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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I feel this way about DC. The suspension of disbelief always falls when they’ve got the young hotshot protagonist riding their bike to work past rowhouses on Capitol Hill, through Dupont, and out to Langley.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I can’t imagine another scenario where society would accept that, after an agreement is made, a lender can change the terms of a loan with just the wave of a pen (or the whims of a DOGE bro). Can you imagine if banks did this to mortgages or car loans? But student loans get a shrug.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Same. I’m riding this out as long as possible, hoping the next administration (if there is one) will “fix” it. And if not, I’m gonna be paying these things off until I die anyway. At least waiting buys me a reprieve before my payment triples.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

AI is basically a mansplaining Google — at least Google gives you its sources, whereas AI says “it’s true because I said it.”

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I love both. The movie is criminally underrated — it’s just as good of an adaptation as Remains of the Day, IMO.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A pot of beans with a ham hock and cornbread is an elite cold weather dish.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Watching legends be born is my favorite pastime. Just incredible.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I picked a helluva summer to learn soccer. Is it like this every year?!

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Knicks. World Cup. The 250th falling apart here in DC. This is a great summer.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Talarico and Paxton is gonna be like an election between Jesus’s most beloved disciple vs. Satan’s anus, and it’ll still be close in November.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I feel like whenever he comes to a fork in the road to be a better person, you can count on Ken Paxton to just take a huge dump in the middle of the path and threaten to prosecute anyone who pinches their nose in disgust.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Talarico better keep his foot on the gas for the next five months and drive that campaign bus like he stole it.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Judith Butler’s “What Is Critique? An Essay on Foucault’s Virtue,” Stuart Hall’s “The Work of Representation,” Donna Haraway’s “Situated Knowledges,” or Clifford Geertz’s “Thick Description” could work? Maybe Michel de Certeau’s “Walking in the City” too!

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I was just wondering the same thing.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A week might be depressing. But a month, there’s bound to be some glimmer of good news or a bright spot that could be excavated and included so things feel less hopeless?

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Makes sense. I’m also trying to solve for it being a group project-based course with a mix of individual and group writing and what that looks like given each project is custom to the group (so accounting for differentiation within and between groups). I’m probably trying to do too much, as usual. 😏

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Was scrolling the #ungrading feed to solve for a similar challenge — thank you!

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Admittedly, I prefer non-fiction audiobooks, especially biography, memoir, and essays. Some recent ones I liked: Class Dismissed by Anthony Abraham Jack; The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates; The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio; and A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney. 🎧

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Haha, I call this my dad’s party trick: the man can walk into any room and always finds somebody with some connection to his small town in the middle of nowhere. It really is a smaller world than we imagine!

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Apparently car windows that manually crank down are a novelty these days, too — made the gesture while talking and got a bewildered look from someone who has known nothing but automatic buttons.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Thank you for these questions! Really good to stop and reflect for a minute.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

My God, I didn’t know those stats. Explains so much! #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

That this generation will pull together. They are so brilliant, funny, inclusive, and generous when we give them a safe place to be seen, they are valued, and they can be in community with each other. I can see how much kids have changed since I was their age, and it makes me hopeful. #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This celebrate part is such a good reminder! And building in moments for them to reflect on their growth so they can build more resilience when they face the next challenge — reminding them they *can* do hard things because they *have* already. #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Not gonna lie, this feels harder every year given the state of things in the world. It feels like we can’t keep the promises we make to them about their future if they “do well in school.” But focus on what we can and trust other people are doing the work to change things, too. 🤷‍♀️ #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I wish I was better at journaling — do you free write, or do you have something to guide your reflection or brainstorming at all? #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

+ something I started early in my career is keeping a “wall of awesome.” I would literally print out complimentary emails, work I was proud of, evals, anything representing a win and tack it up behind my computer. It’s now a folder I keep, but revisiting it on hard days is always good. #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

My friend’s dad has this great saying: “Your health is important, as it is the foundation upon which your ability to serve others is set.” Stepping back to rest and reset (often just a disco nap!) taking care of my human being-ness is really necessary for for me to keep perspective. #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I love this shout out to integrity! #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Supporting students to think critically, ask (and find answers to) hard questions, understand themselves and their identities in the context of power structures and their communities, develop agency in their decision-making, and create the lives they imagine for themselves and others. #BuildHopeEdu

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Thank you for sharing these! I’m trying to put together a similar unit embedded in a project they’ll be working on (hopefully to reach the same conclusion your students have), and these are a great jumping off point. This is really heartening.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Ooh, I could see this as a really interesting tool for students working on their college application essays. They’re used to consuming narrative storytelling on podcasts, so hearing their own story in that format could be eye-opening. I’m excited to think more about this! #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I’m so curious to learn more! How did you guide the student to this realization? #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Brilliant! And definitely cheat-proof. I’m gonna think hard about what review for those activities can look like at scale — but this also could invite/encourage video feedback by instructors in response (a good thing). 🤔 #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Same. I was really resistant, but currently in an org where I’m the only one in my role, I started using it as a brainstorming buddy when drafting scenarios for assessments. I had to start eating some crow, but I stand firm that AI backgrounds on Zoom still give me the creeps! #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Working on some first-year college success curriculum, I’m really interested in learning more tools that we want to students to know about that can support their academic and personal success — and where to steer clear. #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Same. Our workload and student population is surging without any additional resources. These efficiencies can at least make it bearable for staff and students when the alternative is burnout or students not getting necessarily level of human support. #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Yes! It feels like its own language, and all I can ask is “where are the bathrooms?” I feel like a tech tourist. #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I’m interested in exploring how to offload some tedious manual tasks, like sorting hundreds of students into small groups based on certain criteria. That takes hours by hand, and AI just spits it out. More of that, please! #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Getting more creative in trying to AI-proof assessments and figuring out why a student would use it to circumvent learning. I remember the good ol’ days of “if students can Google the answer, you’re asking the wrong question.” Now it’s “if AI can do it, why am I asking students to?” #EduSkyAI

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Once they start to be in community with others as human beings, they’re more comfortable sharing because it reduces the feeling that they’re the only one. They know each other as people, so it’s harder to “other” others. #EduSkyChat

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

That trust between everyone has to build over time. One “minor” thing: group students around anything they have in common, however trivial, and telling them why. Once they know everyone in their group also loves Star Wars or fave color is green, it gives them a bond to build from. #EduSkyChat

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

:: googling now :: Ooh, thank you for this! Simple doesn’t mean ineffective!

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Tim Wheeler @timwh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Yes! Student input. I regularly say" there was a lot to like there, what went well?" And they point out all the good stuff and more. Then "what could have gone better?" They point out their own mistakes...and some of mine.

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Ooh yes, Padlet is always killing it! I love that they’ve just continued perfecting what that tool does best. #EduSkyChat

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Last time I was spelunking, I think I like Hypothes.is better from a user standpoint, but the program had an institutional subscription for Perusall. 🤷‍♀️ But honestly, even Google Drive works if the text can be moved into a doc easily, and everyone would already how to comment there! 😂

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It can also reinforce something we’re saying (or that the content is saying). Hearing it from a peer (albeit asynchronously over space and time) seems to hit different sometimes. 🙃 #EduSkyChat

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leslinds @leslinds.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It’s a required assignment, but even ones we don’t use (or they don’t wish it to be shared) are informative for me about what is missing in our curriculum that they wish they had known, and we can revise or add it before the next offering! 2/2 #EduSkyChat

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