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MsGillELA

@msgillela.bsky.social
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Teacher who loves reading, science, and helping others! 📖 she/her

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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I keep looking at my thermostat because I’m cold and I want to turn on our furnace . . . Only to realize it is still warmer in here than what I would set the furnace to at night.
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Drafted up this new template for unit plans that, I hope, will be more friendly to share out with students/families (Will try it out with a few units this summer then share out completed version!)
new unit plan template!
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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Available for preorder now from Amazon, Bookshop, and likely some of your favorite independent bookstores. @bookpeople.com in Austin is one of my faves! bookpeople.com/book/9781978...
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English Majors at Work: Career and Life Pathways
English Majors at Work: Career and Life Pathways details the professional superpowers—the many marketable skills—gained from studying literature, creative writing, film, and popular culture. It prepares English majors to know themselves and their worth so that they can feed their bodies and souls in rapidly changing 21st century economies. Written for prospective and current English majors as well as recent grads, the book shows that skills associated with the major--innovative thinking, excellent written communication, and the ability to read people, rooms, and data---can sustain lifelong successful careers. It also provides real talk about internships, networking, and graduate school. In keeping with a major that focuses on storytelling and analysis, each chapter concludes with a lively discussion of a relevant literary or media text. English Majors at Work is an essential guide for literature students as well as the professors, career services professionals, and parents who advise them.
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
TPT (Twin Cities PBS) is doing a member drive rn. On Monday we watched them get to 28 of the required 50 to unique donations (of any amount) to unlock a $4k match during a program on auroras & the dark sky movement. Rn they're at 35/50 during their current program ending in 2 minutes.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
All done with work until next year!
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Christie BOO! Mwahahaha! @ceburke.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
They’re good books, too. Choose in-store pickup and use promo code SUMMER
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59
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Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dies at 59
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock and best known for the hit 'It Takes Two,' has died. He was 59.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Listening to Who Can It Be Now by Men at Work and realizing that these lyrics came out in 1981, the first year of the millennial generation cohort and they have guided our whole pattern of interactions with the front door.
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Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now?
In 1979, Colin Hay wrote “Who Can It Be Now?” in a tree house. His girlfriend commented at the time that the song would be his first hit, and she was right. Two years later it was
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Kat Paz 🐾 @kmetzpaz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🍎 📖 I would rather sit through seven consecutive faculty meetings, that could have been emails, than grade your final papers.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This storm is what happens when too many Minnesotans agree that we need rain.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 03/05/2026
emergency need: my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100 venmo: @ziibiing
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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 03/05/2026
We have turned classrooms into a hell for neurodivergence. The same hyper-plasticity that makes hostile environments damaging makes safe ones transformative. Build the right conditions and watch what happens. stimpunks.org/space/cavendish/
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⛺️🔥 Cavendish Space: Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes for Dandelions, Tulips, and Orchids
Cavendish Space: psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction.
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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Whether your jam is Hawai'ian Gothic, Indian-inspired fantasy, or bi4bi Korean Romance, there's something for everyone to be found in this post!
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026
Can you imagine if so many people with power would actually use the simple response of “No, I don’t think that’s a plausible explanation” when other people in power tried to rationalize white supremacy?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"We are at war, and thousands of people are dead. We are at war, and we are complaining about high gas prices and long lines at the airport. We are at war, and running late for our next appointment." organizingmythoughts.org/the-zombie-d...
“We are all dragging ourselves along, trying to keep up with whatever version of normalcy has been reconstructed each day. We are weeping and writing emails. We are watching television and scrolling, alternately hiding and spiraling, but rarely grieving as we should. Rarely living fully in the reality of now, because that would mean killing the zombie dressed up as an ordinary Tuesday, and we do not know how to do that yet. Or maybe we’re just not ready." — Kelly Hayes
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Blizzard warning has been lifted for Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Now it is a winter storm warning. A lot of snow, but now maybe it will stay where it is?
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chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
fighting the institutional adoption of ai is slow and difficult. but as individuals, we can still largely opt out, at least from direct use. i sincerely believe that those who do so will find solidarity in creativity, imagination, and humanity. in intelligence.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Ope. Upgraded to a blizzard warning
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
As Dex did not use a question mark, we, dear readers, can surmise this is a statement of anger, despair, outrage, and rage rage. Not a question.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
One of my students finished The Hunger Games for the first time in our classroom yesterday during choice reading. Her gasp and her stunned sitting reminded me of all the reasons I love powerful books and choice reading practices.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 01/03/2026
I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out. If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
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Mara 👻 aBOOlish I.C.E. @mauratwit.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I went to the north shore last week and experienced the blizzard. Mute me if you hate nature. As Riley reminds us, outside is the good place. After filming the tambolo, below, I saw my first (Mn) wolf! (Not pictured, it crossed hwy 61 in front of me. But it stopped and looked at me. Magical)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 28/02/2026
Happy last day of the month! I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 28/02/2026
Happy last day of the month! Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent? Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits. If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
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Adopt A Rent — Stand With Minnesota
Adopt the rent of a family impacted by the ICE occupation in Minneapolis
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I talked with @ziibiing.com about Stand With Minnesota, keeping neighbors housed during ICE escalation, and directing generosity where it’s actually needed.
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“There’s Another Way”: Rent Relief, Love Letters, and 1,000 Pee Funnels
"There’s nothing like getting to give someone their rent money," says mutual aid organizer Ashley Fairbanks.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 21/02/2026
I’m raising rent relief funds for Minneapolis immigrant families affected by ICE. Donations are down, but ICE is very much still here and there’s still so much need. Can you help? V: @Ian-Coldwater CA: $iancoldwater PP: @coldwater We keep us housed 💛 Please share and help if you can! Thank you!
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Minnesota is very, very strict about fundraising and gambling. Just give. Give what you can. Give for pride, not prizes.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Monica sent this from where she's working in the sweet potatoes in Merced county. "I'm cleaning the fields to be planted. The conditions are cold and wet. Weeds here can be knee high. I work long hours and must drive in dense fog. I do this work to feed my family." #WeFeedYou
Farm workers weeding sweet potato fields
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Writing is thinking. It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
this is the video/account:
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Tastebuds_nyc on Instagram: "Trying food from every country in the world, without leaving New York City. Season 1 Finale 🏀 Big thank you to the @brooklynnets for hosting us! Hats out now, link in bio ...
26K likes, 392 comments - tastebuds_newyorkcity on February 12, 2026: "Trying food from every country in the world, without leaving New York City. Season 1 Finale 🏀 Big thank you to the @brooklynnets ...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
these two young white guys on IG go to an NYC restaurant each week to try food from a different country. they posted a video bringing together the owners of their first 12 stops & it made me cry bc it was simple & beautiful. just people from all over the world hanging & being pals. how it should be.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
How do I say this the right way . . . I live near an airport. Air traffic noises are a typical occurrence. The increase in air traffic and continued presence of helicopters is so unsettling that my body cannot relax on my day off. It’s so bad, even when it is indirect.
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Rico, hausfatha of WAWG & short king CEO 🧞✨ @epereza22.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026
I’d choose being Black in every lifetime 😂😂😂 I love us.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/02/2026
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 08/02/2026
Another addition to the website to help us built *systems* and not just have me trying to do everything alone: If you'd like to adopt a rent that you can either *cover immediately* and fundraise for, or just pay outright, please fill out this form and we will contact you via Signal.
standwithminnesota.com
Adopt A Rent — Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
There’s something very freeing when you know you’re on your own. There’s really nothing stopping us from caring this deeply and boldly about our neighbors at all times, everywhere in the world, and if you’re not from Minnesota you should be doing what we are doing, and if you aren’t, start now.
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MsGillELA @msgillela.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Maybe this time, I will learn and understand curling.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 07/02/2026
the status quo is supported by people with resources believing that the only responsible way to help the “less fortunate” is to give to the appropriate organization that redistributes it to the worthy. our system was built to fail the people in the moment we are in—to protect systems of oppression.
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Art! @punsultant.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
As Commander Riker put it: “I can’t have my people fighting the Borg at the same time they're fighting their own fatigue”
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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N.R. Lines⁷ (she/her) @nrlines.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
When I tell you that @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is keeping me sane because of her joy and her adhd cults and posts like this. I laughed so hard the dam inside me broke, and it needed to break. I needed to purge and the tears needed to fall. Bree, who barely knows me, is doing so much for me. Thanks
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bag of moons 🏳️‍🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
okay hi everyone real quick crowdfund: we're doing grocery box packing for families from our kids' school, and i would really really really really like to raise funds to stick a box of cake mix or pre-made cookies in each box this week. v3nmo is nhojelttil, please put a 🍰 or 🍪 with it
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/01/2026
I’m writing about this and want to document it as best I can. But they also don’t want to be documented. Many aren’t doing it full-time, feel embarrassed they’re not doing more. But they’re heroes, too, I think.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 25/01/2026
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Might need
A hoodie with a cute little tux cat sitting in flowers above the words “rage consumes me”
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.
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