just got a third text message in less than three weeks from the school district regarding social media threats. this is my first year with a kid in real school. is this just how it is?? do i just somehow need to densensitize myself to this? i mean, truly, what the fuck
Looking for any DC recs that would be fun with a 5 and 3yo in early October. Restaurants, playgrounds, museums, etc. The Museum of Natural History is top of the list. We like fancy pizza, ice cream, coffee, pastries, etc. Whatcha got?
I would pay Class Dojo a one time five dollar fee to stop hassling me to upgrade to the premium subscription
I adore that it was someone’s job to have this cartoonishly large book made
If I could make a plea for BlueSky, it’s this: Please make a point of sharing links to articles, essays and more that you LOVE, that you enjoyed, that expanded you in some way. I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
This is such next level fundraising. It’s just a whole other world. The subject line is “A giant bag of Doritos.” I’ve never seen anyone nail it at this level.
I wish writers and artists would talk more about their day jobs. Not only would it help others feel better about not creating “art” for a living (so few of us can) but also offer ideas on how to pay bills and achieve some stability
a kinda remarkable thing i heard on ezra klein's podcast was Walz *literally* saying that free school meals are important bc "the inequal distribution of domestic labor still falls heavily on women." it's completely correct but someone that looks like him proactively bringing it up blew my mind
I just told the most southern backwoods plumber/construction guy you can ever imagine that I wrote romance novels and he replied, "that's good, we need people to write stories that ease the heart" WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT HERE DID TIM WALZ RESET THE TIMELINE AGAIN