The Introverted English Teacher
@bethcteach.bsky.social
Reader, writer, & learner who believes in the power of stories & storytelling to create empathy.
25 years as a public school teacher find me enjoying the teenagers and hating the bs.
25 years as a public school teacher find me enjoying the teenagers and hating the bs.
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Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
This is some weapons-grade nonsense
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wild how the Boy Mayor age for cis white men overlaps with the geriatric pregnancy age
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Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
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To all the Crafty & DIY'ers I know: Please send your tried & true 'flower pressing' methods!
TIA!
TIA!
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
To all the Crafty & DIY'ers I know: Please send your tried & true 'flower pressing' methods!
TIA!
TIA!
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Just a little chomp? Just a little chompy on the teenager thumb. She won't even hardly notice! Am promise!
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Just a little chomp? Just a little chompy on the teenager thumb. She won't even hardly notice! Am promise!
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Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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Tomorrow I will only be voting for township trustees and local board of education members, but I will be voting. I will say that if I were voting in California, I'd be voting for Prop 50, and if I were voting in New York City, I'd be voting for Mamdani for mayor. Wherever you are, vote!
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Tomorrow I will only be voting for township trustees and local board of education members, but I will be voting. I will say that if I were voting in California, I'd be voting for Prop 50, and if I were voting in New York City, I'd be voting for Mamdani for mayor. Wherever you are, vote!
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This right here is an excellent use of social media
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This right here is an excellent use of social media
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hey does anyone have a friend who has 10k plus followers on here who enjoys party style board games like cards against humanity but that are better than cards against humanity and would like to receive a party game better than cards against humanity for free
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
hey does anyone have a friend who has 10k plus followers on here who enjoys party style board games like cards against humanity but that are better than cards against humanity and would like to receive a party game better than cards against humanity for free
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All right, it’s time for our annual Halloween Spooktacular! Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, October 26 at 8pm eastern for TRAIN TO BUSAN.
Keep #HATM alive by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM alive by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
All right, it’s time for our annual Halloween Spooktacular! Join Historians At The Movies on Netflix this Sunday, October 26 at 8pm eastern for TRAIN TO BUSAN.
Keep #HATM alive by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM alive by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
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Very helpful field guide
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very helpful field guide
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Okay let's do this - Oct 1 - middle grade horror books you should read DAY ONE
When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.
When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Okay let's do this - Oct 1 - middle grade horror books you should read DAY ONE
When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.
When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.
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This is hilarious
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is hilarious
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When parakeets cosplay
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When parakeets cosplay
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As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
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I hope this reaches you.
October 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I hope this reaches you.
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‘Six words or _fewer_.”
October 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
‘Six words or _fewer_.”
Just finished 12 Letters; amazing acting and devastating story.
Don’t mind me; I’ll be sitting over here, sobbing.
Don’t mind me; I’ll be sitting over here, sobbing.
a boy and a girl are looking at each other with a tiktok logo in the corner
Alt: a boy and a girl are looking at each other with a tiktok logo in the corner; it is a happy scene from the Chinese drama Twelve Letters.
media.tenor.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just finished 12 Letters; amazing acting and devastating story.
Don’t mind me; I’ll be sitting over here, sobbing.
Don’t mind me; I’ll be sitting over here, sobbing.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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If you're of the right age range: Stop for a second, close your eyes, and think of the sound of a modem connecting. It's still in there, isn't it? Still screaming. Always screaming.
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
If you're of the right age range: Stop for a second, close your eyes, and think of the sound of a modem connecting. It's still in there, isn't it? Still screaming. Always screaming.
Useful thread if you’ve been used like I was.
So I'd like to show a demonstration of what this "waffles" thing is. Here's a conversation between *this site's* CEO, some random guy, and the cofounder of "Tangled", a GitHub clone built on top of Bluesky's protocol.
Please take a moment to really think, about the shape of this thoughtlessness.
Please take a moment to really think, about the shape of this thoughtlessness.
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Useful thread if you’ve been used like I was.
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Paladin’s Grace! Kindle! 99p! One day only! www.amazon.co.uk/Paladins-Gra...
Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel) eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel) eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paladin’s Grace! Kindle! 99p! One day only! www.amazon.co.uk/Paladins-Gra...