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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m officially the friend that people send random bird photos too in case anyone was wondering how middle age is treating me

Screenshot of a text conversation between me and a friend in which he sent me a photo of some birds eating suit from a bird feeder on his fire escape.

I respond: what cuties!! How deep into birding are you? Have you downloaded Merlin yet?

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As an elementary educator, I LOVE the movement to add more play back into schools. I’m glad my state passed a law mandating play in PreK-1 and encourages it up to grade 5. BUT…

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just watched my son compete in his first ever cross country meet and I am so damn proud!! 🥹 🥲

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@theniceman.bsky.social I don’t know what you wanted me to see because it says the post is blocked. Maybe OP blocked me?

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve never wanted to go to the theater for a documentary until now

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Savannah Cat @savannahcat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The university I graduated from had to straight up ban AI because students in their French as a second language program were just using AI and not learning any French

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Celebrated the cooler weather today by running 6 miles

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

K-12 schools take note:

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."

bu.edu

New Learning Outcomes Announced | English

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So many teachers are quick to embrace AI because our job has always been untenable; way too much work for way too little compensation.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So many teachers are quick to embrace AI because our job has always been untenable; way too much work for way too little compensation.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Would you talk to your child's teacher about their AI use? What if it wasn't so obvious? Asking because someone in my real-life asked me, "Is there a polite way to ask my child's preschool teacher to stop using AI?"

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My 9 year old son: when you’re teaching and a kid farts and it’s really funny, how are teachers able to keep such a straight face? Me: it’s something they teach us in teacher school My son: 🤯

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Me to my students: ok, come to the carpet and sit in a circle Random student: 🗣️ Oh-oh-oh-Ozempic! 🎶

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I love the way young children language

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 13/09/2026

Why a culture would give up books- one of the most magical ways to travel through time and talk to the dead is beyond me.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Teaching should really be one of those careers that is eligible for early retirement

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t need AI demystified I need it demolished

Screenshot of a Lego education add with a header that says “lessons to help demystify AI.” Subheading (in kid-style handwritten font: “and make classes more fun!” Photo is child’s hand playing with some Lego next to a box labeled “computer science & AI”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Because ‘campaigns against extremism’ would have to include extremist Christians within our own borders

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really hate the messaging that the reason we hate AI is because don’t understand it

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t need AI demystified I need it demolished

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Capitalism demands urgency. Taking your time to respond is an act of resistance

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Capitalism demands urgency. Taking your time to respond is an act of resistance

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I always forget how ravenous I am when I get home from work the first few weeks of school

static.klipy.com

Kirby Kirby Eating

Alt: Kirby rapidly inhaling an absurd amount of food and dishes

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I showed my 12 year old the new Space Force uniforms without any comment and he goes “oh, Nazis!”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Update: first two days with students went well. Turns out I enjoy teaching as much in my 21st year as I did my first year 🥰

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here

americamagazine.org

Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

True, but are those school supplies going to then go negotiate my contract and ensure fair working conditions?

Me holding an anti-union mailer that says “your union dues could cover back to school costs”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My career is officially of legal drinking age, so cheers to the beginning of my 21st year of teaching!!

Me smiling after finishing my first day of teaching for this school year I’m in sweatpants and a tank top holding a cocktail in a coup glass.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is a WILD way to appeal to teachers to quit their unions! I am so, so curious about the thought process behind this!

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

True, but are those school supplies going to then go negotiate my contract and ensure fair working conditions?

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m a winter runner and I usually quit running during the summer months, but this year I ran at least twice for every single week of summer break!! I’ve never done that before and I’m really proud of myself 😌

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m having a really good reading year. One of those ones where every book is a 10/10

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm not a conventional leading man at all and have no wish to be. —Tim Curry

Tim Curry dressed as Dr. Frank-n-Furter from Rocky Horror Picture Show with a leather jacket, thigh high fishnet stockings and black high heels. He has a cigarette hanging out of his red painted lips and is looking seductively at the camera

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Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I wonder if other rich famous people are looking at what we are all posting today and deciding to be more like Dolly I’d love to know it’s happening but won’t hold my breath

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Make a list of the things you, love about yourself. It could be big or small. And if you tell yourself enough nice things, eventually, you'll believe them too. Dolly Parton

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don’t care what others think… for some people, 80 years really is “too soon”

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Having books at home is a greater predictor of a child’s future educational success than parental education, occupation, or income Help keep Dolly’s work of getting books into the hands of children alive:

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I just want to indoctrinate my 5th graders into the church of wearing deodorant

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Teachers, I needs some back to school advice!! How are we wearing our ID badges nowadays? Because I *hate* the necklace type lanyards and the retractable belt type holders seem to break after a few weeks. Heeeeelp!!!

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