Barbara

Barbara

@19thgrade.bsky.social

Explainer 19 years in 19th grade A hotdog is not a sandwich

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People used to smoke in the grocery store, and the dry cleaners! You’d pick up clothes that smelled worse than when you dropped them off

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Happy 14 to my best friend! Rescue pup, so we celebrate on a sunny 60s day. Two walks, his own ice cream cone, barked at the squirrels, chased a tennis ball, and a car ride. Good times

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Replying to @kairyssdal.bsky.social

Optional, unaccountable philanthropy is not a substitute for paying taxes

Land maintenance plan: trim trees, fix fences, pick up trash Suddenly hundreds of trees cut Photo of different plan appears, major earthworks requiring as step 1 cutting all the trees This is when someone Finally asks what did you know and when did you know it.

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Pete Crow-Armstrong tied for the MLB lead in HR and had 41 SB   He’s the 2nd player to lead MLB in HR, incl ties, *and* have MORE than 40 SB in a season, since modern SB rule (1898), joining:   1909 Ty Cobb (78 SB, 9 HR)   h/t @EliasSports

Current State of higher Ed? Younger child started college this fall He has already received guaranteed transfer offers from 2 places (admitted in spring) with even more $$$ than the merit/discount at admission From well known colleges! We had checked $ health of every place he applied, so weird

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Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.

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Replying to @kawulf.bsky.social

Teaching is the very thing that’s been degraded and underfunded and is the very thing that we know across k-16 is the most important aspect of student learning and outcomes – well beyond the classroom. Yes, this is now my checklist for any essay/ pod abt "higher ed." 10/

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Yes, and have you considered frosting? Amish cinnamon rolls at Louie and Honey’s Kitchen, Winston-Salem NC (the city that invented KrispyKreme). I have had the rolls at upper crust. See if Wake Forest or Bookmarks will host a talk so you can visit

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40% more kids are eating breakfast and 15% more are eating lunch since we launched free school meals in Minnesota. Now we’re making sure 100% of kids eat their broccoli.

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Lonnie Bunch has more than earned a long, happy, restful retirement. But this is an enormous loss for the Smithsonian and I fear for the institution now that its most visible defender is leaving the fray.

nytimes.comSmithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution (Gift Article)In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.

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my main issue with ai is that i would personally see a larger ROI if those trillions of dollars were spent on healthcare or public transit or schools or road repairs or SNAP or free childcare or free school lunches or EV charging stations or public libraries or housing or clean energy or broadband

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Today's daily number is 59. 59% of parents say that their child wouldn't have enough to eat if not for the meals they receive at school, according to research from No Kid Hungry. Have a good Marketplace daily number? Send yours to marketplace.org/dailynumber.