Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The 5yo chastised the bike she was riding for going the wrong way, which is basically as honest at tech bros telling us AI did a bad thing again 010
Reposted by KatrinaNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The stuff of schooling is a means to an end of cultivating human beings, but these goobers have subverted all of that because they think it's about answering math problems. We've completely lost the plot. 34417
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I don't think last night's result is a polling failure. I think 40% of Dems said they would vote for Hong and did. I think 25% of Dems said they were undecided and made up their minds for Crowley as they were walking into the voting booths. 120
Reposted by KatrinaStephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times. 2140914683
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you don't like reading to your toddler, complain to the group chat not the NYT? This is how Chait keeps getting interviews. 010
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I really think Hong has great odds in the general election but I'm terrified the Dems royally fumble it for her. I don't have any faith that they'll go all in behind her AND let her keep trusting her (thus far excellent) political instincts 000
Reposted by KatrinaCriterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Happy 4th of July 🎇 7698208
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Do these Rs actually suddenly realize that Trump is awful/they could be victimized by him, or is that just a good thing to say for why you're leaving the teach now? It's giving "I want to spend more time with my family" but also they might be actually dumb and have missed every sign! 020
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 08/04/2026It would be funny if fewer people changed their name when they got married because of this republican push to disenfranchise us via more paperwork 120
Reposted by KatrinaAnna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Due to recent discussions: when I worked at a library, I was trained on how to politely but directly respond to unwanted sexual comments. Unfortunately commonly-marketed fantasies about librarians mean it happens a lot. Rehearse these. Be comfortable saying them forcefully, but politely. 10680232
Reposted by KatrinaChanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 05/02/2026“what the cicada said to the black boy” is an opportunity for science and English to merge. Occasionally, a group of students will read “get you some wings, son / get you some wings” and be inspired to attempt flight. Grateful to Dr. Clint Smith for this. 28 poems for Black History Month day 4 111337
Reposted by KatrinaRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 04/02/2026again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months 18558242073
Reposted by Katrinathinkingbayonet.bsky.social @thinkingbayonet.bsky.social · 12/01/2026evergreen 81354293
Reposted by KatrinaPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 01/01/2026One of the most important pieces I've read this year. A lot of journalists tried to capture what it was like on the ground, as Chicagoans resisted an onslaught of federal agents attacking our neighbors, and @melissagiragrant.com pulled it off.newrepublic.comInside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE ResistanceResidents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference. 6380160
Reposted by KatrinaJerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Originalist Case for the President's Power to Pardon State OffensesRecently, President Donald Trump purported to pardon Tina Peters, a former county clerk from Colorado, for state-level offenses. The overwhelmingly consensus am 2362315523
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Nothing backfires like a) running late and trying to rush the 4yo b) trying to get her to bed early when she isn't VERY sick Today I got both 🙃 010
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 27/11/2025I can't tell which posts about the Macy's parade are real and which are jokes and I fear they're all real 020
Reposted by Katrinapublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/11/2025every time the pediatric adhd medication discourse starts up, i gotta remind folks that getting pediatric adhd behavioral therapy is nearly impossible to get for many families. one of the worst shortages out there. medication is often the only realistic option available to desperate parents 319930
Reposted by KatrinaJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/11/2025Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is. So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean. 315058
Reposted by Katrina🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Rent: $3,200 Health Insurance: $2,600 Avocado Toast: $8 Someone who is good at the economy, please help me with my avocado toast budget 🥑 510716
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Remember when we had three coequal branches of government? That was fun. 010
Reposted by KatrinaJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/11/2025These are merely historical facts that interpol might find useful should I be kidnapped at the age of 43. 21256
Reposted by KatrinaJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I’d like my passport and driver’s license changed to say I’m 22 inches long and 7.5 lbs, please. 119316
Reposted by KatrinaJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/11/2025And why exactly is the sex at birth, as opposed to their sex now, at all relevant to identifying, say, a fifty year old woman on DOCUMENTS THAT IDENTIFY HER. I had blue eyes at birth. You know what my driver’s license says? Hazel. Because they changed, and one is useless for identifying me. 15543119
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 12/10/2025I would rather watch commercials of the Brewers game then the badgers tonight. Yikes 110
Reposted by KatrinaNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 19/08/2025having thought about this for three days, my current status is: what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'. 322614856
Reposted by KatrinaMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/08/2025MikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.combuff.lyE-mail Addresses It Would Be Really Annoying to Give Out Over the PhoneMikeUnderscore2004@yahoo.com MikeAtYahooDotCom@hotmail.com Mike_WardAllOneWord@yahoo.com AAAAAThatsSixAs@yahoo.com One1TheFirstJustTheNumberTheSeco... 715432
Reposted by KatrinaKayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money. 101104342590
Reposted by KatrinaJon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people. 383141273834
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Like, I get why folks are gutting every level of education & research, but just on a selfish level, don't they want good doctors? Because we don't get enough doctors if we just push a certain kind of kid into medicine while telling the masses that college (& critical thinking) aren't useful 110
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Growing up is hard and can feel like a crisis and gender is definitely a factor, it's just that it's true for kids of all genders, boys aren't unique 000
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 16/04/2025"what is Mexican Street corn" was an answer on jeopardy today, which explains the weird tweet EXCEPT that means Maine gets to watch jeopardy at lunch time? 000
Reposted by KatrinaMax Leibman @maxleibman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025People say Microsoft Excel is unintuitive, but I disagree. Excel does what I expect at least 4-Mar of the time. 572156238
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The only downside to both library books and ebooks is that you can't immediately lend them to a friend who would enjoy it 010
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 31/03/2025TV ads for this supreme court Court race feel split like 50/50, but it feels like with all the Musk money it should be really lopsided. So if not TV, where is all that money going? Is it just because I'm in the Madison media market? 010
Reposted by KatrinaNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025"They want to see educational expenditures reduced dramatically [through automation]...But we must bear in mind that while the product of industry is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a washing machine, the product of education is a human being." - Daniel Tanner, 1964 0209
Reposted by KatrinaHuffPost @huffpost.com · 21/03/2025"I'm interpreting the law any way I want, the way Trump would interpret laws as he sees fit," the snack magnate told a local paper.huffpost.com'Pirate's Booty' Founder Goes Rogue, Attempts City Council Coup"I'm interpreting the law any way I want, the way Trump would interpret laws as he sees fit," the snack magnate told a local paper. 68629133
Reposted by KatrinaKD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 20/03/2025They can’t close the Department of Education. Only Congress can do that. But, they can dismantle it, create chaos and confusion, sow further distrust in the public education system, and create conditions across states that are fundamentally unequal. And, that is the point. 30770230
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I read 4 books last year and feel bad about it. I downloaded the Libby app and have read 4 books in the last 3 weeks. Please clap 030
Reposted by KatrinaJames S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025This chart from @laurameckler.bsky.social and others at WaPo provides even more context on who was fired and just how hard they're going after data, research, civil rights, and lawyers. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20... 093
Reposted by KatrinaHenry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025DOGE says they are saving 4 billion, but... ➡️ Every dollar in NIH research grants generates $2.46 in economic activity ($93 billion in 2023!) ➡️ The $1.7 trillion US biotech industry depends on public-funded science ➡️ Both of those fund a $57 billion US market for scientific tools and equipmentmotherjones.comAmerica will pay dearly for the NIH’s mindless war on wokeness and DEIColleges, businesses, patients, students, workers, and US excellence will all suffer—and for what? 15354149
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Tonight's conversation: Me: mention that @norskygirlsky.bsky.social baby now has two teeth Andie: our baby is going to have ZERO teeth! Did you know that [classmate] is going to die soon? 220
Reposted by KatrinaMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 23/01/2025- Seven slices of American cheese - A frozen waffle, cooked - A frozen waffle, raw - The ricotta layer of an entire lasagna - Half a stick of butterbuff.lyTop Dinner Suggestions According to a Three-Year-Old’s Eating HabitsA French baguette, but only the inside — NO CRUST Seven slices of American cheese A frozen waffle, cooked A frozen waffle, raw The ricotta layer of... 411125
Reposted by KatrinaPetrana 冰冰 Radulovic (she/her) @petrana.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/... 5053032109
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Once a student came to me as a 9th grader with a lot of anger-related issues. They had a lot of growth that year, but when they came back in 10th grade with a new name & pronouns & woredrobe they transformed into a chill and patient teenager that would've been unimaginable the year before 210
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 04/01/2025After two weeks without preschool I've determined how to avoid toddler tantrums: 1) never be running late or otherwise rush them to complete a task 2) never let them get too tired or hungry (too is doing a lot of heavy lifting here) 3) just be generally lucky This job is so easy! 000
Katrina @katrinapom.bsky.social · 02/01/2025It's gotta be wild to have your HGTV show blow up. After a few seasons they all stop actually doing renovations and become managers& TV personalities. That's such a different job energy! 010
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