. Wear purple & make it clear we choose elected officials, not the other way around. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/acluin/event/868127/