Kevin Ballestrini
@kballestrini.bsky.social
Latin teacher, instructional designer, & game designer. Co-founder of The Pericles Group. Exec Secretary of the Classical Association of New England. he/him
Important talks/links: http://bit.ly/m/kevinbal
Important talks/links: http://bit.ly/m/kevinbal
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Hi there, #EduSky!
We're so grateful to have such a rich, talented community of educators with whom we share a passion for innovative, creative, and empathetic pedagogical design.
Can't wait to trade worldbuilding-based teaching practices, assessment methods, activity ideas, and more! ✨🌎
We're so grateful to have such a rich, talented community of educators with whom we share a passion for innovative, creative, and empathetic pedagogical design.
Can't wait to trade worldbuilding-based teaching practices, assessment methods, activity ideas, and more! ✨🌎
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hi there, #EduSky!
We're so grateful to have such a rich, talented community of educators with whom we share a passion for innovative, creative, and empathetic pedagogical design.
Can't wait to trade worldbuilding-based teaching practices, assessment methods, activity ideas, and more! ✨🌎
We're so grateful to have such a rich, talented community of educators with whom we share a passion for innovative, creative, and empathetic pedagogical design.
Can't wait to trade worldbuilding-based teaching practices, assessment methods, activity ideas, and more! ✨🌎
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(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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(1/X) Can this country to back to the way it was before Trump? No, it cannot.
Narcissistic sociopaths break things in ways that can't be fixed.
Narcissistic sociopaths break things in ways that can't be fixed.
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
(1/X) Can this country to back to the way it was before Trump? No, it cannot.
Narcissistic sociopaths break things in ways that can't be fixed.
Narcissistic sociopaths break things in ways that can't be fixed.
Just watched @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLf...
This should be on loop in the office in every congressional Democrat so they can internalize what needs to happen.
Chris can be, and should be, the party leader at this point.
This should be on loop in the office in every congressional Democrat so they can internalize what needs to happen.
Chris can be, and should be, the party leader at this point.
Sen. Chris Murphy - Dems Need to Take More Risks & Make Gov’t Work Again | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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March 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just watched @chrismurphyct.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLf...
This should be on loop in the office in every congressional Democrat so they can internalize what needs to happen.
Chris can be, and should be, the party leader at this point.
This should be on loop in the office in every congressional Democrat so they can internalize what needs to happen.
Chris can be, and should be, the party leader at this point.
Final weekend to register for next week's CANE Annual Meeting @ Yale University: caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Reminder to CAES and CAAS members, you're invited without being a member of CANE! DM me for more details! We'd love to see you there!
#classics #latin
Reminder to CAES and CAAS members, you're invited without being a member of CANE! DM me for more details! We'd love to see you there!
#classics #latin
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Final weekend to register for next week's CANE Annual Meeting @ Yale University: caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Reminder to CAES and CAAS members, you're invited without being a member of CANE! DM me for more details! We'd love to see you there!
#classics #latin
Reminder to CAES and CAAS members, you're invited without being a member of CANE! DM me for more details! We'd love to see you there!
#classics #latin
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I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.
It's too bad that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is one of the only elected members of the Democratic party willing to demonstrate that they "get it"
I'm thankful for having such an amazing Senator representing Connecticut. It isn't going to be enough when leadership across both chambers is what it is.
I'm thankful for having such an amazing Senator representing Connecticut. It isn't going to be enough when leadership across both chambers is what it is.
March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's too bad that @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is one of the only elected members of the Democratic party willing to demonstrate that they "get it"
I'm thankful for having such an amazing Senator representing Connecticut. It isn't going to be enough when leadership across both chambers is what it is.
I'm thankful for having such an amazing Senator representing Connecticut. It isn't going to be enough when leadership across both chambers is what it is.
Sure looks like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov are far more interested in their book tours than their actual jobs or fighting for, you know, the government itself.
But hey, I'm sure those royalties and comps from the publisher are great!
But hey, I'm sure those royalties and comps from the publisher are great!
I am sure government shutdown before a book tour is not a good look either.
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Sure looks like @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov are far more interested in their book tours than their actual jobs or fighting for, you know, the government itself.
But hey, I'm sure those royalties and comps from the publisher are great!
But hey, I'm sure those royalties and comps from the publisher are great!
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I am sure government shutdown before a book tour is not a good look either.
March 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I am sure government shutdown before a book tour is not a good look either.
Despite @chrislhayes.bsky.social best efforts here, @schumer.senate.gov managed to argue both for & against voting for cloture using the same argument -- namely "they are already doing all of the terrible things I'm worried they are going to do during a shutdown." Weak.
youtu.be/SJDHET0MAz8?...
youtu.be/SJDHET0MAz8?...
'I knew I'd get criticized': Schumer on why he's helping Republicans avoid shutdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Despite @chrislhayes.bsky.social best efforts here, @schumer.senate.gov managed to argue both for & against voting for cloture using the same argument -- namely "they are already doing all of the terrible things I'm worried they are going to do during a shutdown." Weak.
youtu.be/SJDHET0MAz8?...
youtu.be/SJDHET0MAz8?...
If you use the tiered Latin readings site (lapis.practomime.com/index.php/op...), please consider writing a short testimonial. I need to collect a few to submit a nomination for the American Classical League's new award for Excellence in Creating Technology-Based Educational Resources #latin
Operation CAESAR Reading List
The CODEX for all Project ARKHAIA operation - Operation LAPIS, Operation CAESAR, Operation MENIS
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March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you use the tiered Latin readings site (lapis.practomime.com/index.php/op...), please consider writing a short testimonial. I need to collect a few to submit a nomination for the American Classical League's new award for Excellence in Creating Technology-Based Educational Resources #latin
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In 2018 the buzz phrase was the cruelty is the point.
In 2024 the keyword for Trump and Vance was "weird."
What's unfolding now in 2025 deserves a new word, and only one word will do: Evil.
Evil, not in the figurative sense of the word. But actual, theological evil.
In 2024 the keyword for Trump and Vance was "weird."
What's unfolding now in 2025 deserves a new word, and only one word will do: Evil.
Evil, not in the figurative sense of the word. But actual, theological evil.
March 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In 2018 the buzz phrase was the cruelty is the point.
In 2024 the keyword for Trump and Vance was "weird."
What's unfolding now in 2025 deserves a new word, and only one word will do: Evil.
Evil, not in the figurative sense of the word. But actual, theological evil.
In 2024 the keyword for Trump and Vance was "weird."
What's unfolding now in 2025 deserves a new word, and only one word will do: Evil.
Evil, not in the figurative sense of the word. But actual, theological evil.
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A tale of two presidential coverages by WaPo. A stark example of how the legacy media helped push us into this disaster. On the top, Trump today with 151K jobs. On the bottom, Biden in 2021 with 194k jobs.
March 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A tale of two presidential coverages by WaPo. A stark example of how the legacy media helped push us into this disaster. On the top, Trump today with 151K jobs. On the bottom, Biden in 2021 with 194k jobs.
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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
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March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
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February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Less than a month left to register for @caneweb.org's Annual Meeting at Yale University, March 21-22
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Full program available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Less than 1/3rd of banquet slots left! This is shaping up to be the largest CANE event in decades!
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Full program available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Less than 1/3rd of banquet slots left! This is shaping up to be the largest CANE event in decades!
Annual Meeting (Membership Wall) - CANE
CANE’s Annual Meeting is a two-day gathering where educators from New England and beyond network and share best practices about teaching and learning
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February 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Less than a month left to register for @caneweb.org's Annual Meeting at Yale University, March 21-22
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Full program available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Less than 1/3rd of banquet slots left! This is shaping up to be the largest CANE event in decades!
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Full program available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Less than 1/3rd of banquet slots left! This is shaping up to be the largest CANE event in decades!
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The @caneweb.org Annual Meeting registration & program is now live! March 21-22 @ Yale in New Haven
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
February 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The @caneweb.org Annual Meeting registration & program is now live! March 21-22 @ Yale in New Haven
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
The @caneweb.org Annual Meeting registration & program is now live! March 21-22 @ Yale in New Haven
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
February 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The @caneweb.org Annual Meeting registration & program is now live! March 21-22 @ Yale in New Haven
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
caneweb.org/annualmeeting/
Incredible highlights include a plenary talk by @sarahebond.bsky.social, a workshop by Andrew Olimpi, workshops by Jacqui Carlon and @gregorystringer.bsky.social on Pliny
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Check the website out and come to the Cane conference for more stories and resources. Over the last summer other collaborators (Ben Auger and @kballestrini.bsky.social) added a different interface to some stories and macronized the text, but it is still very beta. sites.google.com/view/feliscu...
Fēlēs Cūriōsa
Welcome to Fēlēs Cūriōsa, a Latin I introductory, open source, very beta set of stories and resources for the first year of Latin. Feel free to use any or all of it, just credit me as author and arti...
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January 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Check the website out and come to the Cane conference for more stories and resources. Over the last summer other collaborators (Ben Auger and @kballestrini.bsky.social) added a different interface to some stories and macronized the text, but it is still very beta. sites.google.com/view/feliscu...
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Here are the slides from my #actfl24 talk yesterday, "Beyond Translation: Fostering Reading Proficiency and Critical Thinking in the Latin Classroom"
Love the dialogue and conversations that happened in the room and afterwards. Thank you to all the teachers who attended!
bit.ly/beyond2024_bal
Love the dialogue and conversations that happened in the room and afterwards. Thank you to all the teachers who attended!
bit.ly/beyond2024_bal
November 23, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Here are the slides from my #actfl24 talk yesterday, "Beyond Translation: Fostering Reading Proficiency and Critical Thinking in the Latin Classroom"
Love the dialogue and conversations that happened in the room and afterwards. Thank you to all the teachers who attended!
bit.ly/beyond2024_bal
Love the dialogue and conversations that happened in the room and afterwards. Thank you to all the teachers who attended!
bit.ly/beyond2024_bal