patricia zaballos
@patriciazaballos.bsky.social
Writer, former teacher, veteran homeschooler. Working on mashup of memoir & cultural history about losses in kids’ independence & creativity—and how to push back💥
Oakland, CA
https://linktr.ee/patricia.zaballos
Oakland, CA
https://linktr.ee/patricia.zaballos
Ooh! ¡Puedo practicar mi español mientras leyendo un libro favorito!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social Podrías hacer de esto algo bonito. Editorial Libros del Acantilado.
February 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Ooh! ¡Puedo practicar mi español mientras leyendo un libro favorito!
Picture me screaming this one from a rooftop. My hands gesturing wildly, my voice growing hoarse. This matters so much. Please consider giving it some time—for the kids.
patriciazaballos.substack.com/p/the-declin...
patriciazaballos.substack.com/p/the-declin...
the decline of kids' creativity
and why we need to rally, now
patriciazaballos.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Picture me screaming this one from a rooftop. My hands gesturing wildly, my voice growing hoarse. This matters so much. Please consider giving it some time—for the kids.
patriciazaballos.substack.com/p/the-declin...
patriciazaballos.substack.com/p/the-declin...
Power on, California Dept. of Education!
It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....
February 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Power on, California Dept. of Education!
On a trip and instead of posting photos to IG for the benefit of the meta-dude, I’m texting them directly to friends who are interested and I kinda love it. Feels old-school and subversive
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
On a trip and instead of posting photos to IG for the benefit of the meta-dude, I’m texting them directly to friends who are interested and I kinda love it. Feels old-school and subversive
@leilaniclark.bsky.social hi Leilani! It’s good to connect with you here. I looked through your following list and we follow a lot of the same folks—and I found a lot of good new follows in your list. Yay!
January 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
@leilaniclark.bsky.social hi Leilani! It’s good to connect with you here. I looked through your following list and we follow a lot of the same folks—and I found a lot of good new follows in your list. Yay!
There’s still time to win a copy of Nancy Reddy’s new book The Good Mother Myth, about where we got so many bad ideas about motherhood—it’s fascinating! Come on over to my substack & share a link to something inspiring. That’s it! Good odds to win right now! open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
the wonder-room, january 2025
Our very first cabinet of curiosities on this here Wonder Farm
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There’s still time to win a copy of Nancy Reddy’s new book The Good Mother Myth, about where we got so many bad ideas about motherhood—it’s fascinating! Come on over to my substack & share a link to something inspiring. That’s it! Good odds to win right now! open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
I’ve got a copy of Nancy Reddy’s fantastic new book The Good Mother Myth to give away! Come on by and leave a link!
open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
the wonder-room, january 2025
Our very first cabinet of curiosities on this here Wonder Farm
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’ve got a copy of Nancy Reddy’s fantastic new book The Good Mother Myth to give away! Come on by and leave a link!
open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
This list by Courtney Martin of ways to face political grief by taking action locally is inspiring. There’s something for everybody! open.substack.com/pub/courtney...
'You're more powerful than you think'
I know a lot of us are feeling another wave of grief and anger over the direction this country is going in, at least on the national stage.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This list by Courtney Martin of ways to face political grief by taking action locally is inspiring. There’s something for everybody! open.substack.com/pub/courtney...
Sigh: A TikTok ban means losing the one platform making Americans want to read books
By the super smart Leigh Stein thehill.com/opinion/tech...
By the super smart Leigh Stein thehill.com/opinion/tech...
thehill.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sigh: A TikTok ban means losing the one platform making Americans want to read books
By the super smart Leigh Stein thehill.com/opinion/tech...
By the super smart Leigh Stein thehill.com/opinion/tech...
Oooh! 🤩
Like so many of you, my friend @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I have been having a conversation about this country’s future.
Now we’re turning our dialogue into a book featuring poems and essays from Marlon James, Alexander Chee, Ashley C. Ford, Chase Strangio, Imani Perry and more!
Now we’re turning our dialogue into a book featuring poems and essays from Marlon James, Alexander Chee, Ashley C. Ford, Chase Strangio, Imani Perry and more!
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Oooh! 🤩
@mannahattamamma.bsky.social 😘 and hi!
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@mannahattamamma.bsky.social 😘 and hi!
My wishlist for Substack. Come find me?
Dear Substack, please bring me curious folks who:
⭐️ Are concerned about how much childhood has changed in recent decades
⭐️ Are especially riled up about kids’ losses in independence and creativity…
Dear Substack, please bring me curious folks who:
⭐️ Are concerned about how much childhood has changed in recent decades
⭐️ Are especially riled up about kids’ losses in independence and creativity…
January 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My wishlist for Substack. Come find me?
Dear Substack, please bring me curious folks who:
⭐️ Are concerned about how much childhood has changed in recent decades
⭐️ Are especially riled up about kids’ losses in independence and creativity…
Dear Substack, please bring me curious folks who:
⭐️ Are concerned about how much childhood has changed in recent decades
⭐️ Are especially riled up about kids’ losses in independence and creativity…
Reposted by patricia zaballos
The TikTok ban permanently reshapes the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape towards the right. Cheering for it in any way is extremely shortsighted www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...
The Great Creator Reset
The TikTok ban isn't just a platform reconfiguration, it will reshape the political leaning of the creator economy and permanently alter whose voices get heard online.
www.usermag.co
January 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The TikTok ban permanently reshapes the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape towards the right. Cheering for it in any way is extremely shortsighted www.usermag.co/p/the-great-...
I’m distraught about the tiktok ban. My writing looks at topics that get sidelined—I’m a former public school teacher whose “expertise” came as longtime homeschooling parent—I couldn’t get essays, op-eds past media gatekeepers. I write on losses in independence & creativity for kids in past 30 yrs
January 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I’m distraught about the tiktok ban. My writing looks at topics that get sidelined—I’m a former public school teacher whose “expertise” came as longtime homeschooling parent—I couldn’t get essays, op-eds past media gatekeepers. I write on losses in independence & creativity for kids in past 30 yrs
Laura’s recipes and weekly newsletter are top notch!
Hi! New to Bluesky and happy to be here. I've been sharing plant-based recipes on my blog since 2011 and published a cookbook in 2017. I also share a feel-good newsletter every week. I love gardening, mindfulness, my beautiful doggie angels, reading, board games, cooking outside and lifting heavy.
January 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Laura’s recipes and weekly newsletter are top notch!
5,000 followers, so close. Give a gal a charity follow so I can get one good screenshot? 😂 www.tiktok.com/@patricia.za...
January 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
5,000 followers, so close. Give a gal a charity follow so I can get one good screenshot? 😂 www.tiktok.com/@patricia.za...
If you’re a parent, educator, or person w/kids in your life who wonders how childhood changed so much in the past 30 years, I hope you’ll check out my new FREE substack. Research, stories about play & creativity in kids’ lives + a monthly cabinet of curiosities💥 open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
January 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you’re a parent, educator, or person w/kids in your life who wonders how childhood changed so much in the past 30 years, I hope you’ll check out my new FREE substack. Research, stories about play & creativity in kids’ lives + a monthly cabinet of curiosities💥 open.substack.com/pub/patricia...
When the barista overfills your cup, the correct response is to say politely, now I’m gonna have to kittycat that.
January 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
When the barista overfills your cup, the correct response is to say politely, now I’m gonna have to kittycat that.
Of course the one social platform that actually shares my stuff & which has allowed me to connect w/a substantial number of folks is likely to be shut down. I learned a lot from being there—testing ideas via videos & getting feedback provided proof of concept for my manuscript. 😞
December 6, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Of course the one social platform that actually shares my stuff & which has allowed me to connect w/a substantial number of folks is likely to be shut down. I learned a lot from being there—testing ideas via videos & getting feedback provided proof of concept for my manuscript. 😞
For every parent who feels guilty about yelling at their kids, this essay by Emily Edlynn is gold.
emilyedlynn.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
emilyedlynn.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The Truth About Yelling
This essay from a year ago has become one of my most-read posts, and was published in Psychology Today, where it has also garnered the most views of all of my articles (as one of their “bloggers,” I g...
emilyedlynn.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:34 PM
For every parent who feels guilty about yelling at their kids, this essay by Emily Edlynn is gold.
emilyedlynn.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
emilyedlynn.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
Still, I adore Clio’s Books in Oakland so I’m here with a whisky and soda and my notebook, surreptitiously tapping this on my phone
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Still, I adore Clio’s Books in Oakland so I’m here with a whisky and soda and my notebook, surreptitiously tapping this on my phone
I have mixed feelings about establishments that frown on laptop use but allow writing in notebooks. I’m as romantic about the analog as anyone, but it’s all writing. Don’t love how old-school forms get praised while the modern gets pilloried.
December 5, 2024 at 1:12 AM
I have mixed feelings about establishments that frown on laptop use but allow writing in notebooks. I’m as romantic about the analog as anyone, but it’s all writing. Don’t love how old-school forms get praised while the modern gets pilloried.
Reposted by patricia zaballos
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We want Bluesky to be a great home for journalists, publishers, and creators. Unlike other platforms, we don't de-promote your links. Post all the links you want — Bluesky is a lobby to the open web.
A fuyu persimmon and pumpkin pie spice in a smoothie is surprisingly delicious. The pectin in the persimmon gives the texture of eggnog
November 26, 2024 at 5:32 PM
A fuyu persimmon and pumpkin pie spice in a smoothie is surprisingly delicious. The pectin in the persimmon gives the texture of eggnog
I got riled up myself about The Anxious Generation book. So much to say.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Lc8wbC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Lc8wbC/
Before this bestselling book drives you into a panic, let’s talk about it. There are aspects of this book that I appreciate: concerns about how children have lost independence in recent decades—my per...
TikTok video by patricia zaballos
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November 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
I got riled up myself about The Anxious Generation book. So much to say.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Lc8wbC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Lc8wbC/