"When parents try to clear the way for their children’s success, they're essentially saying to their kids that they can’t do it on their own, a stance that may block the path to successful adulthood." College admissions scandal latimes.com/local/lanow/la…

Would love to see an artist-led crowdfund to raise enough money to buy and run this place. A whole town of people devoted to story-telling somewhere other than D.C. For Sale: The Entire Town of Story, Indiana Atlas Obscura atlasobscura.com/articles/story…

More reasons for why we need to encourage students to write, to talk with them about what they're writing and to read, really read what they write. Opinion | D.C. students wrote essays about their fear of violence. Everyone should read them. wapo.st/2V1OOIH?tid=ss…

New wheels for the #commute

#wheatonma biology on #Peacock Pond. Distanced but present.

Fascinating story of original "venture capitalism" as privateers lie about life in colonies, fuel enslavement, and genocide of #NativeAmericans Albemarle Sound: Voyage Through the Centuries Part IV aheronsgarden.com/2021/04/23/alb… via WordPress.com #NorthCarolina #historyteacher

#censorship's many forms. Journalist Charles Blow :"more than 200 of the nation’s 3,143 counties & equivalents have no newspaper & no alternative source of credible & comprehensive information on critical issues. As the Press Weakens, So Does Democracy nyti.ms/3BfHvhL

#period. Peacock Pond at #wheatonma has punctuated the day.

For all the #wheatonma folks who write, every single day: the texters, the posters, the students in classes from Eng 101 to Chemistry senior seminar, Happy Thanksgiving. Keep writing!

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84% of women see bias in the workplace (view hasn't budged in last decade): WSJ/NBC poll on.wsj.com/12RujZL

Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit nyti.ms/12AUJQa

So if some ADHD is from lack of delta sleep and excess txting inhibits sleep, we should devote more to managing txting & less prescribing

Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe gu.com/p/3ff55/tw via The Guardian

Ma cabane au Canada: Message pour Jim et Jennifer virginieaucanada.blogspot.com/2013/07/messag…

In Age of Surveillance, Verizon makes it impossible to get precise measures of phone data usage. Conflicting info from spreadsheet.

Seeking photos of writing footwear. Here are Lough's (now) writing boots.