a babyalligator
@crunchybanana.bsky.social
conflicted description writer
teacher
other things too numerous and disorderly to summarize
teacher
other things too numerous and disorderly to summarize
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#introduction
I’m currently a high school teacher who works with students with a wide range of disabilities and interests —
and coincidentally, that describes me as well
things I love include art, books, music, the outdoors, food, sudden mushrooms, slang, photography, and youthful energy
I’m currently a high school teacher who works with students with a wide range of disabilities and interests —
and coincidentally, that describes me as well
things I love include art, books, music, the outdoors, food, sudden mushrooms, slang, photography, and youthful energy
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this part is just so dang weird
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
this part is just so dang weird
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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if only there were a way to provide a rigorous education in the actual practice of poetry as it is read, written, thought about, and understood in our time so that in response to the "news" about "poems" there could be some general response other than "deploy received forms!" and "limerick! lol"
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
if only there were a way to provide a rigorous education in the actual practice of poetry as it is read, written, thought about, and understood in our time so that in response to the "news" about "poems" there could be some general response other than "deploy received forms!" and "limerick! lol"
I’m tired of hearing elected representatives react to trump by saying “this is not NORMAL!” or “this is VILE”
because those are value judgments & not action statements
they make you feel strong and powerful to say, but they accomplish nothing
how about “this is impeachable” instead?
because those are value judgments & not action statements
they make you feel strong and powerful to say, but they accomplish nothing
how about “this is impeachable” instead?
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’m tired of hearing elected representatives react to trump by saying “this is not NORMAL!” or “this is VILE”
because those are value judgments & not action statements
they make you feel strong and powerful to say, but they accomplish nothing
how about “this is impeachable” instead?
because those are value judgments & not action statements
they make you feel strong and powerful to say, but they accomplish nothing
how about “this is impeachable” instead?
all morning in the classroom I’ve had Iggy Pop in my head singing “cuz I’m a punk rocker, yes I am”
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
all morning in the classroom I’ve had Iggy Pop in my head singing “cuz I’m a punk rocker, yes I am”
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new art installation spotted on the way to work:
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
new art installation spotted on the way to work:
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
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the Summers-Ouster-Watch lasted 3 days
not too shabby
not too shabby
hoping the countdown timer is now steadily ticking away
Summers is still on the faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School and actively teaching undergraduate & graduate students
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
the Summers-Ouster-Watch lasted 3 days
not too shabby
not too shabby
that’s bait, of a most devilish kind
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
that’s bait, of a most devilish kind
the Summers-Ouster-Watch lasted 3 days
not too shabby
not too shabby
hoping the countdown timer is now steadily ticking away
Summers is still on the faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School and actively teaching undergraduate & graduate students
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
the Summers-Ouster-Watch lasted 3 days
not too shabby
not too shabby
is this not Fraenkel’s “dual state” increasingly coming into being?
I’m also often put in mind of historical accounts of life during the Soviet purges — the ordinary everyday existed side by side with a realm of disappearance and horror, and the boundary between them was terrifyingly unstable
I’m also often put in mind of historical accounts of life during the Soviet purges — the ordinary everyday existed side by side with a realm of disappearance and horror, and the boundary between them was terrifyingly unstable
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
is this not Fraenkel’s “dual state” increasingly coming into being?
I’m also often put in mind of historical accounts of life during the Soviet purges — the ordinary everyday existed side by side with a realm of disappearance and horror, and the boundary between them was terrifyingly unstable
I’m also often put in mind of historical accounts of life during the Soviet purges — the ordinary everyday existed side by side with a realm of disappearance and horror, and the boundary between them was terrifyingly unstable
all of these actions are literary in nature, and worthy moves to make in contemplation of literature
but the reductionism makes them soulless. there’s no space made for joy or despair or awe or enlightenment, which are the very reasons we create and value literature
but the reductionism makes them soulless. there’s no space made for joy or despair or awe or enlightenment, which are the very reasons we create and value literature
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
all of these actions are literary in nature, and worthy moves to make in contemplation of literature
but the reductionism makes them soulless. there’s no space made for joy or despair or awe or enlightenment, which are the very reasons we create and value literature
but the reductionism makes them soulless. there’s no space made for joy or despair or awe or enlightenment, which are the very reasons we create and value literature
doing one of my favorite classroom activities today, inspired by @biblioracle.bsky.social + visual thinking strategies
10 min making observations of a complex photo
10 min developing related inferences
10 min extending inferences, adding in indications of their own certainty in their various ideas
10 min making observations of a complex photo
10 min developing related inferences
10 min extending inferences, adding in indications of their own certainty in their various ideas
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
doing one of my favorite classroom activities today, inspired by @biblioracle.bsky.social + visual thinking strategies
10 min making observations of a complex photo
10 min developing related inferences
10 min extending inferences, adding in indications of their own certainty in their various ideas
10 min making observations of a complex photo
10 min developing related inferences
10 min extending inferences, adding in indications of their own certainty in their various ideas
new art installation spotted on the way to work:
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
new art installation spotted on the way to work:
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
at a busy county intersection there’s now a plastic skeleton sitting on a metal folding chair, giving the finger to all passersby
i know someone else who is ”extremely controversial” and whom “a lot of people don’t ike”
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i know someone else who is ”extremely controversial” and whom “a lot of people don’t ike”
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What's one thing you would change about school?
"We don’t get to do a lot of things w/ each other, which...I don’t think it’s good for our mental because I think just sitting and we also don’t get to get up a lot. I feel like if we were allowed to move around more it would be so much better."
"We don’t get to do a lot of things w/ each other, which...I don’t think it’s good for our mental because I think just sitting and we also don’t get to get up a lot. I feel like if we were allowed to move around more it would be so much better."
December 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
What's one thing you would change about school?
"We don’t get to do a lot of things w/ each other, which...I don’t think it’s good for our mental because I think just sitting and we also don’t get to get up a lot. I feel like if we were allowed to move around more it would be so much better."
"We don’t get to do a lot of things w/ each other, which...I don’t think it’s good for our mental because I think just sitting and we also don’t get to get up a lot. I feel like if we were allowed to move around more it would be so much better."
i KNEW i didn’t like ronaldo
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
i KNEW i didn’t like ronaldo
it’s a bit wild that san francisco is deep into mourning for the cat killed by a waymo (RIP kit kat, you seemed like a good beast) but meanwhile humans killed 43 other humans last year and that’s no big deal
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
it’s a bit wild that san francisco is deep into mourning for the cat killed by a waymo (RIP kit kat, you seemed like a good beast) but meanwhile humans killed 43 other humans last year and that’s no big deal
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it seems quite likely to me that gen z will opt out of being taught by larry summers, at this point
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
it seems quite likely to me that gen z will opt out of being taught by larry summers, at this point
this story somehow makes me incredibly angry
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
this story somehow makes me incredibly angry
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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what part of the dog cracks
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
what part of the dog cracks
it seems quite likely to me that gen z will opt out of being taught by larry summers, at this point
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
it seems quite likely to me that gen z will opt out of being taught by larry summers, at this point
a couple of post climate-disaster novels:
All the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall
Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
and I just finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s newish novel Klara and the Sun — loved it, am considering reading it with my high school class in the spring
All the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall
Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
and I just finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s newish novel Klara and the Sun — loved it, am considering reading it with my high school class in the spring
haven't asked in awhile. what's something you read lately that you loved? A book? An article? A poem? A message written across the sky composed entirely of crows?
for every hate read post you do you gotta share 5 things you liked at least bsky.app/profile/crai...
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
a couple of post climate-disaster novels:
All the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall
Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
and I just finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s newish novel Klara and the Sun — loved it, am considering reading it with my high school class in the spring
All the Water in the World, Eiren Caffall
Down in the Sea of Angels, Khan Wong
and I just finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s newish novel Klara and the Sun — loved it, am considering reading it with my high school class in the spring
nothing like listening to several small somethings die gruesomely outside your bedroom window in the night to start your work week off right
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
nothing like listening to several small somethings die gruesomely outside your bedroom window in the night to start your work week off right