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She/her-Pittsburgh teacher. Lover of all things Star Wars, hockey, books, and popular entertainment. Living my best life with my pets, Lando, Anakin, and Skywalker.
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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.

Freedom House Ambulance shoutout on #ThePitt. Kudos to the writers of this show for their amazing representation of Pittsburgh in every episode. And it’s a damn good show, too!

"I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but there's nothing I can do right now." Sound familiar? Get involved!

One of a kind.

Mike Lange should be in the Same Paragraph as Lemieux, Crosby, Jagr in The History of The Pittsburgh Penguins. His Name needs to be in The Rafters at PPG Paints Arena. #LetsGoPens #NHL

There's an entire generation of hockey fans in Pittsburgh who didn't just listen to Mike Lange call games, but actually learned about the game from him, as well. There was no one else around to explain it to us back then, but in some ways there was also no one better.

This one hurts. Got to meet him once at the Decade in Oakland. Sweet, sweet guy. His voice was my ringtone for years “I’ll meet you in the schoolyard, baby, for all the marbles, on Friday night, in Detroit!”

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Was listening to a podcast about the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age. Biggest difference between them and the current ones running our world are the old ones did give back to society (schools, arts, infrastructure). These ones give nothing. Take. Take. Take.

People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!

FRIEND: you wanna go out Friday? ME: I totally would but I already have my pajamas on and everything FRIEND: but it's only Monday ME: yes

The Democrats’ 2024 campaign strategy of text bombardments obviously didn’t work. So why start it up again? In the past two weeks I’ve had dozens of texts from DNC and affiliates asking for donations. I “Stop” reply them all but still get countless per day. Do something other than ask for money.

Any of my fellow Gen Xers remember the mini series V, when the visitors would kidnap high level people and “convert” them? Seems kinda too realistic now.

American Medical Association is providing regular updates on bird flu and other infectious diseases on YouTube. I highly recommend subscribing to their page, especially since CDC has been axed by FOTUS #Voices4Victory m.youtube.com/user/AmerMed...

Not watching the SB-not because I’m boycotting anything. I just don’t like football.

@gdmingrone.bsky.social you will probably like this

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

I know that in times of crisis you need to celebrate things like music and arts, but these artists showing up at the Grammy’s (and soon the Oscars) in dresses and jewelry that costs more than people’s homes, while people have lost EVERYTHING is a level of tone deafness I can’t understand.

2025

Oh FFS. Not this chump.

30M users 1B posts 🤝 bluesky milestone achieved this week

Watching WWE Royal Rumble right now because it’s more sane than the real world.

I am so goddamn mad. A friend who’s been FISHING BODIES OUT OF THE POTOMAC appears to be in the Trump purges today.

This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x

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After this week, I want House Democrats to do something like this.

Putting together media for a lesson for my classes on civil rights history in the 60s. Just watched a George Wallace speech. The similarities between him and Trump are eerie.

Ok. Time to debunk everything he just said for the next 24 hours until the next cycle of craziness commences.

ICE agents think they are Captain America, but they are actually Homelander.

Goodnight friends. Try to stay mentally and physically strong. It’s hard to do, but we’re going to need every ounce of strength. #Resist

I hate him. Like I’ve never hated anyone or anything. I hate him more than I hate ketchup.

Homewood. Police are looking for a missing child. She is 11, five foot tall, about 100lbs, black hair with two pony tails, wearing blue jeans, an aqua bubble jacket, and has a blue Lilo and Stitch backpack. Zone 5 is short so they’re asking the FD to help.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Got my copy of 2025 Coretta Scott King Award winner, Jason Reynolds’ “Twenty-four Seconds from Now…” and the John Newbery Medal winner, Erin Estrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being.” Can’t wait to introduce them to my students and add to my classroom library tomorrow! #Booksky📚💙 #ALAYMA