Reposted by BarbaraDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895438933
Reposted by BarbaraSarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pete Crow-Armstrong tied for the MLB lead in HR and had 41 SB He’s the 2nd player to lead MLB in HR, incl ties, *and* have MORE than 40 SB in a season, since modern SB rule (1898), joining: 1909 Ty Cobb (78 SB, 9 HR) h/t @EliasSports 211418
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026No cheating Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll 100
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Perhaps time to interview @amyscott.bsky.social @svaneksmith.bsky.social @kimberlyadams.bsky.social @davidgura.bsky.social Bring your drink of choice 000
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Current State of higher Ed? Younger child started college this fall He has already received guaranteed transfer offers from 2 places (admitted in spring) with even more $$$ than the merit/discount at admission From well known colleges! We had checked $ health of every place he applied, so weird 000
Reposted by BarbaraHoward Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history. 502646639
Reposted by BarbaraKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Teaching is the very thing that’s been degraded and underfunded and is the very thing that we know across k-16 is the most important aspect of student learning and outcomes – well beyond the classroom. Yes, this is now my checklist for any essay/ pod abt "higher ed." 10/ 1156590
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Football school! @dukefootball.bsky.socialfootballdukefootball.bsky.socialBluesky 000
Reposted by BarbaraBarbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Yes, and have you considered frosting? Amish cinnamon rolls at Louie and Honey’s Kitchen, Winston-Salem NC (the city that invented KrispyKreme). I have had the rolls at upper crust. See if Wake Forest or Bookmarks will host a talk so you can visit 1102
Reposted by BarbaraGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 10/09/202640% more kids are eating breakfast and 15% more are eating lunch since we launched free school meals in Minnesota. Now we’re making sure 100% of kids eat their broccoli. 422137382575
Reposted by BarbaraMark Simpson-Vos @simpsonvos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Lonnie Bunch has more than earned a long, happy, restful retirement. But this is an enormous loss for the Smithsonian and I fear for the institution now that its most visible defender is leaving the fray.nytimes.comSmithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution (Gift Article)In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart. 13513
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Well, these linen sheets look lived in, and are “airy.” Durable? Not so much #quince fail 020
Reposted by BarbaraMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Halloween candy prices gonna radicalize people this year 71311256
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria 💔 “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off” 063
Reposted by BarbaraAngry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Due to Dolly Parton’s kids reading program for local libraries, my home county in Ohio saw children’s reading rates skyrocket from one of the lowest in the state to the top I cannot think of a better way to be remembered than to inspire whole generations to seek imagination, empathy, and curiosity 313570613
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Can’t we change the name of some lake to Dolly Parton? 020
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Maybe donate in honor of Dolly and help provide more books to kids 083
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Is there a correlation between presidential approval ratings and literacy? High school graduation? Dearth of local news? 000
Reposted by BarbaraAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026my main issue with ai is that i would personally see a larger ROI if those trillions of dollars were spent on healthcare or public transit or schools or road repairs or SNAP or free childcare or free school lunches or EV charging stations or public libraries or housing or clean energy or broadband 18966216
Reposted by BarbaraMarketplace @marketplace.org · 21/08/2026Today's daily number is 59. 59% of parents say that their child wouldn't have enough to eat if not for the meals they receive at school, according to research from No Kid Hungry. Have a good Marketplace daily number? Send yours to marketplace.org/dailynumber. 1209
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Packing offspring for college, discovered his first “iPhone” #touch Still works, of course Might not update, it’s pre-aI 000
Reposted by BarbaraCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hormuz traffic vs. the 10-year yield is a great chart. 🔥 @bloomberg.com 18852258
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026At the beach, pumpkin spice season never ends (Note: box remains unopened for years) 000
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Staying at the beach this week, last here in 2022 I swear these horrid iced pumpkin spice Keurig cups have been here, unloved, 4 years 120
Reposted by BarbaraBarbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 07/08/2026For a junk drawer to qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? The Chicago Cubs wind up toy to entertain your kid in the high chair so he’d eat a vegetable (Kid starts college this month) 032
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Welcome to the national league Skubal! Go @Cubs Go! Big assist from Cookie Monster 010
Reposted by BarbaraCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Cookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame 12653237
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I think great falls bakery was pretty good, way closer than the river otter spot (in Middlebury) Splurge 000
Reposted by BarbaraAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026"Students anted to know what their classmates thought rather than what a large language model produced; they wanted to wrestle with difficult readings+complex ideas. They didn’t want to outsource any of this effort to gen AI. They wanted to do the work.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...insidehighered.comStudents as Conscientious Objectors to Gen AI (opinion)We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect. 222568
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Name a movie you’ve seen six times. . . I saw Stripes six times in the theater. I can recite it for you, and so can the kids, that’s the fact Jackstatic.klipy.comYou Are Awesome PointingALT: You Are Awesome Pointing 230
Reposted by BarbaraGracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The perfect description of a library card . 6457301258
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Need to see this version of The Odyssey starring Wishbone @darthbluesky.bsky.social 021
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Cubs have 11!static.klipy.comSpinal Tap: Volume Goes to 11ALT: Spinal Tap: Volume Goes to 11 000
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Eggplant napoleons, grew everything except the cheese Extra delicious in the summer if cooked salad 010
Barbara @19thgrade.bsky.social · 23/07/2026At some point it will be revealed that the entire uncch chancellor roberts era was an elaborate long con by duke 100
Reposted by Barbaradarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/07/2026the mens world cup is over but the hydration breaks continue keep drinking my friends 401567192
Reposted by BarbaraDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Since last July, when the OBBBA was signed, more than 4 million people, including 1.5M children, have lost coverage. SNAP coverage is declining everywhere, and despite what the Trump administration tells you, this is happening mostly to eligible claimants. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-the-o... 417763
Reposted by BarbaraDaniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026All the salad apocalypse chatter reminds us that the normal work of government to maintain the commons—good roads, regulations, food inspections, public health etc—is what allows economies to prosper and businesses to plan and compete and make money 14738197
