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Jennifer Lawrence what did you do to your face

I follow this amateur group on WhatsApp that tracks orcas in the Puget Sound in case anyone who lives closer to the water than I do wants to try and see some from land and I always laugh because when it comes to the transient orcas feeding on another marine mammal they call it a "predation event".

I think the thought is if they state in blunt terms to the normies that the orcas are chowing down on some other marine mammal that normies find adorable, people won't like the orcas as much.

This is why it was a good line, because yes there are Americans who think of The Cheesecake Factory as a special occasion restaurant but Trump is not one of them. So thank you very much Donald for taking the bait.

Washington state voters "why do all of our politicians cater to Boomers" Also Washington state voters:

Okay slightly more on this. It appears *league officials* called the police, not the other parents. League officials had asked the parents to leave and had offered a refund for the season. Parents were upset with this. Cops were called, determined it was a civil matter, and left.

League official probably shouldn't have called the cops. Parents need to chill about other kids rotating in and getting a chance to play soccer in a U5 rec league game. Hell they didn't even keep score at the games my three year old played in this fall.

Okay slightly more on this. It appears *league officials* called the police, not the other parents. League officials had asked the parents to leave and had offered a refund for the season. Parents were upset with this. Cops were called, determined it was a civil matter, and left.

I don't know how to say this in a kind way but I would probably just not spend $160 worth of yarn on a gift for a 4 year old.

His knitted pumpkin hat.

I don't know how to say this in a kind way but I would probably just not spend $160 worth of yarn on a gift for a 4 year old.

Sometimes it's okay to spend $40 on an ugly plastic toy from Target that the kid is actually going to like and have fun with instead.

Anyway. As a Former Gifted Kid™️ who has now had one kid who qualified for honors/AP programs, one who is thoroughly mainstream, and one who qualifies for special education services - I think gifted/honors programs allow you to more effectively educate the mainstream kids.

This isn't really fair to gifted kids who aren't trained teachers and don't know how to teach. It's also not fair to the kids who are struggling and need actual, targeted instruction from an adult who knows how to help kids with learning difficulties.

And I want to be clear here: this strategy also failed Philip. He didn't get the help he needed in that lesson because I did not understand what his actual needs were or how to help him. That was an hour of *his* time wasted as well, and he desperately needed that hour much more than I did.

This isn't really fair to gifted kids who aren't trained teachers and don't know how to teach. It's also not fair to the kids who are struggling and need actual, targeted instruction from an adult who knows how to help kids with learning difficulties.

When I was in second grade I was strong at math. I got partnered with a kid named Philip who struggled. I was supposed to "help" him with double digit addition. I would basically do the problems and say "see how that worked?" I then got in trouble for doing all the work. Again. I was seven!

Wildwood has a blink and you'll miss it shot of Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon with a drag queen story hour advertised on the sign.

I always find it interesting when BlueSky angrily says "X group of people isn't stupid!" If only because every group of people has stupid people in it. Stupid people do, in fact, exist. It is difficult for BlueSky, the retirement home for former gifted kids, to come to terms with this.

I think it's fine that Barack Obama made fun of The Cheesecake Factory but also you are kidding yourself if you don't think there are Americans who consider The Cheesecake Factory to be fancy, special occasion dining. Multiple things can be true.

Me: "I think it's fine that Barack Obama made fun of The Cheesecake Factory" My mentions: "You're pushing MAGA bullshit"

I think it's fine that Barack Obama made fun of The Cheesecake Factory but also you are kidding yourself if you don't think there are Americans who consider The Cheesecake Factory to be fancy, special occasion dining. Multiple things can be true.