students should be reading full-length novels well before 8th grade.
With allowances for different development in reading skills, that should be fully integrated into the curriculum by 3rd-5th grade.

my brain just invented an entirely new despair sound after reading this list of "the world's most beloved franchises"

the AI got as far as "red-white-green", but it couldn't remember the exact order of colors on the flag, so it hedged its bet and made ALL OF THEM

the ones I know who did it recognized crypto because it looked enough like gambling - probably important that this is something they don't do for fun - to tip them off.

Having a thing that does little tasks for them looks "helpful", so it doesn't flag the same warning systems.

obviously not because it didn't say "set entire chicken on the floor. Leave the room. Do not look back."

I also often say "How? How? How?" after spotting a werewolf

seems like every time he appears in public lately, I think, "isn't there even one person who cares for him enough to put a stop to this" and it's hard not to be aware that it's pretty sad for an entire life to be ending so alone

Even though he 1000% brought it on himself

So he's already admitted he's willing to deal with his stress by punching someone. Everything after that is just haggling over when it happens.

I understand there's a bug zoo at the AMNH. But they probably frown on walking around IN the exhibits.

I figure they arrived in summer, and by the time they realized what was coming, it was just so much work to pack everything up again...

The USCG can and will board boats anywhere and everywhere. Officially, if they're inside another nation's territorial waters, there's supposed to be an agreement about practices. But lots of places are happy to let someone else do (/pay for) their coastal defense, so agreements are pretty common.

After hearing her attempt at a musical career, I think I might prefer the old ladies' version of femininity to Olivia's

I was making tiramisu at 7am today, so I either extremely am or extremely am not a good source on "what should I cook first thing in the morning"

I don't want to bury the lede here, but 1 of those isn't even a redhead, and none of them have braids "sticking straight out".

Also the school seems to have defeated their own student-safety firewall which is... quite a trick.

All I want for Christmas is a MST3K reboot, but the silhouettes are Carl and Mel running commentary on whatever they want to watch

However, if you make brownies while you're waiting for the cream cheese to soften up, then you can have both 😉

The book that starts with John the Baptist at the river, and moves on to foot-washing? Putting all my chips on the 🌟miracle🌟 being "clean them".

Silly cybertruck, you have to pick a road with a bigger ditch

Crowdsourcing soup and blankets, we'll have you back to hot mess in no time