VLB
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VLB
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Cats, dogs, books, avoiding MSM. College English teacher turned dual enrollment administrator
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Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes to give students a jump start. However, teachers with the qualifications to teach college courses are in short supply. For busy teachers, grad school has been a hard sell, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/wisc...
Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school.
School officials statewide want to give more students a jump start on college with dual enrollment classes. But they say they lack qualified teachers, and for busy teachers, grad school is a hard s…
wisconsinwatch.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.

2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.

3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I understand why people in education say they're turning to this technology because they have too much to do and they think it can ease the burden, but this is not an AI problem. It's a labor problem that the AI is only going to make worse over time.
August 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?

I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.

tinyurl.com/thehumantoll
July 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The Elon Effect: Every single one of Wisconsin's 72 counties shifted to the left, from the 2024 presidential election to the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, less than six months later. And 36 counties shifted to the left by double digit margins.
April 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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One of the most emotional passages in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP is about this park. My book is about taking my kids to as many US historic sites and national parks as I could before they were shut down or destroyed. Now they're shutting down the week the book comes out. Heartbreaking to be right.
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A very smart colleague just pointed out the grim truth that the U.S. leaving the WHO may ultimately be a win for the rest of the world. Why? Because without a vote, “the US can't block WHO actions like vaccine programs, disease surveillance, contraception, etc”. Man, that is daaaark, but accurate.
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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One of the central jobs of everyone who works in education but is not a classroom teacher should be ensuring classroom teachers have enough (time, energy, knowledge, training, resources).

If you nurture and value teachers, you nurture and value the children in front of them.
November 20, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background
Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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"It’s not to say that all rules should be thrown out the window; rather, now is the time for Democrats to look at where the high road has gotten them, and decide if it’s time to take a road less traveled."

My latest:
How Democrats are modeling acquiescence
Are they going to just roll over for Trump? Signs point to yes.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 15, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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Simon has officially been elected as the next Dog Mayor of NYC!!!

Sincerely, thank you to every single person who voted for him. This will be a bright spot for all of us over the next two years.
November 13, 2024 at 2:18 AM