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Himantra
@himantra.bsky.social
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I write fiction! Mostly fantasy, sci-fi, romance, & horror. More info:

🩷 Author Bsky: RaniJade.bsky.social
🩷 Landing Page: ranijade.start.page

Indian-American ex-expat diaspora. Educator pivoting away from education. Lover of 🧁.
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himantra.bsky.social
Like honestly, didn't think the apocalypse would be manufactured because of *stupidity*

... but apparently these fuckers are happily zooming to the edge of the cliff bc they love only 2 things: to hate & money... And we're all stuck in the car.
himantra.bsky.social Himantra @himantra.bsky.social · Dec 2
Good idea when you've got *check notes*, an education crisis, a literacy crisis, a society that depends on education as free childcare, & has talked about "the Healthcare cliff" since there's not enough Healthcare workers especially after inhumane immigration crackdowns 🙄 #politics #education
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Good idea when you've got *check notes*, an education crisis, a literacy crisis, a society that depends on education as free childcare, & has talked about "the Healthcare cliff" since there's not enough Healthcare workers especially after inhumane immigration crackdowns 🙄 #politics #education
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Why is this so hard for people to understand?

#politics #immigration #America #itcouldbeyou
Source: www.npr.org/2025/10/19/g...
Highlighted from an article : "By disregarding those protections for a subset of individuals, it has opened the door to disregard them. Period."
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.
October 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
himantra.bsky.social
Watching this administration is triggering. They sound and act like every clueless "business-minded" adminstrator boss I've had in the education field. (P.S. the majority of bosses I've had.)

But, like, even more racist & fascist.
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
himantra.bsky.social
If you want a small look into what teaching in America is like now, and how everything feels set up for failure where you're, as the teacher, the scapegoat, may I recommend:

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

#teaching #Teacher #TeacherLife #educator #education #Murica #USA #dystopia #triggering
The Classroom Observation That Made Me Want to Quit Teaching (Opinion)
An administrator said my students were "disengaged" and yet there's more to it than that, writes a 25-year teaching veteran.
www.edweek.org
August 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
himantra.bsky.social
I have things to do but all I want to do is #write

#amwriting #adultingisoverrated #NewWIPEnergy
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
himantra.bsky.social
There is a special hell for people who come to the #library just to listen to their devices without headphones.
a woman says the lord is testing me in front of a board
Alt: a woman says the lord is testing me in front of a board
media.tenor.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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gracienlucy.bsky.social
The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.
July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Love me some em dashes.

#AI coming for my em dashes?
July 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
himantra.bsky.social
4 Hour Work Week (2007 📕): take 6+ months off. Call it a micro-retirement. Pursue life goals.

Fast Company magazine: take 1-2 wks off every 12 months. Micro-retirement. Entitled Gen Z amirite? 🙄

Me: What corporate shill owns Fast Company? 🤔

#GenZ #capitalistichellscape #fuckyouIquit #rant
Micro-retirement: has gen Z found a brilliant fix for burnout?
Why wait until you’re in your 60s or 70s to enjoy yourself? Some young people are opting for short periods off throughout their working lives
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Okay but did they need to add that "even" before English? 😭

#news #English #teacher #capitalism
Screenshot of an excerpt from an article from Futurism: ...People who used to have cushy software developer jobs are now selling their plasma to make ends meet. "Just five years ago, the smartest advice that we had for the kids was 'learn how to code,'" Bremmer recollected. "That is literally worse advice now than 'get a face tattoo.' You can't do worse than learn to code." Indeed, in its latest labor market report, the New York Federal Reserve found that recent college graduates who majored in computer science or computer engineering have higher rates of unemployment than those who studied journalism, political science, and even English.
June 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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jenmsft.bsky.social
Me: You know why so many vampires have bad attitudes?

Me: It's because they're not very good at self reflection

Husband: Sighs
May 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
himantra.bsky.social
We Bare Bears 💜
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Okay, why did no one warn me there are SO MANY MORE emails in the corporate world compared to the public (and private) education world (something I honestly didn't think was possible)?
a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .
Alt: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .
media.tenor.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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dherman.dev
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man.” — G.K. Chesterton
March 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
himantra.bsky.social
#politics #MyBodyMYChoice

(Source: www.upworthy.com/moms-daydrea...)

Oligarchs and [especially politicians] men: Why don't women want children?! How selfish!

Women:
In a thread on X (formerly Twitter), a mom named Emily shared this truth: "[I don't know] if the lack of community care in our culture is more evident than when moms casually say they daydream about being hospitalized for something only moderately serious so that they are forced to not have any responsibilities for like 3 days."
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
himantra.bsky.social
I'll take the little wins, the little hopes, the little joys.

#politics #education #FightFascism #TheKidsAreAlright

Source: search.app/iByve
"I know a lot of teachers are feeling like they can't take a stand, because of course, the districts could take action against them, against their jobs. So we just want our teachers to know that we stand with them and we're here to support them," one student said. The controversy began when 6th grade teacher Sarah Inama told KTVB she would not comply with district orders to take down the inclusive sign, which administrators claim violates policy requiring classroom content to remain "neutral" and free of personal opinions. "No way is it political. It's saying everyone is welcome. It's not saying only black people are welcome and only white people. It's saying everyone, it doesn't matter who you are," one student said. "How are we supposed to learn if we cannot even feel safe in our classrooms?"
March 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
himantra.bsky.social
I'm beginning to wonder if I should make a meme to answer all my productive, highly Type A friends when they're like "What're you up to?"

You know what, I can be productive too...

*In Jacques-Yves Cousteau voice*

Five minutes later...
SpongeBob rainbow meme with the words "Disassociating to cope"
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
himantra.bsky.social
Recruiter msged me. When I said tell me more, they sent me a job description. When I asked for a company website, they sent me a link to an expired GoDaddy domain.

Companies are doing the absolute least but want the most. Half of them are probably scams.

It's so frustrating.

#JobHunting #Jobs
March 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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g3tb3nt.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
himantra.bsky.social
Re-watching the X-files for the first time in two+ decades and comparing it to today times is WILD.

#dystopia #ItWasTheBestofTimesItWasTheWorstofTime #ButWhichTimeWasWhich #xfiles
January 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM