Stef G-W
@stefgwalsh.bsky.social
Former Teacher. Mom. Camp Director. Former Professor. Lost between identity and purpose. Hard of Deaf. From the PA-NC-IL triangle. Weather obsessed. She/her
Deaf standard time is so embedded in #Deaf culture that the Summer Deaflymics being held in November feels like a cultural statement.
Good luck to Deaflymic athletes this week!!
Good luck to Deaflymic athletes this week!!
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Deaf standard time is so embedded in #Deaf culture that the Summer Deaflymics being held in November feels like a cultural statement.
Good luck to Deaflymic athletes this week!!
Good luck to Deaflymic athletes this week!!
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
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www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
Announcer: this is heat 6 of 7
Hundreds of swimmers: 6-7!!!
🤣 This trend is so stupid, but it's absolutely hilarious and brings people together at the same time.
Hundreds of swimmers: 6-7!!!
🤣 This trend is so stupid, but it's absolutely hilarious and brings people together at the same time.
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Announcer: this is heat 6 of 7
Hundreds of swimmers: 6-7!!!
🤣 This trend is so stupid, but it's absolutely hilarious and brings people together at the same time.
Hundreds of swimmers: 6-7!!!
🤣 This trend is so stupid, but it's absolutely hilarious and brings people together at the same time.
Anyone else only see about 5 people consistently on this app? I have basically lost all my academic and/or feaf network online except like 6 people.
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Anyone else only see about 5 people consistently on this app? I have basically lost all my academic and/or feaf network online except like 6 people.
I've started playing piano- something I've wanted to do since a child, but never could do.
I'm still a beginner, and still playing beginner versions. That said, I have found such joy in the Mary Poppins simplified score. The music is timeless and the songs are just enjoyable to learn.
I'm still a beginner, and still playing beginner versions. That said, I have found such joy in the Mary Poppins simplified score. The music is timeless and the songs are just enjoyable to learn.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I've started playing piano- something I've wanted to do since a child, but never could do.
I'm still a beginner, and still playing beginner versions. That said, I have found such joy in the Mary Poppins simplified score. The music is timeless and the songs are just enjoyable to learn.
I'm still a beginner, and still playing beginner versions. That said, I have found such joy in the Mary Poppins simplified score. The music is timeless and the songs are just enjoyable to learn.
For All Saints Day, I pulled out the last family video of my dad from 1999. My girls never saw/heard him before. My husband never knew dad pre-cancer and only knew him about 1 year.
I had forgotten so much of Dad and that was something my heart needed.
I had forgotten so much of Dad and that was something my heart needed.
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
For All Saints Day, I pulled out the last family video of my dad from 1999. My girls never saw/heard him before. My husband never knew dad pre-cancer and only knew him about 1 year.
I had forgotten so much of Dad and that was something my heart needed.
I had forgotten so much of Dad and that was something my heart needed.
Cowards hired me on equity standards and initiatives. I was proud to work for a district that had equity at the center of their messaging. Cowards changed their name to fit the dictator agenda and I guarantee they will change to meet the agenda of few. #myIPS
www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
Indianapolis Public Schools quietly changes its Office of Racial Equity
The decision to turn the Office of Racial Equity into the Office of Strategic Excellence is designed to help students “regardless of their identity,” IPS said. Republican officials nationwide have cal...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Cowards hired me on equity standards and initiatives. I was proud to work for a district that had equity at the center of their messaging. Cowards changed their name to fit the dictator agenda and I guarantee they will change to meet the agenda of few. #myIPS
www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
www.chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025...
I hate being bad at my job because of circumstances beyond my own control. You can't be successful if you're set up for failure. #StoryOfMyLife
October 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I hate being bad at my job because of circumstances beyond my own control. You can't be successful if you're set up for failure. #StoryOfMyLife
Accepting that there is no meaning to my work is the hardest thing I will ever do, if I can ever just come to terms that none of this matters.
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Accepting that there is no meaning to my work is the hardest thing I will ever do, if I can ever just come to terms that none of this matters.
Why does every mixed box of snacks (chips, cookies, etc) have one flavor that no one likes?!
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Why does every mixed box of snacks (chips, cookies, etc) have one flavor that no one likes?!
I have had 6 people send me the advertisement for the job I left in Illinois with a message "please come back."
I didn't leave on my own terms. I was pushed out, banished to asynchronous online teaching outside of my skill. Left shattered with no help putting what was left of me back together. 💔😭
I didn't leave on my own terms. I was pushed out, banished to asynchronous online teaching outside of my skill. Left shattered with no help putting what was left of me back together. 💔😭
October 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I have had 6 people send me the advertisement for the job I left in Illinois with a message "please come back."
I didn't leave on my own terms. I was pushed out, banished to asynchronous online teaching outside of my skill. Left shattered with no help putting what was left of me back together. 💔😭
I didn't leave on my own terms. I was pushed out, banished to asynchronous online teaching outside of my skill. Left shattered with no help putting what was left of me back together. 💔😭
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Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
Whoever sold the frog costume is the real winner.
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Whoever sold the frog costume is the real winner.
Every person I know has an "escape" or "handle" the emergency situation that is both rational and irrational.
Most of these plans are life-saving-- how to escape a car in water, fight an intruder, save a pet from an alligator, etc.
I know what song I will use for karaoke if ever dragged on stage.
Most of these plans are life-saving-- how to escape a car in water, fight an intruder, save a pet from an alligator, etc.
I know what song I will use for karaoke if ever dragged on stage.
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Every person I know has an "escape" or "handle" the emergency situation that is both rational and irrational.
Most of these plans are life-saving-- how to escape a car in water, fight an intruder, save a pet from an alligator, etc.
I know what song I will use for karaoke if ever dragged on stage.
Most of these plans are life-saving-- how to escape a car in water, fight an intruder, save a pet from an alligator, etc.
I know what song I will use for karaoke if ever dragged on stage.
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With the Trump Administration infiltrating BlueSky, the MAGA edgelords are sure to come next.
BlueSky has long abided by a general and very effective rule.
BLOCK. MOVE ON. DO NOT ENGAGE.
Don't dunk. Don't quote. Don't respond.
STARVE THEM OF ATTENTION.
BlueSky has long abided by a general and very effective rule.
BLOCK. MOVE ON. DO NOT ENGAGE.
Don't dunk. Don't quote. Don't respond.
STARVE THEM OF ATTENTION.
October 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
With the Trump Administration infiltrating BlueSky, the MAGA edgelords are sure to come next.
BlueSky has long abided by a general and very effective rule.
BLOCK. MOVE ON. DO NOT ENGAGE.
Don't dunk. Don't quote. Don't respond.
STARVE THEM OF ATTENTION.
BlueSky has long abided by a general and very effective rule.
BLOCK. MOVE ON. DO NOT ENGAGE.
Don't dunk. Don't quote. Don't respond.
STARVE THEM OF ATTENTION.
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#Linguistics at the University of Georgia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in #phonetics and #phonology. Spread the word and let me know if you have questions!
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
LINGUIST List 36.3129 Jobs: Phonetics, Phonology: Assistant Professor in Phonetics and Phonology, University of Georgia
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#Linguistics at the University of Georgia is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in #phonetics and #phonology. Spread the word and let me know if you have questions!
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
linguistlist.org/issues/36/31...
I am really struggling with my loss of career. I feel so completely under-employed and so completely useless for anything more.
#CareerLoss #AcademicsSay #ALTAcademic #FeelingUseless
#CareerLoss #AcademicsSay #ALTAcademic #FeelingUseless
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am really struggling with my loss of career. I feel so completely under-employed and so completely useless for anything more.
#CareerLoss #AcademicsSay #ALTAcademic #FeelingUseless
#CareerLoss #AcademicsSay #ALTAcademic #FeelingUseless
I went back to teaching public schools to work with #Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids where I can actually make a difference.
Turns out my entire job now is writing IEPs and managing paperwork. I have to cancel time with kids to do paperwork.
Week 9: I don't want to be a #TeacherOfTheDeaf anymore.
Turns out my entire job now is writing IEPs and managing paperwork. I have to cancel time with kids to do paperwork.
Week 9: I don't want to be a #TeacherOfTheDeaf anymore.
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I went back to teaching public schools to work with #Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids where I can actually make a difference.
Turns out my entire job now is writing IEPs and managing paperwork. I have to cancel time with kids to do paperwork.
Week 9: I don't want to be a #TeacherOfTheDeaf anymore.
Turns out my entire job now is writing IEPs and managing paperwork. I have to cancel time with kids to do paperwork.
Week 9: I don't want to be a #TeacherOfTheDeaf anymore.
I'm exhausted.
Working two jobs to make up for the one that nearly caused me to lose myself.
I thought my education would save me from 14 hour work days in dead end jobs. I was wrong. My education solidified my place in dead end jobs.
Working two jobs to make up for the one that nearly caused me to lose myself.
I thought my education would save me from 14 hour work days in dead end jobs. I was wrong. My education solidified my place in dead end jobs.
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'm exhausted.
Working two jobs to make up for the one that nearly caused me to lose myself.
I thought my education would save me from 14 hour work days in dead end jobs. I was wrong. My education solidified my place in dead end jobs.
Working two jobs to make up for the one that nearly caused me to lose myself.
I thought my education would save me from 14 hour work days in dead end jobs. I was wrong. My education solidified my place in dead end jobs.
Things that jolt my brain in Indiana:
1. Smokers on school campuses
2. Vapers in school campuses
3. The sheer number of 'Indian' heads as mascots
4. How bad Dhh services are compared to other places (that said Center on Deafness is awesome)
5. Not knowing any of the swim officials yet.
1. Smokers on school campuses
2. Vapers in school campuses
3. The sheer number of 'Indian' heads as mascots
4. How bad Dhh services are compared to other places (that said Center on Deafness is awesome)
5. Not knowing any of the swim officials yet.
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Things that jolt my brain in Indiana:
1. Smokers on school campuses
2. Vapers in school campuses
3. The sheer number of 'Indian' heads as mascots
4. How bad Dhh services are compared to other places (that said Center on Deafness is awesome)
5. Not knowing any of the swim officials yet.
1. Smokers on school campuses
2. Vapers in school campuses
3. The sheer number of 'Indian' heads as mascots
4. How bad Dhh services are compared to other places (that said Center on Deafness is awesome)
5. Not knowing any of the swim officials yet.
The irony of the amount of rage I have completing these mandated #CrisisPreventionInstituteTM modules is not lost on me.
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The irony of the amount of rage I have completing these mandated #CrisisPreventionInstituteTM modules is not lost on me.
It really sucks to have a birthday party for both your kids and no one shows.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It really sucks to have a birthday party for both your kids and no one shows.
Driving around Indianapolis every day is making this place grow on me.
I'll never be at home in IN, but I'm feeling like I belong in Indy. #ItinerantTeacher #DeafEd
I'll never be at home in IN, but I'm feeling like I belong in Indy. #ItinerantTeacher #DeafEd
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Driving around Indianapolis every day is making this place grow on me.
I'll never be at home in IN, but I'm feeling like I belong in Indy. #ItinerantTeacher #DeafEd
I'll never be at home in IN, but I'm feeling like I belong in Indy. #ItinerantTeacher #DeafEd
The more I see professionals out of certificate programs for deaf Ed, the more concerned I am for our kids.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The more I see professionals out of certificate programs for deaf Ed, the more concerned I am for our kids.
Americans are more worried a kid will be gay than dead from another shooter.
We shouldn't be crying for dead children at the hands of another shooter again. And again. And again.
We shouldn't be crying for dead children at the hands of another shooter again. And again. And again.
August 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Americans are more worried a kid will be gay than dead from another shooter.
We shouldn't be crying for dead children at the hands of another shooter again. And again. And again.
We shouldn't be crying for dead children at the hands of another shooter again. And again. And again.