MarthaW
@minibigd14.bsky.social
Progressive Texan. Band mom. Do #nytspellingbee every day. She/her.
So if I give up 35 of my 37 pencils allotted under the China policy, what do I do with all the steel I’m buying with my pencil savings? Or will two pencils cost what 37 used to cost so our pencil budget just won’t stretch as far as it used to? Admittedly, I suck at economics. #37pencils
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
So if I give up 35 of my 37 pencils allotted under the China policy, what do I do with all the steel I’m buying with my pencil savings? Or will two pencils cost what 37 used to cost so our pencil budget just won’t stretch as far as it used to? Admittedly, I suck at economics. #37pencils
The Dems indeed must hound the GOP on the bombings. 47 isn’t just morally corrupt. He doesn’t even know how corrupt he is. Even if he could, he doesn’t give serious thought to anything.
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Dems indeed must hound the GOP on the bombings. 47 isn’t just morally corrupt. He doesn’t even know how corrupt he is. Even if he could, he doesn’t give serious thought to anything.
?? I don’t see how this is any more obscure than a lot of the other fish and fowl that make the list. And it’s such a cool-looking word! #nytspellingbee.
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
?? I don’t see how this is any more obscure than a lot of the other fish and fowl that make the list. And it’s such a cool-looking word! #nytspellingbee.
Reposted by MarthaW
UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...
aaup-penn.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Well, this is obviously wrong. What on earth does @thegridkid #samezersky #thegridkid think they eat in the batcave on birthdays??! #nytspellingbee
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Well, this is obviously wrong. What on earth does @thegridkid #samezersky #thegridkid think they eat in the batcave on birthdays??! #nytspellingbee
Gonna raise this one again, #thegridkid #nytspellingbee
September 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Gonna raise this one again, #thegridkid #nytspellingbee
The M9 and not TONTINE? Hmmm. #nytspellingbee
August 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The M9 and not TONTINE? Hmmm. #nytspellingbee
I suspect that many people, unfortunately, do not find ONCOGENE to be obscure. #nytspellingbee.
July 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I suspect that many people, unfortunately, do not find ONCOGENE to be obscure. #nytspellingbee.
This is going to be happening all over the country.
The Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions of dollars in education funding will leave Dallas schools with a $22 million gap, according to district officials.
Dallas ISD left with $22 million gap after Trump education funding freeze
Dallas schools are facing a $22 million gap after the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions of dollars in education funding. That money covers...
www.dallasnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is going to be happening all over the country.
Is the T5 new to the list? I thought I remembered it being rejected before but maybe that was the French version that ends with an E. #nytspellingbee
June 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Is the T5 new to the list? I thought I remembered it being rejected before but maybe that was the French version that ends with an E. #nytspellingbee
The less-common A7 is new to the word list. Way to go, Sam! #nytspellingbee
June 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The less-common A7 is new to the word list. Way to go, Sam! #nytspellingbee
Is it just me getting the wrong letters on the Hints page? #nytspellingbee
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Is it just me getting the wrong letters on the Hints page? #nytspellingbee
As my public transport clicked along through Croydon, I was terse as I whispered, “MURIATIC” is not an uncommon word!” #nytspellingbee
April 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As my public transport clicked along through Croydon, I was terse as I whispered, “MURIATIC” is not an uncommon word!” #nytspellingbee
This is unbelievable. What kind of data and expertise will we lose and have to try to replace in four years?
Everyone who works for PRAMS (the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) at CDC was terminated today. That appears to be the end of a critical program which monitored infant and maternal health nationwide across pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/prams...
PRAMS Shuttered for Good
In the first weeks of the administration I wrote a number of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is unbelievable. What kind of data and expertise will we lose and have to try to replace in four years?
What if Goldberg was added to The Chat by a staffer “by accident”? Hmmm
March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What if Goldberg was added to The Chat by a staffer “by accident”? Hmmm
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WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
March 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
Had to go to X to get needed hint from @stilllifewrobin.bsky.social today. #nytspellingbee. 🙂
March 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Had to go to X to get needed hint from @stilllifewrobin.bsky.social today. #nytspellingbee. 🙂
Thought for sure I had the last word I needed. But alas, no. #nytspellingbee
March 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thought for sure I had the last word I needed. But alas, no. #nytspellingbee