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Froggy

@savagefrog.bsky.social
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Art Hobbyist, ESL Educator, Cranky Psychology Student & DIY Obsessed. I do too many things but it's fun to learn something new!

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 14h
Spending time in nature can do wonders for mental well-being. From a walk in the park to gardening or simply enjoying some fresh air, reconnecting with nature can help reduce stress and improve mood. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, if you have the chance, take some time to enjoy nature. 💚
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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 18h
📢 Last day to apply for our first People & Culture Director (PCD) position. A full-time, hybrid role working from our San Francisco office 2-3 days/week that will shape the practices and culture of our organization. +
Graphic in orange background announcing the new People & Culture  job opportunity at the Center for the Art of Translation.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Birb~
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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Absolutely devastating. If anyone in the Bay Area spots Julia's work (maybe being sold on a corner somewhere) give a head's up. bio.site/julialundman
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/10/2026
Nearly 12,000 book bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to PEN America. Race, racism, sexuality and gender identity themes remain the most common reasons. PEN also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books to ban.
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Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high, according to annual tally
Themes of race, sexuality and gender remain common reasons to ban books, as some school administrators use AI to determine what gets pulled, a new report finds.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm seriously hoping that Ballsack loses in the run-off.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm devastated for you guys. :/ Seriously. WTFF.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't pray but I will for this. How the hell is that moron even getting that many votes?! It's like people there want their own Orange Man. 🫠
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Elections?
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don't beat yourself up too much about it. The curiosity gets the better of us sometimes.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Best kinda buddies!
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Delete the voicemail. If it's something really important (which doubt it is), she'll reach out in writing or by an actual phone call.
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · 02/10/2026
Join us for the Harvard Chan Virtual Open House October 5–7! This virtual event will allow prospective students to learn about the admissions process and financial aid, explore degree programs, and hear about student experience and public health career opportunities. Register: hsph.me/open-house
The image is a promotional banner for a virtual open house for Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, scheduled for October 5‑7, 2026. It features smiling individuals engaged in conversation, arranged in a red geometric design with the school's logo.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My dad was a big fan of that one. There was a TV show in the 90s that was kinda okay.
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Félix Sánchez🌱 @biocorsario.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Os pongo esta foto de la placa que han puesto en la casa de MariCarmen . Hoy ya habia policias municipales haciendole fotos asi que no durará mucho, pero queria dejar constancia .
Placa simulando las placas ooficiales del ayuntamiento de Madrid con el color y el logo pero menor tamaño.
El texto dice : aqui fue desahuciada Maricarmen, vecina de esta casa desde 1955.
Gracias a Ricardo Alonso y Fernando Alonso, dueños de urbagestión.
Luego cita el articulo 47 de la constitucion (derecho a vivienda digna)
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Which ones have you watched so far?
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🍫 🍪
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Share My Lesson @sharemylesson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💙 Struggling with medical bills? Knowing where to turn can help. Explore practical steps for finding hospital financial assistance, legal aid and consumer-protection resources for families facing medical debt. @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social Read more 👇🏽
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Struggling with Medical Bills? Here’s Where to Start
Medical debt can be overwhelming, but families may have more options than they realize. From hospital financial assistance and legal aid to stronger consumer protections, knowing where to turn can mak...
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 24/09/2026
One time, CPSC hosted a carbon monoxide safety poster contest for students, and the kids came in with absolute bangers.
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 25/09/2026
🤔 What is news media bias? Check out our infographic for: - The types of news media bias & - The forms it can take 🔎 Educators: For a deeper dive into a nuanced topic that can get your students thinking critically about the news they consume, bookmark our #Checkology lesson: bit.ly/Understandin...
Heading reads: Understanding Bias. The page is split
it two sections: the top half is labeled “types” and the bottom half is labeled
“forms.” There are 5 text boxes in each section.

Types:

Partisan bias

Corporate bias

Demographic bias

“Big story” bias

Neutrality bias

Forms:

Framing

Story selection

Absence of fairness and balance

Tone

Flawed sourcing
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unfortunately, neither one remembered where I put my keys.
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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎉 We're delighted to introduce you to the 2027 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program mentors! buff.ly/9MlkPZI The mentorship program allows an emerging translator to establish a close working relationship with an experienced translator on a literary translation project, at no cost to them.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hope you feel better soon! Avoid foods with garlic for now and try finding something sweet or salty.
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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🪸Hi, Friends!🪸 A great way to support CM *and* beautify your home is through the purchase of our photographic prints 📸 Below is a close-up of a Portuguese Man O War 🪼 Browse this print and many more selections @ coralmorphologic.bigcartel.com/category/pho...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 04/09/2026
It is illegal for the Executive to spend money on a purpose unrelated to the one mandated by our Congress, which has sole control over the public purse under our Constitution. Shattering our Constitution, along with our scientific research capacity, will harm all Conservative & Liberal Americans.
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Defense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense Activities
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Welp, it happened. Educational institutions in my area are starting to crack down on "Aura Farming" because students are pushing the limits of what is acceptable.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
D: The dreaded leaks. I don't know how some people somehow manage to sleep through the whole night.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Long pads are always the best. Gotta change them less often and you feel more secure when doing stuff.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs apnews.com/article/mich...
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Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs
Three Michigan school districts are betting that a specialized clinic may be the antidote to surging health care costs.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Parents Demanding Tech Opt Outs Take Their Fight to Federal Court apnews.com/article/lowe...
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Parents Demanding Tech Opt Outs Take Their Fight to Federal Court
Parents pushing back against technology in the classroom have so far directed their anger toward major corporations like Google and Curriculum Associates, the company behind the widely used i-Ready pl...
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IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🔬 Applications are now open for the CIPHER Research #Grant Programme! Early-stage investigators working in #paediatric and #adolescent #HIV research can apply for up to USD 140,000 in funding over two years. 📅 Deadline: 30 September, 18:00 CEST Learn more and apply 👇
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CIPHER Research Grant Programme 2026/2027
Learn more & apply by 30 September
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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📣 The 2027 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open! tinyurl.com/2rc443mz This program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rain is always anxiety inducing when you got a leaky ceiling. ;u;
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🪸👑🦜🐟🥱💩🪸🏝️ yawning, fertilizing corals, making beach sand, life is good for a parrotfish in Coral City! #queenparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #howbeachsandismade #coralcitycamera
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This reads like a headline from The Onion.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I am impressed by the fish. What did you do with it afterwards?
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm honestly concerned about the lack of international outrage on this situation.
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have the same issue with all the biodegradable brands I've tried. Tena is my go-to brand; Nosotras and Kotex are also nice.
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Center for the Art of Translation (CAT) @catranslation.org · 21/08/2026
📣 Last day to apply for our two in-person positions in San Francisco! +
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Opportunities at CAT - CAT Center
The Center for the Art of Translation is currently hiring for two in-person San Francisco Bay Area positions: a Press Administrator for our book publisher Two
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American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🍿Have you seen The Odyssey and are looking forward to a fruitful discussion with fellow translators? Check out this virtual event dedicated to audiovisual translation hosted by the American Translators Association Audiovisual Division, in partnership with ALTA! buff.ly/BXUUrrQ
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Froggy @savagefrog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So, they wanna make Head Start in the US "English only" and I live in a US territory where about a quarter of the population is fluent in said language. This is gonna be a staffing disaster. Here's the link to read: www.regulations.gov/document/ACF...
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Regulations.gov
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Teen boys are using smart glasses — mainly Meta's AI Glasses — to film themselves harassing classmates at school, following girls around and "rizzing" them or "ragebaiting" them w/ insults. In several videos we reviewed, girls plead w/ the poster to stop filming. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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Alex Falcone @alexfalcone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The cost of AI you’re paying right now
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 17/08/2026
We apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation. Follow @status.bsky.app for any updates.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026
US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes? 

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library 

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)
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