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Jessica T. Smith, PhD
@thepeacefulprof.bsky.social
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🤓Education and wellness nerd.
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Family caregivers offer their wit, wisdom and survival tips for the hardest unpaid job in America. n.pr/4nXCFxT
A caregiver's survival guide: Advice from people who've been there
Family caregivers offer their wit, wisdom and survival tips for the hardest unpaid job in America.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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“…the road will be wide. The rain will never stop falling.”
By Naomi Shihab Nye
SHOULDERS A man crosses the street in rain, stepping gently, looking two times north and south, because his son is asleep on his shoulder. No car must splash him. No car drive too near to his shadow. This man carries the world's most sensitive cargo but he's not marked. Nowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE, HANDLE WITH CARE. His ear fills up with breathing. He hears the hum of a boy's dream deep inside him. We're not going to be able to live in this world if we're not willing to do what he's doing with one another. The road will only be wide. The rain will never stop falling.
May 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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idesignedu.org
New Student Voice survey shows what online learners need most:
✔️ Affordable tuition
✔️ Flexible deadlines
✔️ Academic planning tools
✔️ Empathetic faculty
Online design must center student realities.
#OnlineLearning #HigherEd @insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
Bar chart showing top institutional actions online learners say would boost academic success, including affordability, limiting high-stakes exams, and planning tools. Boosting academic success for online learners: 📉 49% want more affordable tuition 📝 37% want fewer high-stakes exams 🧭 34% want degree planning tools 💼 33% want paid work options 💬 31% want relevance + flexibility
May 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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idesignedu.org
In May, @idesignedu.org is spotlighting the 2026 WCAG 2.1 deadline w. tools, insights & examples to help build inclusive learning.

✔️ Inclusive design = student success
✔️ Accessibility standards + your content

Follow along, stay ahead & lead w. inclusion
#AccessibilityMatters #InclusiveEd #HigherEd
A creative with Accessibility icons and the headline "Digital accessibility isn't optional - it's essential.
May 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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If you work in #highered, which publications do you find valuable? I’m trying to find sources beyond The Chronicle and Inside Higher Ed. Thanks!! #eduresearch #university #openaccess #academia
May 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This too shall pass. Okay… but like… when???
April 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Hey guys I know it's really hard to be conscious of your health right now, so please remember that after every hour muttering “wtf” to yourself while scrolling on your phone you should stand up and banshee scream for at least 5 minutes to stretch out your lower back
March 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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FACT: Immigrants are our nation's strength! Immigrants make up 17% of all health care workers, 28.2% of physicians, 27% of direct care workers, and a staggering 38% of home health aides. #ProtectImmigrantFamilies #MOMSky
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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3 days in and I’m not feeling rested yet, Sylvia. Definitely not caught up.
“In March, I’ll be rested, caught up, and human.” Sylvia Plath
March 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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“…we have cinnamon flavored dental floss and there are people sleeping in the street.”
A person of good intelligence and sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality - and it's not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing - it is just a normal human reaction to a nonsensical set of values where we have cinnamon flavored dental floss and there are people sleeping in the street.
February 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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How do you handle stress? 🥴
Illustration of a person sitting at edge of bed then an arrow then that person leaning slightly then another arrow and that person is lying down under the covers. Like a flowchart.
February 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Hustle culture and capitalism make us think that if we can’t monetize something, why do it? Perfectionism convinces us if we can’t do something “right,” why bother? Lies!What will you enjoy for enjoyment’s sake today?
You don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it.
February 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Biscuits for breakfast, anyone? #catsky #tabbysky
February 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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“…though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater.”
"The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater.” J.R.R. Tolkien
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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“Let me keep my distance from those who think they know the answers”
LET ME KEEP MY DISTANCE, ALWAYS, FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY NAVE THE ANSWERS. LET ME KEEP COMPANY ALWAYS WITH THOSE WHO SAY "LOOK!" AND LAUGN IN ASTONISHMENT, AND BOW THEIR HEADS. MARY OLIVER
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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“I was created to smile
To Love
To be lifted up
And to lift others up.”
I sometimes forget that I was created for Joy. My mind is too busy. My Heart is too heavy for me to remember that I have been called to dance the Sacred dance of life. I was created to smile To Love To be lifted up And to lift others up. O' Sacred One Untangle my feet from all that ensnares. Free my soul. That we might Dance and that our dancing might be contagious. ~Hafiz
February 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Current status
Illustration of Snoopy with an arrow pointing at his tummy and the text full of soup Watercolor of a chubby toad wearing a suit and riding a bicycle with the text fueled by soup and anxiety
February 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Good morning #catsky!
February 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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5 ways to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth (cause the fed govt doesn’t run your house)

1. Find out what Sojourner Truth REALLY said
2. Buy a Black horror, scifi or fantasy book
3. Listen to “Naima” by John Coltrane
4. Send the victims of the LA fires in Altadena a few coins
5. Get a library card
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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htessh.bsky.social
Library tip: check out the classes/programs your library offers! From story time to Citizenship and ESL classes, the library has a lot to offer! Next time you go, pick up an event guide or check out their website! #booksky 📚💙 #libsky
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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“Where do you see yourself in 30 years?”
Photo of an older woman in a valley, surrounded by hills. She’s cloaked in a shroud of grass and hay. An older woman in a forest, covered in shrubbery, as if she’s trying to camouflage herself.
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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When I say I can’t come to your event because I’ve got my hands full, this is what I mean:
A lovely woman with short gray hair carries two tote bags with loaves of French bread sticking out, while she also holds an armload of more French bread loves.
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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If you have any favorite newsletters, online journals, or other publications focused on #highered please share 💚 #EduSky #weeklyreadingrecs #readingrecs #academia
thepeacefulprof.bsky.social Jessica T. Smith, PhD @thepeacefulprof.bsky.social · Jan 23
If you’re in #highered, which publications do you find valuable? I’m trying to find sources beyond The Chronicle and Inside Higher Ed. Thanks!! #eduresearch #university #openaccess
January 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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A sustainable self-care practice is about creating micro moments within each day to prioritize your wellbeing. Here are a few ideas:
Go outside to get fresh air and feel the sun on your skin (with sunscreen, of course) Watch ASMR videos (check out my blog post to learn more about this strange but wonderful phenomenon: peacefulprofessor.com/the-best-stress-reliever-you-havent-tried) Practice grounding techniques (such as earthing, legs up the wall, or the 5 senses activity - Google them!) Practice mindfulness while engaging in daily tasks such as washing the dishes or folding the laundry. Engage in self-touch, such as self-massage of your jaw, scalp, palms, or feet.
January 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
thepeacefulprof.bsky.social
If you’re in #highered, which publications do you find valuable? I’m trying to find sources beyond The Chronicle and Inside Higher Ed. Thanks!! #eduresearch #university #openaccess
January 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM