Alessandra Giampaolo Keener
@alessandrak.bsky.social
education policy - educational consultant - amateur historian - social justice - wannabe artist - secular homeschool - queer femme - cat foster mom - Quaker - caregiver
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Re-intro time. I'm an educator who spent a decade working w public defenders & family law attys as an expert witness. I also founded a statewide secular homeschool advocacy group & write curriculum. I foster cats. Art is my therapy. Author of So You Want to be An Educational Consultant (GUP '25)
I start a 3-mo art residency tomorrow and it feels somewhat self-indulgent to post about it with *waves hands at the US*. But, then this showed up in my feed and I'm reminded of why art is so important in even the darkest of times.
Art gives voice.
Art offers hope.
Art is resistance.
Art matters.
Art gives voice.
Art offers hope.
Art is resistance.
Art matters.
January 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I start a 3-mo art residency tomorrow and it feels somewhat self-indulgent to post about it with *waves hands at the US*. But, then this showed up in my feed and I'm reminded of why art is so important in even the darkest of times.
Art gives voice.
Art offers hope.
Art is resistance.
Art matters.
Art gives voice.
Art offers hope.
Art is resistance.
Art matters.
A horrifying case of child abuse BUT this has nothing to do with homeschooling. The school was aware of the child's malnutrition yet they never bothered to report the family until he was withdrawn from school. How long did this child suffer because teachers failed in the mandatory reporting?
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
A horrifying case of child abuse BUT this has nothing to do with homeschooling. The school was aware of the child's malnutrition yet they never bothered to report the family until he was withdrawn from school. How long did this child suffer because teachers failed in the mandatory reporting?
In a week, I'll start a 3mo art residency. I'll be working on incorporating mixed media with my whimsical animal portraits. Feel free to drop a pic of your favorite furbaby and I may use it as an inspiration during my 1st week of painting. #ArtTherapy #watercolor #caturday #SelfTaughtArtist #BadArt
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In a week, I'll start a 3mo art residency. I'll be working on incorporating mixed media with my whimsical animal portraits. Feel free to drop a pic of your favorite furbaby and I may use it as an inspiration during my 1st week of painting. #ArtTherapy #watercolor #caturday #SelfTaughtArtist #BadArt
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
The answer you're looking for is: brick and mortar school.
Seriously, I think we've come to a point where state BoEs need to consider creating a new class of students, which separates out homeschooling from fully online and drop off tutorials & microschools. ##EduSky
Seriously, I think we've come to a point where state BoEs need to consider creating a new class of students, which separates out homeschooling from fully online and drop off tutorials & microschools. ##EduSky
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The answer you're looking for is: brick and mortar school.
Seriously, I think we've come to a point where state BoEs need to consider creating a new class of students, which separates out homeschooling from fully online and drop off tutorials & microschools. ##EduSky
Seriously, I think we've come to a point where state BoEs need to consider creating a new class of students, which separates out homeschooling from fully online and drop off tutorials & microschools. ##EduSky
So many deliberate decisions were made with this photo shoot, but what I'm really here for is the post-shoot conversation. It's giving 50 Cent level petty.
#VanityFair #StephenMiller #burn #photographry
#VanityFair #StephenMiller #burn #photographry
![Text from independent UK article:
“When we were finished, [Miller] came up to me and he said, ‘You know you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to someone in your photographs,’” Anderson recalled. “And I look at him and I said, ‘You know, you do too.’”
“I don’t know how much he related to that,” Anderson added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kdu7sdp7yxwgng6jsv3inho/bafkreifxkmavjob72jigdiv7iozyrjpxbpn536faqgs7oq3sh4v27tiuwu@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So many deliberate decisions were made with this photo shoot, but what I'm really here for is the post-shoot conversation. It's giving 50 Cent level petty.
#VanityFair #StephenMiller #burn #photographry
#VanityFair #StephenMiller #burn #photographry
It is positively white privilege for a rich man to think it is un-American to not pay people for their hardwork - only when it's **his** hardwork he's talking about.
#feminism #BlackSky #hypocrite #KnowYourHistory #GeneSimmons
#feminism #BlackSky #hypocrite #KnowYourHistory #GeneSimmons
KISS frontman Gene Simmons spoke to Congress to advocate for a bill to allow more royalties for songs played on radio.
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is positively white privilege for a rich man to think it is un-American to not pay people for their hardwork - only when it's **his** hardwork he's talking about.
#feminism #BlackSky #hypocrite #KnowYourHistory #GeneSimmons
#feminism #BlackSky #hypocrite #KnowYourHistory #GeneSimmons
That'll be an easy investigation because you know darn well everyone including the janitors know who the sheriff was poking during business hours. What I want to know is what did the sheriff do to piss his ex-wife off so bad that she's going scorched earth on his thin blue line? #police #LEO #iykyk
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Can we please NOT normalize forcing children to go door to door and beg for food because the government is trying to starve them.
#resist #Halloween #JustSayNo #MutualAid
#resist #Halloween #JustSayNo #MutualAid
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Can we please NOT normalize forcing children to go door to door and beg for food because the government is trying to starve them.
#resist #Halloween #JustSayNo #MutualAid
#resist #Halloween #JustSayNo #MutualAid
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Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
September 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually.
This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.
Gov Wes Moore did not order the Maryland flag flown at half mast when Melissa Hortman - an actual MN elected official - was politically assassinated BUT has ordered them at half mast for Charlie Kirk??!!?? Condemn the violence but do better democrats.
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Gov Wes Moore did not order the Maryland flag flown at half mast when Melissa Hortman - an actual MN elected official - was politically assassinated BUT has ordered them at half mast for Charlie Kirk??!!?? Condemn the violence but do better democrats.
Final Call for LGBTQ+ Artists: More Joy, Less Guilt. Submit your 2D artwork that shows the world what it means to live your life unapologetically. Honoraria for accepted, emerging, established & elder artists. #Baltimore #CallForArt
Apply Here: dcsisters.org/2025-call-fo...
Apply Here: dcsisters.org/2025-call-fo...
September 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Final Call for LGBTQ+ Artists: More Joy, Less Guilt. Submit your 2D artwork that shows the world what it means to live your life unapologetically. Honoraria for accepted, emerging, established & elder artists. #Baltimore #CallForArt
Apply Here: dcsisters.org/2025-call-fo...
Apply Here: dcsisters.org/2025-call-fo...
Judgment Kitty wants to know how you've been fighting against corporate greed AND for fair wages
#CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #FightFascism
#CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #FightFascism
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Judgment Kitty wants to know how you've been fighting against corporate greed AND for fair wages
#CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #FightFascism
#CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #FightFascism
Shattered some old liquor bottles and stuck them in a rock tumbler with some paving sand. The razor sharp edges have rounded out to a soft contour - the color is dull - and the texture is gritty. Such a metaphor for life. #ArtTherapy #GlassArt #caregiving
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Shattered some old liquor bottles and stuck them in a rock tumbler with some paving sand. The razor sharp edges have rounded out to a soft contour - the color is dull - and the texture is gritty. Such a metaphor for life. #ArtTherapy #GlassArt #caregiving
My favorite I-Know-A-Gay Economy story: I had a case where a kid was charged with assault after a para at his HS goaded him into a physical attack. There was video evidence & witnesses but school still backed the para. Atty consult discovers both me and the parents are LGBTQ and says: /1
my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
August 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My favorite I-Know-A-Gay Economy story: I had a case where a kid was charged with assault after a para at his HS goaded him into a physical attack. There was video evidence & witnesses but school still backed the para. Atty consult discovers both me and the parents are LGBTQ and says: /1
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Someone commented the Bruce Willis dementia doc is "uplifting". Yeah... NO! There's nothing uplifting about living w someone suffering from rapid decline memory loss, unless you have financial privilege that allows 24/7 help so you can enjoy the fleeting lucid moments. #caregiving
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Someone commented the Bruce Willis dementia doc is "uplifting". Yeah... NO! There's nothing uplifting about living w someone suffering from rapid decline memory loss, unless you have financial privilege that allows 24/7 help so you can enjoy the fleeting lucid moments. #caregiving
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Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.
August 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Call for Art: More Joy, Less Guilt
DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Baltimore County Arts Guild are hosting an art show in October, full of all kinds of flirtatious fun. Submit your 2D art by 9/5. Free to apply.
#Baltimore #Maryland #CallForArt #LGBTQ #art #QueerArt
DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Baltimore County Arts Guild are hosting an art show in October, full of all kinds of flirtatious fun. Submit your 2D art by 9/5. Free to apply.
#Baltimore #Maryland #CallForArt #LGBTQ #art #QueerArt
August 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Call for Art: More Joy, Less Guilt
DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Baltimore County Arts Guild are hosting an art show in October, full of all kinds of flirtatious fun. Submit your 2D art by 9/5. Free to apply.
#Baltimore #Maryland #CallForArt #LGBTQ #art #QueerArt
DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Baltimore County Arts Guild are hosting an art show in October, full of all kinds of flirtatious fun. Submit your 2D art by 9/5. Free to apply.
#Baltimore #Maryland #CallForArt #LGBTQ #art #QueerArt
The Reisterstown Community Fridge has been gifted 2 food pantries. One is freestanding and the other will require a post to be installed. Who has a site in Baltimore County that can host these and foster mutual aid to combat hunger?
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Reisterstown Community Fridge has been gifted 2 food pantries. One is freestanding and the other will require a post to be installed. Who has a site in Baltimore County that can host these and foster mutual aid to combat hunger?
Point of ethics for TV journalists: Inform your interview subject BEFORE you put a camera in their face that you will be using AI for your final segment. Informed consent matters.
August 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Point of ethics for TV journalists: Inform your interview subject BEFORE you put a camera in their face that you will be using AI for your final segment. Informed consent matters.
Look at that: Police *can* use non-lethal force to defuse calls for service when an out-of-control person w a gun is involved. And shame on Baltimore County Council & Todd Crandell for covering this up. Alcoholism is no excuse for domestic violence.
www.dundalkeagle.com/news/local/b... #PoliceReform
www.dundalkeagle.com/news/local/b... #PoliceReform
Baltimore County councilman endangered police and his family, police and court records say
Baltimore County Council member Todd Crandell endangered police inside his Eastpoint Mall office in June 2024, in an incident that came to light after his wife took out a protective
www.dundalkeagle.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Look at that: Police *can* use non-lethal force to defuse calls for service when an out-of-control person w a gun is involved. And shame on Baltimore County Council & Todd Crandell for covering this up. Alcoholism is no excuse for domestic violence.
www.dundalkeagle.com/news/local/b... #PoliceReform
www.dundalkeagle.com/news/local/b... #PoliceReform
What happens when you're trying to give positive press about Community Fridges but your filter is set to "off". The reporter was lovely, but I suspect she'll have different parameters for what can actually be aired.
#FoodNotBombs #MutualAid #Baltimore #ActuallyAutistic #FightFascism #FreePalestine
#FoodNotBombs #MutualAid #Baltimore #ActuallyAutistic #FightFascism #FreePalestine
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What happens when you're trying to give positive press about Community Fridges but your filter is set to "off". The reporter was lovely, but I suspect she'll have different parameters for what can actually be aired.
#FoodNotBombs #MutualAid #Baltimore #ActuallyAutistic #FightFascism #FreePalestine
#FoodNotBombs #MutualAid #Baltimore #ActuallyAutistic #FightFascism #FreePalestine
+ for getting a new credit card after some fraudulent billing = all those recurring subscriptions I've been meaning to cancel for the last few months are no longer on autorenewal.
#winning #MakingLemonade
#winning #MakingLemonade
July 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
+ for getting a new credit card after some fraudulent billing = all those recurring subscriptions I've been meaning to cancel for the last few months are no longer on autorenewal.
#winning #MakingLemonade
#winning #MakingLemonade