Troy
@troysch1.bsky.social
One time rural Miss. teacher. Went to be a lawyer then thought better of it. Now back in education in various forms. Occasional speedrunner. They/Them. Chaotic good.
Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Chuck Schumer
Blast this clockwork orange style into the eyeholes of dem leadership and every hack like Klein they listen to
“However, when candidates inoculate early and respond directly, they recover those points and sometimes gain additional margin by demonstrating their values and strength,” the memo continued.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Blast this clockwork orange style into the eyeholes of dem leadership and every hack like Klein they listen to
East Boston looking pretty
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
East Boston looking pretty
Inverse snl tom brokaw skit-trump recording reactions to every news event in case he dies first
I'm confused about the video clips Trump is pushing out on Truth Social and YouTube right now.
They're all shorter clips on various topics, but I'm not sure where they were shot or why they were done in this style behind a podium talking directly to camera.
They're all shorter clips on various topics, but I'm not sure where they were shot or why they were done in this style behind a podium talking directly to camera.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Inverse snl tom brokaw skit-trump recording reactions to every news event in case he dies first
Education suffers from everyone “experiencing” it & confusing that with “expertise” on it.
pundits go “well it worked for me so it must have been good” when a. Uh maybe it didn’t! Maybe you’d have done better in other systems! and b. What about how it works for everyone else?
pundits go “well it worked for me so it must have been good” when a. Uh maybe it didn’t! Maybe you’d have done better in other systems! and b. What about how it works for everyone else?
This idea still rattles around the centrist group chats.
People who are accomplished as measured in current society were often those who worked hard and did well in school - and Matt Y is one. They're often deeply upset that some schools have defined down math standards.
People who are accomplished as measured in current society were often those who worked hard and did well in school - and Matt Y is one. They're often deeply upset that some schools have defined down math standards.
I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on teaching eighth grade algebra -- and then attribute it to Democrats generally.
November 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Education suffers from everyone “experiencing” it & confusing that with “expertise” on it.
pundits go “well it worked for me so it must have been good” when a. Uh maybe it didn’t! Maybe you’d have done better in other systems! and b. What about how it works for everyone else?
pundits go “well it worked for me so it must have been good” when a. Uh maybe it didn’t! Maybe you’d have done better in other systems! and b. What about how it works for everyone else?
P hacking stands for popularism hacking
You shouldn’t take any moral stands but instead do whatever is popular. All you need is perfect foresight to know what the popularity of that issue will be when you actually run for office. Like Hillary Clinton knowing Iraq War support would always be viewed positively.
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
P hacking stands for popularism hacking
We have removed ten teeth today and are immediately feeling a lot better.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We have removed ten teeth today and are immediately feeling a lot better.
Reddit out here promoting her new album is a reminder to me that Laufey is a dead ringer for my partner Katie (this is a slightly old photo of Katie but an still has a full decade on Laufey in this shot fwiw)
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reddit out here promoting her new album is a reminder to me that Laufey is a dead ringer for my partner Katie (this is a slightly old photo of Katie but an still has a full decade on Laufey in this shot fwiw)
Your job is to explain news to the public, regardless of who else’s job it might also be.
Media con here is claiming “explaining a policy” is “selling it”.
GOP wants to starve kids? Describing that sounds bad so we won’t.
Dems want cheap energy and jobs? Describing that sounds good so we won’t.
Media con here is claiming “explaining a policy” is “selling it”.
GOP wants to starve kids? Describing that sounds bad so we won’t.
Dems want cheap energy and jobs? Describing that sounds good so we won’t.
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Your job is to explain news to the public, regardless of who else’s job it might also be.
Media con here is claiming “explaining a policy” is “selling it”.
GOP wants to starve kids? Describing that sounds bad so we won’t.
Dems want cheap energy and jobs? Describing that sounds good so we won’t.
Media con here is claiming “explaining a policy” is “selling it”.
GOP wants to starve kids? Describing that sounds bad so we won’t.
Dems want cheap energy and jobs? Describing that sounds good so we won’t.
poor kitten, already plagued by GI problems that gave her pancreatitis and some kidney damage ( seemingly have managed for now with a bevy of meds)…developed a tooth abscess just in time for us to come home.
Surgery on Monday. pain meds and antibiotics for now
Behold this poor dramatic beast
Surgery on Monday. pain meds and antibiotics for now
Behold this poor dramatic beast
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
poor kitten, already plagued by GI problems that gave her pancreatitis and some kidney damage ( seemingly have managed for now with a bevy of meds)…developed a tooth abscess just in time for us to come home.
Surgery on Monday. pain meds and antibiotics for now
Behold this poor dramatic beast
Surgery on Monday. pain meds and antibiotics for now
Behold this poor dramatic beast
"she is showing her worst self" I know i'm not the reporter here but boy do I have some bad news to break to CBS News Journalists
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"she is showing her worst self" I know i'm not the reporter here but boy do I have some bad news to break to CBS News Journalists
So voters canceled Dems over the language they used?
I look forward to the woke scolds releasing op eds decrying this censoriousness and the need for average voters to focus on the underlying positions dems support instead of giving them the political death penalty over word choice squabbles
I look forward to the woke scolds releasing op eds decrying this censoriousness and the need for average voters to focus on the underlying positions dems support instead of giving them the political death penalty over word choice squabbles
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So voters canceled Dems over the language they used?
I look forward to the woke scolds releasing op eds decrying this censoriousness and the need for average voters to focus on the underlying positions dems support instead of giving them the political death penalty over word choice squabbles
I look forward to the woke scolds releasing op eds decrying this censoriousness and the need for average voters to focus on the underlying positions dems support instead of giving them the political death penalty over word choice squabbles
Good piece & would be fun to cross reference institutions who claim 'institutional neutratlity' who have also donated to Trump's ballroom (cough, Coinbase, cough)
A certain wing of press ofc happily obliges/believes this is neutral, eg Zuckerberg turns hard righ, nyt cites as 'done with politics'
A certain wing of press ofc happily obliges/believes this is neutral, eg Zuckerberg turns hard righ, nyt cites as 'done with politics'
Had some thoughts on how certain organizations hide behind false claims of "neutrality" and "free speech" to actually make a definitive (if cowardly) choice to support bigotry at the expense of the targets of bigotry, whose voices they suppress.
How “Neutrality” And “Free Speech” Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value
Mike Brock's piece on Sequoia Capital last week laid out a pretty damning case study: a well-respected COO complains about a partner's Islamophobic posts, senior leadership invokes "institutional…
Mike Brock's piece on Sequoia Capital last week laid out a pretty damning case study: a well-respected COO complains about a partner's Islamophobic posts, senior leadership invokes "institutional…
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good piece & would be fun to cross reference institutions who claim 'institutional neutratlity' who have also donated to Trump's ballroom (cough, Coinbase, cough)
A certain wing of press ofc happily obliges/believes this is neutral, eg Zuckerberg turns hard righ, nyt cites as 'done with politics'
A certain wing of press ofc happily obliges/believes this is neutral, eg Zuckerberg turns hard righ, nyt cites as 'done with politics'
For once Cuomo threatening us with a good time
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
For once Cuomo threatening us with a good time
Thursday
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thursday
Genuinely seems the case if rich people spent their money (privately, or, better, giving it to gov) fixing all the things they piss and moan about in big cities instead of PAC spending they would have nothing left to complain about
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Genuinely seems the case if rich people spent their money (privately, or, better, giving it to gov) fixing all the things they piss and moan about in big cities instead of PAC spending they would have nothing left to complain about
I’m sure much more important things, but for me personally, for reasons, love that the coinbase “just don’t talk about politics in the office” guy is of course just a rw zealot who wanted the office to be his politics
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I’m sure much more important things, but for me personally, for reasons, love that the coinbase “just don’t talk about politics in the office” guy is of course just a rw zealot who wanted the office to be his politics
They’re finally onto me
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
They’re finally onto me
You should hold friends and loved ones to higher, not lower, standards than strangers.
If you would boycott a chef over a behavior you absolutely should not tolerate that behavior from your bestie, and saying “they need support” is just enabling. Good support is consequences for shitty behavior.
If you would boycott a chef over a behavior you absolutely should not tolerate that behavior from your bestie, and saying “they need support” is just enabling. Good support is consequences for shitty behavior.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You should hold friends and loved ones to higher, not lower, standards than strangers.
If you would boycott a chef over a behavior you absolutely should not tolerate that behavior from your bestie, and saying “they need support” is just enabling. Good support is consequences for shitty behavior.
If you would boycott a chef over a behavior you absolutely should not tolerate that behavior from your bestie, and saying “they need support” is just enabling. Good support is consequences for shitty behavior.
◼️ing ⭕️ needs:
A. Libs not real Americans and/or
B. Works for gop bc hatred rallies gop but not dems
think Klein et al believe B but
1. ignore press role in making asymmetry
2. Can’t admit B affirms deplorables comment as true, & ‘scandal’ was saying it out loud-a bad mindset for our press!
A. Libs not real Americans and/or
B. Works for gop bc hatred rallies gop but not dems
think Klein et al believe B but
1. ignore press role in making asymmetry
2. Can’t admit B affirms deplorables comment as true, & ‘scandal’ was saying it out loud-a bad mindset for our press!
The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
◼️ing ⭕️ needs:
A. Libs not real Americans and/or
B. Works for gop bc hatred rallies gop but not dems
think Klein et al believe B but
1. ignore press role in making asymmetry
2. Can’t admit B affirms deplorables comment as true, & ‘scandal’ was saying it out loud-a bad mindset for our press!
A. Libs not real Americans and/or
B. Works for gop bc hatred rallies gop but not dems
think Klein et al believe B but
1. ignore press role in making asymmetry
2. Can’t admit B affirms deplorables comment as true, & ‘scandal’ was saying it out loud-a bad mindset for our press!
Checking out the new Fallow Kin post protest
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Checking out the new Fallow Kin post protest
Warrens speech in Boston leaned very heavily into the patriotic themes of protest vs kings, very easy to message and silly admin has tried to pick this fight all week
this is why I think the admin spending all week yelling about a “hate America” rally was stupid
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Warrens speech in Boston leaned very heavily into the patriotic themes of protest vs kings, very easy to message and silly admin has tried to pick this fight all week
Google not the first to have some mistaken assumptions about my proclivities but 👀
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Google not the first to have some mistaken assumptions about my proclivities but 👀
Free People has been a great new source of prep pieces for the wardrobe but i think they may wish to be careful about how they abbreviate themselves in email
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Free People has been a great new source of prep pieces for the wardrobe but i think they may wish to be careful about how they abbreviate themselves in email