Magpie Needs A Job
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Veteran teacher looking for a new career in San Antonio; avid reader, sometimes writer, rapidly approaching the “maybe I’ll start a podcast” stage of unemployment madness. If you promote AI in schools I will fight you. She/her.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
My library had a no-holds weekend for Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, so I checked it out and… I’m uh, pretty taken aback.
I genuinely don’t know if I like this book or not. I was not expecting a serial killer romcom with multiple serial killers. Somehow it’s gross and creepy and a little fun?
I genuinely don’t know if I like this book or not. I was not expecting a serial killer romcom with multiple serial killers. Somehow it’s gross and creepy and a little fun?
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My library had a no-holds weekend for Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver, so I checked it out and… I’m uh, pretty taken aback.
I genuinely don’t know if I like this book or not. I was not expecting a serial killer romcom with multiple serial killers. Somehow it’s gross and creepy and a little fun?
I genuinely don’t know if I like this book or not. I was not expecting a serial killer romcom with multiple serial killers. Somehow it’s gross and creepy and a little fun?
Why are good teachers leaving teaching?
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why are good teachers leaving teaching?
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow.
We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students.
We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.
Going to the salon this morning and deciding that washing the democrats out of my hair isn’t sufficient. I’m bleaching and cutting this party out of my hair
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Going to the salon this morning and deciding that washing the democrats out of my hair isn’t sufficient. I’m bleaching and cutting this party out of my hair
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
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On Weds 26 November from 3.30-4.30pm GMT @robynollett.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of our latest research via MS Teams as part of @teessideuni.bsky.social’s English & Creative Writing Research Seminar series. Why not join us online?
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On Weds 26 November from 3.30-4.30pm GMT @robynollett.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of our latest research via MS Teams as part of @teessideuni.bsky.social’s English & Creative Writing Research Seminar series. Why not join us online?
When you find the concept of empathy and curiosity so threatening that you entertain the likelihood that a beloved children’s educator and entertainer is funded by a terrorist org.
Were they this scared of Mr. Rogers, Levar Burton, and Steve from Blue’s Clues?
Were they this scared of Mr. Rogers, Levar Burton, and Steve from Blue’s Clues?
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When you find the concept of empathy and curiosity so threatening that you entertain the likelihood that a beloved children’s educator and entertainer is funded by a terrorist org.
Were they this scared of Mr. Rogers, Levar Burton, and Steve from Blue’s Clues?
Were they this scared of Mr. Rogers, Levar Burton, and Steve from Blue’s Clues?
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
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Hey, Senate Democrats, a vote to end the shutdown was a vote in support of this.
You could have let the GOP own this, alone, but I guess you wanted to make sure your voters understood that this is your vision for America, too.
You could have let the GOP own this, alone, but I guess you wanted to make sure your voters understood that this is your vision for America, too.
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Hey, Senate Democrats, a vote to end the shutdown was a vote in support of this.
You could have let the GOP own this, alone, but I guess you wanted to make sure your voters understood that this is your vision for America, too.
You could have let the GOP own this, alone, but I guess you wanted to make sure your voters understood that this is your vision for America, too.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
It’s not enough to primary them. They must feel shame every day. They have to know that they won’t be forgiven by the people they betrayed. They should be afraid to eat food prepared by our hands for the rest of their lives. All their mail lost. No help finding shoes or suits at the store.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
It’s not enough to primary them. They must feel shame every day. They have to know that they won’t be forgiven by the people they betrayed. They should be afraid to eat food prepared by our hands for the rest of their lives. All their mail lost. No help finding shoes or suits at the store.
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literally you're the only one up for reelection, how in the world do you think this is gonna go @ossoff.senate.gov
i s2g @ossoff.senate.gov i am gonna call 15 times tomorrow!!!!! if you vote for this!!!! and ruin all our lives!!!! what is the political upside for you??? do you think georgians will appreciate you killing their healthcare??????? you can't blame the gop for this if you cave!!! this is an albatross!
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
literally you're the only one up for reelection, how in the world do you think this is gonna go @ossoff.senate.gov
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i s2g @ossoff.senate.gov i am gonna call 15 times tomorrow!!!!! if you vote for this!!!! and ruin all our lives!!!! what is the political upside for you??? do you think georgians will appreciate you killing their healthcare??????? you can't blame the gop for this if you cave!!! this is an albatross!
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
i s2g @ossoff.senate.gov i am gonna call 15 times tomorrow!!!!! if you vote for this!!!! and ruin all our lives!!!! what is the political upside for you??? do you think georgians will appreciate you killing their healthcare??????? you can't blame the gop for this if you cave!!! this is an albatross!
Hanging out with the kids while they play video games all day might be bad parenting, but it’s been so much fun!
First, we checked out some old @carynandconnie.bsky.social videos together, then Littlest played the Minecraft RPG add-on, then Middle played Cities Skylines. Fun for the whole family!
First, we checked out some old @carynandconnie.bsky.social videos together, then Littlest played the Minecraft RPG add-on, then Middle played Cities Skylines. Fun for the whole family!
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hanging out with the kids while they play video games all day might be bad parenting, but it’s been so much fun!
First, we checked out some old @carynandconnie.bsky.social videos together, then Littlest played the Minecraft RPG add-on, then Middle played Cities Skylines. Fun for the whole family!
First, we checked out some old @carynandconnie.bsky.social videos together, then Littlest played the Minecraft RPG add-on, then Middle played Cities Skylines. Fun for the whole family!
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The problem is they keep dealing with Republicans as if the Republicans are not evil.
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The problem is they keep dealing with Republicans as if the Republicans are not evil.
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Here:
@slotkin.senate.gov 202-224-4822
@peters.senate.gov 202-224-6221
@hassan.senate.gov 202-224-3324
@shaheen.senate.gov 202-224-2841
@king.senate.gov 202-224-5344
Feel free to call them, or call them out on @bsky
Feel free to complete the list, or add local contact information.
BE RELENTLESS
@slotkin.senate.gov 202-224-4822
@peters.senate.gov 202-224-6221
@hassan.senate.gov 202-224-3324
@shaheen.senate.gov 202-224-2841
@king.senate.gov 202-224-5344
Feel free to call them, or call them out on @bsky
Feel free to complete the list, or add local contact information.
BE RELENTLESS
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here:
@slotkin.senate.gov 202-224-4822
@peters.senate.gov 202-224-6221
@hassan.senate.gov 202-224-3324
@shaheen.senate.gov 202-224-2841
@king.senate.gov 202-224-5344
Feel free to call them, or call them out on @bsky
Feel free to complete the list, or add local contact information.
BE RELENTLESS
@slotkin.senate.gov 202-224-4822
@peters.senate.gov 202-224-6221
@hassan.senate.gov 202-224-3324
@shaheen.senate.gov 202-224-2841
@king.senate.gov 202-224-5344
Feel free to call them, or call them out on @bsky
Feel free to complete the list, or add local contact information.
BE RELENTLESS
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Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings
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Heads up research nerds; JSTOR is running a survey that includes questions about AI use in research and your perspective about the JSTOR database.
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
Now would be a good time to let them know what you think about AI inclusion in teaching and research
#academic #history #JSTOR #AI
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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sorry but the Democrats literally just swept a special off-year election slate that was explicitly a "fuck you, GOP" referendum up and down the ballot from sea to shining sea, a clear sign that the GOP are losing the "your problems are the Democrats' fault" optics battle, and you're surrendering???
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
sorry but the Democrats literally just swept a special off-year election slate that was explicitly a "fuck you, GOP" referendum up and down the ballot from sea to shining sea, a clear sign that the GOP are losing the "your problems are the Democrats' fault" optics battle, and you're surrendering???
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Those of you following my students #analog learning experiences this semester, here is an update. Their #photo exhibit opens on Monday, & I picked up their mounted prints on Thursday & sorted through them yesterday. Tomorrow I will go into school to hang the photos & put up the interpretive signage.
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Those of you following my students #analog learning experiences this semester, here is an update. Their #photo exhibit opens on Monday, & I picked up their mounted prints on Thursday & sorted through them yesterday. Tomorrow I will go into school to hang the photos & put up the interpretive signage.
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Here's a site with a lot of tasty-looking museums with online shopping, nonetheless: museumstoresunday.org/find-an-onli...
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here's a site with a lot of tasty-looking museums with online shopping, nonetheless: museumstoresunday.org/find-an-onli...