Kate Plows
@kplows.bsky.social
Stubborn. Teacher, coach, learner ➡️ journalism, photography, art. Proud public educator in the Philly ‘burbs.
In solidarity tonight with all the teachers who have been instructed to take action we know in our guts, hearts, and professional experience is wrong — and we do it, because heroics aren’t so advisable in 2025.
Might lose some sleep over it. But do it. Sometimes it’s a job, not a calling.
Might lose some sleep over it. But do it. Sometimes it’s a job, not a calling.
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In solidarity tonight with all the teachers who have been instructed to take action we know in our guts, hearts, and professional experience is wrong — and we do it, because heroics aren’t so advisable in 2025.
Might lose some sleep over it. But do it. Sometimes it’s a job, not a calling.
Might lose some sleep over it. But do it. Sometimes it’s a job, not a calling.
My goodness, this is a beautiful idea.
"In an era when it’s exceedingly hard to learn what the Old Masters knew, Art + Water will impart those skills. These emerging artists must know how to draw, and from there, they’ll be taught everything Rembrandt was taught." - Dave Eggers
The Story of Art + Water
For fifteen years or so, I’d been kicking around the idea of resurrecting the artist-apprentice model that reigned in the art world for hundreds of...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My goodness, this is a beautiful idea.
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Public media memories left defunded | By Evie Fernandez '27, Lavanya Dixit '27, and Fiona Seale '28
Public media memories left defunded
Wild Kratts, Sesame Street, Curious George, and Odd Squad are just a few of the many shows on the Public Broadcasting Service Kids Channel (PBS Kids) that sculpted what we call our childhood. But after...
sno.buzz
October 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Public media memories left defunded | By Evie Fernandez '27, Lavanya Dixit '27, and Fiona Seale '28
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Varsity football bounces back in Eagles High School Football Showdown | By Savvas Zeibekis '26 and Matthew Ramirez '26
Varsity football bounces back in Eagles High School Football Showdown
“Fly, Eagles Fly!” rang out of the student section as Philadelphia Eagles mascot, Swoop, directed the sea of green like a conductor. On Friday, Sept. 26, Haven hosted the annual Eagles High School...
sno.buzz
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Varsity football bounces back in Eagles High School Football Showdown | By Savvas Zeibekis '26 and Matthew Ramirez '26
Update: I’ve scheduled my vaccine.
However, the day-to-day uncertainty of this is unnecessary and dehumanizing.
whyy.org/articles/pen...
However, the day-to-day uncertainty of this is unnecessary and dehumanizing.
whyy.org/articles/pen...
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Update: I’ve scheduled my vaccine.
However, the day-to-day uncertainty of this is unnecessary and dehumanizing.
whyy.org/articles/pen...
However, the day-to-day uncertainty of this is unnecessary and dehumanizing.
whyy.org/articles/pen...
Does ignoring the toxic, dehumanizing content being posted by the White House social media accounts lead to normalizing it?
What the Trump team is posting on official accounts would result in disciplinary action for school-sponsored high school groups.
What the Trump team is posting on official accounts would result in disciplinary action for school-sponsored high school groups.
September 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Does ignoring the toxic, dehumanizing content being posted by the White House social media accounts lead to normalizing it?
What the Trump team is posting on official accounts would result in disciplinary action for school-sponsored high school groups.
What the Trump team is posting on official accounts would result in disciplinary action for school-sponsored high school groups.
Preventing any teacher or any frontline worker in any state who wants a COVID-19 vaccine from getting one is effectively criminal.
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Philly health providers deal with confusion following FDA COVID-19 vaccine limits
The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 65 and older and younger adults and children with underlying medical conditions.
whyy.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Preventing any teacher or any frontline worker in any state who wants a COVID-19 vaccine from getting one is effectively criminal.
whyy.org/articles/new...
whyy.org/articles/new...
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an era of breaking news reflects brokenness.
as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.
no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.
when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.
as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.
no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.
when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
an era of breaking news reflects brokenness.
as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.
no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.
when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.
as a utility, we see it in infrastructure. but as humans, we see it around us in communities and relationships and trust.
no matter the system, mending requires investment—time, resources, attention.
when news breaks, may what’s broken be renewed.
I can’t figure out why so many people and organizations I respect are still posting updates on X.
August 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I can’t figure out why so many people and organizations I respect are still posting updates on X.
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My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
August 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
“if schools think AI literacy is so vital for their students’ future, then schools should create and require classes dedicated to teaching those skills, similar to a typing course…”
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How to Justify an AI Ban in Your Classroom (Guest Post) - Daily Nous
“I don’t want to be a cop in the classroom. So, it’s... important for students to come to the same conclusion themselves and understand the rationale for this [AI] policy.” Recently, Patrick Lin, a ph...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“if schools think AI literacy is so vital for their students’ future, then schools should create and require classes dedicated to teaching those skills, similar to a typing course…”
dailynous.com/2025/08/12/h...
dailynous.com/2025/08/12/h...
Important observations here about crossing all the lines that should not be crossed.
"Real journalism would mean examining why we're suddenly cool with making the dead into chatbots. Real journalism would ask hard questions about consent (the dead can't give it), about what happens when we normalize conversations with digital ghosts." www.readtpa.com/p/oh-no-what...
Oh No, What is Jim Acosta Doing?
The former CNN host "interviewed" an AI avatar of one of the Parkland shooting victims.
www.readtpa.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Important observations here about crossing all the lines that should not be crossed.
“Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”
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Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't
Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn
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August 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/asking-stude...
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/asking-stude...
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"And every Roomba turned toward Jerusalem."
"And Sam said,
'Let there be inference.'
And there was inference.
And he saw that it was good, or at least in closed beta."
'Let there be inference.'
And there was inference.
And he saw that it was good, or at least in closed beta."
The Immaculate Conception of ChatGPT
In the beginning, there was the Model. And the Model was without form. And darkness was upon the face of the training data. The Spirit of Sam Altm...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"And every Roomba turned toward Jerusalem."
This is—without a doubt—perfect.
"I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This is—without a doubt—perfect.
“Perhaps years from now, in some faraway Delco Wawa, you’ll spot me throwing up outside in a plastic bag. And it’ll be fireworks all over again.”
Crying…
Crying…
"We made eyes at each other and giggled as we both tried to get double capicola ham without paying for it. I smiled as you threatened to stab a guy for wearing a Cowboys hat."
We’ll Always Have Hoagiefest
I don’t know what I was expecting to find at that Center City Wawa just about half past twelve. Besides cheap hoagies, of course. And a sixty-four-...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“Perhaps years from now, in some faraway Delco Wawa, you’ll spot me throwing up outside in a plastic bag. And it’ll be fireworks all over again.”
Crying…
Crying…
Any K12 teacher in the U.S. would be fired for using the rhetoric the president used last night to kick off the country’s 250th anniversary.
That, I guess, is where we are.
That, I guess, is where we are.
JUST IN: President Trump is speaking in Iowa Thursday night as the official start to a year of events marking the country's 250th anniversary. It comes on the heels of a major victory for his domestic agenda.
To kick off celebrations of America's founding, Trump travels to its heartland
President Trump is speaking in Iowa Thursday night as the official start to a year of events marking the country's 250th anniversary. It comes on the heels of a major victory for his domestic agenda.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Any K12 teacher in the U.S. would be fired for using the rhetoric the president used last night to kick off the country’s 250th anniversary.
That, I guess, is where we are.
That, I guess, is where we are.
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As the dissents point out, the majority constantly contradicts its own recent decisions to fit the result they want. Ie: a HS football coach leading a Christian prayer does not violate other students religious rights, but a storybook with LGBT characters does. On some level they must know this.
June 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As the dissents point out, the majority constantly contradicts its own recent decisions to fit the result they want. Ie: a HS football coach leading a Christian prayer does not violate other students religious rights, but a storybook with LGBT characters does. On some level they must know this.
sports business. 🔥
'Energy and excitement' of U.S. Open led to mostly positive reviews from leaders and business owners in Oakmont and beyond
'Energy and excitement' of U.S. Open led to mostly positive reviews from leaders and business owners in Oakmont and beyond
After years of planning, months of construction, and seven rounds of golf, the U.S. Open packed up its operations at Oakmont Country Club.
Putting the...
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June 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
sports business. 🔥
Following the byline proudly.
Steelers' lineman and wife hope to improve financial literacy for Pittsburgh residents
Steelers' lineman and wife hope to improve financial literacy for Pittsburgh residents
With a fresh contract negotiation in the rearview mirror, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Calvin Anderson and his wife, Sheree Lanihun-Anderson, are...
www.post-gazette.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Following the byline proudly.
I know that byline + will be following it. 🔥
June 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I know that byline + will be following it. 🔥
Can’t express how damn cool Radiolab continues to be. I loved this episode so much.
Awed by all at @radiolab.bsky.social … you are the standard-setter for this media. Thanks for making us care about the things we really do need to care about.
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Awed by all at @radiolab.bsky.social … you are the standard-setter for this media. Thanks for making us care about the things we really do need to care about.
www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-el...
The Elixir of Life
A physical reunion with humanity’s oldest friend.
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June 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Can’t express how damn cool Radiolab continues to be. I loved this episode so much.
Awed by all at @radiolab.bsky.social … you are the standard-setter for this media. Thanks for making us care about the things we really do need to care about.
www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-el...
Awed by all at @radiolab.bsky.social … you are the standard-setter for this media. Thanks for making us care about the things we really do need to care about.
www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-el...
Dying.
“The president followed the Constitution the way a jazz pianist might follow a standard chart—treating its chords as suggestions upon which to solo as he saw fit.”
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...
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June 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dying.