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StephSleeps

@drsleeps.bsky.social
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Academia dropout now overeducated public high school history and US gov teacher : parent of two badass young adults: backyard chicken fangirl. Newly pottery-obsessed. She/they/Dr.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential 
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic 
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is 
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted 
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s 
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those 
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is 
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not 
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 24/09/2026
if you find yourself needing to make a John Calvin meme, i found a great template
john calvin meme template
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guess we educators can stop wasting so much time on standardized testing!
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ready to quit my day job and just make this stuff all the time #pottery
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A little too on the nose there Sherwin.
Sherwin Williams paint ad with Dark gray background and text SEPTEMBER 2026
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS.
COLOR
OF THE MONTH
Rock Bottom
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As an American political historian, I can confirm that this Congress has been "almost unmatched in history" in several categories -- sad abdication of its war powers, craven surrender of the power of the purse, weird refusal to conduct meaningful oversight, and an utter failure to pass actual laws.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have just hit 100lbs lost in 2.5 years on various types and dosages of GLP1s Please don’t clap. All I had to do was be vaguely to acutely nauseous pretty much all the time. It’s the only thing that has ever worked in 30 years so it’s worth it but I’m so over it. (This is not a plea for advice)
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When my now 23 year old was a preschooler he was obsessed with slimey. I made him a slimey costume for Halloween. He only communicated in slimey squeaks. (Yes he is autistic ☺️) Happy birthday slimey!
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bell to bell is one of the biggest scams perpetrated on us in teacher school. More minutes does not equal better outcomes especially when transition between classes is so short!
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have no use for satire anymore when reality is like this
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Political prisoners you say?
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Few rightly recognize one of the most important and pernicious impacts of 9/11: how it changed our society’s very understanding and relationship to facts and truth. My new @wired.com essay: www.wired.com/story/conspi...
wired.com
How 9/11 Made Everyone a Conspiracy Theorist
Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I teach a HS class on American law. The first unit is on the rule of law & what makes it strong in a country. When I told them there is a direct connection between 9/11 and the flock cameras they hate they were hooked. Every single aspect of the rule of law is worse now than it was on 9/10/01.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do not be saying feminism is over or got overturned or women are worse off when it comes to rights than they used to be if you're talking about the bad old days before second wave feminism. Thread below:
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Amazing now add high school too! And force google to make it easy to turn the damn Gemini OFF for students in all of their apps!
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
nbcnews.com
Gloria Steinem, fierce feminist trailblazer, dies
A pioneering activist and journalist, Steinem was one of the women’s liberation movement’s most outspoken advocates.
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The number of software dudes who think "history" is "searching for words in datasets" and who refuse to listen to historians tell them otherwise is . . . a lot.
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Got to show my students “cocaine is a bad, bad drug” today
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I’m so frickin proud of this perfectly sized rice/cereal/noodle bowl and its ombré design 😍
A proud middle aged ceramicist showing off a green ombre stripe underglazed bowl Handmade ceramic bowl with green and ivory rectangle pattern - final glazed picture
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Respect to the guy in the hospital elevator just casually wearing a tactical (?) cargo kilt. Women’s skirts should have that many pockets.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Her second (glaze) voyage made this little test dish!
Small ceramic dish in glossy brown/purple tones
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Carney now suggesting the U.S. was making demands that threatened the French language in Canada. Mes dudes, vous n’avez aucune idée à qui vous avez affaire. ⚜️🇨🇦
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Her maiden voyage #pottery
Digital screen on a pottery kiln indicating firing temperature 1179F
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
These three tasks were also Emotionally Significant so I think I deserve a little treat.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This exact situation is occurring here in VT- county sheriffs doing shifts for ICE, pulling people over for minor violations, and then arresting them or calling regular ICE to arrest them. Its against VT law.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I know he will never see this (nor care) but i had a wild dream last night that my kids were invited to Lin Manuel Miranda’s place by his daughter and behaved abominably and I feel the need to publicly apologize to him for what my dream family did. 😂 It was so embarrassing I’m dying inside 🫣
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I just did three tasks involving complicated web systems, obnoxious forms, and money that I have been putting off for two months. Please clap.
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Amanda Janoo @janooforvt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thank you, Vermont ♥️ Last night was an incredible showcase of how ready Vermonters are for change. All of your hard work, passion, and belief in this movement has brought us to this moment. And we’re just getting started. #Janooforvt #vtpoli
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Amanda Janoo @janooforvt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I’m Amanda Janoo, and I'm running for Governor because Vermont deserves better than managed decline. We deserve a hopeful vision for the future and a plan to get there together.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Signs you teach in Vermont: Your principal has scheduled a meeting with the game warden about a bear that has been snacking on our compost since last spring and hangs out in the parking lot during school hours. Principal has run the bear off so many times it needs to be put in his job description.
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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
No, I don't want Gemini to summarize this article for me. Fuck off.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 04/08/2026
The kids are out here getting looks mogged when they could be getting books mogged, is what I’m saying
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This was an incredible performance and a terrible loss.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is a fantastic thread. We are held back as a society by a very superficial understanding of religion in general and the role of religion in history (plug for my field, natch). I’m not just talking the general public- pundits, politicians, journalists, scholars in other fields - do better.
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I have read some commentary that this public drama is bad for The Humanities writ large. I respectfully disagree. People LOVE drama and the more attention on this film and the classics in general the better!
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 01/08/2026
"I saw Goody Proctor using AI!"
a painting of a raucous moment during the Salem witch trials
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This has to be a bit
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#caturday surveillance task force activated
Cardboard box on wood floor open at the top with the top of a white cat head peeping out. Green eyes laser focused.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 01/08/2026
Are you saying the DOJ withdrew that pool vandalism indictment… upon reflection?
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Of *course* it was made with AI This is going straight into my “don’t trust AI, kids” examples slides for my colleagues and students
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My kid just got a PA denial for a routine echocardiogram for his severe CHD because it hasn’t been long enough since his last one and he doesn’t have new problems. Uh…that is what preventative care is for?
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Cover of Liz Phair’s 1994 album Whip Smart
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 25/07/2026
i don't want to live in a world defined by these men and their small stupid greeds
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