Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026He got really into gardening this summer and it really is the perfect hobby for him. He gets to play with as much dirt as he wants! 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(To be clear, the hole is for a garden bed. But also my child does genuinely love digging holes for no reason.) 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/202613yo showed me the chat (he ended up just muting it) and mostly it’s been his brother sharing progress updates on the hole he’s digging in the backyard and their friends complimenting said hole, as well as his “prize dirt pile.” No one has asked questions about why my child is digging a hole. 210
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We put our AC away last week. I refuse to pull it back out. 000
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'd hope that all the math teachers using 67 as answers to problems would kill that particular trend, but so far, no luck! 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So the thing is...none of us hired the ice cream truck. It was just there. Idling. Playing its jaunty tune over all of the instructions being given. All of us will be forever haunted by its song. 130
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I forgot to share this gem from this week. Student: "It's so embarrassing." Me: "What's so embarrassing?" Student: "YOU ARE, Stephanie!" If you have any ego at all, working in a high school is not for you. 110
Reposted by Stephanie AllenDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 259184664882
Reposted by Stephanie AllenKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/10/2026So former NFL kicker Jay Feely is running for Congress as a MAGA guy and his opponent just put out an ad with a bunch of his missed kicks lol 282691303
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This seems relevantyoutu.beExecutions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonight 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've never played Minecraft, but I do dissociate for an hour after work every day by trying to rebuild community in a strangely wholesome post-apocalyptic hellscape (Pokopia), so I really do respect his craft. 051
Reposted by Stephanie AllenStar @star.telstarcat.xyz · 29/09/2026why is jason kelce dressed like he's getting to the bottom of this 69101580
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I recently found out she’d been regularly emailing me for a few weeks but all of the messages went to my spam folder so I never saw them. 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My kids are in middle school and last year one of their friends was selling pencils that he'd picked up off the floor in classrooms and hallways back to their classmates. It sounds like he made good money doing it. He ended up paying my kids to help collect said pencils. 021
Reposted by Stephanie Allenouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS 3932252256
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But honestly, I feel like anyone who has that much money and has decided to spend it on bullying children instead of getting an actual hobby is a deeply weird person, so. There's that. 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And then the trans girls in sports initiative would make it harder for ALL girls to participate in sports by making them prove they're "biologically female" (whatever that means), and yes, this is the one that includes female genital inspection, which is weird! There's just no other way to say it! 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026To be clear, based on both professional and personal experience, if a child doesn't want their parent(s) to know something, there is usually a very good reason for that. So approving this initiative would put a lot of vulnerable children at risk. 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026State law transfers control over mental and reproductive healthcare to the child when the child turns 13. Unless the child consents to information being shared with parents or anyone else, parents don't have access to that information. So anyway, certain people don't like this. 100
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I read through the text of the parental rights initiative and most of the rights that parents would supposedly gain over school records are already rights that we have. The thing that would actually be expanded is removing the right for teens to decide who can access their counseling records. 100
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They also have a throwaway reference to Heywood's two other initiatives: "expand parental rights over school records and ban transgender girls from playing scholastic sports". That also needs A LOT of clarification. 100
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026They mention the revenue would help and/or solve our state's "fiscal woes". Specifically, that money is supposed to be used for families and education -- school funding, early learning, etc. So Heywood et al want to take money from children. Cool. 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Washington hasn't taxed its millionaires yet. The law doesn't go into effect until 2028. This gets mentioned in the article, but not until closer to the end, when it's also mentioned that the state supreme court is supposed to hear a challenge to the law soon. 110
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My favorite quote in this article is Brian Heywood asking "Who do you trust?" and well, Brian, it's certainly not you! But also I wouldn't trust the NYT on this because this headline is misleading and they're missing some information!nytimes.comWashington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed. (Gift Article)Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes. 100
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My 12yos got added to a group chat by a classmate. One of them was actively participating, trying to put names to the numbers that weren't already in his phone. His brother looked at his phone, saw how many messages there were, and said "This is terrible, I'm leaving." 130
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today a student saw me dancing and started laughing. Me: Oh, is my dancing funny? Student: Yes. Never do it again. 020
Reposted by Stephanie AllenInspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 31012373
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 19/09/202612yo, on some long tangent: "...and then a box will show up in the mail, and in it will be a demon that wants to eat your SOUL." Me: "Dude, that's just my Ulta order." 010
Reposted by Stephanie Allendarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026the talking fox pondering the mysterious sight of not one but three hobbits sleeping out of doors under a tree 1836222
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I agree with you on all of this except Cailliou. I will take my hatred of that show to the grave. 110
Reposted by Stephanie AllenDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The ancient Egyptians loved to go on picnics with their friends and family into the mountains/ gebels around Luxor 3500 years ago. We know this because they left inscriptions where they started "Spending the day..." Hiking and enjoying the outdoors is as old as we are. 116433
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026School started last week so I’m back to my job in a high school. Hoping to get back to my WIP research once my schedule settles down and I’m less tired from work 😅 #WeeknightWriters 160
Reposted by Stephanie AllenAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you think that you can’t properly insult someone without involving ableism, you have never been in a room with a nun, a Scottish mother, or Shakespearean actor. 310419
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A student called me a “mortifying bagel” last year. Creative, not ableist, really just an A+ insult. 140
Reposted by Stephanie AllenPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"you're gonna get left behind if you don't start using ai" oh thank god, please leave me behind, i'm good over here, i do not want to go to there 171654398
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026QTP with your favorite Fairy-Type Pokemon. My feral queen 🥺static.klipy.comScreaming TailAlt: A gif of Scream Tail screaming. She looks a lot like Jigglypuff in that she's pink and round, but she also looks distinctly feral, has fabulous winged pink eyeliner, and a long, pink ponytail-type thing sprouting from the top of her head. 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026He has never done a single thing wrong in his life 131
Reposted by Stephanie AllenThomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume. 1784792752
Reposted by Stephanie AllenPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Housecleaning by Nikki Giovanni 9576115
Reposted by Stephanie AllenKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Seattle Times comes out against I-638. It s terrible law, based in bigotry, that hurts all girls who want to compete in school sports, requiring invasive sex testing. If you’re in WA state or know someone who is, please spread the word: Vote NO on I-638. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...seattletimes.comSeattle Times recommends 'No' on I-638, ban on trans girls in sports | EditorialIf this were a “Washington problem“ it would be worth studying as a pressing issue to be resolved by the electorate, informed with science. But it is not. 8379173
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I informed Husband that he’s in charge of bedtime tonight because I’m going to go to bed SO EARLY. 040
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It’s the first week of school and I’m so tired that it took me a full two minutes to realize that the grilled cheese wasn’t actually cooking because I never turned the burner on 🙃 150
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026FIL: "How was the first day of school?" 12yo: "TERRIBLE." This was not the conversation my FIL was expecting. 020
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I love that he considered safety as part of this plan! 010
Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I do, however, have some questions about what the plan was with the laser and glass. 110
Reposted by Stephanie AllenDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026amazing stuff 1659451518