.Sonny Gerundly Braciole.
@gerund.bsky.social
. HS Lit Tchr in PHL // lover of the Oxford comma // Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone forever //Dystopia Nerd // 🏳️⚧️ .
.he/they. .transanachronistic.
.he/they. .transanachronistic.
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Loved this conversation "talking shop" with another English teacher who cares very, very much about making conversations better—learned a lot that I'm going to use ASAP this year in my own room:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Art of Classroom Conversation
Podcast Episode · The Broken Copier · 08/15/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Loved this conversation "talking shop" with another English teacher who cares very, very much about making conversations better—learned a lot that I'm going to use ASAP this year in my own room:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
omg what if he kills him
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
omg what if he kills him
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If Donald Trump negotiates an end to Putin's war on Ukraine without Ukraine having to cede territory, I'll nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize myself. www.instagram.com/p/DNWgZq8Jh8V/
August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If Donald Trump negotiates an end to Putin's war on Ukraine without Ukraine having to cede territory, I'll nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize myself. www.instagram.com/p/DNWgZq8Jh8V/
Also, I am afraid. I am very very afraid. And I think we should normalize fear.
Because when you are ashamed of your fear, you can’t act, or if you do act, you act to shame others.
And it is this last bit that I learned from being reared by someone who talks like Trump at a press conference.
Because when you are ashamed of your fear, you can’t act, or if you do act, you act to shame others.
And it is this last bit that I learned from being reared by someone who talks like Trump at a press conference.
August 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Also, I am afraid. I am very very afraid. And I think we should normalize fear.
Because when you are ashamed of your fear, you can’t act, or if you do act, you act to shame others.
And it is this last bit that I learned from being reared by someone who talks like Trump at a press conference.
Because when you are ashamed of your fear, you can’t act, or if you do act, you act to shame others.
And it is this last bit that I learned from being reared by someone who talks like Trump at a press conference.
When you have a family member who talks like Trump talks during a press conference, you know. Deep in your bones, you know. And it is a dangerous thing.
August 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
When you have a family member who talks like Trump talks during a press conference, you know. Deep in your bones, you know. And it is a dangerous thing.
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the monster horribly wallowed in his blood, overwrapped himself in impenetrable, mad, boiling spray
August 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
the monster horribly wallowed in his blood, overwrapped himself in impenetrable, mad, boiling spray
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This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught.
August 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught.
Hypothesis: He doesn’t care if we know he is a sexual predator. He cares that The Files make clear that he is a loser transnational criminal loser grifter loser who purchased his loser way to playboy status.
What a loser.
What a loser.
August 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hypothesis: He doesn’t care if we know he is a sexual predator. He cares that The Files make clear that he is a loser transnational criminal loser grifter loser who purchased his loser way to playboy status.
What a loser.
What a loser.
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Students who are scared of judgement so they perform cynicism... I see this in some young organizers too.
This is precisely why I constantly say that sincerity is A VIRTUE. Let's bring back EARNESTNESS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGs...
This is precisely why I constantly say that sincerity is A VIRTUE. Let's bring back EARNESTNESS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGs...
Ocean Vuong on the unsettling way 'cringe culture' holds young people back | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Students who are scared of judgement so they perform cynicism... I see this in some young organizers too.
This is precisely why I constantly say that sincerity is A VIRTUE. Let's bring back EARNESTNESS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGs...
This is precisely why I constantly say that sincerity is A VIRTUE. Let's bring back EARNESTNESS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsGs...
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“Composing on the computer happens delightfully fast, but I wonder: if writing is a process of discovery and learning, then what discoveries did I lose by speeding up the process?”
buff.ly/Qw2qUJu
buff.ly/Qw2qUJu
AI Can’t Gaslight Me if I Write by Hand - Electric Literature
There are all kinds of slow movements, slow food, slow families. Perhaps it’s time for slow writing
electricliterature.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Composing on the computer happens delightfully fast, but I wonder: if writing is a process of discovery and learning, then what discoveries did I lose by speeding up the process?”
buff.ly/Qw2qUJu
buff.ly/Qw2qUJu
We are doomed.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We are doomed.
The Tee Vee is saying that the shooter in Manhattan is wearing “all tan”, but then the picture they are showing is clearly someone in a blue-black. At least that’s what I see.
Am I losing my mind? Is this like that damn meme dress? Does anyone else see blue?
Am I losing my mind? Is this like that damn meme dress? Does anyone else see blue?
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Tee Vee is saying that the shooter in Manhattan is wearing “all tan”, but then the picture they are showing is clearly someone in a blue-black. At least that’s what I see.
Am I losing my mind? Is this like that damn meme dress? Does anyone else see blue?
Am I losing my mind? Is this like that damn meme dress? Does anyone else see blue?
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"the type of religious leaders who are most thriving in the meme-ified, Trumpified bastard child of Christianity that sets the tone for American religious practice today. Compared to even a generation ago, literal knowledge of what the Bible says at all has been radically set aside."
ChatGPT is going to kill God
I hate generative AI. I hate how it’s destroying writing pedagogy and giving students even more excuses not to read (because they can just read a “summary”). I hate how whiny and …
itself.blog
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"the type of religious leaders who are most thriving in the meme-ified, Trumpified bastard child of Christianity that sets the tone for American religious practice today. Compared to even a generation ago, literal knowledge of what the Bible says at all has been radically set aside."
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
July 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
I have been stuck watching this over and over and over for many minutes. What a goof.
July 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I have been stuck watching this over and over and over for many minutes. What a goof.
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36 years ago today, Milli Vanilli’s lip-sync slipped on the Club MTV Tour—“girl you know it’s…” got stuck on loop, and they ran off stage. The moment the world learned the truth wasn’t just in the song title—it was in the skip.
July 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
36 years ago today, Milli Vanilli’s lip-sync slipped on the Club MTV Tour—“girl you know it’s…” got stuck on loop, and they ran off stage. The moment the world learned the truth wasn’t just in the song title—it was in the skip.
I wonder if these two Sharepoint things are related? muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
July 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I wonder if these two Sharepoint things are related? muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
Go away Ted Cruz.
July 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Go away Ted Cruz.
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On my country's 249th birthday, I wrote about the problem of sharing a nation with millions of evil people, and how to live a human life in the face of overwhelming inhumanity.
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World
Dark isn't the opposite of light, it's the absence of light.
www.the-reframe.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On my country's 249th birthday, I wrote about the problem of sharing a nation with millions of evil people, and how to live a human life in the face of overwhelming inhumanity.
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
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Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July"
Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.
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July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Every 4th of July, I take the time to read "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July." Let us begin:
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
"I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."
“In sadness, I dissent."
Sotomayor: "The majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST CHALLENGE TO TENNESSEE LAW BANNING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“In sadness, I dissent."
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.
Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.
Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Yes me going to the interwebs to buy all of @joyannreid.bsky.social ‘s books upon finding out that @joy.msnbc.com was cancelled by @msnbc.com . Where will I find my evening power source now? ::sighs in loathing corporate capitalism::
February 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yes me going to the interwebs to buy all of @joyannreid.bsky.social ‘s books upon finding out that @joy.msnbc.com was cancelled by @msnbc.com . Where will I find my evening power source now? ::sighs in loathing corporate capitalism::
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And everyone who said it’s not about race.
The fact that the very *first moves* of Trump/Musk were to dismantle racial integration efforts (yes this is what I will call DEI), and destroy USAID, an agency that helped victims of South African apartheid.
This is White Supremacy 4.0 in action.
The fact that the very *first moves* of Trump/Musk were to dismantle racial integration efforts (yes this is what I will call DEI), and destroy USAID, an agency that helped victims of South African apartheid.
This is White Supremacy 4.0 in action.
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And everyone who said it’s not about race.
The fact that the very *first moves* of Trump/Musk were to dismantle racial integration efforts (yes this is what I will call DEI), and destroy USAID, an agency that helped victims of South African apartheid.
This is White Supremacy 4.0 in action.
The fact that the very *first moves* of Trump/Musk were to dismantle racial integration efforts (yes this is what I will call DEI), and destroy USAID, an agency that helped victims of South African apartheid.
This is White Supremacy 4.0 in action.