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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week, a kid tried to show me a piece of white crayon and claim that he lost his tooth.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I heard someone use the Human Centipede as a way to explain why large model AI is inevitably heading towards its own self destruction by tainting its future inputs, and honestly? It was a beautiful teaching metaphor.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I said this sentence in kindergarten: "We do not floss our teeth with our headphone cords."

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today while I was driving from my school (where I teach) to the high school (where I coach) I saw a kid with a backpack on laid out on the sidewalk at the corner. Fearing the worst, I stopped and called out, "Are you okay?" Kid popped right up to sitting. "Yeah, I'm fine!" Why are kids.

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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does focusing more on academic achievement lead to more academic achievement? Maybe. But it may also make school less enjoyable and less interesting, which may in turn lead to lower levels of attendance, more misbehavior, and deeper disengagement. And that would undermine academic achievement. 5/n

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Treated myself to breakfast. Waitress: You want the normal hash browns with that? Me: Oh yes, I love potatoes. I am basically a potato that is a person. Waitress: And potatoes are basically perfect in every form. I don't think she was hitting on me, but if she had been, that would have worked.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The lady who did my mammogram this morning was Pam. Ma'am, Pam sure did gram the mamms.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ben and I went to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo yesterday (thanks to @ohioea.bsky.social). The weather was perfect and a lot of animals were out and about and active. But the thing Ben got most excited to see was this birch tree in the Wilderness Trek area.

A photo of a white man posing, leaning on a lovely birch tree.

A photo of a white woman leaning on a birch tree. She would like to know whether you think the length and cut of her trousers is flattering or not. She's trying something new, fashion-wise, and isn't sure whether it's working because she has some insecurity.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A friend/coworker said it was periMOONopause

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Apropos of nothing, I once brought a reusable water bottle to a job interview and forgot it in their restroom. I knew I didn't want that job so even though I was still nearby when I realized, I didn't want to go back and get it. Sorry to that water bottle.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TODAY is a full moon. So what were we feeling this week? Some kind of pre-full moon syndrome?

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why is no one having kids? GAS PRICES. Today it cost me over $100 to fill up my child

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yesterday a kindergartner forgot my name and called me "Miss-- Miss-- Miss... Piggy?" His teacher went "ohhh noooo" but tbh I was flattered to be compared to Her Royal Swineness.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My heroic spouse took two very unhappy-to-be-there cats to the vet today.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What's a small kindness you witnessed or experienced that still has an impact on you? Years ago, I saw a school parent helping someone learn how to use the local public bus system. I think about her clarity and patience and how that was not her job but a need she saw that she decided to fill.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My mother, seeing a costumed mascot at a minor league baseball game: So do you think this is how people become furries? They dress up like that and realize they like it? Me: mother who told you about furries

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I found this on Lesson Pix and laughed and cried and laughed.

A photo of a computer screen. The computer screen displays a website called LessonPix, that provides pictures and ways to make the pictures into school resources. This picture is titled "Tried" and is tagged "almost done," "frustrated," "give up," "tired," and "tried." The image itself is of a person just in front of the finish line, lyjng completely prone and probably still. There are color swap options and more details/download options as well.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Me: *trying to teach* Kids: Do you have a son? Do you have a daughter? Do you have ANY kids? Me: No. Kids: Do you have a dog? Me: Yes. Kid: Oh! That's basically like having a kid. Me: It is not. If I made a kid eat their dinner in a dog crate, I would go to jail.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

First grader to PE teacher: Is your house in the gym? PE teacher: Um. No. Me to first grader: Did you mean to ask if his office was in the gym? First grader: No.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Do you remember... the 21st night of September, 2016? youtu.be/kPwG6L73-VU?...

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YouTube video by Demi Adejuyigbe

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

I'm of two minds about this information

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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Accidentally radicalized myself by reading and asking questions.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Productivity" and "fulfillment" are not synonyms.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of my favorite resources for teaching is @lessonpix.bsky.social. It makes it easy to make materials for ALL my students. I also love that the images are not perfect and feel very human-made. Even when I don't use LessonPix directly, they inspire me to use my own drawings sometimes.

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Damn, this blew up. 🫪 Got nothing beyond this: value human creativity, problem solving, and the capacity to dream. Go make something bad, and get excited for how you can make it better next time. 🤘💙🤘

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

But speaking of staying in one's lane, can we PLEASE switch the default position from "It's fine to use 'AI' for this thing I'm not an expert in" to "Yeah, I'd be really skeptical of any use cases and need to see strong evidence that it's okay, but I'm not the one who can produce that evidence"?

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Look at this chicken I got at the outdoor craft market

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I braided my hair and then put the hairs that came loose directly onto my cat. Revenge.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026

if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The best compliment you can get as a teacher from a parent is not, "You're my child's favorite teacher." It's, "My child thinks they're your favorite student."

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So, I was always fascinated by stories/movies/video games where there was some ancient technology and it's so cool it's practically magic but it fell out of use in the past and is in ruins in the present. How could that happen, I wondered. These days I wonder about that less frequently.

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Aqua King | ΦΒΣ ♒️ @louieluxinmotion.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

This is just a reminder that apple cider is the superior fall flavor.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I mostly buy books that I already read because I want to read them again, or reference them. Guess how I read them first!

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What are some of the most successful school team fundraisers that you've experienced? Asking for my speech and debate kids.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Me: *wears a blue maxi dress* Kids: Ms. Driscoll, you look beautiful! I love your dress! So pretty! We love the color! Me: *puts my kelly green cardigan on* Kids: LUIGI LUIGI YOU'RE LUIGI YOU LOOK LIKE LUIGI

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Would you talk to your child's teacher about their AI use? What if it wasn't so obvious? Asking because someone in my real-life asked me, "Is there a polite way to ask my child's preschool teacher to stop using AI?"

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Vanishingly little in "The Art of War" about how to look cool while fighting.

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Chris Brody @chrisbrody.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

3-y.o. has interpreted the “lemon” from “easy peasy lemon squeezy” as an all-purpose intensifier. If something hurts: “Owie” If something *really* hurts: “Owie owie lemon owie”

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The last conversation my dad and I ever had was via email (we were living on different sides of the world before smartphones). I realized last night how glad I am that we both used our own actual words to talk to each other.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A first grader made me laugh so hard that tears came to my eyes, and another first grader said, "Your mascara is running!" I didn't have the heart to tell her that I don't wear makeup. (Because who knows when a kid is going to impersonate a dolphin trying to use an iPhone.)

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This year I got an appointment book and have been using highlighters to note where I need to be and when. This is what my week as a union building rep/cart teacher/speech and debate coach looks like (before I start filling in more details).

Two pages of an open appointment book. I have used highlighters to block out times throughout the week. The colors are not exactly in ROYGBIV order but it's close. Usually I swipe the highlight across a line, but there are a couple of squared off purple time blocks instead.

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🚗 Computer Caitlin 🧀 @teacherontopic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A six word story: Baby shoes. Didn't know shoes reproduce.

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Dorie @doriec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Capitalism demands urgency. Taking your time to respond is an act of resistance

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Wikipedia's great because it cites things so you can easily spot the next place to go. Which is leagues beyond ai because the bots divorce everything from its source, like pinterest on steroids.

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