Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 23hIt really is the intersection of adolescence. Not for everyone, but I love it. 000
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Told a class how many college chemistry classes I'd taken to assure them I really did know what exothermic means. Student asked "If you're so qualified, why are you a teacher?" I asked him which of his teachers he wanted to be unqualified. 250
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 09/10/2026More of this please. royalstgeorgescollege.substack.com/p/a-commitme...royalstgeorgescollege.substack.comA commitment to not remain silentPrompted by media coverage of the allegations at Cornell University, the Headmaster spoke to the Senior School during an assembly on the imperative of not remaining silent when voice is required. 010
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirKidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 09/10/2026There was a kind of rhetorical move to try to say that Christianity must somehow “own” “Christian” Nationalism, but it’s worth noting that *they* don’t think I belong to the same religion as them and I’m willing to affirm that belief. 5535
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Me, trying to calculate how much vinegar I'll need for a year of middle school science:static.klipy.comThe Limit Does Not ExistAlt: Lindsey Lohan delivers her classic line in Mean Girls: The Limit Does Not Exist 020
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's giving AI, but if it is AI there was a human involved. I see a lot of AI posters in my line of work and this has to much white space to be the first thing ai spat out. 110
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Who the fuck is obliged to play fantasy football? These boys need friends. 000
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026These are the same people who take their trees down on the 26th. 000
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Shout-out to the man reading a well-loved copy of When in Rome on the subway this afternoon. 000
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Someone is going to object and their reasons will be insane. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My church goes all out for potluck and our community lunches, but none of us think of coffee hour as lunch. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 050
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was trying to describe plexiglass to someone the other night. But it was the end of a very long day and the word plexiglass completely escaped me. The only thing I could think of was "transparent aluminum." Apparently my #StarTrek nerdery intensifies when I'm tired. 030
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When I was a kid every public space smelled like cigarettes. When I was a young adult public spaces were mostly smoke free. Now everything smells like weed. I hate it. 040
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I did eat both. Good thing I'm doing a lot of walking today. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Inside of a pita or a cave on an alien planet? 120
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was just going to eat the white bean salad, but it came with pita still steaming inside. I'm only human. I had to eat it. 260
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." 020
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. 121
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lots of jobs are easy if you don't care about doing them well. 010
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirJBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This 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 221220126
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Possibly the most beautiful frog I've ever seen. 050
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Are 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." 230
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Writing 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 150
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Also, if the interview is long enough to require refreshments then the host should provide them. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yes, actually, it is unprofessional to bring an iced coffee to a job interview. Did you bring enough for everyone? 110
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have "an excellent grasp" of the first amendment. I like to think my US History teacher would be proud. 020
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Well now you've given it to me so maybe you'll be free of it. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This HAL can't lock the pod bay doors without help, but it is very finicky about opening them again. It's the panic lock we use to secure classroom doors in lieu of sensible gun control laws. 101
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirThe Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You mean he wins? Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for? 0225
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last light on the Bay at Ropewalk in Ocean City, Maryland. 181
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nikole 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...nytimes.comIn 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. 21523361
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and honestly: justice for Walter. I hope he found love. 012
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirVince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The 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. 04612
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirMother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026In 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.motherjones.comBo 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. 13409169
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirThe Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. 0123
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If I somehow got bored of that, I would still love the looks on their faces when it happens. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Burning a test tube full of hydrogen in front of the class is way cooler than anything on tiktok. #edusky #AICouldNever 171
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"He didn't single handedly carry the team to the championship, therefore he's garbage," is an all too common baseball fan opinion. 350
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Earl was three angry possums in a trench coat and we loved him for it. 151
Reposted by Jennifer GlensdottirMary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 825789
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Education is a fundamentally human endeavor. 010
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Alito and Thomas would allow it but Bishop Mariann and Dean Hollerith would not. #TEC 360
Jennifer Glensdottir @jecathre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Doubling 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. 000