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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 52m

This makes my brain happy. Plus I seem to have kicked off a Duolingo trend at school, which is awesome.

Screenshot of my Duolingo streak, which is 1111 days. I like the look and feel of the stacked up ones. The number feels nice, if that makes any sense.

A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 9h

8am and I had to write a kid up for yelling "That's so gay!" across the room. My response was "What is this, 1988?!? That's a demerit." And I was so disgusted and disappointed, I couldn't really say much else. Kid tried to argue, happily the other students shut that shit down for me.

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Skipped the Nazis, huh.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today's surprising song request - Delta Dawn by Tanya Tucker.

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

it's time for playoff basebal

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is 8:11am. So far I have been asked: Why is it so hot in here? Why is it so cold in here? Why is it so bright in here? Can we close the blinds? Can we turn on the lights? Can I answer your phone? What’s that smell? [you. The answer is always you] What’sfor lunch? Can I go home? Why are we here?

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Come join us in 25 minutes. I’ll post the link when we go live. It is free. ❤️

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 28/09/2026

No, stop it, I've been very clear that we simply cannot handle any more 1980s right now.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As a middle school science & social studies teacher, I love to hear it!

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Since we took the kiitties to get their shots today, thought we’d get our #Covid and #flu vaccines too. Get yours! Bad things already going around. #GetVaxxed #DontbeRFKjr

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Caturday OMG….

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Omg. Best ever

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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gonna start talking to my kids the way Alan Cumming talks to the cast of Traitors

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s sweatshirts and shorts weather, bitches!!!! #MidwestIsBest

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Flu and Covid vaccines in one arm, pneumonia vax no. 1 in the other. Let’s gooo!

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Poetry #Painting #Autumn If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish. Anything you want will come true - Jacqueline Woodson 🎨 Lizzie Spikes

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well, that’s the first time a parent has offered to buy me booze to thank me for teaching their kid. #ParentTeacherConferences #TwelveHourWorkday #ThanksButNoThanks

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.

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Tom Votes Blue @tomgambell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🤔 … while Mamdani is introducing people to the arts, Trump is restricting access to the arts by closing the Kennedy Center… 😡

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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(spoo)key @lefttwix.com · 24/09/2026

good news: we found all our missing socks! bad news: they were under our teen sons bed.

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Mayor of Greater Chicagoland @thedazzlingone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That’s right lemme see those slutty lil cardigans 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day, you little scamps

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

8th grade boys singing along to Every Rose has Its Thorn while they do their work is pretty peak, tbh.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

U GUYS!!!!My 7th graders called me over to the window before class so I could see the freakin' BALD EAGLE flying over our playground!!!111!! How much do I love that they were so excited they called me over? And I've never seen an eagle in person before! AAAAaaahhh!

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Kermit the Frog Dancing on Stage

Alt: Kermit the Frog and his excited arms.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OMG our PTA sent in two giant trays of homemade cookies. I am so thankful this morning. I needed something cheery! A reminder to do something nice to someone else today

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How to freak out middle schoolers: point out that both of your grandmothers wer born in the 1880s.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah. Telling someone they're LARPing is apparently like calling them a poseur.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My middle school boys are suddenly singing? rapping? unsure of the verb. Macklemore songs. And instead of saying "You're dreaming" or "You're crazy" they seem to be saying "You're LARPing"? Does this seem possible?

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Windows open as a cool breeze picks up and the light shower turns to a thunderstorm.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need: 🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget 🎒Teacher minimum wage 🎒Strong teacher unions 🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching

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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 20/09/2026

This is the “higher productivity work” DOGE maybe didn’t anticipate we’d latch onto when they purged us.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today’s anti-science corporate money grab at the grocery store. Da fuq is chlorophyll water? Rhetorical question. I already looked it up. Will be talking about this with my middle schoolers tomorrow.

A fancy bottle of water labeled “Chlorophyll Water.”It’s plant powered! And $4 a bottle.

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Holy fuck. Was at a restaurant when the University of Illinois’ men’s bball team walked through the dining room and past me. I have seen them individually and the team from a distance. I have never seen the whole team so closely. Like a pantheon of gods passing me by.

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Copper Hamster @copperhamster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend got a picture of them all together.

Sailor Moon cosplayers in a Mexican themed variation

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A Jill in Illinois @jillinois.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Get hyped! Scheduled my annual flu and covid shots for this week! Throwing in the pneumonia vax this year because I want *ALL* the science pumping through my body at all times.

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