Happy 2nd book birthday to me! Thank you to everyone who has read my book and engaged with its ideas and issues.

I Celebrate myself, and sing myself,

—Walt Whitman, born #OTD in 1819

poets.org/poem/song-myse…

In the 1990s, lots of right-wing Christian men told me presidents who lie about sex should go to jail :)

'Sand' and 'sandal' are not related.

'Sand' comes from Greek 'psammos.'

'Sandal' comes from Greek 'sandalion.'

For all my math teachers out there tired of writing objectives on the board, count your blessings.

These are real Iowa religious school math objectives.

Excellent reporting here. | Mississippi falls short of an eighth-grade literacy miracle mississippitoday.org/2024/05/23/mis…

Have you noticed that the ppl who claim Trump was “targeted” are the same ppl under attack by “woke mobs” & DEI pilots & vote counting & CRT & history books & reverse racism?

I did.

What is it about white culture that makes them LOVE playing the victim?

thegrio.com/2024/05/31/we-…

the interent is dark and full of lies . . . about #math tricks that only work if you pick the right numbers

It's far from over with Trump, as I explain below, with a lede I waited 36 years to write.
dcreport.org/2024/05/30/we-…

Thank you, Nancy. I'm with you here. :-) teacherinastrangeland.blog/2024/05/30/a-s…

Sal Khan's book on AI in education is an infomercial. Cannot understand anyone who could give it a thoughtful read and come away thinking it grapples with how we could or should integrate AI into education. More in my newsletter this weekend. (Link in bio.)

'Black Widow is Daredevil's Equal when it comes to combat'

Black Widow:

All these Senators crying “unjust legal system” who didn’t have one word about millions of Black folks locked away.

These are your words of the week

felony
Mickey Mouse
recuse
statistics
esprit de l’escalier
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Margaret Atwood:

— Naomi Shihab Nye

Sylvia Plath✨

Langston Hughes:

Sarah Clancy: