Tony H
@tonyhightower.bsky.social
New Yorker in Paris. I run, I dad, I won reasonably big on Jeopardy & Millionaire (and Cash Cab) in a previous life. Serious @joannascutts.bsky.social stan. He/him.
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Tony H
@tonyhightower.bsky.social
· Nov 6
So... if anyone is looking into the idea of moving to Europe, for whatever reason, I know people who were hugely helpful for us, and I'm happy to share any & all info I have.
My DMs are open.
My DMs are open.
This is horrifying. Teaching kids to paraphrase & guess at context before they actually learn to read is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is horrifying. Teaching kids to paraphrase & guess at context before they actually learn to read is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
I have a 5-year-old. This is extremely relevant to our interests.
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Hurf, and may I restate, hurf.
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hurf, and may I restate, hurf.
I am 100% OK with never having a Gen X President if it means we can get past this era.
To quote a boomer band: the kids are alright.
To quote a boomer band: the kids are alright.
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I am 100% OK with never having a Gen X President if it means we can get past this era.
To quote a boomer band: the kids are alright.
To quote a boomer band: the kids are alright.
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
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Idea: A musical about a 2-year old that keeps killing his babysitters and turning them into Gerber meat sticks. I call it Sweeney Toddler.
February 5, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Idea: A musical about a 2-year old that keeps killing his babysitters and turning them into Gerber meat sticks. I call it Sweeney Toddler.
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I think the trial of the D.C. sandwich thrower is going to end in a hungry jury.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the trial of the D.C. sandwich thrower is going to end in a hungry jury.
New York is an independent city-state off the coast of the US. That's why it works.
Don't let any gatekeeping POS tell you otherwise.
Don't let any gatekeeping POS tell you otherwise.
With alt text. But also, Henri Levy's comment is also stating that New Yorker's who voted for Mamdani aren't just anti-semitic they aren't New Yorker's.
Henri Levy was born in Algeria and his primary residence is a 150 million dollar house in Paris, he may own property in NYC but he's a tourist.
Henri Levy was born in Algeria and his primary residence is a 150 million dollar house in Paris, he may own property in NYC but he's a tourist.
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
New York is an independent city-state off the coast of the US. That's why it works.
Don't let any gatekeeping POS tell you otherwise.
Don't let any gatekeeping POS tell you otherwise.
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
Where do I get one of them sleeveless shirts?
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Where do I get one of them sleeveless shirts?
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"All hot dog stands will be replaced with goat meat stands."
hold up. tell me more about that
hold up. tell me more about that
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"All hot dog stands will be replaced with goat meat stands."
hold up. tell me more about that
hold up. tell me more about that
It's quite likely that I have already gone to Starbucks for the last time ever.
He bragged.
He bragged.
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's quite likely that I have already gone to Starbucks for the last time ever.
He bragged.
He bragged.
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A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A whole bunch of people younger than me got elected last night and I am totally good with that
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roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
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Huh, so usually there isn't as much of a fuss made when a guy who lives around the corner from me gets a new job and moves out of the neighborhood.
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Huh, so usually there isn't as much of a fuss made when a guy who lives around the corner from me gets a new job and moves out of the neighborhood.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
Looks like *someone* forgot to rig all the elections yesterday.
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Looks like *someone* forgot to rig all the elections yesterday.
Is there any place where Eric Adams' mojo still works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
Eric Adams is now free to run for mayor of the Golan Heights.
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Is there any place where Eric Adams' mojo still works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
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Say what you will about Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Say what you will about Dick Cheney
Seriously, if Cuomo loses, it's because he didn't see all of these amazing artworks, and then hire this man immediately.
Do click through. Absolute bangers, all the way down.
Do click through. Absolute bangers, all the way down.
Day 77 of trying to be hired by Andrew Cuomo
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Seriously, if Cuomo loses, it's because he didn't see all of these amazing artworks, and then hire this man immediately.
Do click through. Absolute bangers, all the way down.
Do click through. Absolute bangers, all the way down.
Newsom is not a liberal, or a conservative, or anything ideological, really. He's Keith Olbermann: a loud white dude who's found an open lane somewhere in the ideological center.
He could easily have wound up on OAN or somewhere, depending on what crowd he was running with when the jobs opened up.
He could easily have wound up on OAN or somewhere, depending on what crowd he was running with when the jobs opened up.
I’m glad Gavin Newsom wants to be a liberal hero instead of a right-wing podcaster.
But why does he have so little to say about the tech oligarchs fueling and funding the fascist takeover? He cozies up to them, as do his closest advisors.
California incubated crypto corruption and tech fascism.
But why does he have so little to say about the tech oligarchs fueling and funding the fascist takeover? He cozies up to them, as do his closest advisors.
California incubated crypto corruption and tech fascism.
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Newsom is not a liberal, or a conservative, or anything ideological, really. He's Keith Olbermann: a loud white dude who's found an open lane somewhere in the ideological center.
He could easily have wound up on OAN or somewhere, depending on what crowd he was running with when the jobs opened up.
He could easily have wound up on OAN or somewhere, depending on what crowd he was running with when the jobs opened up.
Il Gattopardo is my favorite Visconti film, and I think it's also Burt Lancaster's best work.
Good film day.
Good film day.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Il Gattopardo is my favorite Visconti film, and I think it's also Burt Lancaster's best work.
Good film day.
Good film day.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Why do literally every last one of these people look like the Ark Of The Covenant was just unsealed in the room, and now their faces are all melting?
More Insta snaps from the let them eat cake ball at Mar a Lago
November 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Why do literally every last one of these people look like the Ark Of The Covenant was just unsealed in the room, and now their faces are all melting?