Circe's Sister
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48. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (Bursatte) 419 pages.
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Fascinating and engagingly written. A perfect blend of science, anecdotes, & vividly imagined narration of what dinosaur life may have been like. The description of the The Meteor and what likely happened geologically was INTENSE.
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Fascinating and engagingly written. A perfect blend of science, anecdotes, & vividly imagined narration of what dinosaur life may have been like. The description of the The Meteor and what likely happened geologically was INTENSE.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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It turns out the best depiction of a billionaire couple may just be tom and daisy buchanan
February 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It turns out the best depiction of a billionaire couple may just be tom and daisy buchanan
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Portrait of poet and playwright Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, 1925.
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Portrait of poet and playwright Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, 1925.
Am I supposed to feel bad for them? Like, boo hoo, you chose to sell your soul for benefits and bonuses, and didn't even get the benefits and bonuses. Quit your job.
ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They're Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises
Staff claim promised bonuses and insurance have failed to materialise, with some reporting they cannot afford medical care for sick children
www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employee...
Staff claim promised bonuses and insurance have failed to materialise, with some reporting they cannot afford medical care for sick children
www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-employee...
ICE employees on Reddit complain about late salaries and missing insurance, despite promises made upon hiring
ICE employees have reported delayed pay and missing health insurance on Reddit, while critics question how staff tolerate dangerous duties for little or no compensation.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Am I supposed to feel bad for them? Like, boo hoo, you chose to sell your soul for benefits and bonuses, and didn't even get the benefits and bonuses. Quit your job.
My husband has been out of town for the better part of the last two weeks, but he came home last night and has taken the kids out, so I am alone in my house for the first timein WAY too long, finally getting my introvert recharge time
February 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
My husband has been out of town for the better part of the last two weeks, but he came home last night and has taken the kids out, so I am alone in my house for the first timein WAY too long, finally getting my introvert recharge time
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For @thepointmag.bsky.social I wrote one of the most personally important essays I’ve ever written. Please give it a read if you’re someone who cares about education. thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
The Left Case for Great Books | The Point Magazine
A great-books model at the undergraduate level is, in fact, so consonant with Freire’s radical critique that it represents a far better path forward for a left-wing vision of education than virtually ...
thepointmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
For @thepointmag.bsky.social I wrote one of the most personally important essays I’ve ever written. Please give it a read if you’re someone who cares about education. thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
I really wish The Wizard of Oz adaptations leaned into the 1890s monetary policy allegory. I want to see William Jennings Bryan as the Cowardly Lion, dammit!
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I really wish The Wizard of Oz adaptations leaned into the 1890s monetary policy allegory. I want to see William Jennings Bryan as the Cowardly Lion, dammit!
Someone explain to me why I occasionally tear up watching figure skating?
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Someone explain to me why I occasionally tear up watching figure skating?
Allegedly we are having school tomorrow, but my entire neighborhood is a sheet of ice, and the main road that I would take to drive to the school is almost as bad. I should do some lesson planning, but I can't quite convince myself that we are going in.
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Allegedly we are having school tomorrow, but my entire neighborhood is a sheet of ice, and the main road that I would take to drive to the school is almost as bad. I should do some lesson planning, but I can't quite convince myself that we are going in.
My senators are literally The Worst, but it is still important to let them know what I think. Here is an easy way to contact your senators with a good script to ask them not to approve additional funding for ICE.
sharonmcmahon.com/act
sharonmcmahon.com/act
Call your Senators today! · Sharon McMahon | America's Government Teacher
The Senate is about to vote on an appropriations bill. Let them know that you don't want them to support it.
sharonmcmahon.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My senators are literally The Worst, but it is still important to let them know what I think. Here is an easy way to contact your senators with a good script to ask them not to approve additional funding for ICE.
sharonmcmahon.com/act
sharonmcmahon.com/act
12 year old daughter was telling us the story of the Oresteia, which they have been talking about in her class, and 9 year old little brother pipes up: "Cycle of violence!" and I am really interested to find out where he learned that term
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
12 year old daughter was telling us the story of the Oresteia, which they have been talking about in her class, and 9 year old little brother pipes up: "Cycle of violence!" and I am really interested to find out where he learned that term
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
I am unreasonably excited to start The Great Gatsby with my students next week. I have read it 8 times in the last 7 years, and it sure does still hold up
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I am unreasonably excited to start The Great Gatsby with my students next week. I have read it 8 times in the last 7 years, and it sure does still hold up
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“The question is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?”
-Dr. King
-Dr. King
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
“The question is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?”
-Dr. King
-Dr. King
Greenland is the new Serbia, isn't it.
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Greenland is the new Serbia, isn't it.
Our black cat got into the glitter, so now he has a sparkly snoot, and it is too adorable (but doesn't show up well in a photo, sadly)
January 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Our black cat got into the glitter, so now he has a sparkly snoot, and it is too adorable (but doesn't show up well in a photo, sadly)
My son needs a Roman costume for TOMORROW, and I am not sure I have it in me to make anything tonight 😔
January 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
My son needs a Roman costume for TOMORROW, and I am not sure I have it in me to make anything tonight 😔
Historically, this has not been something to celebrate, but here we are
GERMANY WILL SEND SOLDIERS TO GREENLAND THIS WEEK - REPORTS
January 14, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Historically, this has not been something to celebrate, but here we are
Love it that I have to check my phone in between classes to see whether or not we have gone to war with our allies...
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Love it that I have to check my phone in between classes to see whether or not we have gone to war with our allies...
My kids only know Kate Bush as the singer of that song in Stranger Things, so I showed them Heathcliffe and WOW I had forgotten just how utterly, delightfully unhinged she is
youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4?...
youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4?...
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - Official Music Video - Version 1
YouTube video by KateBushMusic
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January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
My kids only know Kate Bush as the singer of that song in Stranger Things, so I showed them Heathcliffe and WOW I had forgotten just how utterly, delightfully unhinged she is
youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4?...
youtu.be/-1pMMIe4hb4?...
My son is 17. I work with 17 year olds. I cannot fathom the depravity of these people.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
My son is 17. I work with 17 year olds. I cannot fathom the depravity of these people.
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my man is Armenian AND Egyptian he knows when it’s time
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
my man is Armenian AND Egyptian he knows when it’s time
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He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
January 9, 2026 at 12:53 AM
He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
Just checking the news after work, and HOLY SHIT.
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Just checking the news after work, and HOLY SHIT.