if you’re interested in a doc on this (sorry not free but) vimeo.com/ondemand/nohum…

The Atlanta terrorist purchased his gun the same day he murdered 8 people. You cannot register and vote on the same day in Georgia.

Is there a poem you can think of that you would want read to you as you died?

Shoutout to this teacher that took his Kindergarten class on a virtual field trip to the zoo. Teachers are SO underpaid.

On my way to the gym. Hope I don’t get shot. Cool country.

This interview w/ #BrendanFraser always got to me. His pain in this felt familiar to me & my own experience. I hope he’s well. “Maybe I am over-reacting in terms of what the instance was. I just know what my truth is. And it's what I just spoke to you.” cutt.ly/Dx3nxC1

“we must dream our way out of this and strive to remember it is not normal to live in terror of the water in your glass.” — alice walker, “ a poem traveled down my arm”

Police in the USA began as the slave patrol. Why are we trying to reform or reimagine it?

One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police.

NOTHING will prepare you for the plot twist in this story below...wait for it.

I just wish people knew that in a society that doesn't care about you the most important thing to do is care for each other, not become uncaring like the society itself.

Blessed are those who believe women without needing to touch our wounds

And lastly I’m deeply disturbed by the suggestion that sexual assault survivors are not able to properly discern healthy behaviors from predatory behaviors after an assault. We are not hyper sensitive, we are hyper aware, and the ability to see a predator coming is a super power

Sidney Poitier — choking up, describing how a kind co-worker offered to teach him how to read as an adult — is one powerful moment. From 2013. (via CBS Sunday Morning 🌞) #RIPSidneyPoitier 🙏🏼

The one guaranteed way to get young people interested in reading a book is when adults try to ban it.

Inspiring PD with the brilliant DeFine. White supremacy is in the fabric of our schools. How do we change this in an often resistant environment? How do we de-center whiteness in a place where whiteness has been valued above all else? How do we make our schools a place for all?

One of my favorite forms of response to student writing is to pick a strong part--maybe just a great sentence--and read it back to the student AS LITERATURE.

Vievee Francis, from the latest The Sewanee Review

I’m seeing a lot of posts saying people will die because Roe has been overturned. That is definitely true. But perhaps not for the reasons you think.

Over-reliance on English hinders cognitive science: it has led to premature claims of universality (due to over-sampling of English speakers) and limited the cognitive constructs being examined (due to the use of English as a meta-language). doi.org/10.1016/j.tics…