Ward Q. Normal (he/him)
@wardqnormal.bsky.social
Teacher, knitter, widower, Phish head, provincial park, strategy puzzle video game, type of volcanic crater, electronic device designed to trick or deceive radar, species of moth of the family Tortricidae, ...
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Hope everyone is muddling through somehow
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hope everyone is muddling through somehow
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Next: Really recommend you always add alt text to images! A) Because it is the right thing to do and B) They fucking k*ll you here if you don't do it, fr this happened to my cousin
ha ha no just kidding but really you should add alt text
ha ha no just kidding but really you should add alt text
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Next: Really recommend you always add alt text to images! A) Because it is the right thing to do and B) They fucking k*ll you here if you don't do it, fr this happened to my cousin
ha ha no just kidding but really you should add alt text
ha ha no just kidding but really you should add alt text
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You aren't required to be merry.
I hope you are, if it's your holiday!
But joy is hard to come by sometimes, so my fondest wish is, for all, peace and rest today.
Much love.
I hope you are, if it's your holiday!
But joy is hard to come by sometimes, so my fondest wish is, for all, peace and rest today.
Much love.
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You aren't required to be merry.
I hope you are, if it's your holiday!
But joy is hard to come by sometimes, so my fondest wish is, for all, peace and rest today.
Much love.
I hope you are, if it's your holiday!
But joy is hard to come by sometimes, so my fondest wish is, for all, peace and rest today.
Much love.
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To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To the trans kids taking today holed up in their dysphoria hoodie, hang in there.
Big news: the experiment worked! Here's this year's edition of my annual holiday card. Happy Holidays from all of me to all of you.
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Big news: the experiment worked! Here's this year's edition of my annual holiday card. Happy Holidays from all of me to all of you.
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Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
I grew up in Normal, IL. When I joined that other social media site, John Q. Normal was already taken. My dad’s dad was named Ward.
I grew up in Normal, IL. When I joined that other social media site, John Q. Normal was already taken. My dad’s dad was named Ward.
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
It’s just a terrible, terrible pun, ok? 🤭
It’s just a terrible, terrible pun, ok? 🤭
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
King Alistair knows (and this world's made me one)
King Alistair knows (and this world's made me one)
December 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
EXPLAIN YOUR USERNAME
I grew up in Normal, IL. When I joined that other social media site, John Q. Normal was already taken. My dad’s dad was named Ward.
I grew up in Normal, IL. When I joined that other social media site, John Q. Normal was already taken. My dad’s dad was named Ward.
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, blew up the Death Star.
December 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.
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Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, still is sitting, still is sitting
on that pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
on that pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, still is sitting, still is sitting
on that pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
on that pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is frankly obscene. A form of victim blaming. You cannot ethically put a lying machine into a classroom, tell students who have not LEARNED the actual MATERIAL being discussed to interact with it, and then demand that these students determine what is a lie and what is true.
Shameful.
Shameful.
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
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At various points, the document gives lip service to the need to educate students about the possibility of disinformation or other harms. But it puts all of the responsibility for this on teachers, not on the billionaires pushing this miserable tech. This is an anti-teacher document, in my opinion.
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
At various points, the document gives lip service to the need to educate students about the possibility of disinformation or other harms. But it puts all of the responsibility for this on teachers, not on the billionaires pushing this miserable tech. This is an anti-teacher document, in my opinion.
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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i was so bloody excited to surf the winter airwaves & have my first full @wfmu.bsky.social fill-in slot since september that i didn't play (much) holiday music last night, but still tried to stay seasonally, uh, vibrational. archive/playlist: wfmu.org/playlists/JJ...
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
i was so bloody excited to surf the winter airwaves & have my first full @wfmu.bsky.social fill-in slot since september that i didn't play (much) holiday music last night, but still tried to stay seasonally, uh, vibrational. archive/playlist: wfmu.org/playlists/JJ...
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ppl come to bsky and be like "gee it sure is boring around here!" my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ppl come to bsky and be like "gee it sure is boring around here!" my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
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makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
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Oh, so, suddenly it's a CRIME to fly on a PRIVATE JET with the world's most famous PEDOPHILE and a bunch of UNDERAGE GIRLS who were SEX TRAFFICKED and then FIRE everyone at the FBI who INVESTIGATED YOU and replace them with LACKEYS whose only job is to COVER FOR YOU while you STEAL MONEY from TAX PA
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Oh, so, suddenly it's a CRIME to fly on a PRIVATE JET with the world's most famous PEDOPHILE and a bunch of UNDERAGE GIRLS who were SEX TRAFFICKED and then FIRE everyone at the FBI who INVESTIGATED YOU and replace them with LACKEYS whose only job is to COVER FOR YOU while you STEAL MONEY from TAX PA
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kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Some days, I only see the loss. Some days, I remember the joy and beauty of what we had. Days like today, I can see them both quite clearly.
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Some days, I only see the loss. Some days, I remember the joy and beauty of what we had. Days like today, I can see them both quite clearly.
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Artifact from a happier time: Steve in the infinity room installation "Diamond Matrix" by Studio Irma. Moca Museum, Barcelona. October 2023.
December 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Artifact from a happier time: Steve in the infinity room installation "Diamond Matrix" by Studio Irma. Moca Museum, Barcelona. October 2023.
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but seriously if you want to know how the Trump Kennedy Center Honors went here’s my report from the night-of
Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors
The president and I both got our heart’s desire. But something felt wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
but seriously if you want to know how the Trump Kennedy Center Honors went here’s my report from the night-of
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I donated a car to charity a few years back and my reward for it is a pretty constant barrage of emails asking me why the fuck I’m not giving them more cars
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I donated a car to charity a few years back and my reward for it is a pretty constant barrage of emails asking me why the fuck I’m not giving them more cars
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Last night’s dream featured a machine that could embroider words so I chose to make a piece that said: what if everything was going to be okay?
December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last night’s dream featured a machine that could embroider words so I chose to make a piece that said: what if everything was going to be okay?