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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

". . . a kind of notice which served to imprint on Elinor the remembrance of a person and face, of strong, natural, sterling insignificance, though adorned in the first style of fashion." Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen at her most vicious and I love it.

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is Prince, my Amazon Milk tree frog as a froglet. He's almost an adult now. He was resting in the mossy waterfall, but prefers the canopy since he is arboreal. #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #frogs #herps #eastcoastkin #photography

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you an American who doesn't follow football and feels left out of Monday morning work conversations? Try one of these two phrases based on the vibe of the person who asks if you saw the game last night: "Crazy game right?" Or "They were never going to win that one."

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Writing dialogue come easily to me, but it occured to me that one of my characters needs to be more taciturn, so I set the goal of limiting his dialog to no more than 6 words at a time. It's not a comfortable restriction, and I might loosen it to 10, but it's an interesting challenge. #writersky

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, actually, it is unprofessional to bring an iced coffee to a job interview. Did you bring enough for everyone?

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have "an excellent grasp" of the first amendment. I like to think my US History teacher would be proud.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Name something more American. I'll wait.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for?

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last light on the Bay at Ropewalk in Ocean City, Maryland.

The last rays of the sun light up wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay beyond. The marsh grasses in the foreground are lit by electric lights under the pier.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and honestly: justice for Walter. I hope he found love.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Kennedy Center’s Grand Foyer is 630' long and 63' high. The 6000 elements in the crystal chandeliers were hand-blown by Orrefors and an official gift by the Kingdom of Sweden in 1971. The 60' tall mirrors at left were a gift on behalf of the people and nation of the Kingdom of Belgium.

view down the grand lobby of the red carpet and features described in the post text.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026

In a bitter May runoff, Texas Republicans nominated Bo French, an investor with only the vaguest glimmer of industry experience and a mostly irrelevant and racist political program that calls for deporting 100 million people, purging the nation of Muslims, and emulating a defunct apartheid state.

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Bo French sent a tweet so racist, his own party finally took notice. It's just the tip of the iceberg.

How a regulatory agency you've never heard of became a test case for Republican extremism.

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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Burning a test tube full of hydrogen in front of the class is way cooler than anything on tiktok. #edusky #AICouldNever

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

But of course, the machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends. Not to mention, supervising student researchers is our job.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Education is a fundamentally human endeavor.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Alito and Thomas would allow it but Bishop Mariann and Dean Hollerith would not. #TEC

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Doubling teacher salaries would solve a lot of problems. A lot of other problems would have to be solved to get the political will to double teacher salaries.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I just got home from the library bookstore, and I'm convinced it's a money laundering scheme. There's no way they're pulling in anything like real money when the "suggested donation" is a dollar and it's on the honor system.

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My #Smithsonian experience

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today I learned: (link for written information in the replies.) youtube.com/shorts/aMHP1...

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America likes to surveil women

YouTube video by Amanda's Mild Takes

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I need more horror for my middle school classroom bookshelf. Any any appropriate suggestions? Graphic novels and short fiction collections welcome. #booksky #edusky

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cat Sebastian does not miss. Love, family, good books, and a little radicalism. CW: that ache you feel when someone dies. #booksky

The cover of "After Hours at Dooryard Books" by Cat Sebastian. A black and white sketch of a city street. The bright yellow light of a street lamp illuminates two men standing on the sidewalk.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1. I don't have time for this. 2. "Every subject from history to English literature" is not really the span of school subjects. 2a. It's also two of the subjects that have the least justification for AI use. 3. School is for learning to think and to communicate that thinking.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cleaner Air, Smarter Toddlers By Claire Brown New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development. @hclairebrown.bsky.social

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Cleaner Air, Smarter Toddlers (Gift Article)

New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I teach four sections of one prep. I have an hour of planning a day. It's still not enough time to do all the work I want to do to make my classes great. None of what's missing could be done by AI. But apparently what I really need is more meetings. #edusky

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This was never an issue when I was playing Carmen Sandiego off a 5 1/4 floppy disk on my family TRS-80.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

They won't risk a government shutdown this close to early voting, but they will bomb Iran.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sad news for the Terrapin fans among my followers. The classroom terrapin program is not going to be happening this year due to concerns about a fungal disease. vetmed.illinois.edu/vetmed-wildl...

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Emerging Turtle Disease, Emydomyces Testavorans - Veterinary Medicine at Illinois

Emydomyces testavorans is an emerging disease in turtle species. Learn more about it in this article.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I work in a pre-K through 8th grade school. I want to reproduce this experiment as a data exercise with my students. Is this insane? Probably. #edusky youtube.com/shorts/Hb-w7...

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The Experiment We Didn't Show

YouTube video by Vsauce

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Can we stop producing plastic toys that are designed to go in the ocean? Just watched a 6 year old throw one of these into the Atlantic. It did not surf back. It surfed away. Fortunately there was a strong swimmer on the beach who swam out to retrieve it. There's already enough plastic in the ocean.

A plastic Surfer Dude toy that the manufacturer claims will "surf back to you" when you toss it in that waves.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A lifetime of adversity doesn't sound great, tbh.

The paper from a fortune cookie reads "A lifetime of resilience in the face of adversity is yours."

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Turning libraries into detention centers seems a little on the nose, honestly. These people read dystopian fiction and think it's an instruction manual.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Your back to school reminder that learning styles are bunk. Everyone learns better when we teach using multiple modalities. #edusky onlineteaching.umich.edu/articles/the...

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Roundup on Research: The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’ | Online Teaching Roundup on Research: The Myth of ‘Learning Styles’ – Online Teaching

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A construction paper frame makes everything fancier.

A bulletin board display of photos of classroom terrapins glued to black construction paper to make them fancy. The four terrapins are named Sage, Master Oogway, Princess Peach, and Megatron.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These folks who trust their immune systems are the same folks who think you should take kids to chicken pox parties. A vaccine is just a very advanced chicken pox party with fewer side effects.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Brought the first two Heartstopper graphic novels on a road trip and finished them both on the first leg. Should have brought the rest of them. Previewing to see how far into the series is middle school classroom bookshelf appropriate. The first two are fine. #booksky

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Read through The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen in a day. The author is best known for hockey romances; this is definitely not that. Recommended for mystery readers who like putting the pieces together as they read.

Cover art for The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen. Brightly colored houses on the waterfront. Title in bold bright pink block letters.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

No time for laws when you're building a god. youtube.com/shorts/kdvUJ...

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Data centers

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Watched The Odyssey with the 17 y/o. Visually it's beautiful. The practical effects, scenery, and acting are good. The scene on Circe's Island is especially well done. The dialogue is easily the weakest part. Also, I'm not sure if Nolan likes dogs. That scene didn't hit the way I expected.

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Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Adding to the list of things that are wrong with this poster, I give you the butter cow. Butter is a dairy product and comes from dairy cows. That is a beef cow made of butter. It's a beef cow with stumpy legs and a weirdly engorged udder, but still a beef cow.

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