@salpeters.bsky.social
💙Educator and mom in the sandwich generation; trying to stay sane in this mess.💙
Hi- I follow you on threads- you’re marked as spam here. I followed your other acct- maybe contact admin.
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hi- I follow you on threads- you’re marked as spam here. I followed your other acct- maybe contact admin.
Did you hear the Moth Radio Hour story on NPR last night? So funny- and relatable for those of us who started down the “let’s raise chickens” path in 2020.
January 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Did you hear the Moth Radio Hour story on NPR last night? So funny- and relatable for those of us who started down the “let’s raise chickens” path in 2020.
I read the link you attached and it’s true that I don’t understand how all of that is figured. It’s awfully complicated. However, it’s taken two decades of work to get to this place, and a lot of retired teachers lived/died with less than they should have in that time. I’m grateful it passed now.
January 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I read the link you attached and it’s true that I don’t understand how all of that is figured. It’s awfully complicated. However, it’s taken two decades of work to get to this place, and a lot of retired teachers lived/died with less than they should have in that time. I’m grateful it passed now.
The system has been essentially gifted the SS deductions and employer contributions of private sector workers that went into public service since Reagan. I’m ok w/ those “few years” recipients getting an advantage. Relatively speaking it’s little enough anyway.
January 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The system has been essentially gifted the SS deductions and employer contributions of private sector workers that went into public service since Reagan. I’m ok w/ those “few years” recipients getting an advantage. Relatively speaking it’s little enough anyway.
Don- I paid tens of thousands into social security for over a decade before I started teaching. People who never paid in won’t be getting anything, but for people like me- my teaching pension is less because I went into it later, and I should be able to claim from a system I paid into.
January 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Don- I paid tens of thousands into social security for over a decade before I started teaching. People who never paid in won’t be getting anything, but for people like me- my teaching pension is less because I went into it later, and I should be able to claim from a system I paid into.
My husband and kid talked me into Red One. I was skeptical but glad they did. Made for a fun, relaxed Christmas night!
December 26, 2024 at 3:59 AM
My husband and kid talked me into Red One. I was skeptical but glad they did. Made for a fun, relaxed Christmas night!
Red or French
December 15, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Red or French
I’m glad it wasn’t traumatic for you; the idea freaks me out!!
December 5, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I’m glad it wasn’t traumatic for you; the idea freaks me out!!
Omg I’m so sorry. That’s awful.
December 5, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Omg I’m so sorry. That’s awful.
Also I think Ms Alcott looks pissed off. Maybe I’m projecting.
November 30, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Also I think Ms Alcott looks pissed off. Maybe I’m projecting.
Oh Jo. My livelong ever first and favorite heroine. Because she wrote. Because she was brash. Because she cut her hair. Because she loved truly, and not typically, and because she was so very, very every woman.
November 30, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Oh Jo. My livelong ever first and favorite heroine. Because she wrote. Because she was brash. Because she cut her hair. Because she loved truly, and not typically, and because she was so very, very every woman.
Same. When I have some time (at my maga in-laws when I need a LONG break during Thanksgiving for example) I’m going to start going through and vetting my initial follows. I’ve mostly only met lovely people, but a couple of trolls have popped up, and I have the strong need to keep my feed clean.
November 25, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Same. When I have some time (at my maga in-laws when I need a LONG break during Thanksgiving for example) I’m going to start going through and vetting my initial follows. I’ve mostly only met lovely people, but a couple of trolls have popped up, and I have the strong need to keep my feed clean.
Seems a small ask
November 25, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Seems a small ask
I know. Thanks. It’s just that such a line ought to be quoted exactly right imo. I need to proofread before I post.
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I know. Thanks. It’s just that such a line ought to be quoted exactly right imo. I need to proofread before I post.
*Jem* need a flippin’ edit button for my flippin auto-correcting phone.
November 24, 2024 at 5:52 AM
*Jem* need a flippin’ edit button for my flippin auto-correcting phone.
2/2 That juxtaposition is brilliant (and maybe unintentional on Lee’s part?) and if you haven’t picked up this book in a while, I 10/10 recommend. It’s beautiful, and horrible, and god help us still fucking timely.
November 23, 2024 at 5:08 AM
2/2 That juxtaposition is brilliant (and maybe unintentional on Lee’s part?) and if you haven’t picked up this book in a while, I 10/10 recommend. It’s beautiful, and horrible, and god help us still fucking timely.
It would make my Thanksgiving if you could tell me something optimistic.
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 AM
It would make my Thanksgiving if you could tell me something optimistic.
“If your Social Security number ends in an odd number, you’re out. If it ends in an even number, you’re in,” he explained in a podcast interview in September. Per Ramaswamy re cutting federal jobs. It was the Nat. Parks feed that was talking about him applying that same logic to federal aid.
November 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM
“If your Social Security number ends in an odd number, you’re out. If it ends in an even number, you’re in,” he explained in a podcast interview in September. Per Ramaswamy re cutting federal jobs. It was the Nat. Parks feed that was talking about him applying that same logic to federal aid.